Oasis Church Birmingham: Talks

A poem by Emma Knight, performed at the Oasis Church Evening Carol Service in 2019. ----- Home. Sorry, there's no room There's not enough to go around you see So please stop knocking on our doors Let go of the oars. I suppose you can come in for a bit But don't talk about this, this and this. There's too much going on right now I'm not sure if you'll fit. Can't you read? The sign says ‘No Room’ No...

In the second part of our 2019 Advent series, Rich explores the theme of "Home Revealed". Together we track the idea of home through the Old Testament and see how it comes to its fulfilment in Jesus, before exploring how we are to respond with "action while waiting" in the now.

As we head towards the Christmas season, Adrian kicks off a three-week mini-series exploring advent - the time of waiting and preparation that looks back at Jesus's coming and looks forward to His return. In this first week, we "stare down the darkness", seeing how our world is crying out for the true home that Jesus comes to bring.

A few weeks into our new series in the Gospel of John, we pause to hear seven stories of what it looks like to seek to live lives that are "all about Jesus". None of us get this totally right, and all of us are a work in progress, but as we seek to centre our lives on Him, we find that He is enough for whatever situations we are facing. In this podcast, we hear stories from Vince, Alice, Theo, Emi...

In the next part of our series exploring Jesus in the Gospel of John, Mike takes us through Jesus's cleansing of the Temple in Jerusalem - overturning tables and driving out the money changers. He tracks the history of the temple through the Old Testament, showing why this was such a radical act, and asks what tables might need to be overturned in our lives and our society as we seek to now live a...

In the fifth part of our series exploring the Gospel of John, Adrian looks at the story of Jesus turning water into wine at a wedding in Cana. This is the first of Jesus's "signs" - seven miracles placed within the gospel that are all leading us to his resurrection; the seventh sign. In it, we see a portrait of God's generous abundance, His eternally loving character, and the magnitude of what He...

In the fourth part of our series exploring the Gospel of John, Sarah takes us through the calling of the first disciples, and what we can learn from that encounter about the kind of disciples that we are to be.

In the third part of our series exploring the Gospel of John, Adrian introduces us to John the Baptist - a man who chooses to define himself not by who he is, but by who he is pointing to...Jesus. As we meet him, we see how Jesus is the Lamb of God, the Dove, and the Son, and what that means for how we are to respond to him today.

Mike continues our new series exploring the gospel of John, as we look at John 1:1-18. This section is the prologue to the whole book - it's the big, sweeping driveway leading up to the mansion of the rest of John, giving us an amazing sight of Jesus before we delve into his individual encounters. Within it, John tells us that Jesus is word, light, glory and grace, and in this message Mike unpacks...

Rich kicks off our brand new series in the Gospel of John by taking a bird's eye view of the whole of the book. Why is John writing? How has he structured his book? What context is he writing into? And how does all this lead us to see that it's all about Jesus?

5. Sabbath is For Others - Adrian Hurst by Oasis Church Birmingham

Exiles - Jonathan Bell by Oasis Church Birmingham

4. Sabbath is For Us - Dave G & John N by Oasis Church Birmingham

3. Giver Of Sabbath - Mike Blaber by Oasis Church Birmingham

2. Source & Shaper - Adrian Hurst by Oasis Church Birmingham

1. Introduction & Invitation - Adrian Hurst by Oasis Church Birmingham

Stories: Esther - Lucy Hurst by Oasis Church Birmingham

Stories: Joseph - Adrian Hurst by Oasis Church Birmingham

Stories: Jonah - Rich Bowpitt by Oasis Church Birmingham

Stories: Gideon - Mike Blaber by Oasis Church Birmingham

Stories: Elijah - Adrian Hurst by Oasis Church Birmingham

8. Salt and Light - Alice Gray by Oasis Church Birmingham

7. Persecution - Adrian Hurst by Oasis Church Birmingham

6. The Merciful - Adrian Hurst by Oasis Church Birmingham

To Whom Would We Go? - Jonny Mellor by Oasis Church Birmingham