The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? - Jeremiah 17:9 In the bible, the heart represents our thoughts, understanding, will, intellect and moral character. It controls our actions, intentions and plans. Pastor John Baptiste looks at the heart. A heart from the Lord gives us a heart for the Lord. How is your heart? Have you given it to Jesus? #jeremiah17 https://www.p-c-f.co.uk/
The Heart of the Matter
We all celebrate Christmas and Easter, with the Cross and the Resurrection. We also go big on Pentecost, but we often overlook the Ascension of Jesus. Ralph Gill looks at the Ascension at why it's central to our faith. #luke24 :44-53 #acts1 :1-10 #Isaiah52 :13-15 #daniel7 :13-14 #psalm110 #ephesians4 :11-16 #1peter2 :4-5 #matthew11 :11
What's Up with the Ascension?
Pastor John Baptiste looks at coming to the Lord empty handed. The bible is full of stories of people carrying things when they meet God that they then need to leave with the Lord. None of us come to the Father empty handed. We all come to him carrying something that Jesus wants to take from us, he wants to replace, to restore or use for his glory through his healing, his truth and his peace. Are you empty handed? What are you carrying that you need to leave or give to Jesus? #john4 :1-29 #TheSamaritanWoman #john6 :1-15 #feeding5000 #matthew26 :6-15 #JesusAnointedatBethany https://www.p-c-f.co.uk/
Being Empty Handed
Pastor John Baptiste with the fourth instalment of his series on The Gospel is Good News for Everyone; which looks at how we should relate to the LGBTQ+ community. This time he turns to the New Testament to see what Paul is really saying when he refers to homosexuality. Does he really single out homosexuality? #Romans1:16-32 #1Corinthians6:9-10 https://www.p-c-f.co.uk/
Good News For Everyone Part 4
When Jesus went to the Cross, it was women who showed up for him. The only disciple there was John. Peter, the disciple on whom Jesus was going to build his church was nowhere to be seen. Judas Iscariot had sold Jesus out. Paul tells us that we were chosen in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight (Eph 1:4). How does that relate to his disciples, including Judas? Ralph Gill looks at the character of Peter and Judas. What did it mean for Peter to deny Jesus? Was Judas responsible for Jesus going to the Cross? #matthew16 #isaiah53 #john19 #luke22 #matthew10 # #john13 #matthew27 #john21
Peter and Judas Iscariot
The Gospel of Jesus Christ is Good News for Everyone – Or it’s not Good News at All. In part three of his four-part series on human sexuality and gender identity, Pastor John Baptiste continues to look at the issue of how the church of today should interact with those who identify as LBGTQ+. Leviticus 18 is one of the so-called clobber passages. What do we do with the fact that the majority of the sexual prohibitions are aimed at heterosexuals? #Leviticus18 #sexualorientation #genderidentity #genderinclusivity
Good News For Everyone Part 3
The Gospel of Jesus Christ is Good News for Everyone – Or it’s not Good News at All. In part two of his four-part series on human sexuality and gender identity, Pastor John Baptiste continues to look at the issue of how the church of today should interact with those who identify as LBGTQ+. Whether we agree with their lifestyles or not, a group of people are trying to live their lives whilst encountering hate, bigotry and exclusion because it does not conform to historical norms. How do we navigate what the bible clearly teaches and offer this truth in a loving and compassionate way? #genesis19 #sexualorientation #genderidentity #genderinclusivity
Good News For Everyone Part 2
The Gospel of Jesus is Good News For Everyone, or it's not Good News at all. Over the past 60 years there has been a seismic cultural shift in society's attitudes to sexual orientation, gender identity and same sex marriage. This is an area which is vast, disputed, emotional contested and controversial both within and outside different church denominations. Pastor John Baptiste opens the first in his new mini series looking at the issue of gender identity and human sexuality and how the church of today responds. #Romans1:1-16 #sexualorientation #genderidentity #genderinclusivity https://www.p-c-f.co.uk/
Good News For Everyone
As we remember all that Jesus has done for us it will cause love and praise to well up in our hearts. Joan Kelly looks at the importance of praise and worship in our lives. #Psalm22:3 #arkofthecovenant https://www.p-c-f.co.uk/
When we Praise
Pastor John Baptiste looks at Peter's healing of the lame man at the Beautiful Gate. "In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, get up and walk!” #acts3 https://www.p-c-f.co.uk/
In the Name of Jesus
In his Easter Sunday address, Pastor John Baptiste looks at the Resurrection of Jesus from three angles: - 1. Before the Crucifixion - the reaction of the Jewish Religious Leaders who planned His execution and rejected the resurrection 2. After the Resurrection - looking at the disciples who at first struggled to believe that it actually happened 3. After the Ascension - Saul of Tarsus, who became Paul the Apostle, who persecuted those first Christians who believed in and preached about the resurrection https://www.p-c-f.co.uk/
Three Reasons to Believe in the Resurrection
Stephen Hardy looks at the need to break through the barriers in life to come before Jesus. #mark2 https://www.p-c-f.co.uk/
Breakthrough
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