Back home from NI

Over the weekend I was visiting a local church in Northern Ireland to speak at their conference and to spend some time with them encouraging them from the word of God.

It is a wonderful thing to see how God still speaks today through the Bible.

Many people have difficult lives but God meets their needs through his word.

This is available to everyone but the starting point is when an individual comes into a living relationship with Him.

If you are interested in finding out more read some of my previous blogs; they will point you in the right direction.



All posts have the aim of pointing people to Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour or to aid Christian growth and development.

Location:Dinas Lane,Huyton-with-Roby,United Kingdom

Tuesday Night Football in Anfield

Hear is a great group of lads playing football in Anfield tonight. Really good to be with them and to tell them something of God's love for them. I can't play footy to save myself, they have piles of energy. I have a God who loves them and sent His Son to die for them.

Collecting wood for a bonfire in July!

Ballyduff, Northern Ireland - Preparing for the 12th

I have just come back from speaking in a local church in Ballyduff in Ulster. To most of us that means Northern Ireland or just Ireland but to the people who live in that part of the province it's Ulster. Look at the picture that I took. They are preparing and collecting tyres and wood for their annual bonfire on the 12th of July. What commitment! I could hardly take it in! 

Most of us find it hard to understand the mindset of people who hold on to their traditions with such veracity. Nothing seems to divert them from the task of celebrating an event that took place hundreds of years ago. 

If you follow this blog you might be asking what has this got to do with Liverpool? A good question!

Here is the reason. When I was in Ballyduff I met a lot of people who love Liverpool - I can't blame them; it's a great place. Their love however was for one of the city's famous football teams. I am not letting out which one it was, you can guess. The devotion for their favourite team equalled their commitment to their preparations for their annual bonfire. 

My question to you is this? Is there anything that you would show that amount of commitment to? What would you risk everything to preserve or uphold? In my view none of the things that I have talked about in this blog rank high enough in my list of priorities to give them that level of commitment. I do however have one thing that is at the top of my list - my faith in Jesus Christ. One of the early Christians said about the Lord Jesus that he is 'the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me' (Paul the Apostle). One of the great missionaries from England of a past generation said this 'If Jesus Christ be God and died for me, then no sacrifice can be too great for me to make for Him (C.T.Studd).

What are you living for?
What would you die for?

Keys Court, Liverpool One and The Tree of Knowledge

I saw this tree in Liverpool City Centre in Keys Court, Liverpool One. It is a place where you can leave books for others to read or pick up a book.

It reminded me of the tree of the knowledge in the bible and of the tree of life.

The Bible says about the 'Tree of Life' - "Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie". (Revelation 22:14, 15 KJV)




All posts have the aim of pointing people to Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour or to aid Christian growth and development.

Location:Keys Court, Liverpool One