Money can have a powerful effect on us. It can give you great joy. It can make you take big risks. It can strike fear into the heart. But what does God say should be our attitude towards money? What does he offer us that's even better?

It's not easy following Jesus in a culture than views faith as primitive, restrictive and bigoted.It's not easy living a God-centred life with so much discouragement, so many distractions and so many reasons to give up. Can we really be sure we will make it in the end, or is our future in serious doubt?

Nearly everyone has theology of suffering - a way of understanding suffering in light of God - whether they know it or not. Unfortunately many are woefully inadequate, as evidenced by the number of professing Christians who give up when life gets painful. We need a theology of suffering that is based on more than just an optimistic and comfortable Western worldview - and that is just what we find in the Bible.

Charity begins at home, but unfortunately it also often stops at home. What does Jesus have to say to help us show kindness and generosity to people in need, even when we naturally want to put limits on who we help?

Natalie works for King's Church Hastings, co-ordinating their social action and community work.

There are many ways of trying to make faith attractive but Jesus sometimes seems to go out of his way to put people off, including asking them to do things that appear to go against their own best interests. Is this really the case or is there something more going on?

How Risk Averse are you? What about when it comes to taking steps of faith for Jesus? Some people are naturally cautious and others are verge on gung ho. How can we all make sure we don't let undue caution hold us back? Or that we don't plough in unhelpfully?