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Christianity: Restriction Or Freedom?

Matthew 7:14

The search for freedom is a crucial part of the human story, but religion often seems to oppress, limit and restrict. At our South Site baptism service, Rich explored the question: "Does following the way of Jesus restrict you or free you?".

May

Speaker
Rich Pitt

Identity

Genesis 1:26-28

One of the most basic questions a human being can ask is 'who am I?'. As Jonny outlines a biblical picture of identity, he explains why we have to consider not just one, or even two, but three different identities, as we seek to understand who we are and who we could be. (Preached at West+North only).

May

Speaker
Jonny Mellor

Sex

Genesis 1:31

There's a lie going around that says God is a grump, a killjoy, who loves to stop our fun. Nothing could be further from the picture the Bible paints. Jonathan starts our Blueprint series by exploring how sex itself was God's idea, and yet so often we end up distorting this good gift.

April

Speaker
Jonathan Bell

All Things New!

John 20:24-29

What does the resurrection of Jesus really mean? On Easter Sunday, Jonny shows us how Jesus beating the grave impacts our futures, the future of the universe and even our lives in the here and now.

April

Speaker
Jonny Mellor

Christ The Victor

Colossians 2:13-15

The death of Jesus is the darkest day in the whole Christian story. How could it possibly be good news? Rich unpacks the New Testament idea that as Jesus is defeated on the cross, he's actually winning a far greater victory...

April

Speaker
Rich Pitt

How Can Anyone Believe In A Dead Man Rising? | Jonny Mellor @ Churchcentral Birmingham from churchcentral on Vimeo.

How Can Anyone Believe In A Dead Man Rising?

As part of our Good News series (and our Big Questions mornings), Jonny looked at the question of whether there's any evidence to support the claim that Jesus of Nazareth came back from the dead. NOTE: The final section of Jonny's talk has been left out, it contained personal stories not for online sharing.

April

Speaker
Jonny Mellor

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Is what we are experiencing of God and his work in bringing about his kingdom now in the UK 'Normal'? Is it actually that we're stuck in traffic and that Normal Service is yet to resume? In this series we explore what 'Normal Service' looks like in the Bible and what application that has for us today.

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What we believe and what we do often differ. There is no benefit to our faith if we do not apply it to our lives. The book of James gives us practical direction on how to use our faith.

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Identity

Genesis 1:26-28

May

Speaker
Jonny Mellor

Sex

Genesis 1:31

April

Speaker
Jonathan Bell

Matters Of Life And Death

Genesis 3

As we finish up our series in Genesis 1-3, Jonny looks at the consequences of the sin of Adam and Eve, how it's impact is still felt today, and how Jesus comes to put right what they put wrong.

December

Speaker
Jonny Mellor

Where Did It All Go Wrong?

Genesis 3

When you look around the world, our city, or even inside of us, it’s not hard to see that something’s not right in the world. Where did it all go wrong? Jonathan looks at the radically relevant words in Genesis chapter three to find out.

November

Speaker
Jonathan Bell

What Were We Made To Do And How On Earth Can We Do It?

Genesis 1-3

In this series, we’ve already seen so many deep and profound foundational truths about God, ourselves and our world. Today, Jonny pulls together some of these strands and asks: how practically should these things affect how we live? How can we, as those made in God’s image, bring order and life in the chaos?

November

Speaker
Jonny Mellor

Made For Relationship

Genesis 1:26-27 & 2:18-25

Our society longs for authentic relationships and yet we seem to be more disconnected than ever. How do we get the relationships we're made for? Jonathan explores...

November

Speaker
Jonathan Bell

You Were Born To Do This!

Genesis 1:28 & 2:15

What are you born to do? Why are you here? Rich takes us back to the first commands of God to humanity - known as the 'cultural mandate' - to explore what we're intended to give our lives to.

October

Speaker
Rich Pitt

Who Are You?

Genesis 1:26-28

In our culture today, there’s a hunger to discover “who we are”. What does the Bible say about that question? Going back to the beginning, Jonathan shows what the opening chapters of the Bible teach us about our identity.

October

Speaker
Jonathan Bell

Genesis, Temples And Seeing Through Ancient Eyes

Genesis 3:8

Temples were vitally important in the ancient world across all sorts of different civilisations, and for God's people in the Old Testament. But there wasn't a temple back in Genesis 1-3...or was there?

October

Speaker
Jonny Mellor

In The Beginning, God...

Genesis 1:1-3

In a society that seems pretty lost right now, perhaps the best way forward is to go back to the start. What was the starting point of everything? How did it all begin? And what can we learn from that for today? Jonathan explores.

September

Speaker
Jonathan Bell

Introducing Genesis 1-3

Genesis 1-3

To get the most out of these famous but highly controversial chapters, we need to clear away a few obstacles. In our introduction to this series, Jonny Mellor and Liz Brown present us with all three chapters and some signposts to help us to hear from God most clearly in this series and beyond.

September

Speaker
Jonny Mellor

Fighting with God

Genesis 32:22-32

The popular stereotype of a Christian is of a gentle, quiet, unassertive person. Most of the heroes in the Bible on the other hand are fighters! Christians should learn then to 'fight' in the right way, and this is particularly true in our prayer lives.

Prayer=Life Community

September

Speaker
Jonny Mellor

Abraham's prayer for the City

Genesis 18:16-33

Abraham’s understanding of who God is gave him tremendous courage to ask for big things. In this talk we get to see how we can get what Abraham had… and even more!

Prayer=Life Youth

September

Speaker
Jonathan Bell

Relationship breakdown and reconciliation

Genesis 4:1-16

One-off Talks

November

Speaker
David Devenish

The people God chooses to use

Genesis 11-50

The people God chooses to use are not the obvious choice – they’re nobodies who believed & risked everything to follow him. Although this might initially surprise us, this message will help us see that it actually makes perfect sense

The Big Story

September

Speaker
Jonathan Bell

In the beginning God

Genesis 1-10

God invites us right at the start of the Bible to make a choice between submitting to him as creator of all & living to worship him, or forgetting about him & living for ourselves.

The Big Story Sputnik

September

Speaker
Jonathan Bell

Biblical World View

Genesis 10 & 11

Dave Devenish takes us through Genesis chapters 10 and 11 which provide for us a biblical world view of race and of culture, answering; who are we? where are we? what's wrong? and what is the solution?

One-off Talks

December

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David Devenish

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