'The Life of 'Try'' by Jordan Seng - 25 April 2021

What is faith about? In this talk, Jordan Seng from Bluewater Mission Church in Hawaii looks at how they have built up so many stories of seeing God do amazing things, not just because they believed but because they put their faith into action and tried. This isn't the same as succeeding - sometimes the pressure to feel we must succeed puts us off trying, and that might be the root of our problems. Jesus can give us the encouragement to try. Can we build a culture of trying and, even in celebrating spectacular failures, see more of God's kingdom goodness than ever before?

 

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‘What is God like? Part 1 - Who do you say I am?’ by Claire Lynch - 11 September 2022
‘What is God like? Part 1 - Who do you say I am?’ by Claire Lynch - 11 September 2022

What is God like, and how can we know? Claire Lynch starts a series of talks looking at this through experiences and shared stories, including a story Jesus shared about people entrusted with resources and asked to make the most of them. What would happen if they responded in kind with trust and faith, and what would happen if they didn't? Can we see these different ways of life in us, and could choosing to live with more trust and faith bring us closer to knowing God?

'The Parable of the Talents' by Bern Leckie - 25 July 2021
'The Parable of the Talents' by Bern Leckie - 25 July 2021

What can you do that you love to share? In this talk, Bern Leckie looks at Jesus’s story about people trusted with incredible resources that they managed to multiply. It’s described as money, but is it really something else? What if we can overcome the things holding us back from sharing our talents, like comparing ourselves with others, and what if we can’t? Can this warning and encouragement from Jesus help us to grow good things in our relationships and ourselves?

'The Life of 'Try'' by Jordan Seng - 25 April 2021
'The Life of 'Try'' by Jordan Seng - 25 April 2021

What is faith about? In this talk, Jordan Seng from Bluewater Mission Church in Hawaii looks at how they have built up so many stories of seeing God do amazing things, not just because they believed but because they put their faith into action and tried. This isn't the same as succeeding - sometimes the pressure to feel we must succeed puts us off trying, and that might be the root of our problems. Jesus can give us the encouragement to try. Can we build a culture of trying and, even in celebrating spectacular failures, see more of God's kingdom goodness than ever before?

'The Story of the Talents' by Owen Lynch - July 7th 2019

What would you do if you were asked to look after a lifetime's wages in advance? In the first of a series on stories Jesus told (and what they meant), Owen Lynch looks at the choice we have between hiding our talents or taking risks in faith to use and multiply them for something much bigger than ourselves.

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