Dear all at IPC, There are different types of criticism and some are more easy to cope with than others: hostile criticism, negative criticism, public criticism, constructive criticism, there is […]
We are not the International Presbyterian Churches – Minister’s Letter Feb 2023
Dear all at IPC, Our church’s name is the International Presbyterian Church but the name of the denomination to which we belong is also the International Presbyterian Church. At times […]
Show me the Verse! – Minister’s Letter Jan 23
Dear all at IPC, “Can you give me a verse that shows….?”“Where in the bible does it directly say God is Father, Son and Holy Spirit?” “There is no verse […]
Advent Confessions of Sin
These are the Confessions of Sin we’ve used during Advent for the last few years at IPC Ealing. I think I got them from David Gibson in Aberdeen. 1st Sunday […]
Westminster Creed
The Westminster creed is based mostly on the Westminster Shorter Catechism, it is taken from the Pastor’s Book p329/330 (Kent Hughes & Douglas Sean O Donnell, Crossway) but no source […]
A Christmas you can believe in – John 1 – Minister’s Letter Dec 2022
Dear all, Lidl’s Christmas advert strap line this year is “a Christmas you can believe in”. I expect they are trying to draw attention to their low prices. I think […]
Plugged In? – Minister’s Letter Nov 22
Dear all at IPC, I recently spent a stressful 20 minutes trying to plug my phone into it’s charger when it was on 2%. No matter how I positioned the […]
Cycles of Ministry – Minister’s Letter Oct 22
Dear all at IPC In the last week I’ve been about told a young peoples camp that I used to be involved with and a church that I know well. […]
God is Good – Minister’s Letter Sept 22
Dear all at IPC, ‘For you Lord, are good’ – Psalm 86:5 As I reflect on the last few weeks and months of church life, I’m filled with a sense of […]
Character Outs – Minister’s Letter July 22
Dear all at IPC, One of the things we’ve seen over the past couple of years in evangelicalism has been leaders who have fallen into sin or been exposed. What […]