Fiona talks about the author and perfector of our faith, Jesus Christ and the way in which he changed the world. Jesus overturns and subverts the whole system of law - fulfilling all that was before.
People have celebrated at this time of year, for a variety of different reasons, and for thousands of years. John walks us through the reasons that we celebrate Christmas, and shares from Paul's letter to the Colossians.
The kingdom is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared. Liz explains what's going on.
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want; He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters; He restores my soul. Simon Matthews leads Plumbline, the family of churches to which we belong as a community. He joins us and asks, 'who is our shepherd?'.
As our series on Acts draws to a close, Geoff Stevenson joins us from Manchester to speak on Paul's letters. Both scripture and advice to specific churches in specific places, we have to approach his writings with care, humility, and confidence.
Our panel were: Jeremy Williams - environmentalist blog writer from Luton, Erica Jobson - works for National Trust, Sam Mason - trains military personnel on green issues, Andy Malcolm - trying hard to grow a vegetable patch behind his house.
In the first on our series about Acts, Fiona explains what Acts actually is. The opening scenes of 'our bit' of the Bible, the Acts of the early church have powerful things to say about what we are doing here, as a church community together.
One of our key discipleship values, Earthy Spirituality is all about taking an approach to faith that encompasses all of life. Gabriel joined us to teach on the dangers of carving the world up into simple dualisms, in the process exposing some of the fissures that undermine our faith.
The first twelve chapters of Acts seem to revolve around Peter, one of Jesus' closest friends. Peter had denied Christ yet now he becomes the de facto leader of the early church. Rich spends some time wondering what transformed Peter into the man he has become.
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