The Bethel - Old Trafford Christadelphian Church

Watching the spectacular free solo ascent of El Capitan by Alex Honnold in the eponymous 2018 film changed Tony. Part of the film dealt with how Alex's brain changed and these two changes inspired Tony to think about how we can be changed in our lives by our relationship with Christ.

Stories of adoption and the adoption process inspired David's exploration of our own experience of being adopted into God's faily as fully accepted children.

Peace is a big part of our faith, a quality of God, and something Jesus encourages wherever you go. Peace in a family is often hard to maintain, and being peacemakers can come into everyone’s lives at some time or other. There are those that often cause conflict and those who are trying to repair fractures, peacemakers and peacebreakers. We are called, and challenged, to be peacemakers, and to imitate Christ and his sacrifice on the cross.

We are likely to have said over 700 million words by the time we’re 75! But words aren’t all good. Some can hurt and scar, and that’s one of the things that God said he detests - Paul lists it in various places when talking to other churches. We are here to build up and encourage - THINK! Is it True, is it Hurtful, is it Imitating Christ, is it Necessary, is it Kind?

Do we have confidence in Jesus who is the way, the truth and the life or do we adopt a rules and regulations style faith? Is it Jesus plus something else or just Jesus?

Hindsight can be a wonderful thing - we know that Jesus rose again, but the followers of Jesus had not expected it. Despite being told, they still set their expectations too low. What Jesus achieved in His resurrection was far beyond their understanding at the time - and the lesson for us is that we need to accept that God is in control, because He is achieving far greater things than we can imagine.

Colin explores spiritual significance in the colours of the rainbow and how new life from lifeless ground speaks forward to future resurrection.

The sorcerer and the talking donkey : God is bigger than you think! It is surprising when and where God chooses to reveal himself. You think you know God? Wait and see how he speaks to you before you make your final judgement.

Jesus was angered by the inequality of the time, the rich rtaking advantage of the poor. He reveals this most dramatically in his Parable of the Rich man and Lazarus. Charles encouraged us to take the lessons that we can take from that story and apply them in our lives today because our choices today, in this life, influence how we spend the rest of eternity.

Jesus sets his face towards Jerusalem. Spiritual journey. Accomplishing Jesus’ exodus - journey towards liberation, to establish a new people of God. Jesus knew the road ahead would be difficult. Part of Jesus teaching reminds us that doesn’t matter if we understand the bigger picture, more that we understand how to respond personally in our lives. Jesus’ interaction with the lepers shows Jesus’ call for us to act in faith, to realise we are cleansed before we are.