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 […]
The Elizabeth Line and Church Building Projects!
In the last couple of days I have travelled on the Elizabeth line through Central London. It’s not fully complete in that you have to make a change at Paddington, […]
Time – Minister’s Letter June 22
Dear all at IPC, What can’t be bought, can’t be swapped, and when you’ve spent it, it’s gone? The answer is… time. Our life on earth is finite, there is […]
The tyranny of lists – Minister’s Letter May 2022
Dear all at IPC, I recently started writing lists again, the kind of thing to plan my days and weeks. I found it helpful to think through what I needed […]
How can I get out of my bad mood? – Minister’s Letter April 22
Dear all at IPC, One of the children of the church asked me recently if I would preach a sermon on ‘how to get out of a bad mood’. It’s […]