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Dear Friends The Easter story in the Bible is a story designed to elicit a response and is a story full of different characters and their responses to the death of Jesus. This month I’m going to ask you to do something different and something counter-cultural. I am going to ask you to Continue reading More Tea Vicar?
In this 3-minute chat about God, Gavin is asked “What is the gospel?” Here is his reply… “Gospel means ‘good news’, so the gospel of Jesus Christ is the good news about Jesus Christ. If we want to understand the good news of Jesus Christ, then we need to view the gospel in its wider context. We mustn’t simply view the good news of Jesus as an isolated bit of history. We need to understand that the gospel of Jesus Christ, this good news, is part of the unfolding history of God in the world.
One of my favourite stories in the Bible is the story of Jesus after he has been resurrected. Jesus appears on the beach and calls out to his mates who are fishing. They’ve been fishing all night and they’ve not caught much at all. Jesus shouts to them to lower their nets down on the right side of the boat and they haul in this huge net full of fish. One of the disciples says, “It’s the Lord” and Peter, in true Peter style, jumps out of the boat and swims/wades to the shore. Jesus is there and he has a small fire going with some bread and some fish. He asks his friends to bring some of the fish they have caught. Jesus invites his friends to breakfast. I love that. It would be easy to let this week slide as just another week. But it is what we call Holy Week and this coming Sunday is Resurrection Sunday!! From Thursday through to Sunday we re-tell the last few days of Jesus life. Why not make these few days special days. How about reading Continue reading Resurrection Sunday…! I know you might think it a bit odd to be thinking about the resurrection at Christmas-time, but since our leading and preaching team have been reading Tom Wright’s ‘Surprised by Hope’ in preparation for our Lent preaching series (yes, we think that far ahead), and every Sunday we celebrate our new life Continue reading Resurrection
This Sunday (today), Gavin explores the Bible passage Luke 20:27-39. Here are his notes…
When people talk about the gospel (good news) message they often talk about “Jesus dying for our sins” and say little more, or they think that the point of the gospel is about getting people ‘saved’ and into heaven, starting with the cheesy line, “Have you ever thought about life after death?” However, to talk about Jesus’ death and nothing else, or to think that salvation is about getting into heaven is to miss the point. Resurrection is the theme of this Sunday’s 10am gathering at Uplyme. Check out this video from Rob Bell… |
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