Northampton Street Chaplain

08/06/2026

It’s not that God’s Word isn’t relevant, or that it's out of date and no longer speaks to our culture. The reason so many object to it, is because they don’t like what It has to say, so choose to make it irrelevant, out of date or no longer inline with todays culture.
How can we claim to be followers of Christ if we are not prepared to follow His Word, in it's eternal, uncompromised context as absolute truth?

01/06/2026

Christ’s church is a little bit hospital, a little bit mental ward, and a weekly reunion of sinners who’ve made a mess of their lives.

It’s a place where self-proclaimed righteous people who have it all together will be bored because there’s nothing for them there.

Church is for real sinners who really sin with other real sinners, for here they find the Friend of Sinners, Jesus the Christ.

26/05/2026

We live in a society that will tell you a baby in the womb isn't a person, but a man in a dress is a woman! Did we miss something along the way?

23/04/2026

Paul never presented the gospel as attractive to the natural man. He preached it as it is.

At the centre is the cross, not as an idea, but as a real sacrifice. “We preach Christ crucified” (1 Corinthians 1:23). Blood was shed. Sin was judged. Christ was offered. “Without shedding of blood there is no forgiveness” (Hebrews 9:22).

This is why the gospel offends. It exposes our guilt and removes every claim of self righteousness. It leaves us with nothing but Christ. “He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf” (2 Corinthians 5:21).

So the gospel is not softened to make it acceptable. It is declared as it is, because that is where its power lies. “The word of the cross… is the power of God” (1 Corinthians 1:18).

It is a costly gospel because it cost Christ everything.

And it will never be understood until we see that.

22/03/2026

The command to 'Go out into all the world' means every corner, every dark space, to wherever humanity can be found.

03/03/2026

The organising and officiating of memorial services or funerals, is part of this, sometimes heartbreaking role, that i consider myself privileged to walk in.

Lithuanian Kristians Olstein died at Northampton Hospital on the 18th of February 2019. He was only 22. He had moved here to get work, but lost his passport within days and ended up the streets.
He had an amazing love of music, his dream being to make his name, writing and playing for the entertainment of others, however this was not to be.

Kristian was a victim of the streets, the abuse he suffered, the addictions that ripped holes in his life, his dignity. The loss of self worth were all a result of a life style he did not choose, but yet chose him.

But however society viewed him, however little it offered him, and how much it disowned him, Kristian became endeared to so many. His quiet, polite, unassuming, undemanding manner. His obvious youth and musical talent, his sense of humour alongside a resilient yet uncertain faith placed him in the hearts of people from all walks of life, from all social classes and genres.

This charity raised the funds to have Kristians returned home to his family, so they could say farewell, and his memorial service, held in March of that same year, was one of many i have been saddened, yet privileged to organise and host over the last 8 years.

RIEP Kristians, still remembered.

15/02/2026

The Lord will direct your path Proverbs 3:5-6.

The Lord will provide what is needed Philippians 4:19.

The Lord will sustain the one who leans on Him Psalm 55:22.

So my dear weary soul, do not look inward for strength. Look to Him. Seek the Lord while He may be found Isaiah 55:6. Trust Him when the road is unclear Psalm 37:5. Stay the course, not because you are strong, but because He is faithful 1 Corinthians 1:9.

He does not abandon what He begins. “He who began a good work in you will bring it to completion” Philippians 1:6.

09/02/2026

God is still good,
when I don’t understand.

God is still faithful,
when it doesn’t make sense.

God still has a plan,
when I can’t see it.

God still reigns,
when things look like chaos.

God is still near,
when I can’t feel Him.

God is still God.

05/02/2026

Avoid those who teach that God is obligated to heal if only a person has enough faith, that claim is not in Scripture and is cruel to those suffering, often leading to them falling into false condemnation. The Apostle Paul’s closest co-laborers did not live under such a doctrine, in fact we are told that Epaphroditus was “sick to the point of death,” and Paul did not rebuke him for lack of faith, but thanked God for mercy when he recovered.
Philippians 2:26-30.

If divine healing were guaranteed by faith, Paul would not have left Trophimus ill at Miletus 2 Timothy 4:20, nor would he have told Timothy to use wine for his frequent ailments 1 Timothy 5:23.

Scripture teaches, and we believe 100% that God, not only can heal, but does heal, but He does so only in line with His sovereign will. There is no human formula or pressured confession, by which He will feel obliged to 'perform'.
When we turn the will of God to heal, into a law of faith, we step outside of the Gospel, and are in danger of trying to spiritually manipulate the Divine.

27/01/2026

As long as we continue to cling even remotely to self, we raise the question 'do we really understand salvation?'
Because the moment our trust is placed in our repentance, our tears, our sorrow, or our spiritual feelings, the journey of shifting our hope away from Christ, has already began.
There is nothing of us that can stand before a holy God, for Scripture is clear, even our righteous deeds are like filthy rags in His sight Isaiah 64:6.

Self will always fight to stay alive, it craves and hunger for a role, for credit, to feel that it has contributed something, but salvation leaves no room for that. “By grace you have been saved through faith and that not of yourselves it is the gift of God not of works lest any man should boast” Ephesians 2:8 to 9.

Self can be small, but non the less dangerous, like a fly that ruins the whole ointment it only takes a little pride to spoil everything Ecclesiastes 10:1. The moment self enters, assurance weakens because peace cannot rest on what constantly changes.

Only Jesus can purify, He doesn't simply improve the river, He makes it clean, for what man could never cleanse Christ does fully. Scripture says “the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin” 1 John 1:7. Not partly, not gradually, but completely.

To move away from trusting in our own goodness is one of the hardest journeys anyone will face, we would much rather feel useful than helpless. Yet it is only when we stop defending ourselves, and fall silent before a Holy God, that the gospel truly begins. “Every mouth may be stopped and the whole world held accountable to God” Romans 3:19.

Everything that strips us of pride comes from Christ, He wounds so that He may heal, He humbles so that He may lift up. “God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble” James 4:6.

But in contrast, all that exalts man is not from God, regardless if it makes a him more moral, more religious, or gives him a look of outward holiness. Scripture warns of those who have a form of godliness but deny its power 2 Timothy 3:5.

The gospel does not polish self, it crucifies it. “I have been crucified with Christ and it is no longer I who live but Christ who lives in me” Galatians 2:20.

Its only where self dies, that Christ truly becomes everything.