Month: April 2011

Making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland

Created with Sketch.

The Promise (Part 29) – Acts 10:34-43

Ronnie Evans speaks on Peter’s amazing message of the gospel to the Gentiles.

The Story of the World – Part 6

Years ago, I and some friends joined a new gym that had opened up in the area. I remember the first time we all went together; We spent the afternoon trying to ‘out-lift’ each other with the various weight sets. I did quite well – it turns out that I have the strongest legs of…
Read more

Jesus Is Risen; Live Like It

Ste Evans speaks at Firwood’s 2011 Easter Sunday service, challenging Christians to take hold of the radical consequences of the resurrection of Jesus.

The Story of the World – Part 5

Chapter 13; ‘The Temple’, opens with Mark 11:1-10: “Now when they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples and said to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately as you enter it you will find a colt tied, on…
Read more

The Story of the World – Part 4

As we reach chapter ten of King’s Cross Keller’s pace seems to quicken. As Jesus nears Calvary, the focus on the crucifixion and resurrection begins to intensify. In Chapter Ten, The Mountain, Keller takes us meticulously through the transfiguration that occurs in Mark 9. “When the cloud comes down, not only do the disciples not…
Read more

The Promise (Part 28) – Acts 10:30-36

Ronnie Evans continues to move through the book of Acts, expounding on this meeting between Peter and Cornelius.

The Suffering and the Glory (Part 3): Behold, the Lamb of God

Phill Marsh takes this third part in Firwood’s Easter series. What does it mean that Jesus is called the Lamb of God? How are we supposed to understand this title?

The Story of the World – Part 3

Over the next three chapters of the book, we begin to see the weight of what Jesus actually did at the cross. We see how much we don’t deserve, and also how much God loves us. In Chapter 7, ‘The Stain’, Dr Keller talks about the state of our heart. God is a holy God…
Read more

The Suffering and the Glory (part 2):Judgement and Promise

Andrew Evans continues this series in the run up to Easter 2011, examining the judgement that hangs over sin, and the promise of God in light of that.