Making Enemies & Making Whole Jesus had arrived in Jerusalem for the Passover, but He didn’t go to the court or to the Palace (although He was greeted as a king), instead He went to the Temple. And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned…
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Over the last two weeks we’ve hosted five sessions of Easter Cracked in partnership with Bridgebuilder Trust. We’ve welcomed five schools, 160 students & 16 teachers/helpers, and we’ve all had an amazing time as we’ve explored the real details & significance of Easter. The students love it, and the feedback from the teachers is consistently great: Fantastic!…
Hope Is Stirring… Note: Yes it’s Sunday, and we don’t normally have reflections on Sundays, but it’s Palm Sunday and marks the start of Holy Week. It is the most important week in the Christian calendar, and we’re going to use our final Lent reflections by following & exploring the events of that week; delving a…
I’m Happy Because… [ending our exploration of Romans 12, with verse 12, on the 12th] It might seem crazy what I’m about to say, sunshine she’s here, you can take away; I’m a hot air balloon, I could go to space, with the air, like I don’t care, baby by the way. Because… Well if you…
Tangible Unity [continuing our exploration of Romans 12 – Rules for Christian Living] Often when people think about the Church they think about what the Church stands against, because that often what it is most vocal about. Obviously different churches have different opinions, stand against different things, and campaign for different things. Wouldn’t it be great if…
Not On My Watch [continuing our exploration of Romans 12] Yesterday we heard that we are to love sincerely; to love as Jesus loved, and because Jesus loved. We should love in the same way: genuinely & wholeheartedly; selflessly & sacrificially. And so on to the other half of that verse… ‘[…] hate everything that is…
Love Without Hypocrisy [continuing our exploration of Romans 12] In the Contemporary English Version this section of Romans 12 (verses 9-21) is entitled ‘Rules for Christian Living’ and is made up of almost bullet point wisdom about how to live. It’s really accessible & easy to understand. But we’re going to explore a few of…
Be Transformed… [we continue our exploration of Romans 12] Yesterday’s verse spoke about us making a living sacrifice – daily laying down our own desires and giving our life over to Jesus & His plan for us. Today’s verse continues on that theme: ‘Don’t copy the behaviour and customs of this world, but let God transform…
Living Sacrifice [this week our reflections will explore Romans 12] The Old Testament is packed full of sacrifices. There were different offerings for everything, and most involved some kind of animal sacrifice. The Animal would be placed on the altar & slaughtered, and the sacrifice of the animal would grant forgiveness. The New Testament changed all…
This evening we baked & decorated cupcakes to bless the staff of schools who come to Spurgeons for Easter Cracked this week. Whilst the cakes were baking we continued our theme of Identity, looking tonight at our status as God’s beloved. Starting by reflecting on the quotes in the slideshow below, then watching a couple of videos. The…