What causes rejoicing in heaven? What makes God happy? In Luke 15, Jesus teaches two very different groups of people: the tax collectors/sinners and the Pharisees. He teaches them by telling them stories. The stories help answer those questions and greatly challenge the self-righteous pharisees.
At our Christmas Carol service, we focused on Luke 2:11, the good news of great joy that the Angels proclaim to the shepherds. The newborn baby is the Saviour, is the Christ and is the Lord.
Mary seeks encouragement from Elizabeth. When she receives it, she erupts in praise to God who has exalted her from her humble position. Mary knows all generations will call her blessed. God is a generational God and we hope and pray the planting of Christ Church Fareham will impact many generations with the Gospel of...
The story of Mary & Gabriel is familiar to many, but the Biblical text is full of rich theological truth. In the context of many Biblical birth.
Peter continues speaking on the theme of suffering at the end of 1 Peter 4, calling us to rejoice in suffering, to know the Spirit of glory during suffering and understand how suffering helps us witness to others. Guest speaker, Tim Blaber, unpacks this passage for us.
In verse 5, Jesus is described as angered and grieved. Note, anger and sadness are not sinful emotions.
Peter wants us to live holy lives, even if there’s the threat of suffering for those who do so. He desires that if we do suffer, we suffer for doing good not evil. Peter motivates us to holy living through quoting the Old Testament, pointing to Jesus Christ’s example and teaching about hindered prayers. He...
Jesus Christ, God the Son, showed amazing humility in being born on Earth in human flesh. He showed even greater humility in submitting to the authority of men, even sinful men like Pontius Pilate. In this section of his letter, Peter challenges Christians to show that same submission that Jesus showed, by submitting to every...
How you respond to Christ, the living stone, the cornerstone, matters. If you believe on him for salvation, you receive honour, a new identity, purpose and a holy calling. If you stumble over him, if you reject him, you choose shame.
In 1 Peter 2, Peter continues to call his readers to holy lives and uses a series of Old Testament metaphors to describe Christ and Christians. What does it mean that Jesus is a living stone? How is the Church a spiritual house? How are Christians like priests? Have a listen to find out?
