Letter from our Minister

Dear Friends,

I don't know if you have noticed that God has been under attack in recent times. There seems to be a big push being made by secularists and humanists against belief in God. And it's not a case of gracious debate that they wish to have; no it seems to me that they just want to come at belief with all guns blazing!

What I find difficult, apart from their ungraciousness, is their stance that you can't be intelligent and still believe in God. Personally I find that insulting. I know, and know of many highly intellectual people who have a faith. These folk come from all walks of life and include Professors of different scientific disciplines who see no incompatibility with what they believe about God and the science they study.

A good question to ask these atheists is: "what kind of a God do you not believe in?" In their answers you may find that you don't believe in that kind of God as well, which may surprise the athiests !

As we come to Easter it brings us to the heart of what Christians believe about God. In the events of the Cross and Resurrection of Jesus we see a God who is Love.

God is Love and though I can't work everything out; though I don't have all the answers to people’s questions; though I recognise lots of obstacles to faith, this knowledge that God is Love holds me and keeps my faith alive. And it is Easter that gives me my faith, that gives the Church its faith in a God who is for us, not against us, irrespective of what the atheists say.

May we all know afresh the love that has no limits, is so much stronger than death, and lasts forever.

Keep the Faith.

Happy Easter

Joe

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