• Romans 8:5-11 “The Holy Spirit Empowers Gospel Living”

    In Romans, Paul has made it clear that being made right before God is an external thing that God does for us. The question may arise, does God do anything in us? Or do we remain unchanged. The answer is a resounding ‘yes’ the holy spirit enables gospel living. John explains.

  • Luke 24:36-49 “Doubts Confronted by the Resurrection

    When things in our lives don’t go according to plan, doubts can arise in our hearts. We can question many things, including whether Jesus can be trusted. At the start of this passage the disciples were fearful and confused and by the end they are blessing God. Their doubts were confronted by the resurrection. John […]

  • Romans 8:1-4 “No Condemnation

    Even though we belong to Jesus, we often can feel a burden of condemnation. In Romans 8, Paul makes it clear that for those who are in Christ there is no condemnation. John explains.

  • Romans 6:15-23 “The Freedom of Slavery”

    It is common to assume that what we need to flourish is total freedom to do whatever we want. The reality is humans will always serve someone or something, and it is far better for us to serve God rather than sin. Peter looked at Romans 6:15-23 this morning.

  • Romans 6:1-14 “Dead to Sin, Alive to God”

    While we rightly emphasize sin and our inability to save ourselves as Christians, sometimes we make the mistake of believing that sin is more powerful than God. We can live like we are alive to sin and dead to God. But in Romans 6, Paul makes it clear that the opposite is true for those […]

  • Luke 15:11-32 “The Parable of the two Sons”

    Who do you perceive God to be? How does he relate to us as sinful humans? Jesus tells this parable from Luke 15:1to challenge the conceptions that many have of who God is. John explains.

  • Romans 3:27-4:12

    This week we continue our series in Romans. It is so instinctive for us to try to justify ourselves to do good work so that God will count us as righteous. Paul explains in Romans 3-4 that this is not the case at all.

  • Psalm 27 “Faith not Fear”

    It is so common for us to be driven by fears and anxieties instead of faith in God. This week we looked at Psalm 27, that helps us with this problem.

  • Romans 3:1-20 “No one Righteous by Good Works”

    As humans we are so prone to try to justify ourselves, to earn our place. But the bible teaches us that actually, no-one can be made acceptable in God’s sight by doing good things. It is made especially clear in Romans 3, as John explains.

  • 1 Corinthians 13 “Love”

    We took a brief break from our series in Romans to consider what love really looks like. Paul describes love in 1 Corinthians 13, and we used this lense to consider the love of God in Christ.