Salford Elim Church Podcast

http://www.salfordelimchurch.org/audio/podcasts/2017-04-23.mp3   Read Mark 5:21-43 What does it take to become so desperate that you are willing to lose your reputation to find healing? In this part of Mark’s gospel, he tells two stories of desperate people and how Jesus was able to do the seemingly impossible for them.

http://www.salfordelimchurch.org/audio/podcasts/2017-04-09.mp3   Read Mark 5:1-20 A strange story about Jesus casting a ‘legion’ of demons in to a herd of pigs, ending with people pleading with Jesus to leave town. Jesus disrupted the status quo but in doing so, brought freedom and change to someone who had been written off by everyone else. Does Jesus still do this sort of thing...

http://www.salfordelimchurch.org/audio/podcasts/2017-03-26.mp3   Read Mark 4:21-34 Jesus was clear how the kingdom would take hold in the world. It wouldn’t be with a bang that could not be avoided – it would start small, be the work of patient people who don’t give up hope, in places that people would never expect. It’s still the way that the kingdom takes hold. The c...

http://www.salfordelimchurch.org/audio/podcasts/2017-03-19.mp3   Read Mark 4:1-20 Jesus often spoke to his followers in parables; stories which held a deeper spiritual meaning. It was a way of engaging those who really did want to understand more about God’s kingdom whilst discouraging others who were just trying to trip Jesus up. The parable of the sower is the first of many in Mark&#8...

http://www.salfordelimchurch.org/audio/podcasts/2017-02-26.mp3   Read Mark 2:18-3:6 Why did Jesus break the rules? Was he trying to be deliberately shocking, or was there something else going on? By the time of Jesus, some religious leaders were so paranoid about breaking God’s law that they had introduced over 300 additional laws as an extra safeguard, just in case. These extra rules b...

http://www.salfordelimchurch.org/audio/podcasts/2017-02-12.mp3   Read Mark 2:1-12 A disrupted gathering, some determined friends, a destroyed roof, a sharp disagreement and a man delivered. Just a regular day when Jesus was around. But along the way, we hear the echoes of all the things we need, and yet sometimes the things we shy away from. Being offered forgiveness makes us feel vulnerable....

http://www.salfordelimchurch.org/audio/podcasts/2017-01-29.mp3   Read Mark 1:21-39 So Jesus’ ministry begins. If we weren’t clear what the kingdom of God might look like, we soon get to see. There’s a clash in the synagogue – between the teachers of the law and Jesus, and then with an evil spirit. It’s clear that this is no gentle and meek Jesus – there is...

http://www.salfordelimchurch.org/audio/podcasts/2017-01-22.mp3 Read Mark 1:14-20 This is how newness begins; not with hopes of nationalism, but news of a whole new kingdom. And Jesus calls us to be embraced by it all. When he (Jesus) spoke into their context, standing next to him were ordinary folks, the poor and the marginalised and the faithful who, in Jesus’ kingdom vision, were beginning...

http://www.salfordelimchurch.org/audio/podcasts/2017-01-15.mp3   Read Mark 1:9-13 This is where newness starts: by a river side in the wilderness. It starts with Jesus, not with us. It starts with us watching on, wanting to ask questions, most of which don’t get answered. It starts with the new King acting in ways that are so different than would be expected. Jesus stood on the river ba...

http://www.salfordelimchurch.org/audio/podcasts/2017-01-08.mp3   Read Mark 1:1-8 Mark’s gospel may be the shortest of the four, but its power is not to be underestimated. Its fast-moving story of Jesus allows us to see the range of the influence Jesus has. But the story begins with an announcement that things are going to change. That all that was hoped for is to be fulfilled. That it w...

http://www.salfordelimchurch.org/audio/podcasts/2016-11-20.mp3   Read Judges 17-21 Judges finishes with two stories that show God’s people at their worst. In the first story, they create a parody of all that true worship was about; in the second they act in ways that would outrage any peoples at that time. How did they get to that point? If the Bible finished with the close of these sto...

