People often take the phrase 'do not judge' to mean that we shouldn't ever criticise anyone else. But that's not what Jesus intended us to understand. Instead, this is about how we relate to others and deal with sin - especially within the church. ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 📘GET THE BOOK Confused by Grace - Find out more: https://understandthebible.uk/confused-by-grace/ 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. L...
Jul 14, 2023•30 min
In this, one of Jesus' most famous teachings, he says that we should not worry. But what does that mean? How do we put this into practise in our lives? How do we trust God instead of worrying? ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 📘GET THE BOOK Confused by Grace - Find out more: https://understandthebible.uk/confused-by-grace/ 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: https:...
Jul 07, 2023•28 min
Jesus turns from authentic religion to how we should live in the rest of our lives. In this passage Jesus says that we should store up treasure in heaven, rather than treasure on earth. But what does that mean? ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 📘GET THE BOOK Confused by Grace - Find out more: https://understandthebible.uk/confused-by-grace/ 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including fr...
Jun 30, 2023•30 min
In the third and final example of authentic religion, Jesus talks about fasting. In this sermon we think about what fasting is and whether it should be a regular part of our lives as Christians. We also think about what, in summary, Jesus wants us to learn about authentic religion. ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 📘GET THE BOOK Confused by Grace - Find out more: https://understandthebible.uk/confused-by-grace/ 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - tea...
Jun 23, 2023•29 min
Last week we started thinking about how Jesus wants us to be authentic in our religion - not like the hypocrites. This week, he talks about prayer. What does it mean to pray authentically, not like the hypocrites? ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 📘GET THE BOOK Confused by Grace - Find out more: https://understandthebible.uk/confused-by-grace/ 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including...
Jun 16, 2023•30 min
In this chapter, Jesus turns to how we live out our devotion to God. We should live authentically as Christians who want to honour God, rather than as the hypocrites who only want praise from other people. ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 📘GET THE BOOK Confused by Grace - Find out more: https://understandthebible.uk/confused-by-grace/ 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free co...
Jun 09, 2023•54 min
This is Jesus' final set of examples and conclusion of his teaching about the law in the Sermon on the Mount. He talks about oaths, revenge, and how we should love even our enemies. This teaching really summarises what Jesus wants to say about the law. ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 📘GET THE BOOK Confused by Grace - Find out more: https://understandthebible.uk/confused-by-grace/ 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith onli...
Jun 02, 2023•58 min
How do we obey God in a world where sexual sin is not only tolerated but also in some circles actively promoted? How can we shine as lights in a world where Jesus seems to set the standard so high? ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 📘GET THE BOOK Confused by Grace - Find out more: https://understandthebible.uk/confused-by-grace/ 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: h...
May 19, 2023•28 min
In this passage, Jesus says that he came to fulfil the law. What does that mean? Fortunately Jesus gives some examples, and the first one is murder. Is anger just as bad as murder - and how can we obey? ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 📘GET THE BOOK Confused by Grace - Find out more: https://understandthebible.uk/confused-by-grace/ 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free cours...
May 12, 2023•27 min
A lot of young people today aspire to be an 'influencer'. Jesus says that the real kind of influencer we need to be is for him. In this sermon we look at the difference Jesus says that we should make as salt and light in the world. ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 📘GET THE BOOK Confused by Grace - Find out more: https://understandthebible.uk/confused-by-grace/ 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the ...
May 05, 2023•27 min
What is the Christian life all about? What Jesus has to say in the Beatitudes may surprise you! ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 📘GET THE BOOK Confused by Grace - Find out more: https://understandthebible.uk/confused-by-grace/ 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: https://understandthebible.uk 💻 LINKS • YouTube - https://youtube.com/UnderstandTheBible • Facebook - ...
Apr 28, 2023•27 min
In this sermon we see how the risen Christ transforms what his disciples do. What can we learn about the way that we live our lives? 📘GET THE BOOK Confused by Grace - Find out more: https://understandthebible.uk/confused-by-grace/ 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: https://understandthebible.uk 💻 LINKS • YouTube - https://youtube.com/UnderstandTheBible • Facebook - https://facebook.com/bible.understand • Twi...
Apr 21, 2023•25 min
In this passage we see how Abram is victorious against overwhelming odds, and has the blessing of a mysterious priest-king called Melchizedek... 📘GET THE BOOK Confused by Grace - Find out more: https://understandthebible.uk/confused-by-grace/ 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: https://understandthebible.uk 💻 LINKS • YouTube - https://youtube.com/UnderstandTheBible • Facebook - https://facebook.com/bible.unde...
Apr 05, 2023•25 min
As we saw in the last episode, Abraham is rightly seen as a pillar of faith and an example for us. And yet, even Abraham had moments of weakness, such as this passage today. Yet somehow, his weakness didn't derail God's promises... 📘GET THE BOOK Confused by Grace - Find out more: https://understandthebible.uk/confused-by-grace/ 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: https://understandthebible.uk 💻 LINKS • YouTub...
Mar 29, 2023•20 min
Abraham is - rightly - seen as a giant of faith. In this passage from Genesis, we look at Abraham's faith and what it teaches us about trusting in God today. 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: https://understandthebible.uk 💻 LINKS • YouTube - https://youtube.com/UnderstandTheBible • Facebook - https://facebook.com/bible.understand • Twitter - https://twitter.com/UnderstandTheB1 • Instagram - https://instagram...
Mar 22, 2023•22 min
In this sermon we look at the famous story of the Tower of Babel. It helps us to understand what's going on in the world more generally when sinful people get together. 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: https://understandthebible.uk 💻 LINKS • YouTube - https://youtube.com/UnderstandTheBible • Facebook - https://facebook.com/bible.understand • Twitter - https://twitter.com/UnderstandTheB1 • Instagram - https:...
