Reflecting on Jesus’ great commission in Matthew 28:16-20, Emma explores how are we to ‘make disciples’. Some of the vital ingredients for this process are nurture, inclusion, and loving others by listening to them. You can listen here or using the player below.
We continue our journey through the Sermon on the Mount and Ben reflects on Jesus’ ‘most consistent, useful, and least obeyed teaching’ – do not judge others. We all long for acceptance, welcome and love when we are truly seen and known. How can we extend this welcome to one another and the people we find it difficult to get along with? How can we ask, seek, knock, invite rather than pushing? The reading is Matthew 7:1-12. You can listen here or using the player below.
Sarah B continues our study of the Sermon on the Mount, reflecting on our relationship with money, possessions, and the things that worry or concern us. The reading is Matthew 6:19-34. You can listen here or using the player below.
Jesus gives us a model or map for prayer as part of his Sermon on the Mount. Helen A guides us through this prayer which draws us close to God as Father, reorientates us to God in worship and involves us in God’s work of reuniting earth with heaven then invites us to bring our longings and our needs for forgiveness, rescue and courage. The reading is Matthew 6:5-15. You can listen here or using the player below.
Helen refers to resources from the 24-7 prayer movement which you can find here and the Bible Project video and discussion questions which are available here.
Continuing our series studying the Sermon on the Mount, Helen B reflects on our use of language, creative responses to oppressive behaviour, good disagreement, and how food brings us together. The reading is Matthew 5:33-48. You can listen here or using the player below.
You can find a link to the next Bible Project video in this series, and some discussion questions, here.
Continuing our series studying the Sermon on the Mount, Ben reflects on Jesus’ challenging words in Matthew 5:21-32. Jesus calls us to live in a way that demonstrates what God is like by the way we relate to each other, honouring and valuing one another in relationship, not crushing, objectifying or discarding, not only in public but in our hidden inner lives. Jesus offers kindness to those who are wounded and space for honesty where we have got it wrong. His redemption and ability to restore are more powerful than our worst failures. You can listen here or using the player below.
You can find a link to the next Bible Project Video in this series, and some discussion questions, here.
On Sunday 2nd February, Chris introduced our new series: listening carefully to what our Master says. We’ll be working through the Sermon on the Mount, listening afresh to Jesus’ wisdom and praying that we will be surprised by these familiar words. What does it mean for us to respond to Jesus’ challenging, puzzling, revolutionary call to establish God’s kingdom on Earth, ‘where Love has the final word but it’s costly too’? The reading is Matthew 5:1-12. You can listen here or using the player below.
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