A wave of persecution scattered the early church out into the Empire, to places like Antioch, where the gospel was first preached to the gentiles. The culturally diverse church of…

Love in all directions. How a Jesus focused, spirit filled community is meant to be a spiritual family to one another

Acts 10 is a story of God at work in Peter and Cornelius, revealing what the Kingdom of God is to be like. God’s kingdom is for all people, even…

John Stott argues that verses 1-2 in Romans 12 are "a summary of the whole of the Christian life”. Transformed people choose gratitude and depend on mercy. They choose to…

There is no place we can go, no place we can run, there is nothing we can do, that will ever separate us from the reality we are loved by…

God can change you to be more like His Son, in fact in Christ Jesus He has changed you by the power and presence of His Spirit. The same power…

Paul begins by reminding us that there is no condemnation is Christ.  Then he speaks of the power of God Spirit to transform us, Our future glory in Christ, the…

Live bold, courageous, passionate lives! Paul’s letter to the Romans is arguably the single most important piece of literature in the history of the world. And Chapter 8 is perhaps…

“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable.” ― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves