The Bethel - Old Trafford Christadelphian Church

The Church of Christ should beat in time with the heart of God. Trevor guides us through how that should look and what it entails, realigning ourselves to hear the heartbeat of our loving father in the way we gather together as a congregation and a community.

Humility - the one crucial Christian attribute that we find so difficult to cultivate. Malcolm challenged us to find ways to emulate the humility of Jesus in our daily lives.

A walk through the sermon on the mount with some fresh ideas and interesting angles. Mike Encouraged us all to refocus with God at the centre again.

How do we read the bible? Do we truly read it in it's genuine context? Even if we can truly read the bible in its literary, culturel and historic context, we still often find that prejudice is the biggest obstacle to reading and understanding the scriptures. Charles encourages us to be careful and look out for our often hidden prejudices and look for the heart of God behind the words.

Are you challenged by prayer? Plenty of time Jesus says to his disciples and to us that we should simply ask in faith and expect a response... Yet our experience may be one of unanswered prayer which, in turn, leads to us praying less often and, maybe, challenges our faith...

My challenge to you is to consider prayer as a whole life of communicating with your creator God; think of adding strands to a rope which binds you together, rather than prayer as a telephone cord which relays a message.

Suspend your disbelief and imagine that he wants a relationship with you and your prayer-life might come back. Think not only about what you want from him, but what he wants from you so that your life, your praise, your spoken prayers and your thoughts can become moulded to his pattern.

A look back at the Christmas story raises some questions. What did the shepherds do next? Who were the Magi and where did they go and what did they do after they visited Jesus? It is all too easy to enjoy the Christmas story and then forget about Jesus for the rest of the year and the impact is lost. But the birth of The Saviour should not just be something for Christmas.

Paul's starting point were the words from the Apostle Paul - "Of all sinners, I am the worst". From that point he went on to explore the characters in the bible that we often think of as giants of faith, but who also had serious flaws. Paul aligned his own spiritual journey with theirs to bring us to the point of remembering that we are all sinners, we all miss the mark but that is what the grace of God is for

Richard Uses an orange as a symbol of the true Christian Christmas.

God is making something beautiful out of something flimsy. Maurice looks at the work of God in our lives and the presence of Christ within us as we are changed by it.

In The Beginning Was the Word. John's gospel starts with the universal time frame and contextualises the birth of Jesus within the big picture. Many different words have been translated from 'Logos' - 'Word' being the most common for this passage, but Martyn picks up on another meaning - 'rumour' which is just as accurate a place to begin and invites us into God's ancient and ongoing conversation.