Sutton Coldfield Baptist Church

Daveen shares from the Bible, from books and from her own current experience - encouragements and habits to persevere through the tough times.

The start of a series in James looking into how we can persevere through life’s trials.

Deb explores whether we can be strong & a Christian, and what it is to be strong according to our world and according to Ephesians 6 - and what that might involve.

Through Hosea in the Old Testament - God tells us what he desires. Following a Baptism in our Church Donald unpacks Hosea 6v6

Hosea describes a world that is very similar to our's today filled with deceit, inequality, division and violence. In this second talk from Hosea, we see God's pain that mankind does not acknowledge His work in our lives and the way this a cause of the issues we face. Donald encourages us to recognise and acknowledge what God does, and helps us see how when we forget or ignore God it causes us pro...

One of our mission partners, Abby, explores what it looks like to live missionally according to John 15:5 - looking at what union with Christ really is and how we can pursue and embody that in our lives.

What is God's feeling towards humanity generally and us as individuals like? Donald begins a new series in the Old Testament Book of Hosea, it has difficult themes as we discover the pain God feels. Donald introduces the context and some principles on understanding Old Testament books, and then helps us begin to understand Hosea's story of how God feels.

What is the "Good News Of Peace" that Paul wants us to be ready with in Ephesians 6? Donald builds on the All-Together Morning's series on the "Armour of God" and blends the morning and the evening as well as a bit of "Questions of Life" to go deeper into the spiritual shoes we need to wear.

Hagar and Ishmael are kicked out and sent into the desert, then the water runs out...

Deb explores the first part of Ephesians 6 where instructions for a new household order are introduced for the church to show the world a glimpse of a new way forward.

Joined by Paul; Deb and Donald discuss how we balance making sacrifices for others in the name of Christ's love and obeying the command to rest that we might not burnout. With questions from the congregation and stories from their own lives the team share their understandings of finding the right balance

Jesus suggests the secret to finding life, lies in not trying to save our life. But what does this mean? And what does it look like?

Sam explores the story in Acts 12 and how this speaks into our lives and the situations many Christians find themselves in around the world.

We can feel insignificant with minority views, is there any point trying to be different? Sam, Donald and Mark discuss whether our lives can make any difference.

James, from Compassion (and also one of our mission partners), shares from Nehemiah on how value and security are intertwined and key values of our faith.

What might it look like for Jesus to trust us, as he trusted Peter - "the rock"?

Jesus challenges the disciples to articulate who they think Jesus is. It is a good question for us to ask ourselves. We can learn a lot from Peter's answer

Sam shares a summary of what the youth have been exploring on their weekend away, and gives the final talk for the weekend.

Paul explains how the early church interpreted this joy-filled passage and the side effects of living in a community that believes in God’s promises.

Jesus warns His disciples to guard against the small negative, critical words that can influence profoundly. What voices are we hearing that are shaping us, but not in a Christlike direction? Donald gives us some pointers to look for in the words we hear.

Deb looks at the next passage in Ephesians - which uses marriage as an illustration, and has long caused controversy - but actually has applications for anyone and everyone involved in church life, and is incredibly good news for the whole of society.

Paul speaks about lies, disaster, and plans going off course.

As the first part of our Renewal Sunday and the last part of our mini-series on John 1v5 Donald encourages us to be "a light in the darkness" and gives us two simple ways

At our Carol service, Donald helps think about how our hearts might be the very home Jesus wants to live in

Some of the religious leaders ask for a sign from Jesus that he is from God, but Jesus tells them they already have it. What was the sign? And ... is it ok for us to ask God for a sign?