“In Flander’s fields the poppies blow…” This is the first line of one of the most famous of the WW1 poems (By John McCrae, 1915). “And you will know the truth and the truth shall set you free”, John 8.32 “I am the way, the truth and the life”, John 14.6. I wrote the poem […]
Then God said “Let us make human beings in our own image, to be like us…” Genesis ch 1v26. We are people and people are completely different from everything only because God is a person. This is so deep you could fall in and drown. At the heart of everything Beneath everything Behind everything […]
Pride. (Re-read, Code Ode; Prat and Pride Part 1, Prat.) (Read Luke Ch 15, v 24-32) Recite this, out loud, walking along, to the rhythm of your footsteps. Best by far in a Ray Winstone / Bob Hoskins accent. (If you are reading this on your phone, turn it on its side). So there’s cat’rers – a […]
Prat Read Luke Ch 15, v 11-23 (Recite this, out loud, walking along, to the rhythm of your footsteps. Best by far in a Ray Winstone / Bob Hoskins accent. If you are reading this on your phone, turn it on its side). My mate Josh down the pub, Got a story about this bloke; He’s minted. […]
Using films, books, culture and sport as we tell others about Jesus. This is the first part in a series on what it means to share our faith, and therefore what ‘Jesus Saves Racing’ is about at its core. In essence the series will focus on what we as Christians aim to be talking about […]
It has taken me a while to wake up after the shock of the news of loosing another brilliant star to suicide. I grew up with Nirvana playing loudly on my Sony Walkman and Kurt Cobain’s death has been a 20 year enigma to me about brilliance and popularity’s relationship with despair and suicide. It […]
In 2005 the Government in the UK opened the door to gambling becoming “an acceptable leisure activity”. I was a gambler for 40 years and believe me when I say that when you are in it, you don’t see the potential harm caused to some vulnerable people until you step back you see it for […]
In my last blog I mentioned how I had attended a gambling industry event accompanied by my friend Ian A. Up until recently Ian A led the men’s ministry at the church we both go to (the Vale of Aylesbury Vineyard church) and we both gave our testimony and were baptised in the same pool […]
Read This: Luke ch 19 v 1-10. ‘Zak’, also known as Zacheus– chief tax collector, a.k.a fat cat/extortionist, collaborator with the army of occupation, a.k.a The Roman Empire. He is hated and despised by everyone. ‘Josh’, a.k.a Jeshua a.k.a Jesus– the long expected Chosen One; the ‘hero/wonder worker’ who the people think will free their […]
Following on from his previous blog, Ian Bartlett unpacks his journey to show how God has moved powerfully in his life in relation to the hold gambling had on him. I gave my life to Jesus on 31st March 2010 and I was baptised on May 30th the same year. I did not gamble at […]
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