March 15th. Reading: Genesis 3 (The Fall of Man) John 1 (The Word Became Flesh) Thinking: What went wrong in Genesis, and how does Jesus begin to set things right? Why does sin separate us from God, and how does Christ restore that r…
Introduction "God hates your religion." That’s not a sentence we expect to hear in church, is it? But that’s exactly the message Zechariah delivers to the Israelites. They had the temple. They had the sacrifices. They had the ritua…
Introduction I was driving to church in Llandovery last week and onto the radio came an episode of Desert Island Discs with Nick Cave. Now Nick Cave is a ‘bad boy’ singer, songwriter and author of Australian extraction who is as far a…
Introduction In the early 20th century, when this chapel building was erected, nonconformist Christianity was a dominant force in Wales. Nonconfomity’s early 20th. century dominance Statistical data detailing the num…
Table of Contents Introduction 1) Background to Matthew 1:18-25 a) Historical Background b) Political Background c) Social Background d) Economic Background 2) Semantic Structural Analysis of Matthew 1:18-25 a) …
This text is an autogenerated transcript of a recording available in the video section of this website. What's your story when you stop, when you think about it your life, your experiences? It's unique isn't it? It's utterly unique, more unique t…
Introduction How do we decide what's true? I don't mean in a big philosophical way I just mean in a get reaction day to day way how do we decide what the truth is when we're bombarded with information when we're scrolling through our Faceboo…
Introduction What’s the deal … with God? I mean, if you listen to the broadcast media you hear all SORTS of things, the wide and whacky, the weak and wish-washy … But what does it say in the book? I’m not shocked by the…
Genesis 16 - Sarah and Hagar Introduction There is a REALLY weird story in the chapter we’re looking at today which is about two women not getting on … But actually, what it’s about is the most revealing and basic spiritual…
Introduction Here is a story from the spiritual Dark Ages. The KEY to it seems to be the final verse in the chapter, v. 26, which says Genesis 4:26 “Adam made love to his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, &…