God wants us to find joy. But how do we go about finding the joy that God wants for us? Read the passage online: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=eccl+11%3A7-12%3A8&version=NIVUK ► SUBSCRIBE Don't forget to subscribe to this podcast to make sure you don't miss new episodes. If you have a moment, perhaps you could leave a rating / review - it really helps new people to discover it. ► WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, incl...
Nov 18, 2020•19 min
In Psalm 9 we started thinking about injustice in general. This Psalm focusses down more on justice done by specific individuals. How should we respond? ► SUBSCRIBE Don't forget to subscribe to this podcast to make sure you don't miss new episodes. If you have a moment, perhaps you could leave a rating / review - it really helps new people to discover it. ► WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: https://understandtheb...
Nov 12, 2020•18 min
What is success and how do we get there? And what does God have to say about it? Read the passage online: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=eccl+11%3A1-6&version=NIVUK ► SUBSCRIBE Don't forget to subscribe to this podcast to make sure you don't miss new episodes. If you have a moment, perhaps you could leave a rating / review - it really helps new people to discover it. ► WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free c...
Nov 11, 2020•19 min
Social Justice has gone mainstream in 2020 with the BLM movement. This Psalm is all about justice: what does God have to say about it? ► SUBSCRIBE Don't forget to subscribe to this podcast to make sure you don't miss new episodes. If you have a moment, perhaps you could leave a rating / review - it really helps new people to discover it. ► WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: https://understandthebible.uk ► LINKS • ...
Nov 05, 2020•16 min
As we approach remembrance Sunday, let's take a look at why God says it's important for us to remember. Read the passage online: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=deut+8&version=NIVUK ► SUBSCRIBE Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast so that you don't miss new episodes! ► WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: https://understandthebible.uk ► LINKS • Facebook - https://facebook.com/bible.understand • ...
Nov 04, 2020•17 min
Death can cause us to do one of two things: (1) try to get as much as we can now, or (2) try to preserve life at all costs. This passage helps us to see how we should live our lives - without fear, trusting God. Read the passage online: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=eccl+9%3A1-12&version=NIVUK ► SUBSCRIBE Subscribe to the channel to be notified of new videos when they're uploaded ► WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, in...
Oct 28, 2020•15 min
If you look up at the night sky, it can seem like we are tiny and insignificant. But that's not how David sees it. ► SUBSCRIBE Subscribe to the podcast to be notified of new episodes when they're uploaded ► WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: https://understandthebible.uk ► LINKS • Facebook - https://facebook.com/bible.understand • Twitter - https://twitter.com/UnderstandTheB1 • Podcast - https://anchor.fm/understa...
Oct 22, 2020•11 min
Death, according to Ecclesiastes, should teach us wisdom. But here, The Teacher says we should know the limitations of wisdom. Read the passage online: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=eccl+7%3A1-25&version=NIVUK SUBSCRIBE Don't forget to subscribe to receive these podcasts every week! WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: https://understandthebible.uk LINKS • Facebook - https://facebook.com/bible.und...
Oct 21, 2020•15 min
Why should the gospel and grace be at the heart of church life? Why do they need guarding? What does that have to do with the Antiques Roadshow? Find out in this sermon! Sermon preached as part of the Great Clacton Parish livestream on 18th October 2020. It's part of a series looking at "What's Essential?" - what we should keep as the heart of the church. Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: ► https://understandthebible.uk ...
Oct 18, 2020•19 min
Being treated unfairly can be one of the hardest things to cope with. Where do we turn to when no-one seems to be on our side? Psalm 7 helps us understand. Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast to get these every week. Lots more available on the website - https://understandthebible.uk Facebook: https://facebook.com/bible.understand Twitter: https://twitter.com/UnderstandTheB1 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/understand-the-bible Get full a...
