The Bethel - Old Trafford Christadelphian Church

Jesus starts his ministry with a proclamation of reconciliation. God forgives because he loves us and Jesus' first words are said to cement that concept in the minds of the people he speaks to. Forgiveness is the primary need of everyone who Jesus encountered, he deals with that before any physical need that anybody displays. We are called irrespective of anything we have done or might do, the onl...

James takes a look at psalm 118, at what it means to us and what it meant to Jesus.

How can we see the face of God in other people? What response does that bring from us if we do? How can that drive our lives as we are touched by the love of God, experienced through our relationships with other people?

Pete explores identity, transformation and 'being'. What does it mean to 'be' and how do we relate that to our Christian life. How do we 'become' what we are intended to 'be' permanently?

The Church of Christ should beat in time with the heart of God. Trevor guides us through how that should look and what it entails, realigning ourselves to hear the heartbeat of our loving father in the way we gather together as a congregation and a community.

Humility - the one crucial Christian attribute that we find so difficult to cultivate. Malcolm challenged us to find ways to emulate the humility of Jesus in our daily lives.

A walk through the sermon on the mount with some fresh ideas and interesting angles. Mike Encouraged us all to refocus with God at the centre again.

How do we read the bible? Do we truly read it in it's genuine context? Even if we can truly read the bible in its literary, culturel and historic context, we still often find that prejudice is the biggest obstacle to reading and understanding the scriptures. Charles encourages us to be careful and look out for our often hidden prejudices and look for the heart of God behind the words.

Are you challenged by prayer? Plenty of time Jesus says to his disciples and to us that we should simply ask in faith and expect a response... Yet our experience may be one of unanswered prayer which, in turn, leads to us praying less often and, maybe, challenges our faith... My challenge to you is to consider prayer as a whole life of communicating with your creator God; think of adding strands t...

A look back at the Christmas story raises some questions. What did the shepherds do next? Who were the Magi and where did they go and what did they do after they visited Jesus? It is all too easy to enjoy the Christmas story and then forget about Jesus for the rest of the year and the impact is lost. But the birth of The Saviour should not just be something for Christmas.

Paul's starting point were the words from the Apostle Paul - "Of all sinners, I am the worst". From that point he went on to explore the characters in the bible that we often think of as giants of faith, but who also had serious flaws. Paul aligned his own spiritual journey with theirs to bring us to the point of remembering that we are all sinners, we all miss the mark but that is...

Richard Uses an orange as a symbol of the true Christian Christmas.

God is making something beautiful out of something flimsy. Maurice looks at the work of God in our lives and the presence of Christ within us as we are changed by it.

In The Beginning Was the Word. John's gospel starts with the universal time frame and contextualises the birth of Jesus within the big picture. Many different words have been translated from 'Logos' - 'Word' being the most common for this passage, but Martyn picks up on another meaning - 'rumour' which is just as accurate a place to begin and invites us into God's ancient and ongoing conversation.

What does it really mean to truly seek God? James explores how we can seek God in every part of our lives.

We don't need Jesus and anything, all we need is Jesus. Mike encourages us to hold on to Jesus and enjoy our relationship with him.

Today, many people gather to remember the dead. We remember the fallen but we also take time to remember one man, one death and more importantly, one resurrection. The one act that won the battle over hate and death to give life to the world.

The inexorable draw of our loving heavenly father is explored by Alan. He walks us through the calling, seeking and of God as he does the work to bring us closer to him.

Rob encouraged us to think of the Kingdom of God as a present reality, not just a future to be hoped for.

When "the word became flesh" (John 1), God's message changed from 2D to 3D. The challenge for us today is to understand how to change the 2D rules and regulations into 3D real lives. Charles encouraged us to extend the gospel into our tough situations, to capture the spirit of the good news, not get bogged down by rule and tradition.

Regardless of our roles in the church, everyone is in the 'business' of bringing people to Jesus. Andrew Uses John 4 and 5 as the basis for encouraging us all in remembering that Jesus is the saviour for all, including the 'messed up and disliked'. With the all embracing love of Jesus causing 'contagious' conversions where people wanted to share Jesus with everyone they met thereafter, Andrew enco...

Whatever burdens we carry, they must be underpinned by grace. It is in weakness that we truly experience the tangible presence of God and we find grace in accepting God's generosity. It is our response to accepting grace that leads to changed lives.

Perhaps the most famous verse in the bible: John 3:16, is all about God! It tells us so much that Mike explores this verse alone today. Grace, salvation, belief and change are all explored as they appear in this one, powerful verse.

A fragment of paper with a verse from Psalm 86 was the inspiration for Tom to dig deep into examining the detail of the bible verses without getting distracted by familiarity or reading lots of verses.