The Reverend Garibaldi McFlurry

On Sunday morning I was preaching from Genesis five and six, wrestling with a difficult passage on Bible Sunday, as we traced death's d...

Imagine that you decide to start reading through the Bible. An excellent idea. Where better to begin, you think, than the start. And so you...

On Sunday morning I was preaching on Cain and Abel as we follow the early chapters of the Bible and trace the lines of sin and grace. We r...

Have you ever been in one of those amazing mazes? The hedges are thick and full, you can’t see over the top of them, and you try to find yo...

I’m sure you’ve heard of the radio programme ‘Desert Island Discs.’ The show has been running for seventy years now, with celebrities invit...

On Sunday we continued to work through the opening chapters of Genesis, as we considered the consequences of the first sin in the Garden of...

I wonder if you’ve ever seen the TV programme ‘Come Dine With Me.’ The format is simple. Contestants take it in turns to host a dinner part...

I wonder if you’ve heard the old story about the new minister who called at a particular house. He thought the lady of the house was at hom...

I once heard it said that when the apostle Paul showed up, there was either a riot or a revival, whereas wherever I preach, they serve a cu...

On Sunday we were thinking about temptation - how Adam and Eve fell for the devil's lies; how we too face temptation; and how Jesus wa...

Two years ago, I noticed that one of the sermons on my blog was getting an awful lot of traffic in one particular week . It turned out that ...

‘Wet paint: do not touch.’ I wonder if you’re like me, and when you see a sign like that, all you want to do it touch it, to see if it real...

Now the title of this book might raise a few eyebrows among readers of my blog. After all, Brookeborough isn't a city, and Aghavea defi...

On Sunday morning I was preaching from Genesis 2, on the way in which God provides in his wonderful creation. Now in every sermon situation,...

Have you ever watched a football game in the stadium? Your team scores a goal - it's very exciting, but from your seat, you might not h...

Crazy Love is an impassioned plea to the church to step up to the mark. Pastor Francis Chan identifies that something isn't right in t...

It’s the stuff of soap operas. Things are getting along fine, and then comes the drama. An old familiar face returns again, and sparks are ...