Most healthy, growing churches have found that home groups, or Bible study groups, are an invaluable part of their life together, and Christ Church is no exception. They build friendships between church members in a way that isn’t always possible...
Read moreChrist Church Düsseldorf and the Church of England Christ Church Düsseldorf is not an independent church; we are part of the Church of England, and its diocese of Europe. That is important: we are not on our own but have the support of a...
Read moreDear Diocesan Safeguarding Team, I am writing to inform you of a visitor to our city, and many others, who we believe may be a serious risk to children. This is in accordance with the diocesan policy, which requires that any concerns must...
Read moreThe Weight of God For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea. -Habakkuk 2:14 “The biggest problem of the church is a faith-problem”[1]. That is the diagnosis of Professor...
Read moreMartin Luther’s Haircut I’m a typical man: I like to get my haircuts over and done with as quickly as possible. As far as visits to the barbers are concerned, my sympathies are with Martin Luther when he was a monk: his haircut would have...
Read moreEveryone now has to have a “mission statement” or a “vision statement”. Let me give you some examples. Google’s mission statement is: “To provide access to the world’s information in one click”- ironically, that was quite hard to find using...
Read more500 years ago, Europe rang to the blows of a hammer. On 31st October 2017, Martin Luther published his 95 theses, protesting against the commercialization of God’s sovereign grace by the sale of indulgences. He may have done this by nailing...
Read more“At last, by the mercy of God, meditating day and night, I gave heed to the context of the words, namely “In it the righteousness of God is revealed, as it is written, “He who through faith is righteous shall live”. There I began to understand...
Read moreFive hundred years ago, one man completely overturned the way we understand the universe and our place in it. His name was Nicholas Copernicus. For thousands of years, people had thought that the earth, with mankind on it, remained stationary at...
Read more“After darkness, light”. That was the motto of the Reformation, whose 500th anniversary we celebrate in October this year. Why are these long ago events so important for us today? The answer is in the word: Reformation, or re-formation. There...
Read more“Then celebrate with joy before the Lord your God for seven days… I am the LORD your God”. Leviticus 23:40,43. Next Sunday is our Harvest service at Christ Church. We will thank God for his goodness, bring gifts of food which will be taken...
Read moreThe world is probably not going to end tomorrow. You may have seen the rumours that have been flying around the internet for a few weeks, saying that on 23rd September 2017 a hitherto unknown planet called “Nibiru” or “Planet X” will smash into...
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