One thing that is ‘distinctive’ about our church is formal membership - or what we call ‘meaningful membership.’ Why should someone be a member of a local church? Is it an unnecessary add-on to the Christian life, or something more? Join us as we dive into 1 Corinthians 12 together, understanding what it means to be part of “the body of Christ.”

We finish our time in 2 Samuel with David’s final song - a brutal and honest account of how God saved him from death. How does God save us today? What does he save us from? And how can we make sure our feet are planted on the ‘rock’ that David talks about?

King David faces a familiar sight: the open desert. Why on earth would God bring him back to this place of suffering? And why would God lead us back to times of suffering? As we see in 2 Samuel 15-19, there are some things that God wants to recover in us, and suffering is the only place he can do it. What does God want to recover in you? Listen in as Dan leads us through this challenging but essential part of Scripture.

"David and Goliath" isn't the only pair of names that go together. We also know about "David and Bathsheba." This King after God's own heart turns out to be an adulterer and a murderer. How did this happen? Can there still be a way back from even the worst sin? Listen in as we trace through 2 Samuel 11-12, seeing five truths about sin and what they mean for our lives.

What makes for a truly loving church? Everyone has ideas, but God gives us the definition: a love church is built on a covenant. We see this in David’s relationship with a man named Mephibosheth, who has nothing to offer him, but becomes the recipient of his over-the-top love. Where does that love come from? A covenant - a promise. Listen in as we go through 2 Samuel 9, seeing how David’s covenant of love points us to God’s covenant with us, and how this must shape the way we love as a church.

We all struggle to pray. What might we be missing? Here in 2 Samuel 7, we see David respond to the incredible promise God has just made to him. His heartfelt prayer teaches us to pray God’s promises for ourselves.

This passage gives us a ‘slow motion’ moment: Uzzah touches the ark of God, and instantly falls down dead. How do we make sense of that? What does it show us about God, and about us? What we’ll see is that God decides how we should worship him - not us. And that’s the difference between us coming up with the idea of ‘God’ and God telling us how we should respond to him. Listen along as we see who God truly is, and how we should worship him in truth.

This passage gives us a ‘slow motion’ moment: Uzzah touches the ark of God, and instantly falls down dead. How do we make sense of that? What does it show us about God, and about us? What we’ll see is that God decides how we should worship him - not us. And that’s the difference between us coming up with the idea of ‘God’ and God telling us how we should respond to him. Listen along as we see who God truly is, and how we should worship him in truth.

This passage gives us a ‘slow motion’ moment: Uzzah touches the ark of God, and instantly falls down dead. How do we make sense of that? What does it show us about God, and about us? What we’ll see is that God decides how we should worship him - not us. And that’s the difference between us coming up with the idea of ‘God’ and God telling us how we should respond to him. Listen along as we see who God truly is, and how we should worship him in truth.

Renier Van Der Klashorst is updating us with the work of Compassion Australia and teaching what Isaiah has to say about how we might integrate our faith and our works.