Churchcentral Birmingham: Talks

We find Jesus in this passage NOT gentle, meek and mild, but overflowing with anger. What's that about? Is passionate, zealous, even angry emotion good, bad or ugly? What does it look like to be zealous like Jesus?

We explore the famous story of the wedding at Cana, of 'water into wine' fame. What's the significance of this story? What does it mean that Jesus reveals his glory at, of all places, a wedding party? How does this shape our expectations for our own experiences of Jesus?

We start a new series in the life of Abraham. Lorrie helps us see how central to everything in Abraham's story and ours is faith!

The world has so many visions of what a Christian really looks like. So do churches. So do we! But what were the first disciples called into? What did it look like at the start? In this passage, we see Jesus calling four people, and we explore what it means for us today.

In this passage we meet the first witness to who Jesus is in John's Gospel, John the Baptist. We see the power that Jesus' identity can have to unlock our own sense of self, as we learn who we're not, and who Jesus is!

Chris gives us a stirring vision talk as we begin the term, helping us see how we join in the fight to see God's kingdom extending.

We kick off a new series in John's Gospel, exploring the life of Jesus. We look at John's 'blurb' to see a summary, before diving into the opening passage that begins with those familiar words, 'In the beginning...'

Jonathan Bell - team leader for the wider Churchcentral family of churches - joined us for the morning to open God's word. We explore a strange story in the Old Testament to see what we should do when we're running on empty.

When we're gearing up for a time of activity, busyness and challenge, where do we start? Rich speaks to this from a moment in the gospels, with a sprinkle of specific application to parents and carers.

As we begin the term, as a church family a large number of us are facing real challenges. What does God say to us when we're feeling empty? Jonathan explores a bizarre but brilliant story tucked away in the Old Testament that's strangely relevant for us today.

We pick up the story to see what will happen to Ruth, Naomi and Boaz. We see how it relates to our lives today, and this world's great need for a Redeemer!

How on earth will Naomi and Ruth find redemption? Episode 3 of the story shows us the audacious plan, and provides a picture of our own Redeemer.

Ruth is on the edges of society in a whole host of ways. How will Boaz treat her? And how does that model our own lives today in a diverse city?

Jonathan introduces our new series, reading the whole book of Ruth. We see how even random or tragic moments of our lives can be weaved into the big story God is writing in the world.

How does our hope as Christians impact us when despair overwhelms us? Blake wraps up our series by exploring this sensitive but urgent theme.

This passage calls us to four Cs in our faith - carrying, comparing, cultivating and closing. Chris (another C!) explores.

How does our future hope as believers shape our attitude towards the material things we own? In this thought-provoking message, Blake helps us towards a life that enjoys God's material blessings but isn't controlled by them.

Doreen unpacks the penultimate chapter of Galatians chapter 5 for us, asking us to reflect on 'where are you standing?' in terms of our lives with God.

Are we righteous? Are we good enough? How does God answer these questions about us? Nana helps us explore the amazing answers in Galatians chapter 4.

As we explore our New Creation hope found at the end of the Scriptures, what does it have to teach us about race and ethnicity? We see one amazing Bible verse and four big truths to shape our thinking and doing on these themes. We conclude with a time praying through the Lord's prayer.

How does our future hope shape our values and views on the environment? Rich shows us four theological truths to build upon in this area.

David picks up right where he left off, helping us see how we live for Jesus in an attractive way, in a context where there's much opposed to God and his kingdom.

David Devenish - a long-time friend and father in the Churchcentral story - joined us for two sessions exploring what it looks like for communities of disciples to demonstrate the gospel in an ungodly environment. The two sessions hang together, so to get the best out of it, listen to both.

Jonathan kicked off our teaching at the Weekend Away, taking lessons from a short but powerful story Jesus told.

We see the conclusion of the whole book of Revelation, with vivid, soul-stirring imagery of life with God in a renewed world! Jonny urges us to thirst for all that the passage puts before us.