Churchcentral Birmingham: Talks

We spend the morning dreaming and yearning for what the Bible calls 'signs and wonders' (the miraculous stuff!). After looking at dozens of spiritual stories from friends in Shenley and beyond, we think about two stumbling blocks and three building blocks if we're to become a community that sees the supernatural.

The first church were radically generous with what they had! Wow, it raises a mix of emotions in us straight away, right? Blake helps us navigate that, and see the beauty and blessing in being crazily generous together.

Jesus gives his disciples - and us - an exciting picture of the abundant life he invites us to.

Tim explores what we can learn from Naaman and the people around him.

An early disciple struggles to believe that the resurrection can really be true. Relatable? YES! How does Jesus approach this 'doubter', and what can we learn for our own inevitable times of doubt?

Dave explores how Luke is telling not just Jesus' story, but also the story of God's people.

The verse says the early disciples loved sharing meals, including something called 'the Lord's supper!' Rich explains what this is, shares some new possibilities for how we think about it in our church family, and invites us to share our own wisdom around living this out well.

Zoe explores what Jesus approach to the Sabbath can teach us about rest in our lives

Kirsty superbly guides us through three barriers we often face to the ancient Christian practice of sharing food together - the caviar barrier, the alphabetti spaghetti barrier and the ice lollies barrier!

Blake helps us think through the early church's radical approach to community together, and what it could look like to take a step towards that.

Jesus turns up in a room of disciples, and does seven things. We take time to notice them, so that we can be on the lookout for the same stuff when we gather!

As part of our regular rhythm of Generosity Sundays, we turn our attention in this training session to being generous with our words! Why is encouragement so important? How do we do it? Jonny and Emily bring us some teaching and equippping.

A horrid passage today, where the crucified Jesus is taken from the cross, and buried. What do we learn in the darkness of this story? How does the light of God shine through even this?

As we begin our look at the key habits and passions of the early church, we start with their devotion to the 'apostle's teaching'. We're translating that to mean, devoted to the Bible. Why does this old book matter? Rich offers a tour, a warning and a reset.

Easter Sunday: Dave explores the difference the resurrection makes in our lives

As we head toward's our first Easter as a church community, we set aside this gathering to look closely at the death of Jesus. What does it mean? Why did it happen? How can it help us? Blake teaches.

Emmanuel explores Jesus temptation and what we can learn to resist temptation in our lives

The disciples experience a storm, and they can't row their way out of it. What do we learn from Jesus' response to them? Cara teaches.

In this passage, Jesus is tried and killed. John doesn't explain all the theology, rather he gives us a narrative. Not a creed, but characters. So we explore eight tones and trends in the story that lead to Jesus being killed.

Chris explores what John's message of repentance means for us

Chris Yeo from Churchcentral North came to help us think about following Jesus in a city with poverty. How would Jesus have us be in this city? With help from Michael & Ali McMillan who share at the end some of their experience and wisdom.

We get a zoomed-in look at Peter in this passage. We see some great things and some eye-watering failure! Let's learn from him together.

We learn how to respond to God in praise

Jesus pours out 7 big warnings to the religious leaders. How are we at risk of the same errors? How can we avoid them? Blake teaches us.

So much of life is a battle to stand. How do we find strength to stand? And how can we stand before God? Jonathan helps us explore these crucial questions.