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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...
James McMaster
Nov 1, 20191 min read
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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...
James McMaster
Oct 28, 20192 min read
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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 McMaster
Oct 25, 20192 min read
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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...
James McMaster
Oct 21, 20192 min read
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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...
James McMaster
Oct 17, 20192 min read
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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...
James McMaster
Oct 16, 20192 min read
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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,...
James McMaster
Oct 6, 20192 min read
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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...
James McMaster
Oct 4, 20192 min read
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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....
James McMaster
Sep 26, 20193 min read
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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...
James McMaster
Sep 23, 20192 min read
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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...
James McMaster
Sep 20, 20192 min read
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“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 McMaster
Sep 16, 20191 min read
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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...
James McMaster
Sep 13, 20191 min read
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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...
James McMaster
Sep 9, 20191 min read
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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...
James McMaster
Sep 6, 20191 min read
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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;...
James McMaster
Sep 2, 20191 min read
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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...
James McMaster
Aug 26, 20191 min read
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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...
James McMaster
Aug 15, 20191 min read
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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...
James McMaster
Aug 12, 20191 min read
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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...
James McMaster
Aug 9, 20191 min read
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