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Thought for the Month
Our 'Thought for the Month' series is contained here. From the links in the table below, you can go straight to the current short article or have a look at some of our earlier ones.
At 'Grove' we hope that they will help focus your thoughts on our Lord Jesus Christ. Please feel free to e-mail us at 'Grove' with any comments.
June 2021"We are not alone" |
May 2021"The Lord is my Shepherd " |
April 2021"April fool" |
March 2021"Tempus fugit" |
February 2021"What a day!" |
January 2021"Thin places for thin times" |
December 2020"Hide the lollies, it's the Gilpins!" |
November 2020"Welcome sinner friend!" |
October 2020"As ugly as the back-end of a bus!" |
September 2020"Wake up and smell the roses" |
August 2020"Bad" |
July 2020"Be Frank" |
June 2020"The REAL church" |
May 2020"Old and full of days" |
April 2020"Why is God allowing the coronavirus pandemic?" |
March 2020"Weapons of Mass Distraction" |
February 2020"What is Marriage?" |
January 2020"Blind to the things of God" |
December 2019"Swing low, sweet chariot" |
November 2019"An inconvenient truth" |
October 2019"Helter skelter" |
September 2019"The unpardonable sin" |
August 2019"Unforgiven" |
July 2019"The Dove from above" |
June 2019"Mr Greedy" |
May 2019"Get away when you can" |
April 2019"Oceans" |
March 2019"Life’s hard, then you die" |
February 2019"The loneliest man in the world" |
January 2019"There is no God!" |
December 2018"Jesus Cares or Jesus Scares?" |
November 2018"Do not be deceived!" |
October 2018"Bring me sunshine" |
September 2018"Passport heaven" |
August 2018"Holding it all together" |
July 2018"How shall we escape?" |
June 2018"Jesus is coming to save us" |
May 2018"Greyfriars Bobby" |
April 2018"Our Jerusalem" |
March 2018"Will Grigg's on fire" |
February 2018"Too many miles on the clock" |
January 2018"Known unto God" |
December 2017"Paint the whole world with a rainbow" |
November 2017"Jesus wept " |
October 2017"The Fiery Furnace" |
September 2017"Mary, Mary, quite contrary" |
August 2017"In the twinkling of an eye" |
July 2017"Getting away scot-free" |
June 2017"Leap of faith" |
May 2017"Time of the signs" |
April 2017"Abort! Abort!" |
March 2017"Hide and Seek" |
February 2017"Salt of the earth" |
January 2017"Blinking near water" |
December 2016"Ye of little faith" |
November 2016"Running away" |
October 2016"True Riches" |
September 2016"Remember me when I'm gone" |
August 2016"Into the flames" |
July 2016"Leave EU, forsake EU" |
June 2016"For such a time as this" |
May 2016"Cornerstone" |
April 2016"Anticipated traffic numbers" |
March 2016"Harlot to heroine" |
February 2016"Imagine no religion" |
January 2016"Good will to all men" |
December 2015"Where is God?" |
November 2015"One Direction" |
October 2015"God's Telephone Number" |
September 2015"Try the reins" |
August 2015"Heaven: harpists need not apply!" |
July 2015"Beacon of Hope" |
June 2015"Our Right to be Forgotten" |
May 2015"In a right jam" |
April 2015"Darkness into light" |
March 2015"Loved before the dawn of time" |
February 2015"We are but dust…" |
January 2015"Is… there… any… hope?" |
Christmas 2014"Let there be light" |
December 2014"A whale of a time?" |
November 2014"My God says 'go and do'" |
October 2014"Bloom where you're planted" |
September 2014"Failure is not an option" (among other Hollywood lies) |
August 2014"No hope here" (Sign for the times) |
July 2014"I am a Christian" |
June 2014"It's the real thing" |
May 2014"Hands down for coffee!" (Decaffeinated Christians) |
April 2014"And here isn't the news" (Padina's story) |
March 2014"Astonished by the Word" |
