1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 What is Real Christianity? From this passage, the Bible says it is based on the gospel, and is a response to what God has done for us first, through Jesus; that knowing the gospel leads to perseverance through persecution; and that Real Christianity is public because it’s such good news we can’t keep it to ourselves!
Luke 6:17-26 Jesus can be billed as the solution to all our problems. But how should we cope when he seems to cause more problems than he solves? Would we be better off without him? Listen in to Jesus’ beatitudes as he sets out the true path to blessing and the true path to woe.
Luke 6:17-26 Jesus can be billed as the solution to all our problems. But how should we cope when he seems to cause more problems than he solves? Would we be better off without him? Listen in to Jesus’ beatitudes as he sets out the true path to blessing and the true path to woe.
Exodus 5:1-7:7 In Russia under Stalin millions of people ended up in labour camps. In present-day N.Korea, tens of thousands are in labour camps. But the labour camp is not a modern invention. They had them in Ancient Egypt too. But what’s it got to do with us?
Exodus 5:1-7:7 In Russia under Stalin millions of people ended up in labour camps. In present-day N.Korea, tens of thousands are in labour camps. But the labour camp is not a modern invention. They had them in Ancient Egypt too. But what’s it got to do with us?
Isaiah 65 Hundreds of millions of people profess to worship God – but there is a huge spectrum of beliefs about what he is like and how to worship him. They can’t all be right. What is true worship? And why does it matter that we get it right?
John 15:18-16:4 One-hit wonder Joan Osborne had a top-ten hit in the 90s with a song called “One of us”. The songs asks the question about what kind of reception we would expect God to get if he became one of us. What about if God were to reveal himself to one people in the world, and if he were to show them what life’s about and how to live and flourish in this world, how do we think the world would respond to those people? Our answer to these questions reveals a lot about our assumptions about humanity. Come and hear Jesus’ answers to these questions and why a distinctive feature of a Spirit-filled church must be being unpopular.
John 15:18-16:4 One-hit wonder Joan Osborne had a top-ten hit in the 90s with a song called “One of us”. The songs asks the question about what kind of reception we would expect God to get if he became one of us. What about if God were to reveal himself to one people in the world, and if he were to show them what life’s about and how to live and flourish in this world, how do we think the world would respond to those people? Our answer to these questions reveals a lot about our assumptions about humanity. Listen in to Jesus’ answers to these questions and what the implications are for our lives.
Daniel 3:19-30 The Israelites ended up wandering around the desert for 40 years because they were driven by risk avoidance. Listen in as we consider how we can make progress in living courageously and therefore productively for God.
Daniel 3:1-18 William Wilberforce campaigned for most of his adult life, often against violent opposition, to end the British slave-trade. Martin Luther King even gave his life in the cause of civil rights in the US. When we hear about these heroes who stood for what they believed in against the world, we admire them but we doubt we would be able to show such resolve. Listen in as we consider the Bibles call on us to stand against the crowd, and how we can be empowered to do it.
