Dear all at IPC, What does God know about you and what does God remember about you? In Psalm 103:14 we are told that amongst the many things that God […]
Praying for Church Plants
In the last 10 years, the Lord has grown our fragile little denomination in remarkable ways. There are external factors which have contributed, but in the kindness of God, we […]
Give us today our daily bread – Minister’s Letter Oct 25
Dear all at IPC, Every Sunday we say together what is commonly called the Lord’s Prayer, which is of course wrongly named. Jesus never had to pray this prayer, it’s […]
Elders and self!
When we think of self what do we think of? I think our minds go straightaway to self denial. Tim Keller has written an excellent book on self forgetfulness. I […]
You keep him in perfect peace…- Minister’s Letter Sept 25
Dear all at IPC, I was recently with an elderly friend who I visit. When I arrived he was unusually agitated, getting up to check the windows were shut, muttering […]
The Nicene Creed
We live in an age when people believe in all sorts of things and don’t know what they believe. People of God, what do you believe? There is a subversive […]
Stuck – Minister’s Letter Aug 25
Dear all at IPC, One of the great struggles of the Christian life is when situations don’t change, when there is the realisation that unless God powerfully intervenes in an […]
You help us by your prayers’ – Minister’s Letter June 25
Dear all at IPC, In 2 Corinthians 1:11 there is a beautiful little phrase, “You also must help us by prayer”, the NIV translates it as “You help us by […]
One of us – Minister’s Letter May 25
Dear all at IPC, In the last month I’ve found real help in thinking on the humanity of Jesus, to spend time meditating on him. We’ve seen in Hebrews, “He […]
How much is your church worth? – Minister’s Letter April 25
Dear all at IPC, Last week, I was with a friend who is not a Christian and we were discussing the prices of properties in Ealing. He asked me, “What […]