To be a disciple of Jesus is to be sent by him into his world on his mission. This first sermon in the series on Jesus instructions to his disciples on mission opens up the beautiful wise balance that Jesus preserves.

More and more, our culture is characterised by tribalism - identity politics, victim status, minority identity. Where do we get the spiritual resources to own the different experiences that constitute us as people, and at the same time to overcome boundaries? This sermon explores how the gospel transcends tribalism.

More and more, our culture is characterised by tribalism - identity politics, victim status, minority identity. Where do we get the spiritual resources to own the different experiences that constitute us as people, and at the same time to overcome boundaries? This sermon explores how the gospel transcends tribalism.

One of the key values of our culture is individualism — the idea that I’m my own master; that I get to write my own story. What matters is my choices, and no one else can decide for me. How does the gospel speak to this aspect of our culture? In particular, how is it possible to live out Paul’s instruction in Colossians 3 to “admonish one another” — to tell one another how to live! — in the light of the individualism we hold so dear? 

One of the key values of our culture is individualism — the idea that I’m my own master; that I get to write my own story. What matters is my choices, and no one else can decide for me. How does the gospel speak to this aspect of our culture? In particular, how is it possible to live out Paul’s instruction in Colossians 3 to “admonish one another” — to tell one another how to live! — in the light of the individualism we hold so dear? 

Secularism is the big story of the culture around us, and it is made up of several chapters. This week we look at what one author famously called ‘the triumph of the therapeutic’, and contrast it with an astonishing gospel capacity, to ‘boast in our sufferings’.

Secularism is the big story of the culture around us, and it is made up of several chapters. This week we look at what one author famously called ‘the triumph of the therapeutic’, and contrast it with an astonishing gospel capacity, to ‘boast in our sufferings’.