On Sunday 8th March we’ll be running a ‘Bible Overview seminar’ after the service in Central, at Synge Street Secondary School. Come along if you’d like to deepen your knowledge of the Bible, understand God’s big story and know more of His heart for you. The Bible is a big book! Growing up I vaguely […]
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Seminar – Going Deeper: Mark – 8 Oct
Biblical scholars widely agree that the first three Gospel accounts found in the New Testament – Matthew, Mark, and Luke – are very similar, and that the fourth Gospel account, John, is quite different from the other three. For this reason, the first three are often referred to as a group under the title “Synoptic […]
To repeal or not to repeal? – 18 Jun
What is the 8th amendment? What does voting to repeal it mean? Is abortion a human right? What does the Bible say about abortion? What constitutes a human being? What about those who have had abortions? Abortion is a huge topic dominating the media in 2016/17 Ireland and campaigners for both sides of the debate […]
Seminar – Going Deeper: Ecclesiastes – 12 Mar
Biblical scholars have long agreed that “genre” is one of the most important factors when interpreting any book of the Bible. For example, the genre of Paul’s writings is “epistle,” or, letter, and his writings need to be interpreted as letters, as opposed to, say, apocalypses (such as Revelation, which would be interpreted very differently […]
Why a Film Review (Home Alone)?
Every Christmas we review a popular Christmas film as a church, and this Sunday 18th December we’ll be watching Home Alone 1. Do join us at 4.15pm. In this blog post I want to give the rationale for why we do this. I have two basic points, with three applications. (1) Films are like sermons […]
Questioning God – 7 Reasons To Doubt
We all have questions. Christians have questions about God or the Bible or their experience of God. And those that don’t believe in God often don’t believe because they feel the questions they have are unanswered… and therefore their objection to faith remains. At Christ City Church we have always gone out of our way to ensure […]
Christ City Church Internship – 5 observations
In September 2013 we started our internship programme. We were just a very small house church at that time and one brave soul said he’d commit a year to the church and our internship. Since then we have had five others do our internship (three currently half way through) and we’re now taking applications for September […]
Teaching day on the Psalms – Sat 8 Nov
Christopher Ash, Director of the PT Cornhill Training Course, is hosting a one day session on the book of Psalms on Saturday 8th November, 10.30am to 4.30pm at Irish Church Missions, 28 Bachelors Walk, Dublin 1. This is a great opportunity to deepen your understanding of the Psalms, which are so important in the Christian life. […]
Our 1st ever weekend away
Last weekend we were in Durrow, Co. Laois for our first ever time away together. It was so much fun – lots of games, eating and chatting, as well as looking at the book of Hosea in the Bible and learning more about how God loves us and the kind of relationship he wants with […]