Church: Love

(1 Corinthians 13)

What love isn’t…                            (vv. 1-3)

What love is…                                (vv. 4-6)

What love does…                          (v. 7)

How far love goes…                       (vv. 8-13)

The Perfect King

Isaiah 11-12

(Bible Reading 11)

Who He is

What He does

Where He leads us

 (Preacher: Rayk Platzek)

Church: Gifts and the Body

(1 Corinthians 12)

1. Recognise the Spirit’s work by expressing submission to Christ (1-3)

2. Serve as God’s gifted you, for the common good (4-11)

3. Realise your diversity’s a crucial part of Christ’s united body (12-20)

4. Share united concern by accommodating others’ diversity (21-26)

5. Eagerly desire gifts that build the body (27-31)

Preacher: Andreas Mayer

Learning to Trust

Isaiah 7:1-10:4

(Bible Reading 7:1-17)

The shape of these chapters:

Look more closely at 7:1-25

Look a little more closely (v13-16 in particular)

Now stand back and look accross 7:1-10:4 again

What can we learn, from Isaiah, about living for God in our own real-life (often ‘messy’) situations?

(Preacher: Steve Blencowe)

Freedom in the Church

(1 Corinthians 11:2-34)

This passage has a few tricky bits:

o angels (v. 10), and long hair on men? (v. 14)

So, we should start by looking at what we do know from the text:

Preacher: Stephen Young

Before The Throne of God

Isaiah 6

God's glory is incomparable

Hearts will inevitably be changed

Repentance is met with cleansing atonement

This encounter with God ends with proclamation by his messenger

(Preacher: Thom Herbert)

Freedom and its Dangers

(1 Corinthians 10:1-11:1)

Reading 1 Cor 10:23-11:1

The dangers of abusing our freedom… (an example from history!)

We do not have freedom to sin…

…but God is faithful (v. 13), and will help us live for him

Preacher: Stephen Young

Who Do You Trust?

Isaiah 2:6-4:6

(Reading 2:6-22)

God has a vision… (1:1-2:5)

… that focuses on ‘the Day of the LORD’ (2:6-4:6)

Isaiah gives a ‘poetic’ summary of what will happen ‘in that day’ (2:6-22)

The conclusion and application are in the last verse of the summary (2:22)

    So, who are you putting your trust in?

(Preacher: Steve Blencowe)

Freedom to Restrict Ourselves

(1 Corinthians 9)

Reading 1 Cor 9:13-26

For Paul, running the race means giving up his own rights…

…because he would rather do this, than hinder the gospel of Christ

Where are you running ‘aimlessly’?

Preacher: Stephen Young

Hope For The Nations

Isaiah 1:1-2:5 (Reading 1:1-20, 2:1-5)

Isaiah’s vision – of hope in the midst of defeat

A vision of the transformation of Zion

A vision of hope for the nations

Do you know this hope?

(Preacher: Steve Blencowe)