Hartley Wintney Baptist Church

There is an old saying that we can only be certain of two things in life – death and taxes. While that is a pessimistic view, we do indeed live in a world of uncertainty. Recent terrorist atrocities have only served to underline the fact that at the beginning of each day we cannot be certain what will have happened by the end of that day. When we think further ahead, how can we be certain what will happen to us after we die? Is there life after death? If there is a heaven,

Good Friday commemorates the execution of the greatest man who ever lived – resulting from a wrongful conviction at an illegal trial on fals

None of us are born as Christians. That may sound shocking but it is true! Being born in a Christian country does not make us a Christian. To help us understand this, someone has joked that being born in a garage would not make us a car! Even being born to devout Christian parents does not make us a Christian. Nor does attending church regularly make us a Christian automatically. So how do we become a Christian? Becoming a Christian is more than simply starting to believ

I love to hear how other people have come to faith in Jesus Christ – each account is so personal – reminding me how God meets each one of us where we are and knows us individually. So here is how God brought me to himself. When I went to university, I had not been to church (apart from weddings and funerals) for ten years and knew very little about Christianity. In my second term, I was invited to a supper party and discussion by some Christian friends – students never refus