Mar 15, 2023•20 min
In this passage from Genesis there are echoes of the beginning from Genesis 1 - and yet things are not the same. What does this have to teach us about the way that we should live in a post-fall, post-flood world? 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: https://understandthebible.uk 💻 LINKS • YouTube - https://youtube.com/UnderstandTheBible • Facebook - https://facebook.com/bible.understand • Twitter - https://twit...
Mar 08, 2023•21 min
Noah and the Flood is one of the most popular and enduring Bible stories for children. But if we see it just as a children's story, we will miss the fact that it is the most profound picture in the Bible of judgement and salvation through Jesus Christ. 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: https://understandthebible.uk 💻 LINKS • YouTube - https://youtube.com/UnderstandTheBible • Facebook - https://facebook.com/b...
Feb 22, 2023•23 min
In this sermon, we look at one of the most puzzling passages in Genesis. Who were the 'Sons of God' and the Nephilim? What was wrong about it all? And what does it have to say to us today? 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: https://understandthebible.uk 💻 LINKS • YouTube - https://youtube.com/UnderstandTheBible • Facebook - https://facebook.com/bible.understand • Twitter - https://twitter.com/UnderstandTheB1 ...
Feb 15, 2023•23 min
Last time we looked at the very first sin. In this sermon we look at how sin began to spread, as mankind began to turn away from the Lord. 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: https://understandthebible.uk 💻 LINKS • YouTube - https://youtube.com/UnderstandTheBible • Facebook - https://facebook.com/bible.understand • Twitter - https://twitter.com/UnderstandTheB1 • Instagram - https://instagram.com/bible.understa...
Feb 08, 2023•21 min
In this sermon today we are looking at Genesis 3 - where everything went wrong. Genesis 3 helps us to understand what sin is and its effect upon us and the world. It explains why we know the world is not as it should be. 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: https://understandthebible.uk 💻 LINKS • YouTube - https://youtube.com/UnderstandTheBible • Facebook - https://facebook.com/bible.understand • Twitter - http...
Jan 25, 2023•23 min
Last week we saw how mankind was the crown of creation. In Genesis 2 we see in more detail how God wants to live out our vocation as human beings. 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: https://understandthebible.uk 💻 LINKS • YouTube - https://youtube.com/UnderstandTheBible • Facebook - https://facebook.com/bible.understand • Twitter - https://twitter.com/UnderstandTheB1 • Instagram - https://instagram.com/bible....
Jan 18, 2023•22 min
In this sermon we start a new series on the book of Genesis. The ancient and modern world had a lot view of creation and humankind for different reasons - but the Bible shows us that creation is the glory of God, and human beings are the crown. 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: https://understandthebible.uk 💻 LINKS • YouTube - https://youtube.com/UnderstandTheBible • Facebook - https://facebook.com/bible.und...
Jan 11, 2023•24 min
We live in between the first and second coming of Christ. What does that mean for how we live - how should we be preparing for Christ's second coming? 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: https://understandthebible.uk 💻 LINKS • YouTube - https://youtube.com/UnderstandTheBible • Facebook - https://facebook.com/bible.understand • Twitter - https://twitter.com/UnderstandTheB1 • Instagram - https://instagram.com/bi...
Dec 14, 2022•21 min
The third part of our Advent series on 'The Day of the Lord', looking at a picture of the end - the day of Christ. What will that be like, and are we ready for it? 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: https://understandthebible.uk 💻 LINKS • YouTube - https://youtube.com/UnderstandTheBible • Facebook - https://facebook.com/bible.understand • Twitter - https://twitter.com/UnderstandTheB1 • Instagram - https://ins...
Nov 30, 2022•22 min
The second part of our Advent series on 'The Day of the Lord'. When God draws near, it reveals who or what we are really trusting in. 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: https://understandthebible.uk 💻 LINKS • YouTube - https://youtube.com/UnderstandTheBible • Facebook - https://facebook.com/bible.understand • Twitter - https://twitter.com/UnderstandTheB1 • Instagram - https://instagram.com/bible.understand 💵...
Nov 23, 2022•22 min
This sermon is the first part of an Advent series looking at the "Day of the Lord" in the Bible. In this first part, from Amos, we think about why people want to come to church at Christmas and what Amos says about what's really important. 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: https://understandthebible.uk 💻 LINKS • YouTube - https://youtube.com/UnderstandTheBible • Facebook - https://facebook.com/bible.understa...
Nov 16, 2022•21 min
In Micah's final chapter we see how God fulfills his promises to bring about the light of righteousness through the darkness of judgement. Ultimately all God's promises are fulfilled in Jesus. 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: https://understandthebible.uk 💻 LINKS • YouTube - https://youtube.com/UnderstandTheBible • Facebook - https://facebook.com/bible.understand • Twitter - https://twitter.com/UnderstandTh...
Nov 09, 2022•21 min
What does God want from us? In this passage from Micah we see that God does not want big religious gestures but a changed heart and life. 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: https://understandthebible.uk 💻 LINKS • YouTube - https://youtube.com/UnderstandTheBible • Facebook - https://facebook.com/bible.understand • Twitter - https://twitter.com/UnderstandTheB1 • Instagram - https://instagram.com/bible.understan...
Oct 26, 2022•23 min
Salvation in the world's eyes often involves weapons and violence. But God's vision for salvation is very different - as Hezekiah discovered. 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: https://understandthebible.uk 💻 LINKS • YouTube - https://youtube.com/UnderstandTheBible • Facebook - https://facebook.com/bible.understand • Twitter - https://twitter.com/UnderstandTheB1 • Instagram - https://instagram.com/bible.under...
Oct 19, 2022•22 min
