Tag: Isaiah

What do you want to see?

Many Christians use the 40 days in the lead up to Easter as an opportunity for prayer, fasting and reflection in order to grow their love for the Gospel. The season is known as Lent.  I belong to a less liturgical strand of Christianity so I don’t tend to follow church calendars.  There is nothing… Continue reading What do you want to see?

Why I believe in preaching through whole books of the Bible

The other day, I wrote about how we engage with theology in the local church.  In the current debate about this, some people are setting up the practice of systematic expository preaching in opposition to engaging with theology.  In fact, the idea that we should preach through a whole book of the Bible has long… Continue reading Why I believe in preaching through whole books of the Bible

A house of prayer: Foreigners and Eunuchs welcome

Here’s this week’s additional podcast.  As a new term begins, Chris, our lead elder at Church Central spoke on Sunday about the church as citizens of heaven and a house of prayer.  We try to link our life group discussions in with the Sunday talks. So, this week, we went to Isaiah 56, which is… Continue reading A house of prayer: Foreigners and Eunuchs welcome

A voice crying in the wilderness (Mark 1:1-8)

Each of the Gospels start a little differently. Matthew and Luke both begin with Jesus’ birth and the nativity story but whilst Luke takes us to the specific day with shepherds and angels, Matthew focuses on the arrival of the wisemen.  Luke talks about Gabriel’s appearance to Mary but Matthew focuses on Joseph.  John begins… Continue reading A voice crying in the wilderness (Mark 1:1-8)

“Crushed” (Expository Worship a worked example)

I mentioned in the last post about a song that we had started to sing at Bearwood Chapel a few years back. The song is called  “Jesus Thank you (The Mystery of the Cross).”  In the first verse, you have the line “You the perfect Holy One crushed your Son.”  Some people have expressed discomfort… Continue reading “Crushed” (Expository Worship a worked example)

Through the Fire

Today’s #DailyDose from Isaiah 43:1-13 points to God as the Lord and Saviour who created, redeemed and calls us. We discover doctrinal truth -that Christ is fully God and pastoral hope that no-one can snatch us from His hand.