Emmanuel City Centre: Key verse to learn: “Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” 1 Corinthians 15:55 (NIV) Key question to ask: How does Christianity mock death? Extraordinary thing to say: “I have nothing to fear from death” Tuesday: Read 1 Corinthians 15:12-34. Jesus is just the firstfruits, first example, of a worldwide harvest of God’s people…
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Emmanuel Bristol is a family of churches working together to make more disciples, who will plant more churches, to show more people that Jesus is Lord.
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…but Sunday’s a coming!
Sometimes our words fail us. Sometimes art can communicate a message in such a powerful way that we feel our words wouldn’t ever be able to articulate. As we approach Easter, here is a website called The Art of Lent (this is today’s excerpt on the theme of No Greater Love). 40 days worth of art…
‘There is no tribunal so magnificent, no throne so stately, no show of triumph so distinguished, no chariot so elevated as is the gibbet on which Christ has subdued death and the devil and trodden them under his feet.’ John Calvin in Michael Green, I Believe in Satan’s Downfall, p.94.
We all experience doubt and sometimes wonder, can we really trust God? Here’s a great article by Ailsa Childers who describes her journey from being overwhelmed by doubt to a fresh resolve in Christ. The video segment can be viewed below.
‘Thinking our work will glorify God when people do not know we are Christians is like admiring an effective ad on TV that never mentions the product. People may be impressed but won’t know what to buy.’ John Piper in Julian Hardyman, Maximum Life, p.78.
Saturday morning’s mental health morning was an overwhelming reminder of how many of us this is a live issue for, both our own personal experiences and/or walking alongside others. If an aim of the morning was ‘this is something we can talk about here’, the first impression for many of us, even before that, was…
O GOD OF GRACE, Thou hast imputed my sin to my substitute, and hast imputed his righteousness to my soul, clothing me with a bridegroom’s robe, decking me with jewels of holiness. But in my Christian walk I am still in rags; my best prayers are stained with sin; my penitential tears are so much…
‘Real friends not only agree but disagree; real friends not only applaud each other’s strengths but challenge each other’s weaknesses; real friends not only enjoy life together but struggle through life together; real friends not only praise one another but apologise to and forgive one another; real friends not only rally around their points of…