Sutton Coldfield Baptist Church

Richard encourages us to love our neighbours.

Jesus describes death as sleep. Why? And what can we learn from this analogy?

Deb reflects on the implications of living for Jesus through the mundane parts of life as well as the exciting moments.

The Bible talks a lot about enemies and like many of us today the people in the book of Ezra felt they had enemies. In this divided time how do we respond to the challenge that Jesus brings?

Graham talks about how God made a way in an impossible situation.

Jesus sends a message to Mary and Martha, but on first hearing he seems to have been wrong.  What happens when we place all our hope on our interpretation of a promise in the Bible and our expectation turns out to have been wrong?  Donald investigates.

Val reflects and prays into the challenges many of us are facing at the moment.

Listen to Cath's sermon from Sunday 19th September 2021 as she uses the story of Terah from Genesis 11 to help us think about what causes us to settle or compromise.

Cath shares a true story of someone's reaction to adversity that challenged and inspired her.

Some people try to kill Jesus for blasphemy? Why were his words so terrible? And why are they actually incredibly good news?

Michael and Jane share their experiences of how God met and helped them in difficult and painful times in their lives.

Why did the older people weep while the younger people shouted for Joy?  Donald looks into the next part of the story of Ezra and looks at how we handle the loss of hope.  Then Sam asks some really tricky questions.

Daveen uses an encounter with Jesus to show us how we can find love and security from God

Jesus says no one can snatch us out of his hand. What does this mean? How do we get into his hand? These and other questions are explored as Donald does a deep dive on theses verses.

Cath and Donald are back for a live Questions of Life in Church. What is joy and is Donald really qualified to answer this question?

Cath talks about lessons she learnt from "The Hundred".

Jesus wants to be recognised by his works. Why? What does this mean for us?

Why did the people of God build an altar first - especially when there were no walls and especially, especially when they were fearful of what people would think?  How can fear hold us back and how can we move forward despite our fears?  Donald opens up Ezra 3 and Cath asks the questions

Paul talks about how different people experience isolation and how there is help and inspiration from Colossians 1.

Jesus says he has other sheep.  What does that mean for us?

Graham talks about God stooping down to hear our prayers and how they make a difference and change lives.

The people prepare to return to build. Donald asks the question what are we building with our lives? He suggests some practical possibilities. Both those who were moved to return and those who stayed behind gave freely to the work, so looks practically again at how we can use our giving to build. Mark then steps up with some of questions.

Sally helps us to think about our response to the poor.

Deb reflects on a Bible passage she was reading and how relevant it is to the situation in Afghanistan which has been on lots of our minds.

Why was it so important to rebuild the temple? What is the value of buildings to God and how do we apply the Bible's teaching on the temple today?  Donald explains and then Dan asks the questions