The Watford Church of Christ Podcast

A sermon for the Watford Church of Christ in the series: "The Road to the Resurrection" Handouts available here: https://www.malcolmcox.org/a-beautiful-thing-mark-141-11/  Please add your comments on this week’s topic. We learn best when we learn in community.  Do you have a question about teaching the Bible? Is it theological, technical, practical? Send me your questions or suggestions. Here’s th...

Join us as Akin explores what it means to be a friend to God and to one another. Please add your comments on this week’s topic. We learn best when we learn in community.  Do you have a question about teaching the Bible? Is it theological, technical, practical? Send me your questions or suggestions. Here’s the email: [malcolm@malcolmcox.org](mailto:malcolm@malcolmcox.org).  Please pass the link on,...

“Toiling to build the church well”: 1 Cor 15:58; Eph 3:20-21   1. Toiling in Vain   A. Meaningless “when I surveyed all that my hands had done and what I had toiled to achieve, everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind; nothing was gained under the sun.”(Ecclesiastes 2:11 NIV11) “I hated all the things I had toiled for under the sun, because I must leave them to the one who comes after...

Always Free, Yet Spiritual Today we are seeking to answer the following questions: Where does our freedom come from? What could compromise our freedom? What is this freedom for? This is an enormous spiritual topic. We will not do it for justice in one lesson. For the time being, I will concern myself with putting my sermon outline below along with the Scriptures referenced. “Always free, yet spiri...

Join us as Stefan explores the theme of the antichrist and its relevance to present-day Christianity. Please add your comments on this week’s topic. We learn best when we learn in community.  Do you have a question about teaching the Bible? Is it theological, technical, practical? Send me your questions or suggestions. Here’s the email: [malcolm@malcolmcox.org](mailto:malcolm@malcolmcox.org).  Ple...

We are partway through our series on what it means to be a G.R.E.A.T. church. In other words, the kind of church that makes God look great and attracts people to him. God-focussed  Relationship based Enabling our children to become Christians Always free, yet spiritual Toiling to build the church well So far, we surveyed the Antioch congregation as an example of a God-focused church (Acts 11, 13,...

This is the second lesson in a new series for the Watford Church of Christ. What does it mean for us to be a church who make God look great?  Our second foray into answering this question is to establish the significance of being relationship-based. We take inspiration from the God's vision, Christ's heart, the Spirit's power and the church's witness. Please add your comments on this week’s topic....

This week we begin a new series in the Watford Church of Christ. What does it mean for us to be a church who make God look great?  Our first foray into answering this question is to establish that we must first and foremost be God-focused. We take inspiration from the church in Antioch looking at what happened in Acts 11, 13, 14 and 15. Please add your comments on this week’s topic. We learn best...

Penny and I were very privileged to be able to teach on this vital topic. Join us for this lesson we shared at the Thames Valley "Refresh 2022" conference. Please add your comments on this week’s topic. We learn best when we learn in community.  Do you have a question about teaching the Bible? Is it theological, technical, practical? Send me your questions or suggestions. Here’s the email: [malcol...

Stefan continues his series on the first Epistle of John. Please add your comments on this week’s topic. We learn best when we learn in community.  Do you have a question about teaching the Bible? Is it theological, technical, practical? Send me your questions or suggestions. Here’s the email: [malcolm@malcolmcox.org](mailto:malcolm@malcolmcox.org).  If you’d like a copy of my free eBook on spirit...

In this sermon for the Watford church of Christ we examine the healthy practices of the early church.  What does it mean to be devoted to the apostles teaching, the fellowship, the breaking of bread and the prayers? I include here some of the quotes used in the sermon: “It was a small group…whom Jesus commissioned to carry on his work, and bring the gospel to the whole world. They were not disting...

A sermon for the Watford Church of Christ  1. Spirit at work, vv25-27     - Working before Pentecost     - Year past & year to come     - Messy, but glorious     - Much like 2021! 2. Salvation at work, vv29-32     - "They are both living in a world of patient hope, where suffering has become a way of life. It now appears that God’s appointed redeemer will deal with this suffering by sharing it him...

