Simon Benham’s Blog
Hello, and thanks for making it to my blog. My name is Simon and I am the Senior Pastor here at Kerith Community Church.
This blog is a place for me to share thoughts on pretty much anything which takes my interest. This will often be related to things happening in our church community or life lessons I am in the process of learning. It could also be reflections on current world events, reviews of books I am reading or commentary on how well Newcastle United are doing in the league! You just never know what you're going to get...
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Happy reading,
Simon
Understanding Addiction
Andy Partington has written an excellent new book exploring addiction - what causes it and how can we best help those who are struggling with it. I thoroughly recommend it.
Pilgrimage
I’m planning on doing a pilgrimage at the end of May. Why would I do that and what relevance could it have for you?
Asbury & Wildfires
Many of you will have heard about the outpouring of the Holy Spirit which started at Asbury University in Kentucky in the United States, and now seems to be spreading around the world. We know how desperately our nation, us included, needs a powerful move of God, and I know that many of us are hoping and praying that this is the start of such a move.
What denomination is Kerith? Where we’ve been and where we’re going
I was recently told that ‘what denomination is Kerith church’ is one of the most common queries about Kerith on Google. I just tried Googling this question myself. The top three answers all pointed to pages on our website, but none of them actually answered the question. Therefore, I thought I’d write a blog to try and give an answer…
“For the husband is the head of the wife” – Is hierarchy God’s design for marriage?
Somewhere along my Christian journey I picked up the idea that in marriage, the role of the husband was to lead and to be the primary authority while the wife’s role was to submit to that authority. Until recently, I’d never really examined whether that was indeed what the Bible taught. Read the conclusion I’ve now come to.