Author Archives: Stephen McDonald

When parents name their children, the choice often means something. Perhaps it’s a popular name, a family name, or the name of a treasured friend. Pip, today we hear the story about your name. You are named Pip after the main character in Great Expectations and we’ll read that together when you’re bigger. It’s aContinue reading “The Good News About Jesus (Acts 8:26-40)”

I wonder if you ever think about why people don’t believe in Jesus and what it would take to convince them. Do we need a well-reasoned argument? Do we need an amazing testimony? Do we need good evidence that will convince people to believe? Sometimes we think, “People would believe if only, we had something.Continue reading “What Money Can’t Buy (Acts 8:9-25)”

Imagine with me for a minute: how does this story finish? (You’ve probably heard it before): “Muuum! I was playing with that toy and Billy took it!” Does the story end with: “But I forgave him and it’s all okay”? What about this story? “There are more people who ticked “No religion” in the 2016 Census thanContinue reading “Persecution Leads to Joy (Acts 8:1-8)”

What is your approach to living as a Christian in these days, when it is an unpopular thing, an unusual thing for people to say that they belong to the Lord Jesus? Do you try to fly under the radar? Can you be a Christian and not draw attention to it? Jesus says that weContinue reading “A Cruel Death & A Heavenly Reception (Acts 7:54-8:1)”