Riverside Church Sunday Message

Description: TEACHING SERIES: Christian TITLE: Session 5: Are We Alone? BY: Sarah Auger DATE: Sunday 23 October 2022 BIBLE PASSAGES: Luke Chapter 11, verses 9-13 Psalm 57 EXCERPT: When you’re lost at night there’s two things you need – to know the way to go, and to know you’re not alone. Jesus guaranteed us both when he promised his Holy Spirit – to lead, and to accompany us. What does that mean i...

Description: TEACHING SERIES: Christian TITLE: Session 4: What Is Distinctive About Christian Hope? BY: Phil Knox DATE: Sunday 16 October 2022 BIBLE PASSAGES: 2 Corinthians Chapter 4, verses 7-18 EXCERPT: There’s been a lot of talk about hope recently as we have emerged slowly from the pandemic. In a month’s time we will be at another World Cup and the hopes of a nation will be realised or dashed....

TEACHING SERIES: Christian TITLE: Session 4: Do We Need A Saviour? BY: Judy Moore DATE: Sunday 9 October 2022 BIBLE PASSAGES: Luke (Chapter 23, verses 32-43) Psalm 22 EXCERPT: In recent years, the self-help section of bookshops and websites has grown dramatically. It’s almost as if we know we need help, but we can’t quite work it out for ourselves. What if the centre of Christianity – Christ – is...

Description: TEACHING SERIES: Christian TITLE: Session 3: How Do We Know? BY: Sarah Auger DATE: Sunday 2 October 2022 BIBLE PASSAGES: Luke (Chapter 1, verses 1-4) Psalm 119 (Verses 9-24) EXCERPT: Equality; Consent; Education for all; Science; Human Rights. They’re all things we take for granted. We presume they’re good things. But why? A look through History shows us that so many of our strongly-h...

Description: TEACHING SERIES: Christian TITLE: Session 2: What’s The Problem? BY: Judy Moore DATE: Sunday 25 September 2022 BIBLE PASSAGES: 1 Luke (Chapter 15, verses 11-32) Psalm 51 EXCERPT: Someone once said that, ‘You can’t make progress until you know what the problem is.’ The speed of change in our world is astonishing – medical advances; technological breakthroughs; political developments. A...

Description: TEACHING SERIES: Christian TITLE: Session 1: Is There A God? BY: Nathanael Ballew DATE: Sunday 18 September 2022 BIBLE PASSAGES: 1 Luke (Chapter 1, verses 46-55) Psalm 53 EXCERPT: Thousands of years ago a poet wrote the words, ‘ The fool says in his heart, ‘There is no God!’ (Psalm 53) In a recent survey, over 40% of people in the UK say that don’t believe in God. What do we make of t...

TITLE: Why Do I Service? BY: Sarah Aurger DATE: 11 September 2022 Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in commo...

Description: TEACHING SERIES: Old Fashioned Postures For A Brave New World TITLE: Keep Watch! BY: Andy Worthington DATE: Sunday 4 September 2022 BIBLE PASSAGES: 1 Timothy (Chapter 6, verse 20-21) EXCERPT: The graphic novel Watchmen has spawned several movies and inspired millions. It is about a dubious bunch of vigilante superheroes, and the central premise is ‘who watches the watchmen?’ In a worl...

TEACHING SERIES: Old Fashioned Postures For A Brave New World TITLE: Session 6: Let Go! BY: Sarah Auger DATE: Sunday 28 August 2022 BIBLE PASSAGES: 1 Timothy (Chapter 6, verse 18-19) Mathew (Chapter 6, verses 19-24) EXCERPT: Part of the solution to not trusting in wealth (see Session 5: I Don’t Trust You) is giving away…. being generous with our money and in general. Part of the beauty of generosi...

BY: Steve Botham DATE: Sunday 21 August 2022 BIBLE PASSAGES: 1 Timothy (CHapter 6, verse 17) Revelation (Chapter 3, verses 17-18) EXCERPT: David Foster Wallace once said, “If you worship money…you will never have enough.” The pandemic has changed how we see life and, with more and more people changing jobs and moving houses, many of us have begun to revaluate whether wealth is really worth sacrifi...

BY: Judy Moore DATE: Sunday 14 August 2022 BIBLE PASSAGES: 1 Timothy (Chapter 6, verse 12) Philippians (Chapter 3, verses 12-14) EXCERPT: Keep your eyes on the prize! Ask any athlete, and they will tell you that you have to keep the finish line in mind. It’s as you remember the goal, you’re able to endure the pain. So too in life. When you remember the eternity that Jesus offers, and hold on to th...

BY: Olivia Anwana DATE: Sunday 7 August 2022 BIBLE PASSAGES: 1 Timothy (Chapter 6, verse 12) 1 Corinthians (Chapter 9, verses 24-27) EXCERPT: In 1984, Neil Postman wrote a hugely influential book called ‘Amusing ourselves to death’. He argued that we live in an age of ease and amusement. And maybe we have forgotten that much of life is battling through. Paul reminds his protege that some fights ar...

