The Servant Queen
This year, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her 90th birthday. Her actual birthday was on 21st April but the main celebrations...
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Jim Etherton
- May 1, 2016
- 2 min
Is the Bible really the Word of God?
The Bible was written over a period of hundreds of years by a variety of different human authors. How can we claim that it is the Word...
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Jim Etherton
- Apr 1, 2016
- 2 min
How can I start?
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...
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Jim Etherton
- Mar 1, 2016
- 2 min
New Life
At the end of this month we will celebrate Easter. Easter is a celebration of new life. Eggs are symbolic of new life and thus are an...
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Jim Etherton
- Feb 1, 2016
- 2 min
True Love
This month there are two special dates that remind us of love. The first is February 14th when we celebrate St. Valentine’s Day. Little...
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Jim Etherton
- Jan 1, 2016
- 2 min
Light in a Dark World
January can seem like a dark and dreary month. The Christmas lights no longer brighten our homes and our streets. The brightly coloured...
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Jim Etherton
- Dec 1, 2015
- 2 min
Christmas – hollow or filled with meaning?
Some things look great on the outside but are disappointing within – the wrapping can be shiny and colourful but the contents turn out to...
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Jim Etherton
- Nov 1, 2015
- 2 min
Becoming a Christian
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Jim Etherton
- Jul 1, 2015
- 2 min
Are you online and connected?
Most of us now have a computer at home and through it are connected online to the mass of information available electronically from...
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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...
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Jim Etherton
- May 1, 2015
- 2 min
Why celebrate Pentecost?
This year Pentecost Sunday will be celebrated on May 24th. Pentecost is originally a Greek name for a Jewish harvest festival dating...
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Jim Etherton
- Apr 1, 2015
- 2 min
Why the empty cross?
Have you ever wondered why the main symbol of the Christian church is a cross? It is rather strange when we think that the symbol of the...
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Jim Etherton
- Mar 1, 2015
- 2 min
Is there more to life than this?
Much of the time most of us are so involved with the detail of getting on with our lives: work, family, friends, sport, shopping, etc....
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Jim Etherton
- Feb 1, 2015
- 2 min
Got questions about life? Try Alpha
Most of us, at various stages in our lives, have some big questions about life. What does it all mean? Is there more than this? Is...
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Jim Etherton
- Jan 1, 2015
- 2 min
How can we know God?
At the beginning of January, the Christian church celebrates Epiphany – the revealing of Jesus Christ to the world when the Magi (or...
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Jim Etherton
- Dec 1, 2014
- 2 min
Why is Jesus sometimes called Immanuel?
No serious historian would doubt that Jesus lived as a man about 2,000 years ago. Even those who are sceptical about the Bible can find...
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Jim Etherton
- Nov 1, 2014
- 2 min
What is the meaning of Advent?
At the end of November we enter the season of Advent. This starts with the celebration of Advent Sunday on 30th November. But what is...
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