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...
Latest Blog
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...
Christ Church Fareham & Coronavirus
In light of the recent guidelines issued by the UK government, and our belief that we are to honour these for the collective health of our nation
January 2020 Newsletter
Happy New Year! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas, celebrating the birth of our Saviour Jesus Christ, and are looking forward to the year ahead.
Our Current Sermon Series – The Emotional Life of Christ
While I was at Bible college, I came across a paper written by BB Warfield called, The Emotional Life of our Lord.
Mark 8 Bible Study
When Jesus feeds 5,000, he does so amongst Jewish villages. But when Jesus feeds the 4,000 he does so in the region of the Decapolis.
Mark 7 Bible Study
It’s now very clear in Mark’s Gospel that the Pharisees value human traditions and instructions over the true Word of God in the Old Testament.
Mark 6 Bible Study
The people of Nazareth had grown up alongside Jesus and seen him work as a carpenter.
The Likeness of God
One verse in particular greatly influenced the way I preached the text. In verse 24, Paul writes Put on the new self
Update: July 2019
It’s nearly 11 months since we launched and, as Pastor, I am genuinely delighted at all God has achieved through us in..
Mark 4:35-5 Bible Study Notes
The sermon series was called Jesus is Lord, because in the space of three stories,
Mark 4 Bible Study Notes
The sower is anybody who speaks the word of God to other people. In this instance it is Jesus himself
Mark 3 Bible Study Notes
In verse 5, Jesus is described as angered and grieved. Note, anger and sadness are not sinful emotions.
Mark 2 Bible Study Notes
Verse 5 says Jesus saw their faith. Their refers to the four friends who had done everything..