‘Embracing our Weakness – to Discover God’s Strength’ was the theme of this year’s Derby Bible Week (17–20 April).
Our speaker was Martin Salter (see photo) – Lead Pastor at Grace Community Church Bedford. Martin led us through the life and exploits of Gideon in Judges chapter 6–8 in a very practical and pastoral way. The relevant and memorable lessons that he drew from these chapters were greatly challenging.
We were reminded that ‘There are no great men in the Bible – only a great God who uses weak men and women’. Who can forget Martin’s analogy, that living the Christian life, and the worship of God, is not to be like ‘cooking’ – tossing in any ingredient you like! It is more akin to baking – following carefully the prescribed ingredients!
