In Genesis 42 Joseph and his brothers come face to face with one another. For everyone the past comes back to haunt to them. But this is actually an opportunity for them to step into and join in with what God is doing. How can we learn to do the same?
Read MoreWhat happens when freed people set God free into conversations? The world changes.
Read MoreNicky Gumbel from HTB Church is our guest speaker. This Sunday we celebrate Pentecost when Jesus went home and sent the Holy Spirit to be with us instead. The disciples were sitting in a home when the Holy Spirit came upon them. Jesus is saying "I'm coming to your home today!" Will you invite Him in?
Read MoreAs we 'ease' out of lockdown it's clear things are not going to be easy but instead will be messy. How can followers of Jesus thrive in messy situations?
Read MoreThis week James and Wayne explain what they and others have heard as they've listened to God through the Scriptures.
Read MoreJudah, Tamar, Mrs Potiphar and Joseph. We learn from these characters where our desires can lead us, what a mess they can make of things or what a blessing they can bring to others.
Read MoreThis week we start to follow the story of Joseph and we discover early on that God uses Joseph’s circumstances to shape Joseph’s character for God’s purposes. Will we let God do the same with us?
Read MoreIn Genesis 33 Jacob and Esau meet. What can we learn from their meeting about reconciliation? Wayne looks at how not to do it, how to do it and what makes reconciliation possible for us.
Read MoreThis week James talks about how COVID-19 has revealed a fear of death and how the resurrection of Jesus can take away that fear.
Read MoreLooking at the stories of Jacob and Jesus, James explains how we can come home to God and live differently in our homes as a result.
Read MoreIn Genesis 29 we meet Leah, trapped in a loveless marriage, competing against her sister and the property of dirt her father and now her husband. What can we learn about how God meets with her that we can apply to our lock down lives?
Read MoreExploring the story of Jacob and Esau, James introduces us to another Son who received a blessing that can change the world, through you and me.
Read MoreCharles reviews Genesis 25 and considers the birthright we are granted on conversion.
Read MoreWhat does it mean to live a surrendered life? In Genesis 22 Abraham is invited into fully trusting God. Trusting God with the best of his life and trusting God in a culture gone mad. What does this look like? What does it mean for us? And how is that even possible?
Read MoreThis week James recaps what we sense the Lord is speaking to us as a church at the moment, looking back to Genesis 19 and talking about how we live a surrendered life from Genesis 21.
Read MoreThis week James explains how we can grow in our confidence or how to respond to a variety of situations we and our friends face. These situations all have one thing in common: sex. The story of Lot and his family in Genesis 19 helps us to understand how we might respond.
Read MoreGod wants to end cynicism in your life. It begins in encounter. Abraham learns that with God nothing is impossible, He can be trusted.
Read MoreAbram has a problem. He’s left all to follow God but he is not so sure all that has been promised is going to happen. In Genesis 15 God steps in. Meeting Abram’s doubt and giving him reasons to have faith. Reasons that apply to us today.
Read MoreThis week James explains some lessons from Genesis 13 about how we can follow Jesus
Read MoreAbram thinks he has a bit of a problem. There's a famine in the land. Pharaoh fancies his wife. He needs to act and fast. Genesis 12 teaches us about how not to respond when things get hard. It also reminds us that no matter what happens, God is at work.
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