Genesis 2:18-25 What is true of consumer products is true of life – we do well to read the manual. The Bible is our maker’s manual, telling us how life works. One of the many areas of life about which he gives operating instructions is relationships and marriage. This passage is an at-a-glance guide to marriage and how it works.
Genesis 2:18-25 Do you ever read the manual when you buy a new gadget or appliance? Most don’t, and then end up calling the helpline to complain that it doesn’t work! The Bible is the manual God has given us for life. In this talk we look at his instructions for marriage – and discover not just how to make it work, but also that it has profound spiritual lessons to teach all of us, whether married or single.
2 John If a junior needs negative feedback, it can feel kinder to just leave it. No-one likes to hear they’re failing, right? But if it were the other way round, wouldn’t you want to know so you could change? How can we speak with both truth and love? Shouldn’t Christians be a bit more malleable with some biblical truth, so they can be that bit more loving?
2 John Truth and love can be hard to hold together. As we speak to friends and colleagues and as we speak about gospel truth. Listen is as we see how John holds these two things together.
1 Thessalonians 5:12-28 Community is a buzz-word for our society, and yet our communities seem to be increasingly fragmented – in politics, on social media, through inequality. How can a community grow in love, truth, forgiveness and hope? Listen in as we hear Paul’s answer to the Thessalonians.
1 Thessalonians 5:12-28 Community is a buzz word for our society, and yet our communities seem to be increasingly fragmented – in politics, on social media, through inequality. How can a community grow in love, truth, forgiveness and hope? Listen in as we hear Paul’s answer to the Thessalonians.
1 Thessalonians 2:17-3:13 Whilst the Wharf decides where best to invest their money in the summer of 2018, we consider why investing your time, energy and money in the Barge is so vital as we seek to match Paul’s number one desire for the Church he cared so deeply about – that they stand fast.
1 Peter 4:7-11 Church life is not supposed to be a crowd of spectators needing exercise watching a few exhausted professional players in need of a rest. It should be about all God’s people on the pitch, loving and serving one another, before a watching world.
Romans 5:1-11 Does God love me? Sometimes we may be tempted to doubt whether he does because of sin in our lives. At other times it may be because of suffering, when we wonder why God has allowed this to happen to us if he really loves us. This passage shows us where we can find assurance of God’s love at such times.
Luke 7:36-8v3 Extravagance is all around us – skyscrapers, supercars, sumptuous food. But who or what should we show extravagance toward and what should just get the scraps? Listen in as a surprising source gives us the model to follow.
