Colossians 2:6-15 Scammers are the bane of modern life, stealing our valuables by all manner of lies and deception. In our walk with Christ, we have to be alert. In our Colossians passage on Sunday, Paul exposes and demolishes one of the Devil’s big scams, that we need something more than just Jesus, and prescribes the antidote to his attacks.
Mark 14:1-25 When things are broken – your TV, your car, your heart – it is not good. But sometimes broken is beautiful. In this passage we find a broken body and a broken flask. They speak of Jesus’ devotion to us, and the devotion he calls us to in response.
Mark 9:30-50 What does true discipleship look like? What’s the difference between someone who just says they’re a Christian and a true disciple of Jesus? That is what Jesus starts to unpack in this section as he heads to Jerusalem.
1 Samuel 2:35 We don’t draw near to God through the cross – an object. We draw near to God through a person – Jesus our Priest, who gave himself as a sacrifice for us on the cross. If we lose sight of this then salvation becomes mechanical, when in fact it’s personal. But the theologian, John Owen, wrote, ‘There is no office of Christ that Satan labours so hard to obscure and overthrow as His priestly one.’ So this talk is designed to combat that.
John 3:16 If you were watching a performance of the ballet Swan Lake for the first time, and you didn’t have any plot synopsis, you’d be struggling to figure out what was going on. And so with the crucifixion of Jesus. But Jesus himself gives us his interpretation in what is one of the most famous verses in the Bible.
Galatians 1:1-10 If you do a S.W.O.T. analysis of the Church, one of the biggest threats is not persecution or other religions but false gospels. They were doing the rounds in the first century and are still doing so today. Galatians equips us to identify them and counter them.
Galatians 1:1-10 If you do a S.W.O.T. analysis of the Church, one of the biggest threats is not persecution or other religions but false gospels. They were doing the rounds in the first century and are still doing so today. Galatians equips us to identify them and counter them.
Isaiah 53:4-7 The cross is for Christians what the Golden Arches are for McDonald’s or the Swoosh is for Nike. It’s their logo that they proudly display everywhere. But why? What is the relevance today of a man’s execution 2000 years ago? The answer is found in two animals in an ancient prophecy.
Luke 9:57-62 We tend to respect the Mo Farah’s of this world for what they achieve through radical sacrifice. We can feel energized as we sacrifice to achieve our goals. But what or who is actually worth radical sacrifice? Listen in as Jesus teaches us about being radical.
Luke 9:51-62 We tend to respect the Mo Farah’s of this world for what they achieve through sacrifice. We can feel energized as we sacrifice to achieve our goals. But what or who is actually worth the sacrifice? Listen in as Jesus teaches us about sacrifice.
