Posts Tagged: ‘John’

A Mid-term Appraisal

[A ‘Tuesday Challenge‘ originally prepared for the congregation of Horley Baptist Church during November 2025]

Could do better … should try harder

Were you one of those pupils whose end-of-term reports included one or other of those statements, or even both? How did you react?
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Contributor: Steve Humphreys

Invitation Is Scary, Isn’t It?

[This reflection by Dazz & HBC Team was published in the weekly news bulletin of Horley Baptist Church, 02/Nov/2025]

The thought of asking a friend to church can feel awkward, even ridiculous. I sometimes imagine how strange it might sound, and I don’t even let myself dream about what would happen if they actually said yes and showed up.
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Contributor: Dazz & HBC Team

Is Life Burdensome?

[A ‘Tuesday Challenge‘ originally prepared for the congregation of Horley Baptist Church during October 2025]

In this world you will have trouble …
John 16 v33 [NIVUK]

These words come from the final discourse that Jesus had with his disciples shortly before his betrayal and arrest in the garden of Gethsemane, as recorded in John’s gospel.
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Contributor: Steve Humphreys

The Energy of Synergy

[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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Contributor: Dennis Ginter

Skilful Investment

[A ‘Tuesday Challenge‘ originally prepared for the congregation of Horley Baptist Church during August 2025]

What is the relationship between your spiritual life and your daily activities? Or, to put it another way, if your faith does not affect your lifestyle, your work-ethic and your politics, is it anything more than a hobby?
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Contributor: Steve Humphreys

A Tale Of Two Specks

[This reflection by David Makanjuala was published in the weekly news bulletin of Horley Baptist Church, 20/Jul/2025]

It’s that time of year, so picture a tennis ball lying in one corner of Centre court at Wimbledon. On that tennis ball – one of many scattered around the court – there are tiny specks of dust. A couple of them – we shall call them speck 1 and speck 2 – start to talk to each other (allow your imagination to take over from here).
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Contributor: David Makanjuala