Sutton Coldfield Baptist Church

Daveen continues our advent series on characters from the nativity, exploring what we can learn from the magi.

Division is a huge part of our culture at the moment. We see division in the workplace, in communities, on line and in Churches. And Christmas highlights the divisions within families. It's painful and emotionally draining. Jesus is really concerned that his followers might be protected from division, how do we co-operate with Jesus' prayer?

Deb explores the story in Esther chapter 7 and what it has to say to us today as we face opposition.

David imagines the Advent story from Joseph's perspective

Overlooking whether it is good English to say "For Forever" - Donald explores what Eternal Life is like now, and helps us work out whether we know God at this point in our lives.

Georgina begins our Advent series of reflections by looking at how Mary can inspire us this Christmas

Sarah explores the interaction between Naomi and Ruth and explores how we can respond when we find ourselves going through hardships as Naomi found herself doing, or in a position of caring for someone going through hardships - as Ruth did.

Jesus wants us to have His peace whilst we have trouble - how is this possible? What does the peace of Jesus look like?

Terry is inspired by the brave story of the midwives in Exodus 1 to think about how we, as ordinary people, can make a difference when we look for God's view on the situations we face.

Christine reflects on the story of the midwives in Exodus 1. How do we keep on track in the midst of fear and what is the role of those who pray?

Why is it so good thatJesus sends His Spirit? How do we know when we are being led by the Holy Spirit?

Celia shares a recent revelation she encountered in a Psalm she has loved for a long time but never noticed the full implications of.

Carolyn explores the story we will be looking at during this Sunday's 8:30 livestream - please reflect and come prepared to pray into this story, for ourselves, our church, our community and our world.

Can the genealogies of the Bible teach us anything today? Paul brings an application and challenge from their purpose right into our lives today

Paul shares a poem from a poetry book he recently rediscovered from his childhood and the thoughts it brought to mind as he reflected on Josiah and Elijah.

As the Church celebrate Harvest Donald and Deb discuss why the church has a foodbank, what we as individuals can do to help in the cost of living crisis and answer questions on how political churches should be.

Sharon continues our series looking at minor Bible characters and explores the attitudes and strengths that the prophetess Huldah displays in 2 Chronicles 34.

Sam reflects on walking attentively with God

Val explores the significance of Enoch to our lives today - and shares a story about a modern day Enoch!

Jesus is concerned that the disciples might fall away from following him. Why would they fall away after all he had done? What might make us fall away from following Jesus? Why would it matter if we did? And how can we guard against this?

Abby explores the story of Zelophehad's daughters and leads us to reflect on when we perhaps don't listen as well as we could and with whom we need to change in this area - and follow God's example in this story.

Robert is inspired by the courage of a Donkey

Deb explores Esther 6 and the lens her story is told through, and how this can help us as we choose which lenses to put on to view our world today.

What can we learn from a talking Donkey? Rachel gives us three tips

Simon's journey into Jerusalem is unexpectedly changed as he is forced to carry the cross for Jesus. How do we respond when we are asked unexpectedly to do difficult things?