Dear Members and Friends of IBCZ, (The message this week is by John Coles. His last Sunday with us will be Nov. 17, but we didn’t want to wait until the last minute to announce this, especially as he has served IBCZ so faithfully in many ways – often unseen.
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, I Timothy 5:18 For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain,” and, “The labourer deserves his wages.” One of the saddest sermons I think I ever heard was preached on the above by the minster of
Continue readingRomans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. Society has moved on even since I was a lad and so has a mother’s role to some degree, but the pity of this is society somehow can now take a dim view of mothers
Continue readingA terse definition from a popular dictionary is: “Sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others”. A more modern dictionary indicates: “Compassion motivates people to go out of their way to help the physical, mental, or emotional pains of another”. There is a well know
Continue readingDear brothers and sisters at IBCZ The Elders wish you all a Happy New Year, but no, a Hopeful New Year in the Biblical sense. It strikes me the reason some may dread the passing of yet another Callander year is the fact that in the west, at least, for
Continue readingDuring my childhood a certain man, affectionately known as JFK, became the 35th president of the USA. In his inaugural speech President Kennedy urges American citizens to participate in public service and “ask not what your country can do for you–ask what you can do for your country.” Now a search
Continue readingOf course Peter’s issues are not his alone but mankind in general exhibits some if not all of his issues in varying degrees. I think we get to know so much about Peter from scripture as he can be an example of fallen man whereas Jesus can be seen as
Continue readingAs we are now leaving the time of Easter behind us I thought I would remind you of the charge the ‘council of elders’ brought before Pilate concerning the Lord Jesus. They had previously asked Him if he was the Christ. We see this episode recorded in Luke 22: v
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