The town crier is out making announcements in the streets and marketplaces, the prophets are out predicting and prophesying: That a King and Saviour is coming at the instance of the Almighty God Himself. Purposed to deliver mankind from the clutches of the sin and reconcile man to God…
Read MoreTo ask or not to ask? That is the question. There’s no harm in asking, so they say. But what do you ask? Why do you ask? When do you ask? Whom do you ask? How do you ask? These are the questions…
Read MoreRecently, I’ve been reminded that putting to use the gift I’ve been born with should feel easy-that obtaining the desired results from utilising the talent God put in me should not feel like a constant struggle to…
Read MoreOn the 16th July twenty-three years ago, today, I received a knock on the door. It was one of those irritating moments as I was unpacking having just been posted to Germany, our furniture and boxes having only arrived the day before. We were in…
Read MoreIntroducing a brand new podcast from associate minister Terry Tennens… Talk With TT! Find out more about this fun and interesting look behind the people who make up Colchester Baptist Church.
Read MoreI may be able to speak the languages of human beings and even of angels, but if I have no love, my speech is no more than a noisy gong or a clanging bell. I may have the gift of inspired preaching; I may have all knowledge and understand all secrets…
Read MoreIt has been a long, dreary and tortuous journey along life’s course. Have been hard done by, by life’s often unforgiving challenges. No respite, nowhere to rest, nowhere offers comfort. Searching for peace, searching for the saving grace…
Read MoreA quote that’s been attributed to both Goethe and Emerson: “Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he could be, and he will become what he should be.” I was given this following poem while going through the process of supporting a friend through a difficult time in life. "Oh the comfort…”
Read MoreAs we approach this unique and very different Easter, where we have been urged to stay at home to protect the NHS, I am reminded of the brave and tender acts of kindness carried out by Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus who cared for the body of Jesus…
Read MoreOne Saturday afternoon, myself and my Dad decided to trim the hedges on our front porch. The work was well overdue but the one thing holding us back was that we didn’t have an electric hedge trimmer. Previous attempts to tame the growth had to be done with a pair shears…
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