SCPC Podcast: Hosea Series Talk 3, Real Repentance

In this bible talk from Hosea chapter 14 by Matt Simpson, we’ll be hearing about what it means to really repent of sin. What we’ll come to know is that real repentance is the key that unlocks the door to a restored relationship with God.
Key Verse
Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God. Your sins [...] [...]

past.present.future.

I reckon that one of modern life’s constant challenges is to live in a way that recognises the importance of our past and our future as well as what is happening right now. It’s so easy for us to get caught up in the momentary stuff, the day-to-day flurry of activity, that we hardly ever [...] [...]

Touch Footy saves lives

James Ritchie was interviewed in church on Sunday about the role touch footy played in introducing him to Jesus.
As well as learning a language (Thai), Ritchie enjoys playing sports, but these days, thanks to touch footy, he knows that there’s more to life than those fun things. He started coming along to Southern Cross touch [...] [...]

SCPC Podcast: Hosea Series Talk 2, Angry Love

In this bible talk from Hosea chapters 3-11 by Matt Simpson, we come to know how God’s love and God’s anger hang together. God is undoubtedly loving towards His people but angered by sin. It’s at the cross that ultimately we’ll see God’s love and anger meet.
Key Verse
When Israel was a child, I loved him, [...] [...]

MPU: maintaining perfect unity

Our temporary move to the MPU for Sunday meetings over the next four weeks provides us with a great opportunity to put into practice what we learnt about last term – maintaining perfect unity.
Any change can cause stress and although most of our church family may be relatively unaffected by all the changes, spare a [...] [...]

Daylight Breaks Through

Found an absolute gem of an album, which I highly commend: “Daylight Breaks Through – Ben Cantelon”. I’d never heard of the guy a couple of months ago, but he’s apparently starting to take the UK Christian music scene by storm.
And he should be! His lyrics are biblically faithful, beautifully poetic, and reminiscent of hymns [...] [...]