Churchcentral Birmingham: Talks

This passage explores a load of instructions and actions for the church. How could it be summarised? Growing in the visible FRUIT of our Christianity in our lives.

What is the power of hope in our lives? And what specifically IS our hope as believers in Jesus? Wishful thinking? Blake shows us.

In a shortened and interactive talk, we explored two key values for a mature church - the quality of our love and the quietness of our lives.

Jonny looks at Paul's teaching on singleness, and sweeps us all up in the huge purpose of God for our lives - undistracted devotion to God.

Jonathan unpacks a range of passages that help us understand God's heart on the sensitive issue of divorce and remarriage.

Our friend Adrian Hurst visited us from Oasis Church Birmingham to invite us into life in full. He spoke about how we can rest from all that makes us weary and burdened to rest in Jesus’ ease and lightness.

Chris rounds off our series on Luke with an exploration of what the resurrection of Christ means for us

Our passage today is all about how we are to live as Jesus' people - the dos and don'ts, the rights and wrongs. How is this stuff good news? How should we think about holiness and how we become holy?

In Exodus 5, we heard how Pharaoh asked "Who is God, that I should obey him?" In this talk, Chris explores God's response to that question as God unveils what would happen when he steps away.

Chris explores how the promises of God allow us to find hope in hardship.

How joyful does your Christianity feel? Do duty, responsibility and habit play a bigger part than joy right now? In a passage that's filled to the brim with joy. Kirsty takes us digging for 'joy reasons'. We see a load!

James examines one example of how the Exodus story is remembered in the Psalms and why.

Dave examines what it means to burn, but not be consumed.

On We are One Sunday, Tim Brown came from Hope Community church to share a message about the power of Faith, Love and Hope lived out.

We were blessed by CC South sending us Emily and Jonny and families for the morning. After hearing news from South, we were equipped brilliantly by Emily on the power of sowing seeds of encouragement in one another's lives, amidst the sorrow and joys of life.

As we welcomed Rich (and Joel & Kirsty via video) from Shenley Community Church, we looked at Jesus' 'why' behind all his (and our) kingdom activity and sacrifice.

There is a wrong way to think about sex but there is definitely a good way to think about it as well. The Bible writers thought about sex and wrote about it a lot. Before he gets on to marriage, singleness and divorce in 1 Corinthians 7, Paul follows suit. Let’s see how he helps us think about this topic biblically and wisely.

It seems God does NOT promise to keep his church from pain and suffering. But how does God grow us in the midst of it? Mike shows us.

We explore the principle of generosity / the provocation for generosity / the power for generosity / the practice of generosity.

James examines how Moses early life mirrors both the future life of the people of God, as well as Jesus.

We take some time to consider the power of praying together with other believers. Why is this different to just praying by ourselves? How do we actually pray for another believer in a meeting or gathering? Rob helps us.

What should our response be as a church to the words of the Bible? How do we grow in a godly receptivity to teaching from Scripture, even when it challenges us or costs us? Annabel takes us through!

Chris explores how God's people were living and growing, even as they were away from God's place

Dave introduces our Exodus series by zooming out and taking a look at the bigger picture, starting with promises made 400 years before

This chapter is about marriage, but it’s also, once again, about wisdom. Jonny looks at how, in chapter 7, Paul applies his teaching on wisdom and making right judgements from the first 6 chapters.