Looking at children can tell you a lot about their parents, so what can we learn about God by looking at Jesus?

Looking at Jesus' healing of the paralysed man, we find a God who cares more about what's going on inside than out, who doesn't need to be told anything because he knows where we are at and what's going on in our lives already.

The first talk from the Autumn 2012 Alpha course. Who is Jesus? What historical evidence is there for him, and did he claim about himself? Pads Dolphin looks at these questions as we begin our exploration of the Christian faith.

When Matthew decided to take up Jesus' call to follow him it changed his life forever. Indeed, that decision still impacts millions of lives 2,000 years later. So what can we learn from Matthew's decision to follow Jesus? What was involved in his leaving behind his position and influence as a tax collector to follow Jesus? What is involved in our following Jesus? And how come Jesus chose a wretched, outcast traitor-of-the-Jews tax collector to be a part of his inner circle in the first place?

Do we realise what power the tongue has? How can we in one breath praise God with our tongues and in the next curse a man made in the image of God? How can we use our tongues to spread the good news of Jesus?

Why is Jesus' command not to judge others really so important? How can we apply that in a church context where different preferences for worship may exist? And what about outsiders? Chris Everett explores these potentially life changing issues.