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This is a 100% AI generated podcast conversation based on our Restoration and Covenant sermon from 13th October. You'll find the original sermon elsewhere on our Spotify channel. Remember that this content is 100% AI generated. It may ask interesting and challenging questions that might make you think more about this sermon - but make sure you check anything out - feel free to get in touch.

Do you see yourself as a success or a failure? How do you measure that? By so many categories Jeremiah would be considered a failure. And yet God considered him a success because he remained faithful to God's call on his life no matter what the dangers, risks and cost. So how do we measure success and failure?

How often are our choices and decisions driven by our fears of what may or may not happen? In today's talk, we see that Jeremiah, although fearful for his life, continues to do what God wants. Whereas the king makes a series of bad decisions based on saving his own skin. What does it mean to 'fear the Lord'?

Today, to mark the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church we are going to be thinking about and praying for those 1 in 7 Christians worldwide who are persecuted because of their decision to follow Jesus.

Disaster is about to strike the city - so why would God be telling Jeremiah to buy a field? And what can this incident say to us today?

Jeremiah loved a visual aid and today we're going to be looking at 5 of them and seeing how they remain relevant to us today.

There was a message of hope for the exiles - God would come and rescue his people and bring them back home. It was going to happen - just not anytime soon. But that knowledge of what was going to happen in the future should impact the way that they live and experience the present.

Being a Christian will mean that there are times when we have to go beyond doing what just makes the most sense - and therefore it is vital that we learn how to listen to God.

How much do we value the Bible and allow God to shape us through it? That's one of the questions we're going to be thinking about as we look at the ancient story of Baruch and Jeremiah this morning.

If you've ever felt despair or had questions about God, the Bible or your faith - then you're in good company. This morning we're looking at some of things that Jeremiah said when he'd reached the end of his tether and how God replied.

No one likes being told that they're doing something wrong. Jeremiah spent most of his life warning the people of Israel that they were doing it wrong and as a result God's judgement was coming. They ignored Jeremiah. How do we respond when God challenges us about our behaviour or thoughts or attitudes?

Why would I want to read or listen to talks about the Old Testament book of Jeremiah? Today's introduction to our new series will hopefully whet your appetite.

This week we're celebrating harvest and thinking about what it means to 'seek first the kingdom'.

God hasn't finished with us yet. We are all a work in progress. If you're waiting until you feel ready before serving God then you're going to be waiting a long time. Instead God wants us to step out in faith and trust him.

Join us this week for the first of our summer talks - this week exploring the theme of light in the darkness.

A special Holiday Club service - continuing our theme of looking at stories Jesus told.

As we prepare for Holiday Club we're going to be looking at the parable of the four soils today.

We cover a lot of ground this week - from Turkey to Israel, via Greece. What can we learn from Paul's work, his words and his warnings?

As we've been reading through Acts we've read about lots of people getting baptised. But why did they do it and why do we still do it?

There are many parts of Paul's story where it is obvious that he is involved in a spiritual battle. Often, in the western church, this is a part of our Christian life that we hear very little about - but for Christians in other parts of the world it is very much a part of their everyday experience. So what do we mean when we talk about spiritual warfare?

There are plenty of verses in the Bible about not being afraid because God is with us. But does that mean that I shouldn't feel afraid? Did people like the apostle Paul ever feel afraid knowing that physical persecution was a likely outcome of his actions as he approached a new city? Let's find out.

What is God like? Many of us may have ideas about what God is like - and the people of Athens had ideas about what God is like - but Paul wanted to show them, and us, what God is really like - and he wants us to know how we can know God for ourselves.

How do we know what is true? The Bereans wanted to know whether or not what Paul was saying was true - so they went away and studied the Scriptures. They didn't just reject his message out of hand because of centuries of tradition - they were open to the truth. What can we learn from their example?

Today we're taking another look at the Great Commission and thinking about what it means to 'go'. If you want to watch the video that is included in this talk you'll find it here: https://youtu.be/WgouzNt9LbA?si=xeIYYn-wYdSzPXh-

Paul travels to Philippi and has quite an adventure involving being thrown into prison and having the prison doors opened in an earthquake. But that wasn't the best bit of the story.