Evangelism has become a big talking point in the church - there are many books, courses, even conferences about it. And yet I believe the church has made it far too complicated! In this passage we see what Jesus' mission was all about, and what it should be like for us too. ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching t...
Nov 29, 2024•30 min
In this passage we see two contrasting pictures - of faith, and of unbelief. What is it that causes people to reject Jesus, and what should it be like for us instead? ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: ...
Nov 22, 2024•24 min
What does faith have to do with healing, and - more generally - how we live our lives? In this passage we see two examples of people who demonstrated their faith in Jesus. What lessons can we learn for today? ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free co...
Nov 15, 2024•25 min
It can be very easy in the Christian life to get stuck in a rut - to turn up to church and do the same things that we always do, but just 'go through the motions'. In this passage Jesus explains that we need to do things differently with him. ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more o...
Nov 08, 2024•24 min
In this passage, we see that Jesus doesn't want people who think they are already good enough. He wants people who are humble enough to recognise they need him. ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: ...
Nov 01, 2024•27 min
Discipleship is all about the identity of Jesus - not in an intellectual sense, but a personal one: what does Jesus mean to you? In this passage we see the kind of faith that God wants us to have. ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: ...
Oct 25, 2024•24 min
In this passage, the disciples receive a lesson in what it means to follow Jesus. Following him may be hard, but we need to choose the path of faith over fear. ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: https:...
Oct 11, 2024•26 min
Many churches want to make things as easy as possible for non-Christians to come into the church. But this was not Jesus' strategy. Are we prepared to count the cost for ourselves, and to have a church which is honest about the cost? ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, in...
Oct 04, 2024•24 min
What is the relationship between healing of the body and soul? And what does that have to do with salvation? This passage from Matthew 8 helps us to explore how Jesus offers total healing and what that means for us. ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses...
Sep 27, 2024•27 min
Faith is one of the most important things in the Bible. Yet, a lot of Christians today are scared of talking about it for fear of being seen as irrational or foolish. So what does faith look like, and what difference does it make in our lives today? This passage helps us to understand. ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Chr...
Sep 20, 2024•26 min
When we're going through difficult times, it's easy to feel that God is cold and distant. But that couldn't be further from the truth. In this passage we see Jesus' love and compassion in action, and what that means for how we relate to him. ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, ...
Sep 13, 2024•28 min
The Ten Commandments are probably one of the most famous parts of the Bible. But are they still relevant for us today? And what does it mean for us as Christians to obey them? In this sermon we look at how the laws were designed to give us freedom. ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the webs...
Sep 06, 2024•29 min
The church in the Western world have not seen many people converted. Many Christians are feeling discouraged and have perhaps even forgotten what conversion is all about. In this passage we look at the conversion of Jethro to see what God has to say to us today. ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more...
Aug 09, 2024•28 min
A popular Christian song speaks of Jesus "fighting our battles." We'd like that to be true - but is it? In this passage, God was teaching the Israelites something important about what it means to fight for him. We need to learn the same lessons. ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, in...
Aug 02, 2024•27 min
While the Israelites were travelling through the wilderness / desert, God miraculously provided for them. He gave them bread ("manna") from heaven every day. What does this have to teach Christians about how God provides for us? ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free course...
Jul 19, 2024•30 min
There used to be an expression "These things are sent to try us". But people rarely use it these days - it seems that people don't think about God testing us at all. But it is clear from the Bible that God does test us. What does it mean, and what does God want from us? ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots mo...
Jul 12, 2024•27 min
"Did you hear the one about the army that didn't fight?" It sounds like a joke, but it is actually a good description of this passage. In the first battle the Israelites faced together, God was teaching them something very important about what it meant to be the people of God. We as the church need to learn the same lessons. ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand th...
Jun 28, 2024•27 min
People often say that you can be a Christian without going to church. This passage helps explode that particular myth - being a Christian is not a solitary endeavour. You can no more be a Christian on your own than you can play a game of football on your own. ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the websi...
Jun 21, 2024•37 min
The Passover is one of the most significant moments of the Old Testament - and it teaches us about Christ. Today we are thinking about what it teaches us about faith, how we are to have faith in Christ as our saviour. ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: ...
Jun 14, 2024•35 min
The Biblical scholar observed that evil is like a boomerang: the evil that we do comes back to us. God often seems to work like that - we reap a fitting consequence for the evil we have done. In this passage we see what that meant for Pharoah, and how we need to humble ourselves before God or choose to BE humbled. ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teachin...
Jun 07, 2024•34 min
One of the biggest and most common questions in the Christian life is "Why?" Why did this happen to me or us; or why does someone not listen to God? The Bible often doesn't answer the 'why' question specifically, but in this passage we have a rare glimpse into the reason why God acted as he did with Pharaoh. ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Ch...
May 24, 2024•31 min
Are there any consequences of ignoring God? If you look round at the world, you might think there aren't - people seem to ignore God with impunity. However, we need to heed the warning of Exodus and guard against the attitude of disbelief and hard-heartedness. ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, inc...
May 17, 2024•30 min
Have you ever looked at the opposition Christians are facing in the world - or maybe even your own life - and thought "what chance do I have?" In this passage, we see how Moses and Aaron were facing impossible odds, and yet they trusted in God and obeyed him. ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, includ...
May 10, 2024•30 min
Have you ever got to the critical moment of a film or a TV show, only to find it interrupted by an ad-break? You might think this passage in Exodus is similar - it seems to interrupt the action. What's the point of genealogies? And why is there a genealogy here? ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, inclu...
May 03, 2024•29 min
Discouragement and impatience are probably two of the hardest things to deal with in life. How do we cope as Christians when things don’t go our way, when reality collides with our expectations? This passage helps us to understand. ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: ...
Apr 26, 2024•29 min
Have you ever tried to obey God, and then encountered opposition? You might think that obeying God would lead to no opposition, but that is rarely the case. This passage is an encouragement for us, because it helps us to understand why there is opposition - and why we don't have to worry about it. ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online....
Apr 19, 2024•32 min
In this passage we see how God's plans are put into action. God's plans advance in ways we cannot see, and cannot be stopped by circumstances or disobedience. ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: https://understandthebible.uk 💻 LINKS • Yo...
Apr 12, 2024•29 min
In the second part of Moses' call, he asks God what to do if the Israelites don't believe him and listen to him. God's reply helps us to understand what it means to be a genuine servant of God, and how to recognise them. ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: https://...
Apr 05, 2024•29 min
After reading the first two chapters of Exodus, you might be wondering where has God been? Not absent, but taking a back seat. In Exodus 3, we see the moment when God steps in - and it changes everything. ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: https://understandthebible....
Mar 29, 2024•29 min
In this passage we see God's timing in action: it was frustrating for Moses, but God's timing was perfect. How does this help us to live by faith? ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: https://understandthebible.uk 💻 LINKS • YouTube - ...
Mar 22, 2024•29 min
