[A ‘Tuesday Challenge‘ originally prepared for the congregation of Horley Baptist Church during June 2025]
Rejoice with those who rejoice (sharing others’ joy), and weep with those who weep (sharing others’ grief).
Romans 12 v15 [AMP]
Is Paul suggesting that we should be two-faced in our relationships? Certainly not, but this verse does recognise that there may be times when we are faced with two different courses of action.
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[This reflection by Michael Goble was published in the weekly news bulletin of Horley Baptist Church, 15/Jun/2025]
Last week on Pentecost Sunday we were reminded that the resurrected and ascended Jesus poured out His Holy Spirit into His early followers. That was the birth of the Church of which we are a part, and gave each one of us various gifts of the Spirit to serve Him in His kingdom.
I remember that in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s there was a mini pouring out of His Spirit in which He showed His power in the Church. The many ways in which He showed Himself were surprising and unbelievable. I can remember falling to the ground in a service and found myself lying in God’s arms, and we were saying how much we loved each other.
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[A ‘Tuesday Challenge‘ originally prepared for the congregation of Horley Baptist Church during June 2025]
He did not have much but little is much if God is in it.[1]
In John’s report of the feeding of the five thousand, Jesus challenged his disciple Philip with the need to feed the people that came to see Jesus. The disciples knew that, although they no doubt had some assets[2], their resources would not be adequate for the task. So they said that the problem could not be solved.
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[This reflection by Martin Shorey was published in the weekly news bulletin of Horley Baptist Church, 08/Jun/2025]
“What’s in a name?” Juliet famously asked in Shakespeare’s tale of two star-crossed lovers, suggesting that a name is ultimately meaningless – that it doesn’t define a person’s true nature.
But the Bible tells a different story.
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