Category: christian blogger

  • Gates-The Fish Gate

    The Fish Gate is another gate which was rebuilt by Nehemiah. Fishes have been associated with Christianity for many years. The sign of the fish is still a symbol you see denoting Christian faith. As followers of Jesus Christ we are called to be “fishers of men”. The body of Christ has been given the…

  • Gates-The Sheep Gate

    Gates-The Sheep Gate

    I did a series of posts a couple of years ago on Gates and I am re-posting them with a couple of tweaks over the course of this week. The posts were inspired by a teaching I heard a Pastor give many years ago at church from the story of Nehemiah. I have also over…

  • God our refuge

    Psalm 46 is my prayer for us all today to affirm our faith in God and call upon Him in our times of trouble because He truly is our ever present help. He does not abandon us at these difficult and heart wrenching times but is right there with us in the middle of times…

  • Grandad’s Useful Hints

    For those who have followed my blog for a while you will have read my Grandad’s testimony in Testimony Tuesday – Grandad’s story. I mentioned to some fellow bloggers recently that Grandad had left us his “Little Book” of Useful Hints which he wrote in from 8 November 1906 until 22 April 1908. I was…

  • #TestimonyTuesday-Praising God

    Today it is 12 months since my dear friend and sister in the Lord, Karen was diagnosed with breast cancer. What a shocking and terrible day that was for us all but especially for her and her family. The prognosis from the hospital was not good. The cancer had also been found in her lymph…

  • The beauty of Holiness

    Holiness – it’s a word we don’t hear a lot or generally feel comfortable using these days even in church. The Bible tells us in 1 Peter 1:15 “But as He who called you is Holy, you also be Holy in all your conduct“. Our Pastor says when you think of being Holy just think…

  • Joseph Hero of the Faith (8)

    Today’s post is no. 8 in my series on Joseph. We have already considered Joseph’s character and what was different about Joseph from his 11 brothers. Today is considering why Joseph’s brothers behaved as they did. If it is helpful here is the link to my earlier post on those behaviours Joseph Hero of the…