Jesus told strange little stories to illustrate the strange character of the Kingdom of God. This week, Bill examines a story that describes where and how the Kingdom starts to grow, and explains why the parable of the sower is really the parable of the four soils.

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Alice explores two kinds of rewards.

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Alice explores how we need to move in to enemy love in order to be fully human.

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Alice shares thoughts on our current cultural polarisation.

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Q&A with David Barclay regarding his work, including a recent encouraging testimony about supporting refugees.

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Paul Brind takes us through the sort of King Israel was expecting and how the ‘Messianic Secret’ is revealed in Jesus.

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Chris encourages us to look afresh at our giving as a church as we move to appoint a Children’s Pastor. He speaks from Matthew 6 more broadly on how we relate to money in a Jesus-like way.

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Chris celebrates the growth in unity, prayer and partnership across Bristol over the last 8 years.

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In John 14:6, Jesus declares that he is, 'the way and the truth and the life', but what does that mean in practice? If we want to follow the way, know the truth and experience the life, how do we do it?

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There often seems to be more going on in John's gospel than meets the eye. But why is that? Bill explains what makes John different from the other gospels and how to get the most from it.

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