We’re starting 2020 thinking about the person and the work of the Holy Spirit. We started in 1 Corinthians 12-14 looking at Spiritual gifts, and for the rest of the month of February, we’re going to look at three passages in the book of Acts, reflecting on the Holy Spirit’s work to empower the early […]
Author Archives: Steve Vaughan
6.30 – Faith & Work
For the last 4 years we have run a course for growing Christian leaders with a view to leadership in the church. This year we’re doing something slightly different. We’re going to run a course around the topic of faith and work to help equip Christians to integrate their faith and work. We also wanted to […]
The Importance Of Hell
Jesus repeatedly said there would be a cost to following him and that we must not be ashamed of him or his words (Mark 8:24-28). He famously said to his disciples in John 15:18-20: 18 “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. 19 If you belonged to the world, it would love you […]
Spiritual Gifts – One Body, Many Parts
We are going to start 2020 by looking at the topic of spiritual gifts from 1 Corinthians 12-14. Confusion Few topics have generated as much debate and division in the western church over the last 50 years than the topic of spiritual gifts. What are they? How should we practice them today? Should we continue […]
An Upside-down Kingdom – Parables In Luke’s Gospel
Following on from our series last year looking at the meals with Jesus in Luke’s gospel, this term we’re going to look at the parables of Jesus in Luke’s gospel and think more about the upside-down kingdom that Jesus inaugurated. An upside-down kingdom Luke was the writer of both the gospel of Luke and the […]
2 Timothy – courage in the gospel
Each September we spend the month revisiting our vision as a church – Who are we? What has God called us to do? Why do we exist? How do we keep ‘the main thing’ the main thing? And to help us do that this year we’re going to spend 4 weeks in the book of […]
7 Reasons we do the banquet
Each year CCC puts on two banquets for the local community, with a particular focus on providing a fun, warm, welcoming night with food, music and friendship for the most disadvantaged in the city, especially those who are homeless. I wanted to write a quick blog as to the vision behind the banquet and how […]
Renew – what an encouraging month!
May 2019 was given over to God as a month of renewal, and so as I head off I wanted to note down some HUGE ENCOURAGEMENTS that have come from the month. In no particular order… A hunger for Jesus our first love – We used Revelation 2:1-7 and Jesus’ words to the church in […]
Christ City Church Leadership Team
When Leanne and I came to Dublin to plant a church we always had in our mind that we’d establish a local leadership team when the time was right. Well now is the time! The New Testament is clear that leadership is done in teams and speaks of teams of elders and deacons (See 1 […]
Judges – The Flawed and the Flawless
The book of Judges is not for the faint-hearted. It is full of blood and violence and is often very disturbing: shocking in fact. The stories it contains are not nice tales of how God’s people lived good lives that give us examples we can follow. With a few exceptions, it does the exact opposite. […]