Blessan looks at the role Barnabas played in Paul's acceptance by the apostles, and the developing and discipling of this dangerous new believer.

Learning from Paul, the great apostle, about how to boast and delight in our weaknesses in order that Christ's strength may rest on us.

There is an invitation to the lost to come back to the Father; there is an instruction to believers to develop a relationship with the Father, to not become resentful when our service doesn't attract attention, and to rejoice when others turn to God; and there is an indication as to what God is like, not just saving us but bringing us into his household.

Peter confesses that Jesus is the Christ, who has come to save us. But he comes to save us not from what is on the outside (e.g. the Romans) but from what is on the inside (our aim to get the best out of life). Jesus will be rejected and killed, and if this is what happens to the leader, this is what will happen to the followers. But Jesus leads his followers to heaven too.

Isn’t the Bible just a book of myths from thousands of years ago with very little relevance to modern day UK? Guest speaker Adrian Holloway helps us to look at whether or not the Bible is accurate and trustworthy.

Jesus opens the eyes of the physically blind but he also opens the eyes of the spiritually blind. Because the Kingdom of God has come, we can expect God to heal today, but because it has not yet come in its entirety we should not be troubled that he doesn't heal everybody.

We can enter God's rest today - we don't have to wait till we get to heaven. We can choose, in every situation we face to avoid unbelief and dwell in his rest.

Paul and Silas could have become cynical when they ended up in prison, and concluded either that God had not been leading them or that he had deceived them. But they knew that God had a plan, and even though they may not have felt like praising him, they do so. God always fulfils his plans, but he fulfils them his way, not ours.

Jesus shows us what he is like by his response to three groups of people. He responds with compassion to the eagerness of the crowd in bringing the deaf man to him; he responds to the aggression of the Pharisees by leaving them; and he responds to the confusion of his disciples with commitment to them.

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