The book of Job is rich and profound but also complex and quite hard to understand. Bill Drewett gives us an overview of this strange text and asks what it can teach us about human suffering.

Tim Cole continues our series looking at how distinct parts of the Bible gives us different perspectives on the difficult question of suffering. Today, how do the historical narratives in the OT help us understand Israel’s National Suffering?

Today we pause our series on adversity and suffering to look at another of the difficult questions that Christians are sometimes asked. If someone said "How can Christians claim that their beliefs are true and others' beliefs are false? Isn't that arrogant?", how would you reply? Bill Drewett has the presumption to offer an opinion.

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The Arrogance of Christian Truth-Claims from Bill Drewett

Martin Stanisstreet continues our broad, biblical look at the question of adversity and suffering by considering Jesus, and in particular, Jesus seven recorded sayings on the cross.

This morning we start a new series in which we explore the subject of adversity and suffering canonically - that is, by looking at how several different Bible books deal with the subject, in order to get a broad overview. Martin Stanisstreet introduces the series and then starts at the end, with Revelation 21.

This morning we have a guest speaker, Dave Mitchell from Woodlands Church in Clifton. Dave looks at the story of the raising of Lazarus in John chapter eleven.

The third in our series on Vineyard Values looks at leadership. Many of us are familiar with the idea that leaders should be identified according to character, not gifting. But why is it so important? Why did John Wimber emphasise this principle again and again? Bill Drewett considers the question.

Slides available at: http://www.slideshare.net/BristolVineyard/vineyard-values-character-not-gifting

Worried that you're too irreverent for church? It's one of our core values. Bill Drewett explores the Vineyard Value of authenticity. It's about reality, not religion.

Slides available at:

http://www.slideshare.net/BristolVineyard/vineyard-values-reality-not-religion

Today, and for the next three weeks, we look at a few more Vineyard Values, priorities for our little part of God's worldwide church. This morning, Bill Drewett looks at Compassion.

Slides available at:

http://www.slideshare.net/BristolVineyard/vineyard-values-compassion

This morning, Tim Cole revisits the theme of discipleship by looking at Jesus' devotional life. The James Tissot painting that Tim mentions can be seen here:

http://www.wikiart.org/en/james-tissot/the-miracle-of-the-loaves-and-fishes-1896