Men’s Fellowship (Wednesdays 8pm)

Romans

Explore how every insult became proof of Christ’s love and what that means for our own encounters with mockery.

Discover why a dying terrorist became the first man welcomed into paradise – and why his story still defines the doorway to heaven today. Tap below to read the full reflection on Luke 23:39-43.

Discover how Jesus’ first words from the cross transform our understanding of mercy—and why no offence is too great to forgive.

We live in a world that often celebrates religious “tolerance” by insisting that every faith is just another path up the same mountain.  “All religions lead to God,” it’s said—so let’s learn from one another and leave it at that.  But does that claim really hold water?

Every human life is hanging from one of two belts. That’s Paul’s big idea in Romans 5. Adam is the first giant; Christ is the second. Everyone is naturally clipped to Adam’s belt – and when he fell, we fell with him. Sin flooded the world through a single rebel act; death came as its constant shadow, and condemnation reigns in every graveyard.

Israel had barely caught its breath after God's dramatic provision of water from the rock when a new crisis erupted in the wilderness. The nomadic Amalekites swept out of the desert bent on wiping the fledgling nation from the map. What followed – a gritty mêlée in the valley below Rephidim and a prayer-soaked vigil on the hill above – is much more than an obscure military episode.

Permit me to ride a hobby horse of mine for a few minutes! I want to issue a plea for an exegetically informed gifted illustrator to produce illustrations for a really excellent children’s Bible story book. I wonder how many children grow up with completely wrong ideas about Scripture simply because of a misleading picture in a story book. I’m not questioning the motives of the illustrators—no doubt they want to produce pictures that are simple and appealing; but how often do they end up distorting what the text actually says?

Happy (belated) St Patrick’s Day! Here in Galway in the Republic of Ireland we celebrated St Patrick’s Day with a huge parade. In Dublin, the capital of Ireland, some half a million turned out for their parade. But no matter where you live in the world, you probably heard something about St Patrick’s Day because it is celebrated in more countries than any other national festival! In fact this year, for the first time in history, it was celebrated on Antarctica! 

Location

Covenant Christian Fellowship
Unit 3, Sean Mulvoy Commercial Centre, Galway, Ireland