If my calculations are correct, today (April 16, 2021) is my fiftieth birthday. I was born again on Friday, April 16, 1971, or thereabouts. Read more here.
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50 Years Old Today
If my calculations are correct, today (April 16, 2021) is my fiftieth birthday. I was born again on Friday, April 16, 1971, or thereabouts. Read more here.
Midweek Meeting April 7 2021
We were back to 1 Chronicles on Wednesday with Chapter 23. I prepared well and the priesthood of all believers is a favourite subject but it didn't quite take off I felt. Good prayer time, however. May be I was bit tired. One encouragement is an improvement in some of the praying. All on zoom, of course.
10 Odd Names from Church History
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- Alexander Smellie (1857-1923) a Scottish Original Secession Church minister and writer.
- Francis Bottome (1823-1894) English Hymn writer
- PraiseGod Barebone (c 1598-1679) Puritan who gave his name to Barebone's Parliament
- William True Sleeper (1819-1904) American Congregationalist minister and hymn writer
- Arabella K Hankey (1834-1911) English missionary and nurse adn hymn writer
- George Perfect Pentecostal pastor and missionary
- Christmas Evans (1766-1838) Welsh Baptist preacher
- Ebenezer Erskine (1680-1754) Scottish minister and Secession leader
- Joseph Funk (1778–1862) American composer and music teacher
- Josiah Pratt (1768–1844) English evangelical clergyman
(Other contenders, Dwight Pentecost, Benjamin Woodd (sic), Jan Uytenbogaert, etc)
How to be a better parent
I just added this lecture from 2008 to my collection of perusable lectures, which tend to be on church history but are by no means all of that sort. Click here.
Lord's Day April 4 2021
We had a great turn out on Easter Sunday for the morning service when were just under thirty in the chapel and with others joining us on zoo. There was only one visitor, a friend of a regular member of the congregation. Very few were away. In the evening it was on zoom only and a smaller number. At both services I simply took classic resurrection chapters and we worked our way through them. In the morning it was John 20 and in the evening Luke 24. It was good to look at these chapters once again. it was a shame not to be able to sing those great Easter hymns. In fact, if I was a bit more friendly with others I would have known that several decided to meet in the open air to sing those hymns. So I missed a trick there and we had to simply listen to recordings from the Aber Conference of In Christ alone and Thine be the glory. We began the day with communion. We weren't a large number.
Midweek Meeting March 31 2021
Last week we did have our zoom meeting as usual. I wanted to focus on the cross and so I adapted an old magazine article available here. (It is safe). I had tried to prepare something from Colossians before but abandoned it. We also had a good prayer session covering various matters, especially a dying lady who did in fact die about an hour or so after the close of the meeting.
Day Off Week 13 2021
Today was filled with all sorts of things. First thing, I had to contact the local GP to talk to the nurse and the doctor. They each 'phoned back later. In some ways telephone appointments work better. Nothing to worry about medically. I began reading the book Why the Dutch are different which I bought a while ago. There was also lots of TV - an Italian detective drama I have started to work through, the latest University Challenge which I was unable to listen to on Monday night as I had a meeting. Then there was a superb documentary on Jackie Charlton Finding Jack Charlton (see here for a while). Many things stood out including the way the two talent brother seems to have so far outshone his five talent brother. Anyway, good busy day.
Lord's Day March 28 2021
Last Lord's Day was a little different in that we managed to have a visitor in the morning at chapel (with around 20 present) and he also spoke on zoom for us in the evening, which I attended as the church I agreed to preach for only wanted a zoom meeting in the morning. So the preacher here was our friend Reuben Saywell and I preached for Painshill in Surrey. One person was tuning in from France - the wonders of modern technology. I interviewed Reuben in the evening. We are praying for him and the family as they contemplate the future.
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