Acts 9:20–31 Saul’s new obedience, even in the face of suffering, can only come from one thing: the truth of the risen Jesus.
People say there is an epidemic of anxiety in our society. As Christians we’re not immune to this. How can we find peace?
At some point in your career, you may well find that you are made redundant. What will it be like? How will you respond? What will be some of the challenges? What opportunities will it bring? Above all, what is a Christian perspective on it? That is what we are thinking through in our ‘Faith in the Workplace’ session this month. We’ll have an interview with a Wharf worker who has been through redundancy, and we’ll look at how the Bible speaks into this situation.
Acts 9:1-19 Saul’s conversion shows us the power of the gospel to transform lives, even though his conversion was supernaturally and historically special.
Maybe this makes you think about juggling career and childcare, or finding your dream job doing something you love which also makes you fabulously wealthy! We shall think together about what the “all” or success that we should aim for in life is, and how we can arrange the different areas of our life that call for our time, resources and energy in light of that.
Acts 8:26–40 A supernatural meeting, and the suffering servant, means that even the most outcast can be included in the people of God
Acts 8:4–25 The word is more powerful than persecution and paganism, which means the outcast Samaritans can be included, but faith must be apostolic and repentant.
John 20:1-18
Various In Genesis there’s a priest-king called Melchizedek who makes a brief appearance. It would be easy to miss him. But as the Bible story unfolds it turns out that he is hugely important, pointing us forward to the ultimate priest-king, and to what Easter is all about.
Romans 10:9 ‘If you see something that doesn’t look right’… That could be the harsh reality of the world we live in – so much of it doesn’t look right! But the solution suggested by the British Transport Police is surprisingly similar to the meaning of Easter, ‘See it, say it, sorted.’