Dave is the Rector of the joint benefice of St Nicholas, Stevenage and St Mary, Graveley. He began his ministry in Stevenage in 2011.
Money may be funny in a rich man’s world but so often the love of money and wealth pulls us from God. Yet the LORD alone can provide us with deep and lasting peace, security, joy, rest and a place to call home. Realising this is a challenge to our pride in our wealth and to how we use our resources.
The first of a series on the oracles of Isaiah against the nations. This time the focus is on Babylon and the arrogance of power -“We are invincible. God doesn’t see. There will be no judgement. We can behave however we like.” A common thought for those with great power, but absolutely wrong.
After marriage, the most personal part of our lives is how we bring up our children. With wisdom for every age and situation, Paul’s outlines’s God’s pattern for Christian parents and Christian children.
In creation, and through the example of Jesus, God has established principles for marriage that are both counter-cultural and challenging. But they are life bringing and beautiful!
We WERE darkness – but now, in Christ, we ARE light. So now we must live like it. Paul gives us a call to live as children of light and then some practical tips about how we do it.