Knowing someone’s identity is vital to relating to them correctly! For example you will act differently, speak differently and even dress differently if the person you are speaking to is your mother, your doctor, or your Taoiseach. In each case the identity of the person you’re engaging with affects your response. And so it is […]
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Free at last – The Patrick Story
This year we’ll again be joining in with the national What’s The Story? campaign – The Patrick Story, which says; “The Patrick Story is the story of us! It’s for all of us who live on this island. It’s about you, me and God. The story of St. Patrick is the story of slavery & […]
John Chapters 1-5: “Come and See”
Over the next 4 years, we plan to preach through every verse of John’s gospel. This September we start a series in the first five chapters of John’s gospel called ‘Come and See’. Come and See At the start of John’s gospel we read about Jesus inviting Simon and Andrew to learn about who he […]
Encounters with Jesus (in the gospel of Matthew)
Unexpected answers to life’s big questions For over 2000 years people in every generation, from every culture and every background have come to discover in Jesus what it means to live ‘life to the full’. The gospel accounts that tell of Jesus’ life, death and resurrection, have helped people discover answers to life’s big questions […]
The Future Kingdom (Parables in Matthew)
Is our world heading for melt down? Will our planet burn up? Will nations destroy one another through nuclear war? What hope is there for our future? These are real questions for us in 2022. To help us consider Christian hope, and how that helps us live in our present times, we’re going to spend […]
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 […]
4 Motivations For Timid Leaders
This Wednesday we start our new 6.30 Leadership Course – I hope you can join us. In this post I wanted to put things in context and look at the motivations for being a leader, especially if you’re naturally timid in nature. In 2 Timothy, Paul is passing on the baton to his young apprentice Timothy. He […]
LIFE GROUP: You Can Change – Chapter 3 (Tim Chester)
This week in our Life Group we looked at the key distinction between the law and the gospel, both for justification (being right with God) and sanctification (becoming like God). We change not by working hard, but by coming to Jesus again and again. In chapter three of You Can Change, Tim Chester drives home very forcefully that after salvation we often […]
THE LAST SUPPER – Jesus Prepares His Church (John 13-17)
The Last Supper must be one of the most famous scenes that has come to us from history. It’s of Jesus sharing the Jewish Passover Meal with his 12 disciples before his lonely and torturous journey to the cross. The record of the supper and the discussion Jesus had with his disciples is found in John 13-17. […]