BY: Paul Duncan DATE: Sunday 31 July 2022 BIBLE PASSAGES: 1 Timothy (Chapter 6, verse 11) Mathew (Chapter 5, verses 6) EXCERPT: Last week we explored what we need to run away from, and this week we explore the opposite – what we need to run towards. A father figure reminds his protege to chase after the truly important things in life. What does it look like to chase after what is really good, righ...

BY: Jenny Barthow DATE: Sunday 24 July 2022 BIBLE PASSAGES: 1 Timothy (Chapter 6, verse 11) 1 Timothy (Chapter 6, verses 2-10) In an age of freedom, do we ever need to run away from anything? How do we decide? Listen to some ancient wisdom as a father figure instructs his protege about what to avoid at all costs. Paul urges Timothy to run away from… • Always being a Contrarian – Paul urges Timothy...

TEACHING SERIES: The Story Of Us TITLE: Parenting In An Age Of Expectation BY: Guest Panel (Discussion) DATE: Sunday 17 July 2022 BIBLE PASSAGES: Proverbs (Chapter 20, verse 7) Ephesians (Chapter 6, verses 1-4) EXCERPT: Talking about being a parent, the author Nick Lannon writes, ‘What finally gave me some peace, and the ability to approach the birth of our daughter with some mental stability, was...

TEACHING SERIES: The Story Of Us TITLE: Honouring Parents In An Of Independence BY: Nathanael Ballew DATE: Sunday 10 July 2022 BIBLE PASSAGES: Proverbs (Chapter 15, verse 20) 1 Timothy (Chapter 5, verses 1-8) EXCERPT: Throughout our lives, our relationships with our parents change. At various stages the emphasis of the relationship changes. And as part of this, there comes a time when we shift fro...

TEACHING SERIES: The Story Of Us TITLE: Life In The Corridor BY: Nick Cuthbert DATE: 3 July 2022

TEACHING SERIES: The Story Of Us TITLE: Session 8: Sex In An Age Of Entitlement BY: Tim Chilvers DATE: Sunday 26 June 2022 BIBLE PASSAGES: Read online Proverbs (Chapter 5, verse 16-17) 1 Corinthians (Chapter 7, verses 1-7) Sex is everywhere. Everyone is doing it, wanting it, loving it and thinking about it. Or, are they? The evidence suggest that it’s a little bit more complicated than that. What...

TEACHING SERIES: The Story Of Us TITLE: Session 7: Legacy In An Of The Immediate BY: Sarah Auger DATE: Sunday 19 June 2022 BIBLE PASSAGES: Read online Proverbs (Chapter 17, verse 6) Psalm (Chapter 78, verses 1-8) We all want our lives to count. To make a difference. What if investing in the next generation – the ones who come after us – is the biggest impact we can have? What if the lives that com...

TEACHING SERIES: The Story Of Us TITLE: Session 6: Faith In An Age Of Public Difference BY: Tim Chilvers DATE: Sunday 5 June 2022 BIBLE PASSAGES: Proverbs (Chapter 3, verse 27) 1 Thessalonians (Chapter 4, verses 1-12) EXCERPT: What does it mean to be Christians in relationship with people who don’t share your faith? On this Platinum Jubilee weekend – as the nation celebrates the Queen’s 70-year re...

TEACHING SERIES: The Story Of US TITLE: Session 5: Singleness In An Age Of Isolation BY: Judy Moore DATE: Sunday 29 May 2022 BIBLE PASSAGES: Proverbs (Chapter 3, verses 5-6) 1 Corinthians (Chapter 7, verses 25-40) EXCERPT: Sam Allberry, in his book 7 Myths about Singleness, writes that the ’… goodness of singleness is something the whole church needs to know’. In our age of Love Island and First D...

TEACHING SERIES: The Story of US TITLE: SESSION 4: Marriage In An Age Of Obsession BY: Tim Chilvers DATE: Sunday 22 May 2022 BIBLE PASSAGES: Proverbs (Chapter 18, verses 22) 1 Corinthians (Chapter 7, verses 8-24) EXCERPT: The ancient scholar, Gregory of Nyssa, once wrote that marriage is the “Sweet rivalry of each wishing to surpass the other in loving”. In a world that is fixated by romance, the...

TITLE: What Are You Wearing? – The Armour Of God BY: Judy Moore DATE: 15 May 2022 BIBLE PASSAGE: Ephesians (Chapter 6, verses 10-18).

TEACHING SERIES: The Story of US TITLE: Session 3: Disappointment In An Age Of Longing BY: Judy Moore DATE: 8 May 2022 BIBLE PASSAGES: Proverbs (Chapter 13, verses 12) Romans (Chapter 12, verses 1-2) Mathew (Chapter 26, verses 36-46). In the Welsh language, there is a strange word that describes something many of us feel. It is the word Hiraeth. It describes the unattainable desire that we feel fo...

TEACHING SERIES: The Story of US TITLE: Session 2: Friendship In An Age Of Romance BY: Sarah Auger DATE: 1 May 2022 PASSAGE: Proverbs (Chapter 17, verses 17) John (Chapter 15, verses 9-17) According to a study from University College London, nearly a quarter of us have experienced a complete breakdown in a significant relationship during the pandemic. Friendships have been stretched; families have...