Forgiven & Free
Through this series we’ll be working our way through the Biblical letter of Romans. We’ll explore themes of forgiveness, freedom, hope and grace. Join us on Sundays to follow along.
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July 30th 2023
Hallmarks of a Healthy Church (City Centre, Mile Cross)
Watch again as Toby Skipper outlines the hallmarks of a healthy church:
An honouring culture
A loving family culture
A diverse culture
A connected culture
A sacrificial giving culture
A discerning culture
A christ centred culture
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Romans 16 (City West)
Listen again as Steve Hope brings our series "Forgiven & Free" to a close with encouragement from Rom 16
July 23rd 2023
Unity within the Church (City West)
Listen again as Paul Hatton discusses unity within the church from Acts 14
July 2nd 2023
Grace Overflowing (City Centre, Mile Cross)
A community shaped by Grace. Watch again as Goff Hope unpacks how we can make an impact on a needy world through the application of Grace in our own lives from Romans 14 and 15.
June 25th 2023
Gifts of Grace
(City Centre, Mile Cross)
Watch again as Dan Wroe encourages us from Romans that we all have God given gifts to contribute to the building up and concouragement of the church.
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Romans 12
(City West)
Listen again as Steve Hope shows from Romans 12, how we move from theory to application in how we view ourselves and how we serve one another through the gifts God has given each one.
June 18th 2023
Grace Overflowing
(City Centre, Mile Cross)
Watch again as Goff Hope unpacks Romans 9
June 11th 2023
A celebration of grace
(City Centre, Mile Cross)
Watch again as Toby Skipper unpacks Romans 8.
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A celebration of grace (City West)
Listen again as Stuart Jones unpacks Romans 8.
June 4th 2023
The Glorious Purpose of the Law
(City Centre, Mile Cross)
Watch again as Marcus Tutt helps us to see from Romans 7 and 8 how Paul says that God’s law has some seemingly negative side-effects. This might raise questions in Jewish Christain’s minds. In answering them he helps us understand the purpose of the law.
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Jesus, our Great Deliverer (City West)
Listen again as Paul Hatton explores in Romans 7 the purpose of the law and our inability to meet God’s standard. Romans 8 then unpacks what life ‘in Christ’ looks like - resting in the one who fulfilled the law.
May 28th 2023
The wonderful Gospel
(City Centre, Mile Cross)
Watch again as Stef Liston unpacks the wonderful Gospel in Romans 6 for us, emphasising how the Gospel is received and how foolish it is to try to achieve it through works.
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Nothing Left Untouched (City West)
Listen again as Steve Hope unpacks Romans 6, showing how there is no part of our lives that are left untouched by the Gospel.
Shall we continue in sin so that Grace may abound? In no way!
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May 21st 2023
Something Strange about Suffering
(City Centre, Mile Cross)
Watch again as Marcus Tutt unfolds from Romans 5 how endurance character and hope are intertwined, and that Jesus is worth it!
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Abundant Life (City West)
Listen again as Paul Hatton unpacks from Romans how from Chapter 5: Adam = Death VS Christ = Life; from Chapter 6 and into 7: Slavery to sin = Death VS Slavery to Righteousness = life; and from Chapter 7 and 8: Flesh = Death VS The Spirit = Life
May 7th 2023
The blessing of believing
(City Centre, Mile Cross)
Watch again as Marcus Tutt shows how Abraham believed God, and God credited it to him as righteousness from Romans 4.
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The faith of Abraham
(City West)
Listen again as Jamie Lotinga unpacks from Romans 4, how trust is at the basis of the faith that led to God to "credit it to him as righteousness".
April 30th 2023
Levelling the playing field
(City Centre, Mile Cross)
Watch again as Toby Skipper shows, in our series on Romans, how the Gospel removes any objections we have and "levels the playing field"
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Breaking down every dividing wall
(City West)
Listen again as Paul Hatton shows in our series in the Book of Romans, how the gospel breaks down every dividing wall between us.
April 23rd 2023
Gospel Breakthrough!
(City Centre, Mile Cross)
Watch again as Goff Hope outlines the Person, Power and Provision of the Gospel from Romans 1.
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Not Ashamed of the Gospel!
(City West)
Listen again as Steve Hope unpacks Paul's bold statement "I am not ashamed of the Gospel" from Romans 1.