ChristChurch London Podcast

How can we build mature, consistent, disciplined lives? How can we learn to be faithful and consistent, even in difficult times? This week, Andy looks at Paul’s instructions to Timothy to be attentive like a soldier, train like an athlete and work like a farmer.

What does the Old Testament say about life after death? What were people expecting to happen to them beyond the grave, and how did their understanding develop across the centuries? Andy Chevalier takes us right through the Old Testament, and up to the coming of Jesus. Download the handouts.

Every day our minds are bombarded by information from countless sources. So many voices shout for our attention and try to shape our lives, and as Paul puts it, we can easily end up seeking voices that simply tell us what we want to hear and ‘scratch our itching ears’. This week, Liam looks at what role the Bible has in helping us make sense of life.

London is a diverse, beautiful, creative, busy, influential place. We love this city and want to play our part in making it a great place to live. We also recognise that there are areas of great need in this city, and we are committed to doing all we can to work for its spiritual, social and cultural renewal. Listen to David Stroud speak at our Love London Sunday 2012.

Many people never achieve the things they could because they are held back by fear. Fear of failure, fear of being looked down on, fear of inadequacy… but it doesn’t have to be like that. This week Andy looks at Paul’s instructions to Timothy to resist fear, continue to develop his gifts, and be bold and courageous.

London is an expensive place to live: sometimes it feels like you get charged just to breathe the air! Cities are also places where a lot of financial decisions are made, and so it is vital that we have a healthy understanding of what the Bible teaches about finances and possessions.

There is much to celebrate about city life, but there are also plenty of challenges. It can be hard to maintain a balanced lifestyle and resist some of the more unhelpful temptations. This week Liam will look at Paul’s instructions to flee from things that would hold us back, and learn to live lives that are healthy: socially, personally and spiritually.

Like most cities, Ephesus was a vibrant place, full of opportunities and challenges, potential and pitfalls. In his first letter, Paul tells Timothy to ‘stay in Ephesus’ (1 Tim 1:3). At the outset of our new series, David looks at the joys and challenges of urban life, and considers what it looks like to commit to the city.

Life is not always easy, and in difficult times it helps us to know that God is powerful enough to get us through. This week, David ends our series by looking at Exodus 17 and God’s promise to be our Protector.

We’ve seen that God is Love, but He is not simply ‘loving’ in a vague or impersonal sense. The Bible describes Him as our Father. In this talk, Liam looks at how we relate to God as Father, and what it means for us to be His children.

Many people imagine that God is distant, disinterested, or downright angry! The truth is far more shocking: God is Love. The Bible portrays Him as someone who not only knows who we are, but loves, cares about and wants the best for us. In the fourth week of our series, Thomas Mesfin looks at what it means for God to be a God of Love.

At the conclusion of our Love is a Verb sermon series, we put some of your questions on relationships to a panel of leaders in ChristChurch London. David, Caroline, Andy and Joy, and Charlie and Laura tackled a range of questions on subjects like singleness, dating, marriage, sex and family life. Here is a selection of the questions from the morning and afternoon sessions.

Christians believe that God didn’t simply create the world and then leave us to it; He is involved in every area of our life, providing for us and sustaining us. In this talk, Tim looks at God’s provision of a sacrifice for Abraham and His promise to be our Provider.

What would it be like to see God? In the Bible when people saw God they regularly describes Him as ‘holy.’ But what does that mean, and how does it affect the way we ought to live? In this, the second week of our series, Matt Ellis looks at the subject of the holiness of God.

“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” When we think of God as creator it is all too easy to get caught up in the details – how? when? and over how long? But what does it mean for us to relate to Him as Creator? Joel Kendall opens our series on the person of God by exploring this question.