It turns out the answer to that question may be – quite a lot. A study recently found that one of the top factors contributing to adult faith is the number and breadth of relationships made as a child or teenager with other Christians in church. This means that, though you may not be on the youth or Junior church team, may not have kids…
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.
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 in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect” 1 Peter 3:15 Here’s a great new work that some Christians who work in the centre of Bristol have started up – Bristol City…
This Saturday (17 March, 0930 – 1630 @ The Red Maids’ School) a group of us will be taking a journey through the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, exploring the story of the King of Kings. If you want to join us it’s not too late – just let Kellie know (admin@emmanuelbristol.org.uk). It’s going to be a great day. To get you…
Sunday’s passage from 1 Peter (4:1-11) called us to reflect the reality that as Christians we are, in Christ, ‘done with sin’ (v.1). My reaction? But fighting sin is tiring! I don’t have the energy to keep going battling my ‘evil human desires’ (v.2). To make war… Look at what arrived to help me today. A blog post from Ed Welch entitled Fighting Sin Is Tiring. ‘God…
“Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain from sinful desires, which war against your soul.” 1 Peter 2:11“Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because he who has suffered in his body is done with sin. As a result, he does not live the rest of his earthly life…
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Could you get together a few Brothers or Sisters to have a go at the Community Bible Experience? This is a great idea, if it gets you excited, take the lead – get others excited about it too, get them together, and get on and do it! Find out more and how to get hold of the book (£3.50 each) here
Two phrases from the passage we looked at from 1 Peter (3:1-12) last Sunday (26th February) have perhaps been troubling you ever since. And, I don’t mean, ‘Wives, in the same way be submissive to your husbands…’ (v.1) or ‘Husbands, in the same ways be considerate as you live with your wives…’ (v.7). Why not?! Well because we’ve been taught those things before,…
Here’s John Piper answering a question that we didn’t have time to answer last night following Ed’s sermon on 1 Peter 3:1-12:
On Saturday 17th March, Mike will be leading us on a journey through the whole Bible from Genesis to Revelation. If you’ve never looked at the whole storyline of the bible in one ‘gulp’ like this, I can’t recommend highly enough coming along to this day. You’ll be blown away by the unity and scale of God’s plan for his world, by the wisdom that…