As Christmas approaches we take a look at the experience of Joseph and his encounter with the angel. Thank you for connecting with this material. You can find more episodes in our feed. Our web site is http://www.watfordchurchofchrist.org.  Join us in our adventure: 10.30 AM at  the West Watford Free church, Tolpits Lane, WD18 6NU Please add your comments on this week’s topic. We learn best when w...

In this sermon for the Watford Church of Christ we take a look at one of the most confusing, yet, also surprisingly practical chapters from the gospel of Mark. I do my best to give an overview of the meaning of the abomination that causes desolation and the other extraordinary predictions of Jesus. In the end, however, we must reckon with the warnings in this chapter. “Watch out (5)… Do not be ala...

In this sermon for the Watford Church of Christ we examine what it means to love God with everything we have, and our neighbour as ourself. What does it mean, and what does it not mean to love God in this way? Please add your comments on this week’s topic. We learn best when we learn in community.  Do you have a question about teaching the Bible? Is it theological, technical, practical? Send me yo...

In this sermon for the Watford Church of Christ we look at a king on a colt. Why was Jesus riding a colt into Jerusalem? Wasn't he bothered by people throwing their cloaks on the ground in front of him? What did it mean that the crowd shouted about the kingdom, and David? Please add your comments on this week’s topic. We learn best when we learn in community.  Do you have a question about teaching...

In this sermon for the Watford Church of Christ, Stefan Wolmarans examines the teaching of Jesus regarding servant leadership. Please add your comments on this week’s topic. We learn best when we learn in community.  Do you have a question about teaching the Bible? Is it theological, technical, practical? Send me your questions or suggestions. Here’s the email: [malcolm@malcolmcox.org](mailto:malc...

In this sermon for the Watford Church of Christ, we explore the issue of iffy faith. How much faith do we need, and how should we react when something appears to be impossible? Please add your comments on this week’s topic. We learn best when we learn in community.  Do you have a question about teaching the Bible? Is it theological, technical, practical? Send me your questions or suggestions. Here...

Handout We take a look at a man who sees people walking like trees (whatever that means?!) and the lessons for followers of Jesus today. What do we see? Who do we see? This was a sermon for the Watford church of Christ. Please add your comments on this week’s topic. We learn best when we learn in community.  Do you have a question about teaching the Bible? Is it theological, technical, practical?...

Click here for the sermon handout. In this week's sermon for the Watford Church of Christ we venture into enemy territory. Jesus goes to Tyre. He looks for privacy, but finds a desperate woman prepared to eat crumbs. What is going on? Please add your comments on this week’s topic. We learn best when we learn in community.  Do you have a question about teaching the Bible? Is it theological, technic...

In this sermon for the Watford Church of Christ we explore the way in which the identity of Jesus developed for his disciples.  “Immediately Jesus made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd. After leaving them, he went up on a mountainside to pray.  Later that night, the boat was in the middle of the lake, and he was alone on land. He saw...

In this sermon for the Watford church of Christ we look at the Markan sandwich of the healing of the daughter of Jairus, and the woman who suffered from bleeding for 12 years.  In particular, we find that our fears are no barrier to the power of Jesus if we act in faith. We find him to be full of reassurance despite our anxiety. Please add your comments on this week’s topic. We learn best when we...

In this fourth sermon from our series on the gospel of Mark, we take a look at what it means to bring the light of Jesus into this world, and carefully consider what we are hearing. Please add your comments on this week’s topic. We learn best when we learn in community.  Do you have a question about teaching the Bible? Is it theological, technical, practical? Send me your questions or suggestions....

The next in the series as we focus on Jesus in the gospel of Mark.  This week we focus on the identity of Jesus and the community he is forming. What is his relationship with his family, and who are his family? Where did the teachers of the law fit in? Why is Jesus accused of being in league with the devil? Please add your comments on this week’s topic. We learn best when we learn in community.  D...

A sermon for the Watford Church of Christ. We continue our series in the gospel of Mark by looking at the significance of forgiveness, faith and friends. Perhaps we need a hole in our lives so that Jesus can make us whole. Please add your comments on this week’s topic. We learn best when we learn in community.  Do you have a question about teaching the Bible? Is it theological, technical, practica...