The Bethel - Old Trafford Christadelphian Church

Everybody worships! The question is, what do we choose to worship? Malcolm questions whether we allow the thinks we worship to define us, and so challenges us to worship the one that does not break - Jesus.

Where we are on our journey with God and are we walking a path trodden before? Knowing we aren't the only ones to follow the route may help us in our choices. Cedric suggests we choose a path that enables God to do new things with us.

Walking the path previously trodden is not like walking in King Wenceslas' shoes, where it's just slightly warmer than the freezing snow and we just get a view of his back, but a path wide enough to walk with Jesus by our side and share the yoke.

The profound sense of "that wasn't in there last time I read it", sometimes brings unexpected consequences. Mike explores Jesus words in Matthew 5:39 to this end, and looks at the far-reaching implications.

In the trivial and in the more dramatic and important things in life, Andy encouraged us by reminding us that trusting in God is well-founded and worth it.

A morning of reflection, including short thoughts, poems, songs and scriptures reminding us how incredible and powerful, yet interested and intimately involved in our lives God is.

Thinking about how we build our lives in the new year, Charles encouraged us to be careful as we choose what direction we take.

Alex encourages us to take heart, during and after all sorts of troubles and difficulties in life, it can be all right, it will be all right.

He isn't pretending it is easy, the pain continues to be very real and very obvious, but he found that even in the thickest fog of despair, the deepest chasm of sorrow, the murkiest waters of upturned aspirations, we are still loved by God. We are, by His grace and by His people, still held close to the steady, rhythmical beat of His heart and offered access to an endless peace, serenity and comfort. Trust God, be open to His presence and the work of His spirit in your life, and you will feel the shalom that He brings.

Blessed are you who mourn, for you will be comforted.

Fortunate are you who’s hearts are completely broken over loss, because God Himself will carry your load.

Is the 'Season of Good will' actually just a 'materialistic sense of benvolence', or Is there something more important to the proclamation of the angels regarding Jesus' birth. Colin looks at who the angels were speaking to and what it was about, bearing in mind the fact that there isn't yet peace on earth and people are still oppressed.

Steve used his recent tour of HMP Manchester to draw out lessons on forgiveness, community and rehabilitation. He asked if we would see such great acts of compassion as he learned of in the prison within a church.

Using James 3 & 4, Andrew unpacks how joined-up living, consistent with Jesus being at the centre of our lives is the way to live wisely. From that place, it changes how we react to people who have made mistakes and those who think differently to us. Andrew goes on to show that faith in action is about humility and grace, not pride and knocking down others who we think are in the 'wrong'.