Word Alive: Recent Episodes
Word Alive
These sessions will look at the inspiration and authority of the Bible, seeking to strengthen our confidence in its character in the midst of a world which increasingly rejects it as morally suspect and churches that rush to embrace the world’s own thinking.
4. ‘Come Holy Spirit!’
This session will explore the sufficiency of Scripture and the way the Spirit speaks today.
These sessions will look at the inspiration and authority of the Bible, seeking to strengthen our confidence in its character in the midst of a world which increasingly rejects it as morally suspect and churches that rush to embrace the world’s own thinking.
3. The Bible is not inspired, so what is it?
This session will explore how the Bible is far more than inspired, in particular how it is without error and how it is the instrument of God’s covenantal relationship with us.
These sessions will look at the inspiration and authority of the Bible, seeking to strengthen our confidence in its character in the midst of a world which increasingly rejects it as morally suspect and churches that rush to embrace the world’s own thinking.
2. Does it matter? (Part 2)
The first two sessions examine why the authority of Scripture matters both in the context of our times and as part of our obedience to God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
These sessions will look at the inspiration and authority of the Bible, seeking to strengthen our confidence in its character in the midst of a world which increasingly rejects it as morally suspect and churches that rush to embrace the world’s own thinking.
1. Does it matter? (Part 1)
The first two sessions examine why the authority of Scripture matters both in the context of our times and as part of our obedience to God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
There are some questions we dread being asked by our friends or colleagues, some topics that seem too hot to handle. These sessions will help see how these can lead to real opportunities to talk about Jesus.
There are some questions we dread being asked by our friends or colleagues, some topics that seem too hot to handle. These sessions will help see how these can lead to real opportunities to talk about Jesus.
There are some questions we dread being asked by our friends or colleagues, some topics that seem too hot to handle. These sessions will help see how these can lead to real opportunities to talk about Jesus.
2. Seeing the signposts in sexuality
We will explore the gospel logic that lies at the heart of the Bible’s radical teachings on sexual ethics. This will help us grasp a better framework for understanding sexuality in general and same-sex attraction in particular and equip us to navigate conversations with friends who see Christianity as hatefully homophobic.
There are some questions we dread being asked by our friends or colleagues, some topics that seem too hot to handle. These sessions will help see how these can lead to real opportunities to talk about Jesus.
1. Seeing the signposts in diversity
Christianity has been a multi-ethnic, multiracial, multicultural movement from the first and the Bible’s teaching about all humans being made in God’s image and love across difference is the primary reason why people value diversity today. We will also see that rather than being in decline, Christianity is growing globally, and that it is the most racially, ethnically, and geographically diverse belief system in the world.
When God says, ‘Do not be afraid’, what does he mean? As we consider what the Bible has to say about fear and anxiety and as we see the implications of the gospel for godly risk-taking, we will discover new ways of facing our fears and living boldly for Christ.
4. The end of fear
Fear is, generally, something we try to avoid, yet one fear is worth having. The Bible describes the fear of the Lord as the beginning of wisdom itself. But what is it and how can we grow in this best of all fears?
When God says, ‘Do not be afraid’, what does he mean? As we consider what the Bible has to say about fear and anxiety and as we see the implications of the gospel for godly risk-taking, we will discover new ways of facing our fears and living boldly for Christ.
3. Taking risks
We describe some people as ‘risk-takers’ and others as ‘risk-averse’. But what is a godly attitude to risk? When fear is inhibiting a decision, how might faith make a difference?
When God says, ‘Do not be afraid’, what does he mean? As we consider what the Bible has to say about fear and anxiety and as we see the implications of the gospel for godly risk-taking, we will discover new ways of facing our fears and living boldly for Christ.
2. Resisting fear
Anxiety and fear can profoundly limit our life for Christ. Uncovering the roots of fear and hearing God’s promises are key steps in learning how to resist fear and live more boldly for Christ.
When God says, ‘Do not be afraid’, what does he mean? As we consider what the Bible has to say about fear and anxiety and as we see the implications of the gospel for godly risk-taking, we will discover new ways of facing our fears and living boldly for Christ.
1. Understanding fear
What do we worry about? Do fears and anxieties shape our hearts without us even realising it?
By identifying some of the many ways fear affects us, we will begin to see its connections to Scripture and to faith in Christ.