James McMaster
When it’s not ‘Wow!’ but ‘Woe!’
In my last article we were looking at the prophet Isaiah as he had his devastating vision of God. At that moment, for the first time, he...
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James McMaster
- Oct 28, 2019
- 2 min
A Killing Vision!
The prophet Isaiah had a vision of God. For many people this sounds like a pretty cool thing to do; having a front row seat in seeing...
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James McMaster
- Oct 25, 2019
- 2 min
The World’s first Baby- the World’s first Murderer!
When Adam and Eve were judged for their sin, in the Garden of Eden, they may have been tempted to think that God had overreacted. After...
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James McMaster
- Oct 21, 2019
- 2 min
My Dad; the greatest man I ever met
This past weekend I had the joy of visiting my parents as it was my mother’s 80th birthday and so we had a great ‘knees up’ on Saturday...
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James McMaster
- Oct 17, 2019
- 2 min
Has God Given You a Raw Deal?
On Sunday we were looking at Genesis 3 where we read of mankind’s first, and utterly disastrous, encounter with the devil. Forget ‘The...
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James McMaster
- Oct 16, 2019
- 2 min
When it is not Death to Die!
This morning I wrote to a grieving family, a family that had lost someone so dear to them just over a year ago. Time passes but the pain...
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James McMaster
- Oct 6, 2019
- 2 min
How bright is the future?
Is the future bright or dark? As you look to the future what do you see? Death, destruction, war, famine, etc, etc? Given that viewpoint,...
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James McMaster
- Oct 4, 2019
- 2 min
The Lion King
Thanks to my very generous family, as an early birthday present, I was able to see The Lion King on stage in London this week! I loved...
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James McMaster
- Sep 26, 2019
- 3 min
Bon Scott’s ‘Highway to Hell’
I have a confession to make; my first denim jacket had ‘Bon Scott- we salute you’ plastered on the back thanks to my artistic brother....
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James McMaster
- Sep 23, 2019
- 2 min
Does Life have any Meaning?
Maybe it is during a sleepless night as you toss and turn, or perhaps it is on one of those days when everything is going wrong, but a...
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James McMaster
- Sep 20, 2019
- 2 min
Done any Prostitution recently?
A theme that the Old Testament prophets returned to, again and again, was prostitution. While it is true that many of the men may have...
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James McMaster
- Sep 16, 2019
- 1 min
“In the Beginning....”
The Bible’s first verse is as short as it is glorious- ‘In the beginning God created the Heavens and the Earth”. Even if you close your...
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James McMaster
- Sep 13, 2019
- 1 min
Don’t you dare have any more useless meetings in My Name!
In the first chapter of his book the prophet Isaiah preaches a message which must have sent the people of Israel running for cover. His...
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James McMaster
- Sep 9, 2019
- 1 min
Are you ‘in’ or ‘out’?
As he started to preach, the first words of the Son of God were ‘repent for the Kingdom of God is at hand’. Incredibly, the long...
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James McMaster
- Sep 6, 2019
- 1 min
The Lord has Spoken!
We have just started a new series on the prophet Isaiah in our Thursday evening Bible study meetings. Isaiah, although often neglected...
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James McMaster
- Sep 2, 2019
- 1 min
Some dodgy Characters (but the best cup of tea in town!)
Yesterday saw us back in our new building where our pastor- Paudge- preached a great sermon on the importance of faithfulness;...
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James McMaster
- Aug 26, 2019
- 1 min
A Church 4 U!
I am delighted to write that, even if it wasn’t fully finished, we had our first service in our new building yesterday! It has been a...
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James McMaster
- Aug 15, 2019
- 1 min
Breakfast with Jesus!
The disciples had had a tough and rather discouraging night. They had fished it through and caught nothing...The mood is grim. As the...
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James McMaster
- Aug 12, 2019
- 1 min
The Facts of Life
Fact 1; Unless the Lord returns in our lifetime, we are all going to die. Fact 2; All of us have, to a greater or lesser extent, broken...
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James McMaster
- Aug 9, 2019
- 1 min
The Power of God’s Word
God’s Word is very, VERY powerful. The Bible tells us that by the power of His Word God created the entire universe and it was all ‘very...
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