4 Their appearance is like the appearance of horses, and like war horses they run. 5 As with the rumbling of chariots, they leap on...
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5 September 20251 September 2025
Joel 2:1-3
2 Blow a trumpet in Zion; sound an alarm on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the Lord is coming;...
4 September 20251 September 2025
Joel 1:13-20
13 Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Go in, pass the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God! Because...
3 September 20251 September 2025
Joel 1:8-12
8 Lament like a virgin wearing sackcloth for the bridegroom of her youth.9 The grain offering and the drink offering are cut off from the...
2 September 20251 September 2025
Joel 1:4-7
4 What the cutting locust left, the swarming locust has eaten. What the swarming locust left, the hopping locust has eaten, and what the hopping locust...
1 September 20251 September 2025
Joel 1:1-3
During my sabbatical, which was predominantly a time of rest, I set myself one project, which was to translate Joel...
25 January 20251 September 2025
Our Week of Prayer – Prophetic Words
As we devoted last week to prayer, we were seeking God to worship Him and pray for the year ahead,...
23 December 202423 December 2024
Book Recommendations from December
One of the privileges of my job is time to read and study. And I love to read anyway in...
30 November 202427 January 2025
Book Recommendations from November
One of the privileges of my job is time to read and study. And I love to read anyway in...
9 September 202424 September 2024
Big Church Announcement: We’re Moving Venues
God has been so good to us! We launched Christ Church Fareham in September 2018 with an afternoon meeting at...
22 May 202322 May 2023
Faithful God
“So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the...
26 April 202327 January 2025
John Flavel: Despite our sinfulness in England, Christ still stands at the door and knocks
I love reading old Christian authors and was recently moved, as I read some of John Flavel’s writing. In his...
Lindsey’s Testimony
Hi, my name is Lindsey. I became a Christian in 2011 during an Alpha course recommended to me by my...
A Nuisance, A Passenger, A Piece of Luggage
While Rachael and I took some time off, over the past two weeks, I picked up Lord of the Rings...
Ruth 4:14 – We have a Redeemer!
Naomi had insisted on being called Mara or Bitter on her return to Bethlehem, because she felt that God Almighty had dealt very bitterly with her.
Appointing Elders News Story
On 5th September, Christ Church Fareham appointed Dayo Adeyemo, Jason Manning, Jeff Moss and Duncan Sills as Elders of the Church.
2 Chronicles 12:1 / 2 Corinthians 12:9 The Blessing of Weakness
“When the rule of Rehoboam was established and he was strong, he abandoned the law of the Lord, and all Israel with him.
Matthew 7:11 – The Goodness of God
If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things
How God Called Me to Fareham – Part 2
The first time we went for coffee Tim and I bonded over a love of John Calvin and being reformed charismatics, but it was ..
How God Called Me to Fareham – Part 1
The story of how God called me to plant Christ Church Fareham is a good one, with twists, turns, sacrifices and challenges along the way.
Encouragement Videos During Lockdown
Earlier in the year, during the peak of Lockdown (and while I was furloughed from my secular job),
God is Here, God is There
God is here & God is there Words which come from our lips those lips with their sweet smile..
The Good News According to Isaiah
This is an essay I wrote 5 years ago while at London Seminary. Given our current sermon series in Isaiah,
What a friend we have in Jesus
Although we are including sung worship in our video services now, I know many people are missing singing together. So I’ve asked people in the Church to tell me