March 22nd. Readings: Psalm 118 (The Stone the Builders Rejected) Matthew 21 (Jesus’ Entry into Jerusalem) Questions: What is the significance of the rejected stone? Why do the people praise Jesus on Palm Sunday but later reject Hi…
March 21st. Reading: Zechariah 12 (They Will Mourn for Him) John 12 (Jesus Anointed and the Triumphal Entry) Questions: What prophecy is fulfilled in Jesus' entry into Jerusalem? Why do people struggle to recognise who Jesus really…
March 20th. Reading: Zechariah 9 (The Coming King) John 10 (The Good Shepherd) Questions: What kind of King does Zechariah describe? Why does Jesus call Himself the Good Shepherd? How does Jesus’ kingship and shepherding amaze me?
March 20th. Reading: Zechariah 9 (The Coming King) John 10 (The Good Shepherd) Questions: What kind of King does Zechariah describe? Why does Jesus call Himself the Good Shepherd? How does Jesus’ kingship and shepherding amaze m…
March 19th. Reading: Psalm 22 (Foreshadowing the Cross) John 6 (The Bread of Life) Questions: What connections are there between Psalm 22 and Jesus’ crucifixion? Why is Jesus calling Himself the ‘Bread of Life’ so radical? How d…
March 18 Reading: Isaiah 53 (The Suffering Servant) Matthew 16 (Peter’s Confession and Jesus’ Foretelling) Questions: What does Isaiah 53 tell us about Jesus’ mission? Why did Peter struggle to accept Jesus' path to the cross? How d…
March 17 Reading: Leviticus 16 (The Day of Atonement) Matthew 9 (Jesus Forgives and Heals) Questions: What does the sacrificial system teach about sin and atonement? Why does Jesus have the authority to forgive sins? How does Jesus …
March 16 Reading: Exodus 12 (The Passover) John 3 (Jesus and Nicodemus) Questions: What does the Passover reveal about salvation and deliverance? Why does Jesus say we must be ‘born again’? How does God’s plan of redemption in both …
March 15th. Reading: Genesis 3 (The Fall of Man) John 1 (The Word Became Flesh) Thinking: What went wrong in Genesis, and how does Jesus begin to set things right? Why does sin separate us from God, and how does Christ restore that r…
Introduction "God hates your religion." That’s not a sentence we expect to hear in church, is it? But that’s exactly the message Zechariah delivers to the Israelites. They had the temple. They had the sacrifices. They had the rituals. But the…
Introduction I was driving to church in Llandovery last week and onto the radio came an episode of Desert Island Discs with Nick Cave. Now Nick Cave is a ‘bad boy’ singer, songwriter and author of Australian extraction who is as far as I can tell…
Introduction In the early 20th century, when this chapel building was erected, nonconformist Christianity was a dominant force in Wales. Nonconfomity’s early 20th. century dominance Statistical data detailing the number of individuals id…
Table of Contents Introduction 1) Background to Matthew 1:18-25 a) Historical Background b) Political Background c) Social Background d) Economic Background 2) Semantic Structural Analysis of Matthew 1:18-25 a) Introduction of the P…
This text is an autogenerated transcript of a recording available in the video section of this website. What's your story when you stop, when you think about it your life, your experiences? It's unique isn't it? It's utterly unique, more unique t…
Introduction How do we decide what's true? I don't mean in a big philosophical way I just mean in a get reaction day to day way how do we decide what the truth is when we're bombarded with information when we're scrolling through our Faceboo…
Introduction What’s the deal … with God? I mean, if you listen to the broadcast media you hear all SORTS of things, the wide and whacky, the weak and wish-washy … But what does it say in the book? I’m not shocked by the sort of stuff we hear on …
Genesis 16 - Sarah and Hagar Introduction There is a REALLY weird story in the chapter we’re looking at today which is about two women not getting on … But actually, what it’s about is the most revealing and basic spiritual question you will …
Introduction Here is a story from the spiritual Dark Ages. The KEY to it seems to be the final verse in the chapter, v. 26, which says Genesis 4:26 “Adam made love to his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, “God ha…
Introduction 1) What’s going on in the Fall? A) Preserving Paradise B) The socially awkward subject of sin i) You only need a Saviour if you’re a sinner ii) Unsaved sinners want saved sinners to say a lot about human sin and their Saviour 2) W…
Introduction Today we’re starting what I hope will be a series of twenty Deep-Dives (but not TOO deep) into the fundamentals of the story of God’s dealings with people. It’s ambitious because to do it in twenty is going to make cutting corners es…
Introduction - waiting I’ve been going through a very busy and confusing time of ministry and I’m very glad to be here with you to share the love of the Lord together and to speak about all He has done for us since we last met face to face. Tha…
De-Sizing The Church: How Church Growth Became a Science Then an Obsession, and What's Next Karl Vaters - Moody Press April 2024 240 pages Karl Vaters studied at Bethany College of the Assemblies of God and Vanguard University of Souther…
Introduction There is an AWFUL lot of primal religion that is kicking about in Corinth, and in these few verses here in 1 Corinthians 8 Paul is addressing believers who have soaked up way too much of it from the atmosphere they are breathing in tha…
Over the next few weeks I want to take a look at the three persons in the One True God. Now, some people would at this point be talking about ‘preaching the Trinity’. And I’m not. Why? Introduction ‘The Trinity’ Firstly, ‘the Trinity’ is shorth…