Oasis Church Birmingham: Talks

Kicking off our new series, 'Finding Joy', Adrian explores how we can be a people who pursue joy, knowing that the one who is joy pursues us.

This week, guest speaker Andy McCullough shares a special message from Ruth chapter 2, about how "change begins with seeing". Want to know more? Find events, resources and news at www.theoasischurch.com

This week, Lucy Hurst shares a special message from Psalm 23, reflecting on God as our Provider, Protector and Pursuer - the one who meets all our needs, who walks with us through the darkest valleys, and who constantly follows us, pouring out His great love. Want to know more? Find events, resources and news at www.theoasischurch.com

This week we conclude our teaching series entitled 'The Way of the Cross', with Adrian unpacking how the wonder of what Jesus achieved through His life, death and resurrection enables us to give all in order to gain all. This week, on Pentecost Sunday, we finish the series by looking at how the Holy Spirit comes to pour in so that we might be sent out to reveal the wonder of who Jesus is.

This week we continue our teaching series entitled 'The Way of the Cross', with Alice unpacking how the wonder of what Jesus achieved through His life, death and resurrection enables us to give all in order to gain all. In particular, we look at our call to love and serve those God has placed before us. Want to know more? Find events, resources and news at www.theoasischurch.com

This week we continue our teaching series entitled 'The Way of the Cross', with Adrian unpacking how the wonder of what Jesus achieved through His life, death and resurrection enables us to give all in order to gain all. In particular, we explore how Jesus knits us together as a new family - bound by love - and what it means for us to live as the very family of God. We also conclude by sharing com...

This week we continue our new teaching series entitled 'The Way of the Cross', with Adrian unpacking how the wonder of what Jesus achieved through His life, death and resurrection enables us to give all in order to gain all.

This week we kick off a new teaching series entitled 'The Way of the Cross', with Adrian beginning to unpack how the wonder of what Jesus achieved through His life, death and resurrection enables us to give all in order to gain all. Want to know more? Find events, resources and news at www.theoasischurch.com

This week we take some time to reflect on how we are 'included in the Father's love'. In the only place in the gospels where Jesus describes the very core of his being, he says that he is "gentle and humble in heart". Sarah shares how the Bible reveals the character of God as one who is wholly loving, wholly welcoming, and wholly good - exploring descriptions of the Father, Son and Spirit througho...

Today we explore the wonder of the resurrection - how the news that Jesus is alive is very good news both for each one of us and for all of creation. Jesus is given to each of us, and Jesus is risen for each of us.

Daily Devo: James Part 13 - Teachers by Oasis Church Birmingham

Palm Sunday - Adrian Hurst by Oasis Church Birmingham

This week we continue our series exploring the life of Joseph, with Adrian exploring Joseph's interaction with Jacob and how God's desire is for us to know hope in this moment - hope that sustains us, guides us and shapes us. Want to know more? Find events, resources and news at www.theoasischurch.com

This week we continue our series exploring the life of Joseph, with Rich leading us through the story of Joseph's reconciliation with his brothers. Together, we explore a number of the aspects of that reconciliation and see how the story of Joseph foreshadows the ultimate moment of and basis for reconciliation - Jesus's life, death and resurrection. Want to know more? Find events, resources and ne...

This week we continue our series exploring the life of Joseph, with Adrian looking at how Joseph was positioned by God to bring life - not just to Egypt, but to many nations. Just like Joseph, each of us has been uniquely positioned to live out the same call to bring life through the power of the Holy Spirit at work in us. As Ephesians 2:10 puts it: "For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us...

This week we continue our series exploring the life of Joseph, with Adrian taking us through Joseph's interpretation of Pharaoh's dream - a moment when the deep work that God had been doing in Joseph in the hidden place is revealed in the public place. Our call too is to be someone "so obviously filled with the spirit of God", both in our "big" moments and our "best" moments - allowing God to work...

This week we continue our series exploring the life of Joseph, with Alice looking at Joseph in prison. Together we explore how to find hope in the midst of disappointment - like Joseph, how to recognise what we are feeling, open our eyes to the hope found in Jesus, open our eyes to others around us, and open our hearts to what God is wanting to do in us. By holding fast to Him, we can know hope fo...

This week we continue our series exploring the life of Joseph, with Adrian looking at Joseph's work as a slave, his temptation by Potiphar's wife, and his imprisonment. Throughout, we see how Joseph is sustained by love - a love for God that enables him to overcome the desire to seek satisfaction in something other than God - and how that provides a wonderful model for us in the challenges of our...

This week we continue our series exploring the life of Joseph, with Adrian taking us through the story of Joseph being sold into slavery and the start of his work in Potiphar's household. Together we consider how to respond when it seems like our hopes and dreams have all fallen apart, and hear again the encouragement that God is with us in the midst of whatever we are facing. Want to know more? F...

This week we continue our series exploring the life of Joseph, with Rich exploring the context of Joseph's arrival into the Genesis story - particularly his role as someone who might fulfil the promises given to Abraham earlier in the book that someone would come from this family line who brought life to all the nations. In our first impressions of Joseph, the good and the bad, we are reminded of...

This week we start a brand new series exploring the life of Joseph, with Adrian setting the scene and unpacking a verse right at the end of Joseph's story, Genesis 50:20 - "You intended to harm me, but God intended it all for good. He brought me to this position so I could save the lives of many people." Together, we see how Joseph is someone who brings life to those around him, even in some tough...

This week is our annual 'Vision Sunday', a moment to look back at all that God has done amongst us over the past year, and look ahead to all He is leading us into 2021. In this message, Adrian shares about our 2021 Vision - Joy - from John 15:11: "I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will overflow!"

This week, Adrian shares a one-off New Year message from 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 - encouraging us in how we can live as those who "rejoice always, pray continually, and give thanks in all circumstances".

This week, Alice concludes our three-part Advent series, looking at how Jesus arrives into our world and into our lives to bring true hope to us. Together we explore Jesus's arrival as told by Luke in Luke 2:1-20 - a dramatic and powerful 'breaking in' that changes everything.

This week, Rich continues our three-part Advent series, looking at how Jesus, the promised saviour, changes everything. Together we explore Mary's song in Luke 1:46-56 - an amazing song of praise to an amazing God who comes to turn everything upside-down.