Bible reading: Job 38:1-7, 34-41. There’s an old chestnut of a story which goes like this. A small child is painting a picture. Like most small children’s pictures, it’s just a mishmash of colours, so the child’s teacher gently asks what it’s supposed to be depicting. The child of course knows what they’re painting and

Bible reading: Job 1:1 then 2:1-10. Message. I’m sure that there are many reasons which lead to people losing their faith. Some folk simply stop believing in God, possibly because they never graduated from the faith they were taught as a child and can’t cope with the issues thrown up by the grown-up world. Others

Bible reading: James 5:13-20. We often read the Bible, especially the New Testament, in a very personal way. When Jesus says. or when Paul (or any of the other authors) writes, “You should do this” or “You shouldn’t do that”, we tend to think that they are speaking to us as individuals. Indeed, we may

Bible reading: James 3:3-4:3, 7-10. Message. The Christian Church has an amazing ability to tear itself apart! Even in the New Testament we read of an almighty row over whether new Gentile believers had to follow the Jewish food laws: some established Christians saw this as vitally important while others said, “No, of course they