[This reflection by Dennis Ginter was published in the weekly news bulletin of Horley Baptist Church, 05/Oct/2025]
Dazz recently spoke to us about the Holy Habit of living the Christian life with others. On the screen we saw the words “Being Team Mates For Jesus”. What he said is very important! We weren’t designed for solitary living – God saw that it was not good for Adam to be alone.
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[A ‘Tuesday Challenge‘ originally prepared for the congregation of Horley Baptist Church during September 2025]
It happened in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came with all his army against Jerusalem, and laid siege to it.
Jeremiah 52 v4 [NIVUK]
Have you ever wondered why our tenth month is called October when ‘octo’ is a prefix that is usually associated with the number eight? A similar question could be asked about Septem(7)ber, Novem(9)ber and Decem(10)ber.
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[This reflection by Helen Ruffhead was published in the weekly news bulletin of Horley Baptist Church, 28/Sep/2025]
When studying the Sermon on the Mount, as we have been doing on ‘Connect in Faith’, it is all too easy to think: “These are lovely ideas but just won’t work in the real world”. Yet Jesus lived in a time much grimmer than our own but managed to put them into practice.
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[A ‘Tuesday Challenge‘ originally prepared for the congregation of Horley Baptist Church during September 2025]
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Jeremiah 29 v11 [NIV]
Last week’s reflection included mention of procrastination and also our inability to foretell what the future may bring. They are perhaps two of the principal reasons why our plans are upset and things do not turn out as we expect.
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[This reflection by Michael Goble was published in the weekly news bulletin of Horley Baptist Church, 21/Sep/2025]
We love our large oak tree in the garden but at this time of year it begins shedding many acorns which we have to rake up from the lawn. Fortunately the falling leaves come a couple of months later. It is an amazing part of God’s creation that this large tree came from one acorn. I thought of this when we heard about the experiences of our young people with their stay at the Mid Wessex Camp, and the encouragement this gives them to grow in their Christian faith and to do things for Jesus.
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[A ‘Tuesday Challenge‘ originally prepared for the congregation of Horley Baptist Church during September 2025]
Time, like an ever-rolling stream, Bears all its sons away.[1]
Do you know what time it is? A seemingly straightforward question for which a glance at a nearby screen or timepiece should provide a simple answer. However, as our opening quotation might suggest, there is more to it than that.
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