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Kern speaks on Matthew 24:1-14. He explains the context for these verses, and the disciple's motivation for asking about the end of the age. Kern looks at Jesus' response to this question, including that life is marked by suffering. Kerns explores why Christian faith dies. He stresses that as Jesus sufferred, so we should expect to suffer.
2022-03-08
Williamson looks at the actions of the priests in Israel. He looks at God's response and anger to this in Malachi 1:6-2:9. He challenges his audience with the parallels to college students, and calls them instead to repsonse with reverence and awe.
2022-08-30
Williamson looks at some of the reasons people doubt God's love, using Malachi 1:2-5. He explains Jacob and Esau as an illustration of God's both love and hate in covenant, and to highlight God's mercy.
2022-08-23
Williamson explores Jesus' command to love one another in John 13:34-35. 1. Love each other - our fellow disciples 2. Love other disciples as Jesus has loved us 3. Loving one other involves laying down our lives for our fellow believers
2022-08-02
Shead explores Jeremiah 22:13-19, exploring what happens when the king does what it right and just, including experiencing God's blessing. 1. Is this how we practice God's righteousness to the world? 2. What should the kingship of Jesus look like today?
2022-08-03
Conyers speaks on the ongoing challenge of sin from Romans 5:12. He makes some opening comments about translation. Conyers examines this verse within the context of Genesis and the fall. Conyers shows that the world has no way of answering death when it comes, and that only Jesus offers hope and the defeat of sin. He explores the spread of sin.
2022-08-31
Williamson looks at the four parts of Romans. 1. All people sin 2. Justification received by faith 3. We are given new life as God's children 4. Love one another as we wait
2022-08-24
Thompson speaks on Jesus' arrest from Matthew 26:47-56. He shows that the passage can be summarised by the arrest of Jesus and the flight of the disciples, and explores these two actions.
2022-08-26
Kapic introduces the series, which is a theology of Christian life. He will be exploring the idea that Christian life is a response to the love of God. 1. God is love 2. Creation is the overflow of God's love 3. The purpose of creation, with humanity in the centre, is the reflection of God's love, known as shalom 4. Sin is what disrtupts and disorders love, in particular how this affects communion 5. The incarnate son is both the embodiment and object of divine love 6. Loving the incarnate Christ necessarily means loving God and his creation In this talk he gives an overview of points 1-4.
2022-08-04
Kapic looks at how the Spirit changes us when we came to Christ, and what does not change. He shows that our faith rests on trust in the person of Christ - involves both receiving and responding. Kapic shows that the Holy Spirit is how we are able to live a believing life and recognise God as our Father.
2022-08-11
Kapic looks at Jesus as the embodiment and object of divine love. He explores what Augustine says about love - that there is the lover, the object of love, and love itself. He explores the triune nature of God. Kapic explains that we need to have God in order to have ethics. Kapic explains that God never ceases to be love loving. He shows that God is the origin of love, and that all love points back to him. Kapic then moves on to discussing sin, and it's power to disrupt love and damage the relationships which operate around love. Talk is followed by questions.
2022-08-08
Kapic explains that the church's holiness depends on God. He explains that recognising our own holiness needs belief because of our failure to be different. Kapic looks at whether or not we need the church to have a theology of the Christian life. He explains that the community is more important than the individuals. He explains that the destruction of the church is never needed, although may at times need renewal and/or reformation. Kapic explains that the entire church is needed to be the body of Christ, it can not be done by one individual. He explains that we need to have both belief and practise, not one or the other. Christ in the shape of Christian liturgy in the gospels 1. Jesus has come 2. Jesus preaching and calling leads to people responding in faith and new life 3. Concentration on Jesus' death and resurrection 4. People send to bless and bear witness to the world Kapic briefly looks at the idea of a call to worship, especially in corporate worship. Talk is followed by questions.
2022-08-12
