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Jim Etherton
- Sep 30, 2015
- 2 min
Why pain?
At the Village Festival, this was a question which someone posted on our “If Jesus was here today what would you ask him?” board. I know it is a question which many people ask at various times of life. If God is a God of love as Christians believe then how can he allow so much pain in our world? We will never fully understand this during our life on earth. But the Bible and Christian experience can shed some light on it. Firstly, pain is not all bad – it alerts us to a pr
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Jim Etherton
- Sep 1, 2015
- 2 min
Does God really care about me?
At the Village Festival, this was a question which someone posted on our “If Jesus was here today what would you ask him?” board. During life we all face various difficulties: loneliness, illness, stress, bereavement, financial and relationship problems. Whatever issues we face can feel overwhelming and it can seem like no-one understands or is going through the same as us. So we ask “Does God really care about me?” If he is as loving and as powerful as portrayed in the Bi
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Jim Etherton
- Aug 1, 2015
- 2 min
Why are you here today?
It was good to be part of the Village Festival in June and to meet and chat with various people. We were blessed with good weather and a large number of people were enjoying the various activities on the green. Quite a few people put prayer requests on one of our boards and these were all prayed for during the Sunday morning service the next day. On the other board we asked people “If Jesus was here today what would you ask him?” Several people posted questions on the board
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Jim Etherton
- Jun 1, 2015
- 2 min
Any Questions?
I have now been Lay Pastor at Hartley Wintney Baptist Church for twelve months and this is now my twelfth blog post. Over the months, I have explored a number of questions in these articles, including: What do you truly value and believe in? What is a Christian? What is the Gospel? Why is Jesus sometimes called Immanuel? How can we know God? Why the empty cross? I would now like to give you the opportunity to ask questions. In church services there is generally little, if an
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