The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 22nd Oct 2023.

A conversation around how to engage in conflict. We will be looking at how Barnabas (in the new testament) is someone who was able to move towards conflict in a positive way and how his ability to be an encourager gave him the foundation to be able to do this.

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 15th Oct 2023.

What do we really want?  Where are we going to get it?  How are we going to turn up? Where is community and God in this?  This passage encourages us to look at our own desires, how we might be going about satisfying them and to note what results from a grasping rather than open orientation towards each other. Let’s be generous and kind hearted in our pursuit together of an apostolic community, one that is sent out to reflect and emit the society of the Trinity.

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 8th Oct 2023.

In this talk using personal examples, scripture and cultural references, Malcolm explores the innate desire we all have to be right, how this is amplified by our political and cultural environment and what Jesus shows us about how to navigate this inner struggle with grace and love.

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 1st Oct 2023.

How do congregations or communities of believers journey through disagreements in a spirit of love and grace while still being true to their own personal convictions? This sermon explores principles from a significant disagreement in the early church that help maintain harmony while allowing individuals the freedom of their own convictions.

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 24th Sep 2023.

How do we navigate disagreements when they go on for a long time and emotions are running high? This sermon explores a significant disagreement in the early church looking at a longer term perspective, the tone of a helpful conversation and how dialogue can help us listen to those that we profoundly disagree with.

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 17th Sep 2023.

In a world where disagreements cause distance and division, this sermon introduces some principles of how we can bridge the gap between people or groups. We look at the story (in Acts Chapter 10) of Peter the Apostle visiting Cornelius, a Roman army officer. These are two people from different groups at enmity with each other. Rupert draws some powerful principles about how we can be a force for good,  bringing harmony in the midst of disagreement.

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 10th Sep 2023.

In this message Keith explores how Paul could be thankful for a church community, despite the fact that they had many faults and faced internal difficulties. He looks at how important it is to keep our focus on the person of Jesus, trying to see things, as Christ would see us.

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 27th Aug 2023.

In this talk Malcolm explores what it means to live by the Holy Spirit – or for the Holy Spirit to guide our lives. We reflect on the contrast described in Galatians 5 between living by the spirit and following the desires of the sinful nature and consider, as Paul writes why “these two forces are constantly fighting each other”.

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 3rd Sep 2023.

Each of us is unique and we are created to be close to Him and live filled with the Holy Spirit. Recognising that we respond in different ways, how do I cultivate a sensitivity to His Spirit, recognising His voice and His promptings? How does this affect how I live?

The weekly message from Community Church Edinburgh. This talk is from Sunday, 20th Aug 2023.

The initial sign of the Holy Spirit at the Feast of Pentecost was freedom to worship in unlearned languages. In a culture so focussed on human intelligence, this action of God in believers today challenges our usual assumptions about what worship is about. But a clue from the Genesis story of the origins of languages might help us understand what God is intending through this supernatural gift.