Pastor’s Blog

The hope you have…

The hope you have…

As we continue to look at sharing Jesus in our daily lives this year it is important that we settle an issue in our own hearts first. It is easy to sit in church each week and sing and share about our hope in God but I wonder what the people we work with would say we are hoping in? A life that truly hopes in Christ is so radically different to this world that it will be a cause for confusion, discussion and most importantly questions.

Sharing Christ…A Way of Life

Sharing Christ…A Way of Life

2011 is now up and running with all the regular ministries of the church now in action. I wonder what God will do among us this year?

Some tips for wise Internet use

Some tips for wise Internet use

During our recent Home Grown series Pastor Murray highlighted the issue of pornography and how the internet has made it that much easier to access. The internet can be a great tool but it also has some dangers so we need to be wise in our use of it. A number of families have asked about safe internet use so here are a few tips for wise internet use…

Dealing with Temptation

Dealing with Temptation

Following on from Pastor Murray’s sermon Sunday morning, I found this helpful video on “The Gospel Coalition” website! Joshua Harris talks about dealing with temptation right in the moment of temptation….

What we have been learning in “Gospel in Life”

What we have been learning in “Gospel in Life”

Many of you will know that the Young Adults Lounge Groups, (and one of our Home Groups), have been working our way through a series by Tim Keller called “Gospel in Life”. The focus of the studies is to encounter the gospel of grace…

Finally Alive

Finally Alive

What does it mean to be truly born again? So many people will claim to have experienced salvation in terms of “believing in Jesus” but we know that a simple belief in the existence of Jesus is not the kind of faith that saves us (James 2:14-26).

Pray for Tharu

Pray for Tharu

One of the challenges of the200walk which our own Andrew Carnell is currently taking part in was to adopt a people group who don’t have any translation work happening in their language and to pray for them throughout the course of the walk…

Welcome to the new City North Website!

Welcome to the new City North Website!

“I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some.” When the Apostle Paul penned these words nearly 2000 years ago I don’t think he would ever have imagined that they would drive us to share the gospel he loved so much on an electronic information superhighway that could be easily accessed by people all over the world.