Mark 11:1-25 Sweet and sour is a popular dish on the Chinese takeaway menu, and it’s one that we find on God’s menu too. God is a God of salvation, but also of judgement. Jesus is a gentle donkey-riding King who has come to save, but also an angry fig-tree cursing, table-turning King who has come to judge.
Galatians 5:16-25 There are so many conflict hotspots around the world today. But there’s actually one a good deal closer to home than we may think. It is in fact a battle raging within us as Christians. What is the cause of the conflict? And how can we experience victory rather than defeat? This passage tells us.
Galatians 5:16-25 There is much conflict around the world today, but actually one of the biggest conflict hotspots is in us as Christians. What is the cause of the conflict? And in our daily Christian lives, how can we experience victory rather than defeat? How can we win? This passage tells us.
John 15:1-17We only live once – YOLO as the slogan goes. This isn’t a dry-run. This is it. And so we all want to make the most of it. But how do we do that? How do we make our lives count for something? What is a successful life? Jesus tells us as he teaches about himself being the true vine.
John 15:1-17We only live once – YOLO as the slogan goes. This isn’t a dry-run. This is it. And so we all want to make the most of it. But how do we do that? How do we make our lives count for something? What is a successful life? Jesus tells us as he teaches about himself being the true vine.
various Many see Christianity as the enemy of freedom, because it insists there is right and wrong belief and behaviour. By contrast Jesus says that he has come to set us free. But in what way is the Christian life one of freedom?
variousThe path of the Christian life of freedom runs between the two ditches of legalism and licence. Only the Holy Spirit can keep us on track, as we are led by the Spirit and walk by the Spirit. But what does that mean, and how do we do it?
Romans 6v20-23 “The late Christopher Hitchens said he didn’t want there to be a God, because he didn’t want to be “under the permanent control and supervision of an unalterable celestial dictator”. Like him many people resent any idea of being under God’s authority. But is the alternative really the freedom people think it is?”
Isaiah 5:1-30 Some see God as a doddery, toothless, old grandfather figure who is kind and well-meaning but harmless. The picture we get in the Bible of the God who is actually there is quite different. He’s no joke. He’s dangerous and we mess with him at our peril. And so if we are wise, we will get serious about God. This series of talks from Isaiah is a chance to do just that.