Oct 15, 2020•12 min
In the first few chapters of Ecclesiastes we've thought about how life is meaningless without God. But can that even apply to church? How can we "do" church so that it's not meaningless? Read the passage online: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=eccl+5%3A1-7&version=NIVUK See more, including a free course to learn the Christian faith, and lots more Christian resources, at https://understandthebible.uk Facebook - https://facebook.com/bible.understand Twitter - https://twitter.com/U...
Oct 14, 2020•14 min
What do you do when you're feeling sad? How do we pray when life feels overwhelming? Can we bring our tears to God? This Psalm helps us to pray in these times. Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Subscribe to receive these every week. Lots more available on the website - https://understandthebible.uk Facebook: https://facebook.com/bible.understand Twitter: https://twitter.com/UnderstandTheB1 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/understand-the-bible Get full access to Understand the...
Oct 08, 2020•11 min
One of the big lessons we learn from Psalm 65 is that there is no Sacred-Secular divide. "Everything is Spiritual". This makes a difference to how we see and live our lives. Read the passage online: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=ps+65&version=NIVUK See more, including a free course to learn the Christian faith, and lots more Christian resources, at https://understandthebible.uk Facebook - https://facebook.com/bible.understand Twitter - https://twitter.com/UnderstandTheB1 Podca...
Oct 07, 2020•12 min
How do you deal with people who are actively hostile to you? It's something we in the church don't often talk about - but we need to. I learnt this from personal experience - the Psalms helped me deal with this situation in my own life. Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Subscribe to receive the Thought for the Week each week. Lots more available on the website - https://understandthebible.uk Facebook: https://facebook.com/bible.understand Twitter: https://twitter.com/Un...
Oct 01, 2020•13 min
What makes us happy in the end? Is it more and more stuff? In this passage from Ecclesiastes, we hear about how we need to prioritise relationships over things. Read the passage online: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=eccl+4&version=NIVUK See more, including a free course to learn the Christian faith, and lots more Christian resources, at https://understandthebible.uk Facebook - https://facebook.com/bible.understand Twitter - https://twitter.com/UnderstandTheB1 Podcast - https:/...
Sep 30, 2020•15 min
Do you ever have nights when you can't sleep because you're worried or anxious? What do you do during those moments? Here David's Psalm gives us some helpful practical advice about what to do. Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Subscribe to receive these thoughts, and more, every week. Lots more available on the website - https://understandthebible.uk Facebook: https://facebook.com/bible.understand Twitter: https://twitter.com/UnderstandTheB1 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/u...
Sep 24, 2020•12 min
How do we make sense of the world when it seems so confusing? Why do bad things happen to good people, and good things happen to bad people? How do make sense of the chaos that seems to happen to all of us? Read the passage online: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=eccl+3&version=NIVUK See more, including a free course to learn the Christian faith, and lots more Christian resources, at https://understandthebible.uk Facebook - https://facebook.com/bible.understand Twitter - https:/...
Sep 23, 2020•17 min
Do you ever feel like your troubles are overwhelming? Do you ever wonder how you're going to cope? Learn from King David in this Psalm how we can deal with these times. Lots more available on the website, including a free programme to learn the Christian faith - https://understandthebible.uk Social Media: Facebook - Twitter Get full access to Understand the Bible at utbible.substack.com/subscribe...
Sep 17, 2020•11 min
Where do you look for satisfaction - family and friends? work? projects? money? In this sermon we think about what really satisfies. Read the passage online: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=eccl+1%3A12-2%3A26&version=NIVUK See more, including a free course to learn the Christian faith, and lots more Christian resources, at https://understandthebible.uk Facebook - https://facebook.com/bible.understand Twitter - https://twitter.com/UnderstandTheB1 Get full access to Understand the...
Sep 16, 2020•14 min
A special one-off edition. Some guidance from the Bible about how to break free from pornography. Porn is a huge problem and many people struggle to break free from it. I can understand that from my own experience. But there is help available. The Fight the New Drug website is excellent with lots of helpful information: https://fightthenewdrug.org/ Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. See lots more at https://understandthebible.uk Facebook - https://facebook.com/bible.unde...
