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April 08, 2024 Seven Years: The value of team.
The goal of any church is to build the kingdom of God. And that can best be
done when we work together as a team. What it means to be part of a team is
demonstrated brilliantly by Barnabas in the book of Acts. Barnabas was a
wonderful encourager. And we can be too. Encouragement dispels fear,
promotes grace, releases potential and restores the fallen. Bread has had
some excellent encouragers down the years. Let’s continue! The more we
receive the encouragement of God, whose spirit is the Great Encourager, the
more we will be empowered to encourage one another.
By Ed Flint
40 min
April 01, 2024 Easter is about hope.
Easter is about hope: the sure, concrete, touchable hope that is found in
the bodily resurrection of Jesus. It’s a hope based in his power (he
swallows up death forever) and based in his kindness (he wipes every tear
from all faces). Easter declares Jesus as Lord of all, which sets us free
from having to bear the burden of being our own lord. His lordship sets us
free to worship and surrender and be made alive by his power and in his
kindness.
By Ed Flint
21 min
March 25, 2024 Galatians: Freedom for inclusion.
Humans have always divided themselves into “us and them”, for the sake of
belonging and safety. The goal of the Kingdom, however, is not to
strengthen your group at the expense of another. It’s the difficult work of
expanding “us”.
In this passage, Paul radically defends against the type of faith that
includes a small print. He says there are no disclaimers to the Gospel. It
is a free gift received by faith alone. We are in a new era, a new Kingdom,
and it’s good news for everyone, period.
In this talk, we discuss the things that cause division, and the challenge
to be the type of community that is infused with grace.
By Tavia Grubbs
32 min
March 18, 2024 Galatians: Freedom for the Spirit.
It’s some of the densest, Pauliest, grittiest stuff we find in the New
Testament, but chapter 3 of his letter to the church in Galatia is where
Paul gets right to it: the entire story, the whole point, every bit of the
law and the covenant show that it was always faith that He asked for.
From the beginning, He was a God who wanted to dwell among His people, and
His plans for their rescue never changed.
By Hannah Flint
42 min
March 11, 2024 Galatians: Freedom for faith.
Our beliefs govern our behavior. Paul confronts Peter who has stopped
believing in the fullness of the grace of Jesus. As a result, his behavior
has become divisive and hypocritical. Paul reminds him and us of the truths
of the gospel. When we believe the correct thing about God, ourselves, and
the world, godly behavior will follow. We become people not bound by the
law, but free to live lives of faith and of the Spirit.
By Ed Flint
46 min
March 05, 2024 Galatians: freedom from prejudice.
With the noise and pressure mounting from others for the Galatians to take
upon themselves more than just the grace of Jesus, Paul knows a secret: the
grace of God is enough. It is enough to lead all of us on a journey into
freedom - freedom from the prejudices of others, and ultimately
freedom from the judgments we place upon ourselves. Simply stated, the
gift of God’s grace is freedom.
By Matt Yeoman
27 min
March 04, 2024 Galatians: Freedom from prejudice.
With the noise and pressure mounting from others for the Galatians to take
upon themselves more than just the grace of Jesus, Paul knows a secret: the
grace of God is enough. It is enough to lead all of us on a journey into
freedom - freedom from the prejudices of others, and ultimately freedom
from the judgments we place upon ourselves. Simply stated, the gift of
God’s grace is freedom.
By Matt Yeoman
27 min
February 26, 2024 Galatians: Freedom for a calling.
Do you know that you’re called? Do you know what you’re called to? It’s
usually a subject that often raises some difficult feelings for many, for
different reasons...
Paul understood his call in very simple terms: he was chosen by God to
fulfill an ancient promise that the gospel of Jesus grace would go out to
the gentiles. Not by them being brought into the Jewish way of life, but by
Jesus spreading out and permeating there’s (which was causing quite the
rift.) His willingness to accept the cost of his call brings us to a very
important truth: we have different gifts, talents and work to do, but our
call in Jesus is never really about us. It’s about being His witnesses, and
loving Him enough to follow wherever He will lead.
By Hannah Flint
37 min
February 23, 2024 ALPHA - Week 5: The Bible
41 min
February 22, 2024 Alpha (Winter 2024) WEEK 5: The bible.
Alpha is a six week course exploring the big questions of life. It’s for
anyone interested in discussing spirituality, god and the christian faith,
in a non-judgmental open-minded context. Each week there’s a great meal, a
short talk, and discussion in small groups. People who come to the course
are from lots of different backgrounds - no faith, other faiths, brought up
christian, and agnostic. Everyone is welcome. Catch up on each week’s talk
here.
41 min