The Light of the World (7)
The God who Weeps
John 11:28-44
Introduction
If you have children, you will know that when they are small they are experts at asking very difficult questions. One of the most difficult questions they can ask you is, “Daddy, what is God like?” It’s an excellent question but it’s also a very difficult question. How do you begin to tell a small child what God is like in language they can understand?
The Light of the World (6)
Faith in the Dark
John 11:1-27
Introduction
From time to time, people ask me what The City Partnership is all about. When they do, they are not asking me for the basic information about when we meet and how long the meetings last. They want to know why we exist, what motivates us, what are we trying to achieve.
Introduction
The question I want to address this lunchtime is “Why do so many people today reject Jesus?”
You may say, “That’s a strange question, because my church is full every Sunday!”
But that reply assumes that the people in church on Sunday morning haven’t rejected Jesus! I am not sure that is a safe assumption.
The Light of the World (4)
The Good Shepherd
John 10:1-21
Introduction
In this passage we find one of the most famous sayings of Jesus, “I am the good shepherd”. He says it twice, once in verse 11 and then again in verse 14, so it must be important. But what does Jesus really mean? What does he want us to understand from these words?
The Light of the World (3)
Why Jesus came
John 9:24-41
Introduction
The Light of the World (2)
John 9:13-25
A Straightforward Witness
Introduction
In this series we are thinking about what Jesus meant when he said, “I am the light of the world”. It’s a very bold claim that Jesus makes twice in John’s Gospel and practically everyone has heard these words before. But what did Jesus actually mean?
The Light of the World (1)
Sight for the Blind
John 9:1-12
The God who answers Prayer (5)
The Most Urgent Prayer of All
1 Kings 22:51-2 Kings 1:18
Introduction
Today is the last study in our current series on prayer, where we have been sitting at the feet of perhaps the greatest of the OT prophets, Elijah, and learning some of the basics. So far we have learned about why we should pray, how to pray and even discovered why some prayers are never answered.
The Prayer of a Broken Servant
Introduction
In this series we have been exploring the theme of prayer. We have seen that what makes the God of the Bible different from the gods of human imagination is that He answers the prayers of His people. And we’ve been looking at some very dramatic examples of this in the life of Elijah.
The God who answers Prayer (3)
When Heaven Hears
1 Kings 18:30-46
Introduction
We are devoting five weeks to learning about prayer. But we are doing something rather unusual. Instead of studying one of the amazing prayers in the New Testament, we are in the OT and Elijah is our teacher.
