FAB Insights

There are two places referred to as ‘hell’ in our English Bibles and neither of them are a spiritual place where souls are tortured in the afterlife! https://fab.church/insights/what-on-earth-is-hell/

The bottom line is that we are called to live the right way up in an upside-down world, and to humbly live out the way of Jesus wherever we may find ourselves. https://fab.church/insights/how-do-we-live-the-right-side-up/

Dear friends, go and be fabulous; go and be Jesus, because the world needs you. https://fab.church/insights/how-and-where-should-we-be-jesus-to-the-world/

We are forming a new kind of family here at FAB Church, and we are getting to know, and learning to love, our new siblings, our new parents, and our new children. https://fab.church/insights/family/

We are not meant to live in fear and we are not meant to live isolated lives, and so the question is, given that culture is such a prevailing force, how can we live counter-culturally? https://fab.church/insights/is-it-possible-to-live-christs-way/

There is nothing wrong with the acquisition of knowledge but we are to do so remembering that it is God’s world filled with God’s creatures, and we are to do so on God’s terms. https://fab.church/insights/can-we-adam-and-eve-it/

We live in a world where there is unimaginable pain and suffering, and we are not to be bystanders, imploring a remote God to divinely intervene. https://fab.church/insights/how-powerful-is-god/

The way of Jesus, the ‘one thing’, is a the way of humility and obedience to God, and we are all invited to join the way. https://fab.church/insights/are-you-a-mary-or-a-martha/

When an expert in the law correctly identified the one who was a neighbour to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers, Jesus had only one reply. “Go and do likewise.”

Over time you will know the transforming power of God, that you might become more self-controlled, and become the person that God created you to be. https://fab.church/insights/how-can-i-be-more-self-controlled/

I am convinced that God will not leave us as we are, but call us to collectively shine like lights in a dark world, opening the doors of the kingdom to those that have previously been excluded. https://fab.church/insights/who-has-the-keys-to-the-kingdom/

The story of Jesus is the story of a God who came in person to confront and subvert all that would oppress us and seek to control us and we need not be afraid. https://fab.church/insights/did-the-miracles-of-jesus-really-happen-and-what-do-they-mean/

“God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.” (Romans 5.4b) https://fab.church/insights/are-god-and-love-the-same-thing/

If you have little left of yourselves to give, and are physically or emotionally worn out, hang in there, for you are not alone. https://fab.church/insights/how-do-we-stand-out-to-stand-firm/

God-given visions happen when we give permission for the Spirit of God to speak to us and we allow ourselves to imagine how things could be in the future. https://fab.church/insights/how-can-we-be-led-by-the-spirit/

It is agape love that wins hearts and minds, and it is ours to share. https://fab.church/insights/how-do-we-love-one-another/

John paints a picture of how things will be for a great multitude that no-one can count from every nation, tribe, people, and language. https://fab.church/insights/in-what-way-was-johns-revelation-radical/

We can see ourselves reflected in the story of Simon Peter — a story where we drop everything to be with Jesus, discover that Jesus values us, that through his resurrection we are forgiven, and that our love, however flawed, is enough. https://fab.church/insights/what-can-we-learn-from-peter/

What does your church do collectively to declare Jesus Christ as Saviour and to bless the community that it serves? https://fab.church/insights/what-is-our-new-work-in-christ/

The power of God lives in us to bring about justice, peace, grace, and mercy in the world, and this is why, on Easter Day, we gather and proclaim, “He is risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia!” https://fab.church/insights/why-was-jesus-resurrected/

When we are being ruled by dictators and corrupt politicians, love wins. When we can see no hope, nor a way out of the social, economic, and environmental problems we face, love wins. In the end, love will always win. https://fab.church/insights/why-did-jesus-ride-a-donkey-into-jerusalem/

The story of Mary anointing the feet of Jesus paints the picture of a Messiah who defies social norms, as John in his gospel rewrites everything we think and know about God. https://fab.church/insights/what-does-the-symbolism-and-spiciness-mean-in-johns-gospel/

Whether you are a wizard, a muggle, or a mudblood, or whether you do not identify or fit into any group at all, may you know that God does not judge you and that you are welcomed and invited into God’s Kingdom! https://fab.church/insights/how-should-we-respond-when-we-are-rejected/

Each of us needs to spend time listening to God, and stay in tune with the Spirit, to work out how and when and where God is leading, and to enable us to work out God’s purposes in the world. https://fab.church/insights/how-do-we-press-on-towards-our-goal/

We need to be like Jesus and break down the gender barrier, and we need to do it quickly. We need to Accelerate our Action. With Helen Tyte. https://fab.church/insights/why-does-gender-equality-matter/