Joshua 1:1-18Sometimes life feels rather mundane. Going to work, paying the bills, pushing the trolley round the supermarket, going to church. We long to do something heroic. But the Christian life is heroic. It demands that we be strong and courageous. It’s certainly not for wimps or those who just need a crutch in life!
Philippians 1:12-26 The motto of the wharf could be summed up in 4 short words- Make Gain. Avoid Loss. But what does it really mean to Gain? How do we define Loss? How can Paul, the Christian leader, believe that he’s gained, even when- facing imprisonment and death- it looks like he’s lost? Listen in as Jesus redefines our understanding of gain.
Isaiah 49:8-13 We have many competing demands on our time. In his previous talk, Richard urged us to prioritise carefully and say ‘no’ to good things for the sake of the best. But what are the best ways to use our time? What must we prioritise? Listen in as Isaiah shows us how God would have us live.
Genesis 35:1-15In the end Jacob became the leader of a nation, but it was a long and roundabout road the Lord took him down to get to that point. His experience is recorded for our learning and benefit.
Genesis 29:15-30 Often life doesn’t turn out as we would expect or like. But we can take heart from the experience of Jacob – the master who ended up serving, the deceiver who ended up being deceived, and the loser who was blessed.
Genesis 28:10-22 God’s M.O is to come to people who have nothing to offer him, and yet to show them grace and radically transform them into the people he has made them to be.
Genesis 25:19-34 We often think God’s plan is use the ‘best and brightest’ but God’s raw material for his people has always been those who by nature are failures. Listen in as Tim Ward teaches on the barge weekend away from the life of Jacob – whom God made the father of the whole people of Israel.
Revelation 12-13 Do you find the Christian life often feels like a battle? A battle to resist temptation and pursue godliness; a battle to keep going in faith and love and hope; a battle to read the Bible and pray and serve others in the church? It feels like a battle because it is a battle. We are at war. This passage gives us the perspective we need to keep going.
John 1:1-18 Topping the list of 2,000 people in the recently published study “Who Is Bigger?” Jesus Christ continues to inspire, intrigue and infuriate people across the world. The accounts of his life, however, are still relatively unknown and unread by a large number of people in the UK. So how do we help people find out more about Jesus’ life, teaching and his impact on our lives?
Richard Borgonon, along with William Taylor of St Helen’s Bishopsgate, have co-written The Word 1-2-1, a set of user-friendly notes which help people engage with who Jesus is as they read John’s gospel.
In this recording, Richard shares the reasons why he invites friends to read a gospel with him and how he does this in the workplace. It’s a great encouragement to make the most of this opportunity with our colleagues and friends.
Philippians 1:1-11 There are so many things competing for our time- career, friends, family, smartphones and hobbies to name but a few. It easy to say ‘Don’t let the good be the enemy of the best’ but it’s much harder to do. Where should Jesus fit in our already hectic lives? Is ‘making partner’ with Christ even a good thing, let alone the best thing? Listen in as Paul persuades the Philippian Christians there is no better thing to do with our lives.