Oct 19, 2023 | Hope Over Fear, QPUpdate
We humans are incurably curious. We ask the big questions about our existence: how come things exist at all? How did we get here? What are we for? Many people believe science has debunked faith as the answer to these fundamental questions of our existence. Yet, today,...
Oct 12, 2023 | Hope Over Fear, QPUpdate
On Saturday morning 7th October, the terrorist group Hamas breached the border encompassing the Palestinian territory of Gaza. What followed was unspeakable in its savagery. In a rain of terror paragliders with machine guns descended on a desert rave, Jewish families...
Oct 5, 2023 | Hope Over Fear, QPUpdate
The Rapture was Clyde-built! Yes, the west of Scotland’s, or more precisely Port Glasgow’s, foremost contribution to the world of theology, is the widespread belief that Christians will be extracted from the world ahead of a great tribulation. The notion that flowed...
Sep 28, 2023 | Hope Over Fear, QPUpdate
I don’t love worship! Yes, it is true I don’t love worship. Are you shocked? Now …you need to read on, or I fear you’ll get the wrong end of the stick by what I mean by this. Sardis & Midas I am sure you know the story of King Midas …you know the guy who...
Sep 21, 2023 | Hope Over Fear, QPUpdate
I have a guilty secret …come close, lean in and I’ll tell you what it is, so long as you promise not to look down on me. I am a bit of a fan of jigsaw puzzles! Frequently in our house, Alison will be searching for her iPad only to find I’ve “borrowed” it to do a...
Sep 14, 2023 | Hope Over Fear, QPUpdate
Everyone should have the opportunity to explore Christian faith, ask questions, and share their point of view. This is the stated aim of Alpha, the popular and prolific course that explores the basics of Christian faith. Alpha has been a key part of the life of...
Aug 24, 2023 | Further Up Further In, QPUpdate
We live in times that have been described as the “Age of Anxiety.” Our society, it seems to me at least, is increasingly shaped by the fear of litigation and “reputational damage”. Organisations, of all shapes and sizes, apply great attention to the mitigation of...
Aug 17, 2023 | Further Up Further In, QPUpdate
This Sunday we have the joy of seeing three people being baptised as part of our morning worship. There are many things to celebrate as part of baptism, and I suspect that something which stands out for many of us is hearing people’s stories of how they came to faith...
Aug 9, 2023 | Further Up Further In, QPUpdate
If, like me, you were around in the 1990s, you might remember a brief craze for Magic Eye pictures, or stereograms, as they are more properly called. (Kids, you’ll need to ask your parents or grandparents about them!) People would sit around for hours, peering and...
