This week Stephanie continues our series in Philippians, diving into what the Apostle Paul meant by “To live is Christ, to die is gain.” and asking how we can ‘live Christ’
This week Ryan Hawthorne kicks off our series in Philippians, Colony of Christ. Starting by putting the young church in context with an overview of the whole letter, Ryan moves on to show how some of the key lessons for the church are still vital for us today and applying Paul's Christ-centred teaching to our own community.
This week Ryan Hawthorne unpacks our 'Tables & Gardens' vision for this new season of Redeemer Central. Exploring the themes of tables and gardens which run through the Bible, Ryan lays out the vision for the community and explains what it'll mean in practice.
Matt Graham discusses two of the lies we believe about life: that there is a separation between the secular and the sacred, and that busyness is best. Believing these keeps us from living in the freedom of God's purposes and his rest.
Stephanie discusses the lies we believe about ourselves, namely, that I must be in control, my life is my own and that it’s just the way I am. Believing these keeps us from living free and whole as the children of God.
This week Ryan Hawthorne challenges some of our false but commonly held beliefs about God, pointing us to a Lord and Father who is pure Love, no ifs, no buts.
This week Dave Wylie talks to us about Ecclesiastes, drawing out some key lessons from this challenging book.
Gillian takes us through Ephesians 3:14-21 discussing the empowering work of the spirit.
Dave looks at God's presence which is the central fact of Christianity and the story of a God who wants to be present with His people
Matt Graham teaches from Matthew 22: 34-40 on the greatest commandment to love God and love others as you love yourself.
Ryan Hawthorne completes the series ‘Resident Aliens’ looking at the church as a community of future and our collective purpose to be an image of the glorious future in the kingdom of God. This series ‘Resident Aliens’ explores the idea of the church living in a strange age. Over the six talks we looked at the communal identity of the church, why it matters and what it's for.
David Armstrong asks the question "What time is it, Redeemer?" and shares insight into the season we are being led int as a community - one of seeking the face of God in prayer. To help with this we remember the ancient way of the Celtic Christians who, instead of forcing their agenda, paid attention to what was already happening and stewarded that... much like a farmer stewards the land in season. (This is the second part of a two part talk). This series ‘Resident Aliens’ explores the idea of the church living in a strange age. Over the six talks we looked at the communal identity of the church, why it matters and what it's for
David Armstrong continues the series ‘Resident Aliens’ looking at the church as a community of the ancient and how the counter-intuitive way of Jesus hides our future inside our history. The call for the church then is to rediscover those ancient paths and walk in them, learning particularly from our own Celtic spiritual history in Ireland. (This is the first part of a two part talk). This series ‘Resident Aliens’ explores the idea of the church living in a strange age. Over the six talks we looked at the communal identity of the church, why it matters and what it's for. Note: Unfortunately the recording of the excellent talk given by Stephanie Wilson on 3 June 2018 entitled "Resident Aliens: Part 4 - A Community of Differents" is not available due to recording difficulties. Apologies.
The Resident Aliens series explores six aspects of the church living in a strange world. In this episode, Daniel Saunders continues with Part 3: A Community of Embrace
Ryan Hawthorne continues the series ‘Resident Aliens’ looking at the church as a community of death and the call to follow Jesus example of a sacrificial, cruciform way of life. This new series ‘Resident Aliens’ explores the idea of the church living in a strange age. Over six talks we'll look at the communal identity of the church, why it matters and what it's for.
This new series ‘Resident Aliens’ explores the idea of the church living in a strange age. Over six talks we'll look at the communal identity of the church, why it matters and what it's for. David Armstrong begins looking at the church as a community in exile in a digital Babylon age.
The guest speaker this week is our friend Jason Miller from South Bend City Church, Indiana, USA. Jason speaks on seeing the Imago Dei (Image of God) in every person in a talk entitled 'Everyone an icon'. In it he dives into how we and our culture perceive each other, and how God turns that perception on its head. *Apologies, the first few minutes of this talk was missed in the recording.
Holy Habits' is a series that looks at some of the key practices that help us experience change and transformation, forming us on the road of becoming more like Jesus. Stephanie Wilson shares on the practice of prayer as listening and the intentional pursuit of hearing from God
Guest speaker and friend Alain Emerson preaches on 'Luminous Dark', showing us that when we are going through hell we can be reassured that Jesus has already been there, and is right there with us as it happens. Alain Emerson is Irish National Director of 24-7 Prayer and one of the lead Pastors at Emmanuel Church, a thriving young church in Lurgan, Northern Ireland. Alain has a passion to see God do a new thing in Ireland. He is married to Rachel and they have two daughters, Annie and Erin.
Easter Sunday: The focus of our faith, the joy of resurrection life! David Armstrong brings us a one-off on moving through the periods of our life which reflect the feelings of Good Friday and Easter Saturday, to the celebration of Easter Sunday.