St Luke 12: 49-53 Jesus said ‘I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! I have a baptism with which to be baptized, and what stress I am under until it is completed! Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, […]
URC Daily Devotion 13 February 2025
St Luke 12: 41 – 48 Peter said, ‘Lord, are you telling this parable for us or for everyone?’ And the Lord said, ‘Who then is the faithful and prudent manager whom his master will put in charge of his slaves, to give them their allowance of food at the proper time? Blessed is that […]
URC Daily Devotion 12 February 2025
St Luke 12: 35 – 40 ‘Be dressed for action and have your lamps lit; be like those who are waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that they may open the door for him as soon as he comes and knocks. Blessed are those slaves whom the master finds alert […]
URC Daily Devotion Tuesday 11 February 2025
St Luke 12: 22 – 34 Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have […]
URC Daily Devotion Monday 10 February 2025
St Luke 12: 13 – 21 Someone in the crowd said to Jesus, ‘Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me.’ But he said to him, ‘Friend, who set me to be a judge or arbitrator over you?’ And he said to them, ‘Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds […]
Sunday Worship 9 February 2025
Today’s service is led by the Revd Neil Thorogood Welcome Hello. My name is Neil Thorogood, and it is my joy and privilege to welcome you to our worship from the United Reformed Church today. I am the minister of two congregations in the South Western Synod. Thornbury URC is in a market town outside Bristol. […]
Saturday 8 February 2025
St Luke 12: 4 – 12 Jesus said: ‘I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body, and after that can do nothing more. But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him! […]
URC Daily Devotion Friday 7 February 2025
St Luke 12: 1 – 3 Meanwhile, when the crowd gathered in thousands, so that they trampled on one another, Jesus began to speak first to his disciples, ‘Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, that is, their hypocrisy. Nothing is covered up that will not be uncovered, and nothing secret that will not become […]
URC Daily Devotion Thursday 6 February 2025
St Luke 11: 37 – 54 While Jesus was speaking, a Pharisee invited him to dine with him; so he went in and took his place at the table. The Pharisee was amazed to see that he did not first wash before dinner. Then the Lord said to him, ‘Now you Pharisees clean the outside […]
Wednesday 5 February 2025
Wednesday 5 February 2025 St Luke 11: 33 – 36 Jesus said: ‘No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar, but on the lampstand so that those who enter may see the light. Your eye is the lamp of your body. If your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of […]