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Why Series Week 3

H Metters continues exploring the question "Why Doesn't God Make Himself Clearer?" from our Sunday sermon series, looking at the effect our busyness has on hearing the voice of God.

Discussion Questions:

1. Look at the quote by Ronald Rolheiser:

‘Today, a number of historical circumstances are blindly flowing together and accidentally conspiring to produce a climate within which it is difficult not just to think about God or to pray, but simply to have any interior depth whatsoever…

We for every kind of reason, good and bad, are distracting ourselves into spiritual oblivion.

It is not that we have anything against God, depth, and spirit, we would like these, it is just that we are habitually too preoccupied to have any of these show up on our radar screens. We are more busy than bad, more distracted than non-spiritual, and more interested in the movie theatre, the sports stadium, and the shopping mall, and the fantasy life they produce in us than we are in church. Pathological busyness, distraction and restlessness are major blocks today within our spiritual lives.’

Does this strike a chord with you?

2. Look at Luke 10:38-42

What is the one thing that Mary has chosen? Does your life reflect this to be the one thing you have chosen above all else?

3. What are the main distractions/areas of busyness in your life that pose a threat to your relationship with Jesus?

Suggested reading:

JOHN MARK COMER: The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry

H Metters speaks on the subject of ‘Why doesn’t God make himself clearer?”, looking particularly at the person of Jesus.

Why Series Week 2

After Sunday's sermon, "Why Is God Good News In Overcoming Racism?", Jago recaps his response to this question, and suggests what this might mean for us.

1. Look at Luke 18:9-14. How does the Pharisee “other” the Tax Collector in the parable? How are we guilty of “othering” others to justify ourselves?

2. What have you learnt about racism and about yourself in the last weeks since George Floyd’s killing?

3. How might you be actively anti-racism – but from a place of dependent hope on God, rather than from a place of judgemental moral superiority? How does the Tax Collector help you think this through?

In the second of our Why series, Jago answers the vital question of our time - Why is God good news in overcoming racism?

He looks at how the story of God is crucial for overcoming the story of racism, by looking at the danger of “othering” that exists in racism

and in the parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector.

Why Series Week 1

Following on from Jamie’s talk from Sunday on 'Why Are Christians Such Hypocrites?’ he explores what it means to be faithful to Jesus. How can we be confident in representing Jesus to others when we are so aware of our own flaws? He looks at what the fruit of the Holy Spirit and holiness look like.

1. How confident am I in representing Jesus to my those around me who aren’t followers of Jesus?

2. What does Jesus' dying on the cross and sending his Holy Spirit mean for me in becoming Christlike and representing him to others?

Passage: John 8:1-11

Why Are Christians Such Hypocrites - Jamie Mulvaney - WHY: Sunday 28th June by HTC | Holy Trinity Clapham

Jago brings our series to an end speaking about 5 'Ps' mentioned in Philippians.

Jago finishes our “Restricted but Advancing” sermon series as he speaks on “The Problem with Statues”, and how we can meet the needs of others because God has met all our needs in Jesus.

Ros Williams continues our series looking at what it is means to be content and how we can have that in Christ.

Jamie asks if we can be content in an increasingly uncertain world. Paul’s secret to being content in any and every situation is not a philosophy nor a programme, but something far more dynamic, exciting and purposeful. Living with Jesus and for Jesus is always living your best life.