Luke 1:5-25 Joy can be a hard thing to find. It doesn’t fit as neatly with pleasure as our society tends to think. Listen in as Luke points the way to Joy in a world marked with suffering for a couple and for the world.
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Exodus 24:1-18William Tyndale said that the gospel is good news that “makes a man’s heart glad and makes him sing, dance and leap for joy”. But what is so good about the good news? And how can we grasp that more? And how can we recover our joy in it if we’ve lost it?
1 Chronicles 28:1-18 Do you long to do something with your life that will make a difference in the world? Do you ever day-dream about giving up your job and going off to do something more useful? But right here and now each of us can already make a big difference in the world, using the one thing we have in abundance that 90% of the world’s population don’t have.
1 Chronicles 29:1-18Do you long to do something with your life that will make a difference in the world? Do you ever day-dream about giving up your job and going off to do something more useful? But right here and now each of us can already make a big difference in the world, using the one thing we have in abundance that 90% of the world’s population don’t have. Do join us at the lunchtime talks this week to find out more.
John 16:16-28 David Cameron has stated that improving our society’s sense of happiness is the great goal of his government: he wants to make happiness the new GDP. Pursuing happiness is what drives us on a personal scale as well. As St Augustine put it: “Every man, whatsoever his condition, desires to be happy.” So happiness is clearly what it’s all about, but how exactly do we find this illusive thing? Listen in as we consider Jesus’ teaching about how to find invincible joy.
John 16:16-28 David Cameron has stated that improving our society’s sense of happiness is the great goal of his government: he wants to make happiness the new GDP. Pursuing happiness is what drives us on a personal scale as well. As St Augustine put it: “Every man, whatsoever his condition, desires to be happy.” So happiness is clearly what it’s all about, but how exactly do we find this illusive thing? Listen in as we consider Jesus’ teaching about how to find invincible joy.
Isaiah 49:1-14“How do I do broomstick crochet?” is a question of interest to no-one but a few specialists. “How can I get more joy in my life?” is a question of interest to all of us. The answer is revealed in Isaiah 49. It tells us how every day can be a party day!
John 15:9-17 Sometimes we hear examples of how the gospel has dramatically turned someone’s life around and they seem like different people. How does the gospel produce this radical change, and how can we make progress ourselves? Listen in to Jesus’ teaching on this topic.
Isaiah 49:1-16 ”How do I do broomstick crochet?” is a question of interest to no-one but a few specialists. “How can I get more joy in my life?” is a question of interest to all of us. The answer is revealed in Isaiah 49. It tells us how every day can be a party day!
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.