We’re up to Romans 10, where Paul’s addressing a big problem. Why have so many of Paul’s fellow Jews NOT joined him in trusting Jesus? Is it something wrong with Jesus? Which also raises the question: Why do so many people reject Jesus today? And is there anything we can do to help them? The post Romans 10 | The Word is Near You appeared first on Village Church - Kelvin Grove.

We’re up to Romans 9, where Paul is in anguish, because faith in Jesus, the faith Paul celebrates through Romans 1 to 8, isn’t shared by most of his fellow Jews! What does this mean? Is the good news about Jesus defective? Is God not faithful to his chosen people? If so, can how can […] The post Romans 9:1-29 | God is the Centre appeared first on Village Church - Kelvin Grove.

Last week we started Romans 8, about our new life in Christ by the Spirit. But what if our experience of this life isn’t positive right now? What if it’s actually marked by suffering more than victory? What does say about our salvation? The post Romans 8:18-39 | The Hope of Glory appeared first on Village Church - Kelvin Grove.

In Romans 7 we heard how our human nature is wrecked by sin. We can’t do the good we want. Instead we do things we hate. But this week we start Romans 8. Where we hear how Jesus saves us out of that by his Spirit. How does that work?

In Romans 6 we’ve heard Paul say that because of Christ’s death for us, we now have a new life of living for God. This week Romans 7 raises the question: What’s the place of God’s law in this new life? Do we live for God by trying really hard to obey to his law? What happens if we do try that?

Last week we heard the start of Romans 6, that we’re united with Christ, so we should consider ourselves dead to sin and alive to God. But what should we actually DO with our lives now? Do we just sit there trying really hard not to sin anymore? Sam will take us through the rest of Romans 6

We’ve heard so much in Romans 1-5 about how totally forigiving God is because Jesus died for our sins. As Philip takes us into Romans 6, the question is: with all this great forgiveness on offer, why wouldn’t we just keep sinning?

During school holidays we take a break from Romans to look at Raising & Reaching.Today Sam is talking about passing the gospel on to the next generation. It raises the question for all of us: How are we making sure the next generation is growing to know Jesus?

We continue our series on Paul’s letter to the church in Rome, all about the good news of Jesus.As we continue in chapter 5, we see just HOW CERTAIN is the HOPE we have in Jesus.As we see all the brokenness of this world, Paul will say the salvation of Jesus is even bigger!

When the hardest things in life come at us, we can feel shaken. But in Romans 5, we get a picture of the clear and certain hope that we have in Christ, anchored in our past justification and our future hope of glory. Philip helps us to see the bridge that we stand on, anchored between these two realities, where God holds us and grows us, even (or especially) when the hardest things in life come at us.

After hearing the great promise of righteousness by faith in Christ, Paul goes back to see how this was true even before Christ, looking to Abraham as the key example. Jeremy helps us to see the power of faith to give us life before God.

Sam goes through how friendship and fellowship with one another is affected by and experienced through the vapour of life.

Philip explores the seasons of our lives – the good and the bad – and how God draws them together.

Jeremy continues our series in Ecclesiastes as the Teacher decides to explore what can be gained from pursuing pleasure, wisdom and achievement under the sun.

Jeremy kicks off our new series in Ecclesiastes by exploring the wisdom of ‘the Teacher’ as he considers the meaning of life under the sun – if any can be gained from it.

In this one-off talk to kick off our term, Sam helps us to hear about the value and power of friendship, and how Christ calls us to walk closely in friendship with one another.

In our final talk in Matthew, Sam takes us through just how lifechanging Jesus’ being raised was for the first witnesses and us today.

This week Sam continues to look at how Jesus takes our shame upon himself by being humiliated and beaten by the Roman and Jewish leaders.
Warning: this passage deals with some themes that some might find upsetting.

Jeremy takes us through the kangaroo court set up to find any way to convict Jesus and sentence him to death. At the same time, Peter waits outside.

In His darkest moment, when He needs His friends most, Jesus is either abandoned or betrayed by His closest friends. Jeremy goes through this passage this week delving into what Jesus has done for everyone in this moment.