| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 15 secs | 0 Comments
If you’ve been following the New Testament in a Year Reading Plan, you will have got to Acts 1 today, which marks Jesus ascending and waiting for the Holy Spirit to descend! After Jesus was crucified and rose again, he appeared to his followers for 40 days (Acts 1:3) before ascending (Acts 1:9) to the […]
| By Andy Moyle | 7 mins 25 secs | 0 Comments
I love John’s Gospel. Here’s some some notes from the sermon series on John in 2012-2013. The first section of John, the Prologue, is like a cinema foyer with posters advertising what is coming… Need for Speed – Pretty people drive cars fast while engaging in criminal activity. Die Hard 43 – Bruce Willis is […]
| By Andy Moyle | 1 min 20 secs | 0 Comments
Janet is still smiling and quoting an encouraging email she got 24 hours ago from the chair of governors at her school. Encouragement is powerful – we use the word to talk about pointing out the positive in someone else. Its root meaning implies putting “courage in”. Just before Joshua became leader of Israel to […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 50 secs | 0 Comments
Jesus words “And let the one who has no sword sell his cloak and buy one” brought me up short this morning as we continue on through the New Testament in a year. Is Jesus advocating that his followers take up arms to personally defend themselves? Er, no! The key to why he said that […]
| By Andy Moyle | 1 min 30 secs | 0 Comments
In Luke 21:5-24 Jesus prophecies the destruction of the Temple and the trampling of Jerusalem by the Gentiles. He doesn’t prophecy here or anywhere else that the physical Temple will be rebuilt. The temple and Jerusalem were indeed trampled in AD 70 under Emporer Titus. There’s no need for a physical temple anymore – Jesus […]
| By Andy Moyle | 30 secs | 0 Comments
Keep up to date with what’s on at The Gateway Church on your iPhone or iPad 1) Browse to our mobile friendly website thegatewaychurch.info in the Safari browser 2) Tap on the middle icon – the box with an upward arrow coming out of it – that’s the share icon, which will bring up this […]
| By Andy Moyle | 1 min 55 secs | 0 Comments
Preachers often use the widow’s offering in sermons on giving to make the point that the rich often give in percentage terms very little, whereas the poor widow gave everything. It’s a true point. But not the point Jesus was getting at. In the paragraph before He had pointed out the religious leaders who were […]
| By Andy Moyle | 3 mins 19 secs | 0 Comments
I’m doing the epilogue at our international cafe this evening, where we gather people whose first language is Polish, Tamil, Mandarin, Lithuanian, Brazilian Portugese and American English! The cafe builds friendships, teaches English informally and has a speaker on a topic about UK life. This week, it’s the UK political system. For my epilogue I […]
| By Andy Moyle | 42 secs | 0 Comments
In 2 Samuel 5:20, David experiences breakthrough against the Philistines “Then David inquired of the LORD, saying, “Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will You give them into my hand?” And the LORD said to David, “Go up, for I will certainly give the Philistines into your hand.” So David came to Baal-perazim and defeated […]