The Christian Life has often been compared to sailing a ship on the high seas - navigation is hard, storms come and the people sharing the voyage with you make a huge difference.
Read MoreWeek two of Reboot, Reset, Restart - and the last live service before we return to lockdown in the UK for 4 weeks Mark preaches a sermon backwards. Our theme this week is: Because Jesus Told Me To.
Read MoreThe answer to the identity angst that is visible in every part of our society at the moment… is not who we chose ourselves to be - it is to recognise our identity comes not from what we choose for ourselves but from the one who choses us and to see our identity through His eyes — as a child of God, a follower of Jesus - a part of the true vine
Read MoreThe theme of Covenant runs throughout the Bible - Old & New Testament - and shapes God’s relationship with humans. Knowledge and understanding of covenant can give rise to faith and enable us to overcome impossible odds. This week we look at the Covenant God made through Jesus - the new and better covenant that defines our relationship with God today
Read MoreThe theme of Covenant runs throughout the Bible - Old & New Testament - and shapes God’s relationship with humans. Knowledge and understanding of covenant can give rise to faith and enable us to overcome impossible odds. This week we look at the Covenant God made with Moses - and how Old Testament Law points us to Jesus and freedom.
Read MoreThe theme of Covenant runs throughout the Bible - Old & New Testament - and shapes God’s relationship with humans. Knowledge and understanding of covenant can give rise to faith and enable us to overcome impossible odds. This week we look at the Covenant God made with Abraham
Read MoreThe theme of Covenant runs throughout the Bible - Old & New Testament - and shapes God’s relationship with humans. Knowledge and understanding of covenant can give rise to faith and enable us to overcome impossible odds. This week we look at the first Covenant mentioned in the Bible - the covenant declared to Noah.
Read MoreTo tackle the Healing Gap - I’m going to first look at some Principles - what does the bible mean when it speaks of healing, some Promises - what does the bible say we should expect, and then the Problems - what are the things that gets in the way of Healings today and what can we do about them
Read MoreWe are called by Jesus to BE Peace makers and we are promised that it leads to blessing!
Being a peacemaker makes you Happy, Spiritually secure and to be envied
Read MoreJoin Mark & Lydia for our Summer Special from the seaside in Devon (sounds like Heaven) - as we share our favourite stories of Jesus by the Sea
Read MoreToday in Mind the Gap we are going to talk about a different kind of Gap - this is a Gap which can show up in our lives - and show us up. It is the Gap between what the bible says about God’s children and the life that we live and the proof that our life offers that the Gospel is true.
Today we will look into the Proof Gap
Read MoreFAITH is literally exercised every moment of our day
You can’t say you are not a person of faith... What you mean by that is really you are not a child of God... If you CHOOSE not to believe that Jesus is the answer to salvation and eternal life then that’s your BELIEF choice.
Funny how we need a lot less convincing to believe that the Bible is wrong than to believe its right... we need less proof to convince us to go against the Christian faith... than we demand for us to commit to it.
Jesus said accept as a child because they don’t reason and argue; they hear that God loves them and they believe – they hear that God has a purpose for them and they get excited and imagine it... they LOOK for purpose because they know they have it. They hear that they have power and they declare it and they claim it and they expect it.
Adults are so messed up
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