Supposing there is a God, and supposing there is an after-life, and supposing God is going to divide the world into those who get to be with God forever, and those who will be excluded, how will he make that call? Most of us have a moral-skyscraper in our minds with Nelson Mandela and Mother Theresa on the top floor, and Robert Mugabe and Jimmy Saville in the basement, and most likely God will draw a line (quite a bit below our floor obviously), and that will be the divider. Come and join us as we consider Jesus’ surprising teaching on this crucial subject.
Isaiah 2:1-5 On God’s wall calendar there are two big blocks of time – the last days and the last day. Once we grasp God’s timetable, it’s a game-changer –…
Isaiah 38-39 Ever felt disillusioned? Perhaps with someone you know personally; or with a public figure; or with humanity; or with life; or with yourself? It’s a common enough experience. What is the solution? And what’s it got to do with a king of Judah in the 8th century BC?
John 13:31-38 In London there’s every flavour of spirituality or religion we could imagine. But how do we know which are authentic and which are dead ends? What should we…
Some act as if the devil and demons aren’t real; others attribute every inconvenient circumstance to spiritual warfare – whether it’s a flat tyre, a traffic jam, or a price increase at KFC. What is a biblical approach to spiritual warfare?
Mark 8:34-38 For many people the truth of Christianity isn’t the main problem. Even if it is true, they wouldn’t want it to be – all that going without, and…
Isaiah 34:1-10; Isaiah 35 How does God encourage the spiritually weary to press on, the drowsy to wake up, and the rebellious to turn back? By showing us what he can see but we can’t from our present position – what lies round the corner in eternity.
John 13:1-30 For a lot of us, for much of the time, life just happens. But if we start thinking into life more than one inch deep, we start asking…
Isaiah 25-27 Some equate being Christian with ‘The haunting fear that someone somewhere is having a good time’. And as for heaven, that would be plain dull. The reality is that celebration is at the very heart of what it means to be Christian and God’s people are heading for the mother of all parties.
John 12:36-50 Despite the census results, the experience of many believers on the ground is that Jesus’ teaching is often ignored or rejected. Why is Jesus rejected? And does the…