Ezekiel 37:1-14 The Wharf is a vibrant, bustling, thriving global financial centre with some 120,000 workers. But spiritually speaking, it’s a valley of dry bones. What hope is there? The vision which God gave the prophet Ezekiel is one of the most powerful passages in the Bible. It tells us how to turn dry bones into living people, spiritually speaking.
Ezekiel 37:1-14 Faced with death, whether spiritual or physical, we are helpless. But God is in the resurrection business. He brings new life through his Word and Spirit. And so proclamation and prayer should be our focus in a frantic world.
Psalm 13 In a world filled with sin and suffering, sorrow is an inescapable reality. Scripture is full of people who have had to come to terms with their own sorrow, and how they should relate to God in the midst of it. Listen in as we hear David cry out to God and ask him to intervene in his situation, and consider how it might help our own spirituality.
Genesis 6:5-7:24 It is said that the wise learn from history. And if we are wise we will do the same, as we reflect on the flood that destroyed the ancient world in the days of Noah. It has vital lessons to teach us about judgment and salvation.
Matthew 17:1-13 The banner read: “I love Jesus because I’m Muslim.” Many people agree that Jesus was a great prophet – perhaps the greatest. But was he more than a prophet? The true story of his transfiguration on a mountain contains some of the most explicit teaching about Jesus’ identity and role.
1 Kings 11:1-25When Christians fall away and give up on the Christian faith, it often seems to come out of the blue. But more often than not it is the result of smaller compromises, sometimes many years before, which in time had a domino-effect. That was certainly the case for King Solomon, and if we are wise we will learn from his downfall.
Luke 12:4-12 Some things we find easy to ‘go public’ with – like career success, sporting prowess or family joys. But to ‘go public’ as a Christian can be much harder. Listen in to see why anyone would choose to.
Colossians 12:4-23
Luke 11:37-12:3 We hate hypocrisy- auditors who can’t audit themselves, bosses who want us to ‘do as they say, not do as they do’, church leaders who aren’t very Christian. The good news is Jesus hates it even more. Listen in as we see how Jesus exposes hypocrisy, condemns hypocrisy and can save us from hypocrisy.
Colossians 1:24-2:5 This is all about ‘proclaiming the gospel’. In v23 and again in v25 we learn it was because of Christ Jesus and his gospel that Paul does what he does. There is power in the gospel, and the mystery is revealed that the gospel is available to all! God is the one who reveals mysteries and truth, and God has revealed his plan for salvation to the Gentiles – through Jesus, we can be his children. And this message is spread when those who hear the gospel, tell others the gospel.
When we consider our own lives, whether we’re working, studying, staying at home, retired, unemployed, we are servants of Jesus Christ – are we proclaiming the gospel?