The Bethel - Old Trafford Christadelphian Church

Beginning in 2 Samuel 19, Nick compared David with Saul and held up a mirror to how we prefer to associate with Bible heroes when we more often resemble the villains.

Pete asks 'at what point do we dig so deep into the detail of a biblical truth and try to implement it so exactly that we change it into a tradition, and when does the next step of turning it into a falsehood and therefore myth happen and how can we resis

Tony used Matthew 20, picking up the rivalry between the disciples and the envy in the parable of the Workers in the vineyard, and other examples to teach about envy and getting on better together.

Mark 10 was the reading that sparked Simon's encouragement to us to store up treasure in heaven, not on earth.

Taking David's encounter with Goliath as an example, Tony encourages us to work out what our 'Goliath(s)' are and draw strength from God to overcome them.

Alex uses Acts 2 v 42 to encourage us to break the 'me' in 'me' so Christ is elevated above all and Dave used Matthew 21 v 33-43 to encourage us to have well tended vines and fruit that pleases God.

Mike looked at Jesus'& God's words from Revelation 1 and 21 + 22 "I am the Alpha and the Omega" to encourage us to make Jesus our A to Z

Drawing together verses from the New Testament, towards Colossians 1:27, Roy asks us 'Who is Christ to us?"

Encouragement from the letter to the Hebrews, Steve urged us not to harden our hearts and move away from God but to let him write his law on our hearts so we can reach out to others that might have hardened theirs.

Although we are not able, we will serve the Lord and must always approach our lives with that aim, with God's strength, we will be able to serve him. Readings from Joshua 24 and James 1.