We reach the conclusion of our mammoth series on the Atonement and our journey to expand our understanding and appreciation about how Jesus' death saves us. In this talk we do a deep dive into how Jesus' incarnation, death and resurrection deals with the greatest enemy facing humanity and creation, which is death. This is not just a solution to a problem but something far deeper and wider that God has done for us and for humanity.

In a noisy world how do we experience silence? How is silence viewed from the experience of people in the biblical stories? Silence has often been a key component of this Lenten Season but what is our practice of it and posture towards it?

The announcement that the Kingdom of God has arrived in Jesus is fundamental to our understanding of the cross because it is the proclaimation of regime change. As we look to conclude this series, we need to examine how God 'becoming King in Jesus' overthrows, disarms and defeats the existing powers which hold creation and humanity in bondage. What does God's rule and reign look like in the world and how is the church to exist in the light of it?

We continue our Live Lent series by examining a major part of the Lenten season - forgiveness. Vince takes us through what it means to live a life of forgiveness, with all its accompanying challenges and joys.

We live with such distance from 1st Century Judea, we cannot expect to fathom the status and significance of an imperial death penalty like crucifixion. But is it possible to understand how this method of execution is related to the message of the cross that Christianity has preached for the past 200 years? Today we briefly explore how the means and message of the cross are related.

Our new series of 'Live Lent' has kicked off. In this talk James introduces us to the series and drills down into the theme of 'attentiveness' exploring how stories from scripture and experience invite us to make ways to be attentive to God in our everyday.

Where does the death of Jesus fit in with God's telos of reconciling all things to himeslf? How can our view of the cross be compataible with God's desire to 'make world right'? Today we explore how some views of the cross are inconistent with this goal and how justice is achieved.

This talk has two parts. - the first part is a light-hearted way to recap on some of the things BGMC have been unlearning and re-learning about the cross and second, a deeper exploration of the mechanism of the phrase "Jesus died for us". Many of us have been told this means that Jesus died as a subsititute for us, 'he took the punishment we deserved', his death was 'in our place'. But what if this is an inadequate way to read the biblical text and understand the theology of the cross? Is there a more accurate and faithful understanding?

This is a re-recording of a brief Christmas reflection at BGMC's Carols and Cabaret evening which was celebrating the Community Sponsorship Scheme - Tower Hamlets Welcomes. The soundtrack is from a short film made by 'He Gets Us - Refugee'. You can watch it via You Tube.

In the final talk in this series, Joe explores the three questions in relation to play and how it resides on 'the spiritual table' of other disciplines in the Christian life.