February 2014"Sir, we would see Jesus" (Who do they see in me?) |
January 2014"Escape from the deep" (Up from the grave he arose!) |
December 2013"The magic of Christmas" (It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas) |
November 2013"You only live once?" (YOLO) |
October 2013"Who wants to live forever?" (Eternally yours) |
September 2013"To Hell and back" (Michelle Knight, a true overcomer!) |
August 2013"Spectacular Falls" |
July 2013"Summertime and the living is easy…" |
June 2013"There's something about Mary" (Mary, Mary, quite extraordinary!) |
May 2013"4 Funerals and a Wedding" |
April 2013"A tale of two gardens" |
Easter 2013"The greatest day in history" |
March 2013"Down with this sort of thing" |
February 2013"Commoonion" |
New Year 2013"Special branch" |
January 2013"Camping" |
December 2012"Light of the world" |
November 2012"Judgement" |
October 2012"Too Buzzy??" |
September 2012"Wreck-storations" |
August 2012"Big Daddy" |
July 2012"Bridge over troubled water" |
June 2012"The Scream" |
May 2012"The long walk" |
April 2012"Comfortable Christianity" |
March 2012"Beholding the Son" |
February 2012"The Man who calmed the sea" |
January 2012"Raison d'être" |
December 2011"Wisdom from on high!" |
November 2011"He has no hands but ours" |
October 2011"Temporary vs. Forever" |
September 2011"There they crucified Him" |
August 2011"Report Card" |
July 2011"Shrek the sheep" |
June 2011"Michelin Man" |
May 2011"The Greatest" |
April 2011"The Voice of Hope" |
March 2011"The Homecoming" |
February 2011"2012, the end of the World" |
January 2011"Monkeys don't pray" |
December 2010"You stole our Holiday!" |
November 2010"Brotherly Love" |
October 2010"TWITTER, the Tweet and the twits" |
September 2010"Crossroads" |
August 2010"And the Books were Opened" |
July 2010"The Truth lies within" |
June 2010"Pettiness and Persecution" |
May 2010"Walk on" |
Easter 2010"Tombstone truths" |
March 2010"Hell's Bells!" |
February 2010"Why does God allow suffering to happen?" |
January 2010"The Mind's Eye" |
December 2009"Look unto Him" |
November 2009"Urbanus McManus" |
October 2009"Honest to God!" |
September 2009"Not of this world" |
August 2009"Battlefield…" |
July 2009"How to fail successfully" |
June 2009How many Baptists… |
May 2009"Captain MarvelTM" |
April 2009"Simon Cowell - über cool" |
March 2009"contentment" with a capital C |
February 2009"Dying to Self" |
January 2009"The Rapture" |
December 2008Peace on earth and goodwill to all men? |
November 2008The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind |
October 2008End of the World? (Disaster Hedron!) |
September 2008Playing Church (No time to play) |
August 2008Credit Crunch (Crunch free zone) |
July 2008Religious Freedom? (Gospel 'no go' areas) |
June 2008Hell, does it REALLY exist? (A Hellish Thought) |
May 2008666 (A bad Omen!) |
April 2008Saints and more Saints (Saintly sinners!) |
March 2008Sharia Law (Intelligent idea?) |
February 2008Bad British Bill (Human/Animal Embryos) |
New Year 2008The Long Stretch! (Stretch Marks) |
January 2008Canoe believe it! (Missing Person) |
Christmas 2007Now that’s a Christmas present! (Reason for the season) |
December 2007Contrasting Results |
November 2007‘Climate Change’ or ‘Change of Heart’? |
Sep/Oct 2007Excuses, excuses, excuses |
August 2007Ding-bats and Wallys! (People matter) |
July 2007Happenings in Hospital (Two stories) |
May/June 2007A New Joseph? (Wear the coat) |
April 2007Who Cares Anyway? (One man down!) |
Feb/March 2007Princess Victoria (Naval tragedy) |
January 2007New Years Honours (Unsung heros) |
Nov/Dec 2006Madonna with child (Malawi baby boy) |