Sep 15, 2020•15 min
Psalm 2 is all about who God's true King is. Despite all appearances to the contrary, God is still in control. Lots more available on the website - https://understandthebible.uk Get full access to Understand the Bible at utbible.substack.com/subscribe
Sep 10, 2020•10 min
We live in a society that doesn't want to talk about death. And yet, death should actually be our teacher. This is what the book of Ecclesiastes is all about. See more, including a free course to learn the Christian faith, and lots more Christian resources, at https://understandthebible.uk Get full access to Understand the Bible at utbible.substack.com/subscribe...
Sep 09, 2020•14 min
This is the first of a new series of weekly reflections. We'll be working our way through the Psalms, in order - so of course, we started with Psalm 1 today. Psalm 1 is a 'black and white' contrast - the difference between the righteous and the wicked. But what exactly makes the difference between them? It's a great Psalm to kick off with today. Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online: https://understandthebible.uk Facebook: https://facebook.com/bible.understand Twitter: https...
Sep 04, 2020•10 min
I think the lockdown has revealed the truth about us as a nation in ways which might not have happened otherwise. Psalm 2 is the message that we as a church and we as a nation need to hear at the moment. Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Sign up for the free online programme. See more at https://understandthebible.uk Facebook - https://facebook.com/bible.understand Twitter - https://twitter.com/UnderstandTheB1 Get full access to Understand the Bible at utbible.substack....
Sep 03, 2020•13 min
What's the difference between Christianity and other religions? At the end of the day it comes down to grace. This is an absolutely fundamental thing to grasp about Christianity, and Titus 3 is all about grace. See more at https://understandthebible.uk Facebook - https://facebook.com/bible.understand Twitter - https://twitter.com/UnderstandTheB1 Get full access to Understand the Bible at utbible.substack.com/subscribe...
Jul 30, 2020•21 min
Are sermons there for entertainment? Knowledge transfer? Moral instruction? Here we learn from Paul's testimony about what Biblical teaching should be. A sermon on Titus chapter 2. Apologies from the little interruption in the middle from my 3-year-old daughter. I finished the sermon with the Valley of Vision prayer "Living for Jesus" but was interrupted so I didn't include it in this video - but you can find it here and pray for yourself: https://banneroftruth.org/us/devotional/living-for-jesus...
Jul 22, 2020•16 min
In last week's sermon we looked at the positive requirements on a pastor to be people of integrity and to teach sound doctrine. In this sermon we turn instead to how pastors are supposed to defend the faith from those who would oppose it. See more at https://understandthebible.uk Facebook - https://facebook.com/bible.understand Twitter - https://twitter.com/UnderstandTheB1 Get full access to Understand the Bible at utbible.substack.com/subscribe...
Jul 15, 2020•19 min
Integrity is a quality which seems to be increasingly absent from many leaders in society today. But God calls every Christian, especially leaders, to a life of integrity. See more videos and the teaching programme at https://understandthebible.uk Get full access to Understand the Bible at utbible.substack.com/subscribe
Jul 09, 2020•17 min
Part of a series called "Encouraging Prayer" - focussing on an area of prayer that we don't often think about: praying for spiritual growth, especially for others. See https://understandthebible.uk for more Facebook: https://facebook.com/bible.understand Twitter: https://twitter.com/UnderstandTheB1 Get full access to Understand the Bible at utbible.substack.com/subscribe...
Jul 06, 2020•24 min
What is the purpose of the clergy? Social workers in collars? Entertainment? Providing food for thought? Titus was written to a pastor, and it helps the whole church to understand their purpose and importance. See more at https://understandthebible.uk Get full access to Understand the Bible at utbible.substack.com/subscribe
Jun 25, 2020•18 min
