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We Must Resist Spirituality

How easily has it been that counterfeit love has paraded through our corporate lives? The humdrum of human sentimentality tarted up to appear loving, but betrayed by the shallowness of its inane protestations? The banality of religious chit-chat, the mesmerising allure of false spirituality – who wants these things, really?

My Dear Lucy

An adaptation of two key moments in C.S Lewis’ iconic classic, The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe: Chapter 4: When Lucy explains to Edmund who The White Which of Narnia is. Chapter 7: When Mr & Mrs Beaver have something very important to tell the children. More content: https://firebrandnotes.com Support us: https://firebrandnotes.com/give/

Is This the End of the Church?

The Question “Is this the end of the Church?” I heard a church pastor ask earlier this week. Of course it’s not! Jesus will build His Church and the gates of Sheol will fail to prevail (Matthew 16:18) and the Church will be presented in perfect, wrinkle-less splendour to Jesus at the end of theContinue reading “Is This the End of the Church?”

Mum & Dad’s Landmark Lockdown Testimony

Happy Christmas Eve, everyone! We thought you’d like to listen to the recent testimony of our parents, Ant & Pam Franks, who have walked with the Lord faithfully for more than 50 years. Lockdown has been a golden opportunity for us all to reassess what we are committed to, how we understand “church” and whetherContinue reading “Mum & Dad’s Landmark Lockdown Testimony”

As High As

So good to be next to you, Mairi. (I couldn’t have hoped for someone more beautiful, tender-hearted & gracious). I’m eternally grateful that you’re next to me. Hold me close. I love you. He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as theContinue reading “As High As”