Sunday 7 January - 6:30pm service Psalm 73 Introduction & Background Before we look at the text of the Psalm itself, I wanted to explore a little bit of the background of this Psalm. Who was Asaph? Along with Heman and Ethan, he was one of 3 men David put in charge of music. (1 Chron 6). Their job, as we’re [...]
What about the Bible? Talk for Café Church, St Philip & St James’ Church Sunday 8 November 2009 View Keynote slides A young family were witnesses to a car accident, and the police asked each member of the family to give a statement explaining what had happened. The dad was a bit of a petrolhead so knew the make [...]
Bee Special: Small decisions can have big consequences All-age worship – Sunday 16 August 2009 What decisions have you made today/this week? Were there any unexpected consequences? Third instalment in the life and times of Barry Bee. In the first session we looked at the purpose for Barry’s life, last week we saw Barry encounter the wonders of creation [...]
download pdf version What can we learn about the character, role and purpose of Jesus Christ from Revelation chapters 1, 5 and 19? In what ways would the particular aspects of Christ’s character and activity which are presented here be relevant to a church facing opposition and persecution? Introduction In the book of Revelation, we see Christ presented in [...]
download PDF version Explain the main aspects of Jesus’ message about the Kingdom of God Introduction The Kingdom of God features very prominently in Jesus’ teaching with the phrase occurring over 30 times in Luke’s gospel. Through Jesus’ life, including his teaching, his interactions with others and in the miracles he performed, we can begin to examine his [...]
download PDF version This assignment was to write two articles for a broadsheet newspaper – one stating why the Gospels can be trusted as evidence for Jesus, and the other giving the counter argument. Why the Gospels can be trusted as evidence for Jesus Around 1.5 billion people worldwide call themselves Christian, putting their faith in Jesus Christ. [...]