Here is the audio & notes from our first Theology Thursday session on understanding the big picture of the Bible, with a few more explanatory remarks (included for those who weren’t there). http://www.salfordelimchurch.org/audio/theology-thursday-1.mp3   Download the ‘Introducing the Whole Bible Story’ notes I also used this ‘Old Testament in 8 Minutes’ vide...

http://www.salfordelimchurch.org/audio/podcasts/2016-11-13.mp3   Read Judges 16 Trump. Samson. Jesus. What do they have in common? They each allow us to be honest about our real needs, hopes and fears. How are they different? Two out of three seem to go along with the flow of a culture moving away from all that God intended, but only one wants us to be the society that God has designed us to...

http://www.salfordelimchurch.org/audio/podcasts/2016-10-30.mp3   Read Judges 11-12 Words can be very powerful, used both for good, and for bad. The story of Jephthah in Judges 11-12 shows us several examples of the power that words can have; rejection, agreement, diplomacy, dangerous vows, and division.

http://www.salfordelimchurch.org/audio/podcasts/2016-10-23.mp3   Read Judges 9 Abimelek is one of the most ruthless leaders in Judges – grabbing power and manipulating people and situations for his own ends. Is there another way of doing business in the ‘real world’? And how do you cope with these ruthless characters who still seem to be very much in evidence in today’...

http://www.salfordelimchurch.org/audio/podcasts/2016-10-16.mp3   Read Judges 6-8 Gideon was the weakest in his clan, but he was used by God to deliver his people. It didn’t take long for his biggest strength to become his biggest weakness. The story of Gideon (Judges 6-8) Ch 6: Surprise of Strength Ch 7: Possibilities of Weakness Ch 8: Dangers of strength #salford #elim — Salford...

http://www.salfordelimchurch.org/audio/podcasts/2016-10-09.mp3   Read Judges 4-5 Every generation has people who God sets apart, and disturbs enough that they might see things differently than everybody else. Every generation, God gets hold of people and says to them, ‘I want you to act courageously. I want you to be involved in stuff that you never would have imagined. I want you to ma...

http://www.salfordelimchurch.org/audio/podcasts/2016-09-18.mp3   Read Judges 2:6-23 What happens when God’s people forget their own story? They end up living in a permanent ‘now’ – no sense of a past, no hope for a future. What does God do when they forget their story? He demonstrates his passion for his own people. He will not let them go.

http://www.salfordelimchurch.org/audio/podcasts/2016-09-11.mp3   Judges is one of the more difficult books of the Bible, because at times it feels quite difficult to find nice, ‘spiritual’ thoughts that will help us. Instead it’s full of dodgy dealings, fairly brutal murders, leaders that you lose confidence in, general darkness until by the end of the book, you could be exc...

Missed a sermon over the summer holidays? We’ve collected them all together below for you to listen to. Dreams: God at work in the midst of a dysfunctional family Genesis 37 Steve Hollick: 24th July 2016 http://www.salfordelimchurch.org/audio/podcasts/2016-07-24.mp3   Joseph’s dreams didn’t come true for many years, and that may be true for us too. Integrity: Who we are when...

http://www.salfordelimchurch.org/audio/podcasts/2016-06-12.mp3   Jonah’s story is the brilliant tragedy-farce in the heart of the Old Testament. The prophet who knows what God is like and really doesn’t like it. This short story lies there and has worked at challenging God’s people for around 3000 years, because the truth is, it’s always a dangerous possibility to imag...

http://www.salfordelimchurch.org/audio/podcasts/2016-05-29.mp3   It’s a phrase that you find attached to so many billboards, clothing and Bible tracts that you might think it’s not worth exploring any further. But what if it was always designed to surprise us, as well as to invite us to see the whole world so very differently?

http://www.salfordelimchurch.org/audio/podcasts/2016-05-22.mp3   On the 23rd June, as a nation we’ll be asked a question: Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union? Unsurprisingly, there isn’t a section of the Bible about the European Union, or that will tell you how to vote in the EU referendum; the Bible isn’t an encyclopedia where you can just look t...

http://www.salfordelimchurch.org/audio/podcasts/2016-05-08.mp3   Some things never end as you expect, but when wonderful things happen, we need to ask ourselves what it all means. If Jesus ascended, what does it mean is far more significant than how he did it. And what it means for us is probably of most significance to many of us. It’s hard to be disinterested when the promises are so...

http://www.salfordelimchurch.org/audio/podcasts/2016-03-13.mp3   In Philippians 1, Paul not only talks about hope, but he demonstrates it too. The chapter is full of hope for himself, what God’s going to do, and for the church in Philippi. Because of our identity in Christ, we carry hope into every situation.. #salford #elim pic.twitter.com/MKJYQyPhdf — Salford Elim Church (@Salfo...