Podcast
What does the story about the persistent widow tell us about what God is like? What does that mean for how we can approach our God in prayer? And what does it look like, practically, for us to persevere in prayer?
Note: As part of this sermon, a congregation member shared their story of persisting in prayer. They shared openly and vulnerably and for that reason, it has been edited out of this recording
As Jesus turns his course for the last time towards Jerusalem and death, He turns His teaching towards how we should live, as we wait for His return.
Jesus gives instructions for his followers on how to view our service to God, how seriously to take avoiding sin, how much forgiveness matters to him, and what having faith for the miraculous is like.
In this passage, Jesus takes on attitudes to the temptations of “Girls, Gold, and Glory”, as we live in a Kingdom that is both fully here, and yet still not fully realised. The way we read passages like this are crucial to our understanding of Jesus, and the way we should live.
Carrie unpacks all things shrewdness, (dis)honesty, and the alignment of our hearts through the Parable of the Dishonest Manager.
Why should we trust Jesus? This passage gives us three reasons to trust Jesus in every storm of our life: 1) because he is a promise-keeper, 2) because he is a present help, 3) because he has a supernatural power to calm everything
Abi is the Pastor of the St. Andrews Baptist Church and we had the joy of him speaking to us this Sunday!
Toby follows on from Jim last week giving a part 2 on Jesus’ parable on the prodigal son and what it has to tell us about God.
Jesus tells a story about “what God is like” that is deeply challenging. God’s forgiveness and grace is outrageous, scandalous, and means that any of us can come back to Him without having to jump through hoops.
As a seasonal exercise, this passage calls us not to resolutions as to what we will and will not do in the coming year. I call us to change our mindset:-radically.
Jim takes us through the angels' appearing to the shepherds, what it tells us about how God wanted to share His good news of Christmas, and what we can learn from it for sharing God's good news with those in our lives.
