Posts Tagged: ‘1 Corinthians’

Rebuilding More Than Walls

[Transcript of Martin’s Midweek Message published by Horley Baptist Church on YouTube[1], 29/Jul/2025]

Well, hello. I wanted to kind of do a bit of a series wrap-up. We have just been looking at Nehemiah rebuilding more than walls. And I hope you’ve enjoyed. If you’ve missed it, you can catch up on our YouTube channel.

There’s four parts to it where we look at the story of Nehemiah who with the help of God and the people of Jerusalem rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem. And it’s been a really good story picking up on various different points. But I really just wanted to, as I said, wrap the series up because when I trained at Spurgeons, we were told everything points to Jesus. Sometimes it’s difficult to see how that fits with Old Testament stories like Nehemiah, but actually it really does point towards Jesus. So, we’re going to be looking at that just briefly in this video over the next few minutes.
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Contributor: Martin Shorey
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Do Whatever He Tells You

[This reflection by David Makanjuola was published in the weekly news bulletin of Horley Baptist Church, 01/Jun/2025]

Inspiration for most of my articles in Yours come from conversations with people. This one is no different. After the service a couple of weeks ago, someone came up to me and asked if he could ask a question. He said he wondered why God allowed so much trouble and sorrow in the world. He said that we didn’t ask to be born, and if we knew what the world would be like, we would probably have chosen not to come into it.
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Contributor: David Makanjuola
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Bees, Creeds and Measuring Up

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

Did you notice a particular buzz today? The 20th May each year has been designated as World Bee Day; the purpose of the day is to help recognise and promote the importance of bees and other pollinators in the production of crops and maintaining the natural environment. The date has been chosen as it is the anniversary of the baptism of Anton Jansa who pioneered the keeping of bees. Was your baptism a memorable occasion?
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Contributor: Steve Humphreys
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You Matter To Christ

[This reflection by David Makanjuola was published in the weekly news bulletin of Horley Baptist Church, 02/Mar/2025]

Jesus, in the gospel of Luke, told a parable as follows:

Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbours together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.’ I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.
Luke 15 v4-7 [NIVUK]

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Contributor: David Makanjuola
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Snakes and Ladders

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

Last week saw the start of the lunar new year, an event commonly known as the Chinese New Year. According to the Chinese calendar, the New Year is triggered by the closest new moon to the beginning of Spring. This year the corresponding date on the Gregorian calendar is 29th January; the next New Year will be 17th February 2026.
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Contributor: Steve Humphreys
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God Can Use Your Skills

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

2025 logoAs 2024 disappears into the dusty archives of time and last week’s resolutions are rapidly following the same fate, what can we do to usefully fill the next 11 months before Christmas comes around again? It is said that idle hands do the devil’s work so how can we work for God instead? The apostle Paul shared some ideas:

And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers
Ephesians 4 v11 [NKJV]

As a young Christian, I found these words written by the apostle Paul to be somewhat unsettling. I wanted to serve God but none of these callings matched my personal ambitions or what I considered to be my skill-set. (more…)

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