Trinity Chippenham

When Jesus predicted his suffering and death, he was turning the world of the disciples upside-down. We need to experience the same if we are to be gripped by what it meant for the Son of Man to come and give his life as a ransom for many.

What kind of follower does King Jesus want? The wealthy? The successful? The person who has achieved goodness? No, only God is good, and only God can give true goodness. The Rich Young Ruler stirred the disciples, and invites us also to chase after Jesus in our situation.

What kind of kingdom will this different kind of King establish? It is a kingdom where fearful competitiveness is not the driving feature. Instead, the lowest and smallest are welcomed as if they are God Himself. The disciples needed to learn this. So do we.

How does Sunday connect with the rest of the week? Do we rely on Sunday experience of Jesus to get through the week? This section shows Jesus on the mountaintop - a glimpse of the glory of the majesty of Christ, followed by Jesus dealing with the weak faith of a needy Dad and weak disciples. The infinitely glorious Jesus is involved in the grittiness of real life!

We start a new series by jumping into the mid-point of Mark's presentation of Jesus. Jesus makes huge claims, but is patient with slow to learn disciples. Like them, we can easily bring our own expectations to Jesus and then discover that his plan for us is infinitely greater! We want a king on our terms, but Jesus is a different kind of King!

If the Gospel is going to make a difference anywhere in our lives, it has to offer some hope in this area. Many struggle with a variety of difficulties that seem tied to this inner drive for intimacy, a drive that often feels more like a curse than a blessing. Does God understand? Did God really design us this way? How can we find help and hope in the midst of guilt, confusion, shame and struggle?...

Our culture celebrates excessive busy-ness and laziness in almost equal measure! Why do we struggle with our use of time so much, and what is the solution? Andy takes us to an Old Testament prophet to get at the real heart of the issue. The message is followed by a Q&A.

Money might just be the biggest "alternative god" we face in life . . . so what should our perspective be? Looking at Matthew 6, David points us to Jesus' teaching on this critical and everyday subject.

The Gospel is an invitation to the Father's love, revealed in the Son and poured out into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, and that Gospel transforms lives! In this church anniversary message, Peter looks at 1Thessalonians 1 to see the vision of Trinity Chippenham being lived out in another young church all those years ago. 2015 can be a year of transformed lives, but it won't be down to o...

Christmas soon passes and the wonder of it fades away quickly. But for Christians, Christmas is in the DNA of our faith. Is it possible to not lose the thrill of the Incarnation? The eternal Son of God became human. One extra word can stop this thrilling truth from fading for us this year!

Do we really need a saviour? How bad is the situation? How good is the rescuer sent to rescue us? This pre-Christmas message points our hearts toward Christ.

The traditional image of the Nativity scene may be traditional and familiar, but it is still strange. What would bring such diversity of people together? Heavenly invitation and the global goal of God's goodness bringing people into the most special kind of unity, that's what!

Isaiah's Jesus trailers anticipated the coming Messiah. Years turned into centuries, but eventually the fulfillment arrived in person. When he did, his presentation of Isaiah 61 stirred violent anger against Him, even though he came to give all God's good gifts. Ultimately God's good gifts are offered globally, to all people. And the Messiah was prepared to give everything in order...

Isaiah 53 is the very centre of the biblical message. Once we grasp two truths about human existence, then this passage is so clear that it will explode our hearts in humility and praise for God's ultimate solution to our great sin problem.

It is amazing to think of the Servant of the LORD being discouraged. It is even more amazing to see the bigger task the LORD gave Him to accomplish . . . and he did it!

In Isaiah 42 we get to see a different kind of servant. This Servant of the Lord represents God fully - not only in what he achieves, but also in the way he does it. Isaiah 42 is a powerful Jesus trailer, it makes us want to know Jesus more!

Why is Christianity a singing faith? In the context of death, how come we sing? Isaiah looked beyond the birth of Christ to the day when the earth will give birth to the dead. The end of the story is not bleak judgment, but judgment for the sake of establishing life as God intended it to be!

In dark times it is tempting to trust ourselves, but God works in the now to point us to the hope that is in the future. Immanuel, God is with us. Now, living after the first Christmas, we know who that boy really was. In these dark times, will we look to God for hope and anticipate Jesus coming again to put things right? Isaiah 7-12 . . . a flurry of Jesus Trailers.

Isaiah's great prophecy shows us the extremes of Jesus . . . on the throne, and on the cross. In his presence even our strengths count for nothing, but thankfully He is willing to do what it takes to deal with all our sin! This is the first part in our new series, The Jesus Trailers, taken from Isaiah 6.

How can a God of love also be a God of judgment? And what if we are the ones who deserve to be judged? Andy Cordle takes us to Psalm 7 to get some answers!

Guest Speaker Dick Papworth takes us to the ancient book of Jonah to consider the contemporary relevance of God's heart of mercy for the undeserving.

Christians often use the language of "salvation" and "saved." Why? Is this all about God helping those who help themselves? Is it all about believing in Jesus and going to heaven when we die? Or is it much richer, and even more thrilling than that?

Most people see sin as something other people do, and God's great obsession. In this message Peter takes us to Luke 18:9-14 to see that sin is not what we think it is. One of sin's greatest effects is that it makes us misunderstand sin. But we will never understand sin with our brains. For clarity we must be broken and so could God be at work in our challenging circumstances? God is not...

Everyone is living for something, but do we know what life is really about? David Searight invites us to consider two verses in the book of Jeremiah that bring a whole new perspective on what it is to be truly human and really alive!

Everyone knows what God is like. Or do they? Andy launches our new series by inviting us to get to know the God who reveals himself in the Bible.