The passionate God (Amos 3-4)
10 February 2016
It's difficult to get the full sense of Amos' portrayal of the passion of God, trying to get the attention of his people in ways we might feel were extreme.
The awesome God (Amos 1-2)
3 February 2016
Amos is an uncomfortable read. But we need to be discomforted from time to time. Religion can be dangerous when it makes you think that you’re always right.
Created to be known
21 October 2015
Playboy have claimed that their battle has now been won. But how does the Bible help us make sense of the world that Playboy has created?
Created to be interdependent
13 October 2015
Often men dominate women in society, but that's not how God created us. Men & women were created to be interdependent, working together to look after creation.
The church as a temple
14 July 2015
The temple was where Heaven met Earth; where sins were forgiven & impurity cleansed; a source of political power. But Jesus said He'd replaced the temple...
The joy of mission
2 July 2015
The disciples returned from the mission that Jesus had sent them on full of joy, sharing stories of how what Jesus had told them to do, had actually worked!
The vulnerability of mission
24 June 2015
Being told to ‘Go’ by Jesus would have filled the 72 disciples with a range of emotions. They would go with a sense of vulnerability.
The message of mission
15 June 2015
We need to trust God for the seemingly impossible to happen, whilst telling people that Jesus is near.
Mary anoints Jesus
30 March 2015
The anointing of Jesus by Mary is in all 4 gospels - all the writers thought that this was an important part of Jesus' story.
Do something new – Fasting
25 March 2015
A look at the final spiritual discipline that Jesus mentions in Matthew 6 - fasting.
Do something new – Generosity
18 March 2015
How can we do generosity for the sake of others, and not for how it makes us look, using Paul's example in his letter 2 Corinthians 8 and 9.
Do something new – Generosity
11 March 2015
How can we be generous and give to the needy, without doing it to be seen by others, and in order to impress them?
