Grace Church Podcast: Recent Episodes
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The Bible gives us God's wisdom on the issue of racial injustice: God is reversing racism in the world, through the gospel.
Doing justice is by definition proactive, but how do we do justice in today's world? In this talk, Joe looks at the meaningful implications for this in the future of Grace Church at three levels: relief, development and social reform.
What does it mean to leave an eternal legacy? In this talk, James Waddell, Director of Partnerships at Compassion UK, unpacks the story of Caleb to show how we can reflect more, risk more and invest more for God's kingdom.
A whistlestop tour through the bible looking at God's heart for justice and his radical blueprint for a fair and just society.
Justice is a theme that is much discussed in secular culture today and is also a major theme throughout the Bible. God’s people are called to do justice by giving people their rights and generosity, especially to the vulnerable and those in need.
The Bible is quite practical on what giving should look like for God’s people and it is all based on this principle of demonstrating love and faith to a God who has loved and given to us so abundantly.
Jesus tells his followers that the best way to maximise enjoyment of his love to us, is for us to love one another. As we, the church, are deliberately loving and loved, we will remain in Christ’s love to us.
The story of Jesus turning water into wine at the wedding in Cana is familiar to many people. Tim Blaber takes a fresh look at the story and encourages us to grow in our love for Jesus so that we may become more like him.
Joseph lived his life wih God at the centre of everything. How can we learn to do the same, no matter what life throws at us? And what does Joseph's story have to do with what Jesus has done for us?
Throughout the book of Genesis, it is clear that the people God chooses to use are flawed and broken people. Nothing has changed since then and God continues to use broken people and offer to breakthrough to broken people.
After Jacob runs from his brother, he stays with his uncle and gets married. This week we look at how his marriage to Leah affected her and her relationship with God.
What did Jesus mean when he said "the one who believes in me will live, even though they die"? In this Good Friday talk, Joe looks at the life and death of death itself.
Jesus unequivocally declared himself to be king but he did it by behaving in ways we don’t classically associate with kings. He came riding on a donkey and he came with a gentle and lowly heart, and yet he came as king of the universe.
This preach was recorded at the Chichester site. Because of God’s grace, there is nothing stopping us from being reconciled to him. Jacob was scared about reconciling with his brother who had wanted him dead; but in the end, Esau, like God the Father is even more keen to reunite than Jacob is.
This preach was recorded at the Chichester site.
Because of God’s grace, there is nothing stopping us from being reconciled to him. Jacob was scared about reconciling with his brother who had wanted him dead; but in the end, Esau, like God the Father is even more keen to reunite than Jacob is.
God asks Abraham to do the unthinkable and yet Abraham has such faith in God and his promises that he is willing to obey. This obedience is only possible when it flows from faith that God is faithful and that he will provide.
The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah can seem problematic for Christians. But this story teaches us that God is a judge and God is merciful - and both of these are good things.
The war in Ukraine poses many questions. How will this crisis end? How should we respond when we see terrible suffering? How does God view what is going on? We need to be rooted in God’s word so that at times of uncertainty we know where our hope lies.
Jesus' teaching on giving in Matthew 6 brings a challenge to Christians. Why do we give? To be seen by others or for God's glory to be made visible through us?
What Jesus says on love is both widely accepted in today’s Western culture and also widely resented. He calls his followers to both passive non-retaliation and active love, even for those we most struggle to love.
Jesus said that he hadn’t come to abolish the law but to fulfil it. How then should we relate to the law? God’s standards are so different to those of the world. We explore how the gospel is good news for us as Christians and the world in which we live.
What makes a healthy church? What makes healthy elders of churches? Elders are those that lead, love, serve, teach, and go to the lost.
Christians are salt and light to a decaying and dark world. That means they make a difference in a very positive way. And they make a difference by being different in character and living out the sermon on the mount.
The Sermon on the Mount is a call where Jesus says to his followers: “Do not be like them” (Mt 6:8). Jesus’ disciples are called to lives of different worship because the One we worship is different to. That begins by being people of different character.
God gives permission for us to pray for good stuff to happen in our lives, but we must be aware of how we pray for this, what we are praying for and why we are able to pray this type of prayer. 3 John 1-4 helps shed some light on this.
Ola brings insight into a prayer Paul prayed over the Ephesus church. It highlights the power that is accessible to us today through the Holy Spirit which then enables us to grasp God's love and be more like Him as as we spend time with Him in prayer.
Andy explores Paul's prayer for the Colossians and how it can encourage us to seek more of God's will in our lives.
We can struggle with praying for others, but Paul shows us what love shaped prayer for others looks like and we can pray this way too.
Today, we look at how those who have given their lives to Jesus will pray and worship in response to God's judgement over the world at the end of time. This can also teach, encourage and shape our prayers as God's people today.
In this talk, Ashley teaches from Acts 4 and explores how we can be bold in sharing the gospel with friends and strangers through the power of the Holy Spirit.
We will be inspired to pray more when we learn to pray more biblically. We do well to emulate Paul by praying that we may know God better and better comprehend all that he has already won for us in Christ.
As we talking about returning home, it is important that we are real with one another. We can do this by CLOTHING ourselves in humility towards one another, CASTING all our anxiety on God.
Serving is in our DNA as Christians, but often we find it very challenging. The good news is that in Ephesians 4, Paul helps us to serve by showing us the starting point, purpose and practicalities of serving.
In the first of this series called ‘Home’, we look at things we ought to remember as we start to meet back together. The apostle Paul encourages us to remember what it was like to be separate from Christ and who we are now as members of God’s household.