James McMasterNov 1, 20191 minWhen 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...
James McMasterOct 28, 20192 minA 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...
James McMasterOct 25, 20192 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...
James McMasterOct 21, 20192 minMy Dad; the greatest man I ever metThis 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...
James McMasterOct 17, 20192 minHas 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...
James McMasterOct 16, 20192 minWhen 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...
James McMasterOct 6, 20192 minHow 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,...
James McMasterOct 4, 20192 minThe Lion KingThanks 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...
James McMasterSep 26, 20193 minBon 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....
James McMasterSep 23, 20192 minDoes 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...
James McMasterSep 20, 20192 minDone 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...
James McMasterSep 16, 20191 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...
James McMasterSep 13, 20191 minDon’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...
James McMasterSep 9, 20191 minAre 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...
James McMasterSep 6, 20191 minThe 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...
James McMasterSep 2, 20191 minSome 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;...
James McMasterAug 26, 20191 minA 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...
James McMasterAug 15, 20191 minBreakfast 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...
James McMasterAug 12, 20191 minThe Facts of LifeFact 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...
James McMasterAug 9, 20191 minThe Power of God’s WordGod’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...