Counterslip Church

Today Andy shared with us from Deuteronomy 8, encouraging us to reflect on all that has been, discovering that God has been working in it; take stock of where we are now because of Him; and look to the hope and promise that God has for our future.

Today we looked at what we can learn from the book of Numbers about living as the people of God in a wilderness culture.

Today we celebrated the resurrection of Jesus, and discovered why this is the most important day in the Christian calendar, and in the history of the church.

This week Emmanuel wrapped up our time in the book of Leviticus by showing the parallels between Leviticus and books of the New Testament, like Hebrews, revealing that it all points to Jesus as our great high priest - the one who makes everything possible.

This week we explored the theme of Holiness and God's call for us to be holy... Only we discovered that holiness isn't a test or a hardship, instead it is something that out of love God Himself makes us by His very presence. This is the heart and the good news of Leviticus and the entire bible.

This month in our Bible Q&A we tackled your questions on the books of Genesis and Exodus. You can jump through this episode by using the time makers below: (1:06) Genesis 42:36 Why did Jacob say "you have deprived me of my children" are they not his children?   (2:42) Genesis 42:38 Did Joseph not have 11 brothers, why would Jacob say that Benjamin is the only one left? (14:23) Exodus...

This week we started reading the book of Leviticus and Matt shared with us why he loves it so much and how it reveals the heart of God to be with us. From there we looked at what it looks like today for us to be a people who create space for God to dwell in our midst.

This week Matt unpacked one of the most famous passages of scripture - The 10 Commandments. But today we saw that there is so much more going on here than simply a list of rules. Right here in the law we see the father heart of God for us revealed.

This morning Emma unpacked some key moments from the Exodus story, and along with sharing from her own journey, explored how when we put our trust in God we discover that He loves us and His plans are for us are good.

This week Matt wrapped up our time in the book of Genesis by looking at how the story of Joseph, both in the overarching narrative and in the smaller details, reveals how Gods heart has always been towards us, wanting to bless us and transform our brokenness into life.

This month in our Bible Q&A we tackled your questions on the books of Genesis and Job. You can jump through this episode by using the time makers below: (00:54) Genesis 1:26 If God created people then who created Him?   (07:53) Genesis 3:14-15 Who or what is enmity? (13:57) Genesis 5:21-24 Why is the wording regarding Enoch ("He walked with God…. And then he was no more") different t...

This week Matt finished off our time in the book of Job, looking at the climax of the story - the moment God speaks. From there we talked about the impact of the word of God in our lives today.

This week Matt shared as we carried on our reading through the book of Job. We discovered that while Job experienced all kinds of trials and difficulties pressing on his life he was not crushed! The secret to Job making it through all this can be found littered through out his words in the book, but is summed up in the New Testament where it reminds us that we have a treasure in jars of clay which...

This week Dennis began unpacking the book of Job for us. Setting it in its context and time and opening up one of the books main themes - suffering.

This month in our Bible Q&A Dennis and Matt went head to head offering different theological perspectives on some of your questions from the books of Daniel, Revelation & 2 Thessalonians. You can jump through this episode by using the time makers below: Daniel 9:24 What does it mean by "Seventy Sevens" (03:07 – Answer 1) (15:16 – Answer 2) Revelation 1:18 What is Hades? (23:01 –...

This week, after catching us up on the story from Genesis 16-34, Matt took us through God's call for Jacob to meet with Him at Bethel - what that journey meant for Jacob's story, what it means for our story and how to make that journey home to the House of God.

This week we looked at the story of Abram, Sarai and Hagar, and we discovered a God who is always looking to bring us hope and promise. But we have a choice to trust him or trust our own way, which as we saw from the story doesn't always work out like we might hope. And yet even then our God continues to be committed to bringing us hope.

This week we kicked off our bible in two years chronological series, and Matt unpacked where it all begins, and how the Genesis story reveals to us something of Gods heart for us and our place in His creation.

This week we looked at the over all structure of Revelation and saw how every part is pointing to the end, which actually is not the end at all but a very hopeful new beginning. There are slides and a handout that go with this talk. To find them go to: www.counterslip.org/revelation

This week in Revelation 12-13 we discovered how Heaven saw the Christmas story, how it was more than a baby in a manger, it was a cosmic event that impacted all creation, and still affects our lives today.

This week Matt kicked off a series of a few weeks in the final book of the bible: Revelation. This book is rather strange of often leaves people confused about what on earth is going on, but this week Matt walked us through the first chapter and showed us that the main point of this weird book is actually rather simple, its key objective is to give us a bigger vision of Jesus so that we might have...

This week Barb shared with us from Daniel, looking at how he was devoted to prayer and how we can deepen our own prayer lives.

This week Matt spoke from Daniel 1-5 looking at how, like Daniel, we are to live distinctive lives in the midst of our culture and that when we do God is able to move powerfully through us.

Each month we've been taking your questions about the sections of the bible that we've been reading and then spending some time talking through some possible answers. This month it was Ezekiel and Jude. You can jump through to the questions at these points: (1:01) Ezekiel 3:1-3 - Did Ezekiel actually eat the scroll, is it metaphorical (meaning he took in the words), or was it a vision/drea...

It was great to have Maki, the Pastor of Cairns Road Baptist Church, with us this week sharing from 1 Thessalonians, and reminding us again that if the good news, is good news, then it really can transform lives, starting with us.