Back to basics: the kingdom 11

2015-08.2 Matthew 5:27-32 Tuesday, February 24, 2015 Keep marriage special Marriage is not a convenience which one party can get out of, if it doesn’t seem to be working for them. That’s not such a modern idea as it might seem – Jesus was confronting the double-mindedness of many religious leaders of his own times,…

Bible study: Old walk into New 2

2014-17.2 Jeremiah 31:31-34 Tuesday, April 29, 2014 Prophets foresee shift from rules to relationship The Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge, the world’s longest, is a 100 mile long viaduct which crosses the wide Yangtze delta in China. It includes a six-mile section which is also the world’s longest steel suspension bridge. It provokes us to consider the…

Being a disciple 2: Transformed relationships

2013-39.2   John 13:34-35 Tuesday, September 24, 2013 Love as Jesus loved   – A question up front: When did you first experience God’s love? WHEN you step up, with trepidation, and God shows up, despite all your doubts and fears, that is often a transforming moment. Bill Hull, who originated this material, tells a…

Relationships (1 John series #6)

Read 1 John 2:1-6 Tuesday, April 30, 2013 Relationships “Live as Jesus did” (v.6) If relationships are what the church is all about – John is passionate about this – then the Person who established and modelled real relationship, both with the Father and with people of every station in life, is central. How well…