If you were trying to explain what Christians believe to someone who has no background in church, there are lots of things you could include. You would want to explain that God exists, about sin, about Jesus. But what is most important? Ultimately, you need to explain about who Jesus is and his death and [...]
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When we think of the word ‘sin’, we think of bad things we do – lying, stealing, murder and things like this. But the Biblical view of sin is much bigger than this. In Genesis 3:1-24 we read of the first sin, of people disobeying God. The heart of sin is actually wanting to be [...]
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God, who made everything, made people to be different from the rest of the world. People are made in the image of God (Gen 1:26-27). People are declared to be “very good” while the rest of creation is declared to be “good”. People are special to God, and have a special role to play in [...]
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In Genesis 1:1-3, at the very start of the Bible, we see God created the world out of nothing simply by speaking. God is so powerful and has made everything in a good order. We can appreciate God’s power when we think about the complexity of the world and the human body. On top of [...]
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On Friday February 5 we started our Friday Night ministry with the idea of a ‘worldview’. Everyone sees the world differently with different assumptions, some of which we are aware of an some of which we are not. No-one has a perfectly balanced view of how life really is; it is as if we are [...]
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