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Ali Gledhill | Sunday 22 August, 2010
Reading the Bible on Twitter
Ali Gledhill | Saturday 14 August, 2010
Salvation Belongs to our God
Chris Wright's book is a very readable overview of God's work of salvation, which is the major theme of the Bible and the life of the Christian. It is not all theorizing: Wright addresses issues such as ethics and living as people saved by the blood of the Lamb. Ali Gledhill recommends that you take half and hour a day for a week to read this book, reflecting on the God who saves.
Phill Sacre | Saturday 7 August, 2010
Rev
In case you missed it, ‘Rev’ is a recently-aired comedy about a vicar in a London parish. It received much coverage from the Christian media at the start of the series, as the show promised to examine being a vicar today in a much more realistic, sympathetic light than shows such as The Vicar of Dibley and Father Ted. The show was brimming with promise - but, Phill Sacre asks, would it deliver?
Ali Gledhill | Sunday 1 August, 2010
Talking About Prayer
Richard Bewes' book is packed full of helpful wisdom regarding prayer. He covers the basics, such as who we pray to, and why, as well as more specific examples of prayer in the life of the church and the believer. All the while, he points to what the Bible says about prayer and how we should go about praying.
Ali Gledhill | Sunday 25 July, 2010
The Prodigal God
Tim Keller’s The Prodigal God an unusually good book. I think I could recommend it to almost anyone I know and be sure they would find gold on its pages. Keller essentially takes the parable of the prodigal son from Luke 15 and explains its implications for the world while walking the reader through the story. The parable is Jesus’ most famous, and is arguably the best short story ever told. So a book purely about this parable is risky, but Keller rises admirably to the challenge, producing a book which neither cheapens the parable nor reads more into it than is actually present.
Simon Lucas | Sunday 13 June, 2010
Growing Pains
Series:
Passion for Christ
In the sixth article of our Passion for Christ series we see the apostles delegating out some tasks as the Church grows bigger and bigger. The apostles define their primary task, and we see once again the persecution that the Church was subjected to. A study of Acts 6.
Simon Lucas | Wednesday 9 June, 2010
It’s Not Always Easy
Series:
Passion for Christ
In the fifth article on our series Passion For Christ we witness the apostles facing further persecution but being supported by God throughout all that they do. A study of Acts 5.
Simon Lucas | Sunday 6 June, 2010
The Courage of the Apostles
Series:
Passion for Christ
In the fourth article of our series Passion for Christ, we consider the courageousness of the apostles, especially Peter and John, as they faced opposition from the religious leaders. A study of Acts 4.
God Remembers his Covenant in Jesus
Ali Gledhill | 27 August 2010
Luke 1:68-75
68"Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,
because he has come and has redeemed his people.
69He has raised up a horn of salvation for us
in the house of his servant David
70(as he said through his holy prophets of long ago),
71salvation from our enemies
and from the hand of all who hate us—
72to show mercy to our fathers
and to remember his holy covenant,
73the oath he swore to our father Abraham:
74to rescue us from the hand of our enemies,
and to enable us to serve him without fear
75in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
Our reading today comes from the “Benedictus” in Luke’s gospel. That’s the Latin word of praise – meaning “blessed” – which is the first word of Zechariah’s song in Luke 1. The occasion of Zechariah’s song of praise was his the birth of his son, John the Baptist. But the reason for his jubilation – the reason God was to be praised – was that he had fulfilled his promise to save his people. Praise be to the Lord indeed!
We can learn several things about Jesus from this song. First, we learn that God has come to redeem his people. That’s great news for people like you and me who need saving! We also learn that Jesus has come from the royal line of David, from which the messiah was promised centuries before. And we learn that he has saved us from evil and evildoers.
But we also learn why Jesus has come. First, God has remembered his covenant with Israel out of mercy, and has come to fulfill his promise to save his people. Second, he has saved us so that we can serve him rightly, and without fear.
Zechariah was overjoyed that Jesus had come, and we should be too! Because God remembered his covenant with Abraham, he fulfilled it once and for all in Jesus, allowing us to know God and enabling us to serve him. All this week we have been looking at God remembering his covenants: with the whole earth; with Abraham; with the people of Israel; and with anyone who will trust in him. If you trust in Jesus for the forgiveness of sins, you can join with Zechariah today in praise of Jesus, because he is the fulfillment of God’s promise of salvation for us. And we can respond as Zechariah did – as God intends – in joyous service and holy and right living.
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