Ecclesiastes and 2 Corinthians Ageing is a challenge, and a privilege. Our world sometimes celebrates it, but often mocks and denies it. How should we engage with ageing as Christian women, whether we’re 23 or 73?
Sermons on 2 Corinthians
Whether you are back in the office or not, this year and a half have been a strange one for living out our faith in the workplace. How are we…
2 Corinthians 9:15 At Christmas time, throughout the world, friends and families give each other gifts. Christmas is a time for giving. But where does the whole Christmas giving tradition come from? ‘Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift’.
Should life be more give than take? Listen in to this interview and talk with Akeel Sachak, global head of consumer at Rothschild. In this interview he shares how he came to Christian faith from a culturally Muslim background and how his faith impacts his work. This interview is accompanied by a short talk entitled ‘Should life be more give than take?’
2 Corinthians 4:1-6 Listen in as Rico Tice answers the question – ‘Why should I tell others?’ This talk launched with Christians the ‘Questions for Life’ week (1-5th April). In it Rico speaks passionately on this subject and urges us to remember and marvel at the truth of the gospel.
2 Corinthians 4:1-6 When people hear the word ‘Evangelism’ (sharing the Message of Jesus), they can have a wide range of reactions. Some think it’s wonderful, while others think its plain weird. Many Christians sign up in theory, but in reality they’re weary and discouraged. Listen in as Paul shares his motivations for joyfully keeping going, even when it’s hard.
Money Bill and Melinda Gates have helped found ‘The Giving Pledge’, encouraging billionaires to give half their wealth away and to ‘give more, give sooner and give smarter.’ In our better moments humans sense we were created to give. Listen in as we think this through and see Christians have been re-created to give too.
2 Cor 8:1-9 Explicitly or implicitly, our culture screams: ‘it’s all about the money’. We want the power, the status, the security it brings. Listen in as Paul gives the Corinthians a better way – a way marked by giving, not getting.
One Thing in Common Akeel Sachak is global head of consumer at Rothschild. In this interview he shares how he came to Christian faith from a culturally Muslim background and how his faith impacts his work. This interview is accompanied by a short talk entitled ‘what did Jesus do with his money?’
2 Corinthians 5:16-6:2 Children’s books and TV programs categorize people into goodies and baddies, but as we grow up we discover that the world is more complicated than that. Rather than seeing everything as “black and white” we discover instead “50 shades of grey”. This is why, for many people, they can’t accept the Bible with its simplistic categories of good and evil; heaven and hell; saved and lost. Listen in as we consider this issue together.