October 2006Look where you're going - are you blind! (Blind to the obvious) |
September 2006Free Gift (Not just ice-cream!) |
July/Aug 2006Da Vinci (Code for nonsense) |
June 2006The Main Man (But not Rooney!) |
May 2006Last words (Listen up!) |
April 2006Kids are expensive - no kidding! (Train up a child) |
March 2006Mohammed cartoons (Offence of the cross) |
February 2006West Virginia coalmine disaster (False hope) |
January 2006New Year - no fear! (Dragons ahead?) |
December 2005George Best - the greatest? (Simply the best) |
November 2005Great Predictions! (Fools on the future) |
October 2005N. Ireland 1 : England 0 (Football's David & Goliath) |
September 2005London Bombings (Shaken but not stirred) |
July 2005Retiring Offering (Retirement, the right way) |
June 2005A Living God (Living to show He's alive) |
May 2005Jackson Trial (Famous show trials) |
April 2005Victoria Cross (Private Johnson Beharry) |
March 2005The Fool (Psalm 53:1) |
February 2005Blasphemous BBC (Jerry Springer - The Opera) |
January 2005New Year's Revolution (Happy New Year) |
December 2004Good News from a far Country (Afghan Hostages Released) |
November 2004Lord Lucan (Making a name for oneself) |
October 2004Russian Massacre (Beslan bedlam) |
September 2004Only the Olympics! (The race of Your Life) |
August 2004That sinking feeling? (Solid Foundations) |
July 2004EURO 2004 (Room at the Inn?) |
June 2004Have a GOOGLE at this... (Searching the heart) |
May 2004A Helpful Handshake? (Gaddafi and Blair) |
April 2004A voice from the dead (Cain and Abel) |
March 2004Darkness reigns supreme (Wisdom from the BRIT awards!) |
February 2004The Bible has ALL the answers (...now what's the Question?) |
January 2004Church Today (Not Sunday already!) |
December 2003ANGELS (Our angle on angels) |
November 2003Life with Leprosy (Unclean! Unclean!) |
October 2003Just thinking about Justice (Just Rewards) |
September 2003Profit and Loss (Valleys and Mountain Tops) |
August 2003Learning to trust in the Lord (Poem) |
July 2003The Beauty of Christ (He is altogether lovely!) |
June 2003Rags to Riches Riches to Ruination (Third World/Next World) |
May 2003Happiness or Hopelessness? (Happiness is to know the Saviour...) |
April 2003How DID Jesus die? (A thought for Easter) |
March 2003Friends in High Places (Help from above) |
February 2003Losing your Focus (A spiritual eye test) |
January 2003A Christmas baby who changed the world (The evils of cloning) |
December 2002Heaven or Hell? (Do we really care?) |
November 2002TIME - use it wisely (A timely reminder) |
October 2002Jesus' Return (Peril or Poetry?) |
September 2002Itching Ears (2 Timothy 4) |
August 2002Hypocrisy in the church (Read this you hypocrite!) |
July 2002Shake it off! (Letting the past pass) |
June 2002Loving the Unlovely (What's love got to do with it?) |
May 2002PRIDE (Proud of our Pride?) |
April 2002First Generation Baptists & us (Uncomfortable comparison?) |
March 2002Thinking about Heaven (Heavenly Thoughts) |
February 2002God's Valentine (God's love for 14th February) |
January 2002Why do the Righteous Suffer? (Poem) |
December 2001Torture and Triumph (Psalm 22) |
November 2001More, or less? (Contentment) |
October 2001Terrible Times (Terrorist Attacks on USA) |
September 2001Escaping your Difficulties (A look at David - Psalm 18) |
August 2001Perceptive Prayer (One to make you think...) |
July 2001Useful Numbers to call... (The Bible wont let you down) |
June 2001Saved, but secure? (Ever doubted your salvation?) |
May 2001God is (True traits of an infinite God) |
April 2001The GRACE of God (God's Riches At Christ's Expense) |
March 2001Our usefulness to God (A brief look at Elijah) |
