Our new series 'Questions from the Gospels' is starting with two weeks looking at questions related to Jesus' identity. Last Sunday we looked at Matthew 16:13-20 and Jesus' question to his disciples, 'who do you say I am?'
Before asking the disciples this question he asked them, 'who do poeple say the Son of Man is?'
Following Jesus' second question, Peter answered that Jesus was 'the Messiah, the Son of the living God'. From Jesus' response this is clearly the 'right' answer - but Jesus then orders the disciples not to tell anyone that he is the Messiah.
When you read the rest of the New Testament Jesus is consistently referred to as the Messiah (Hebrew) or Christ (Greek) - both words mean 'the anointed one'. And yet this is something he hardly ever calls himself. His favourite title for himself is 'Son of Man'. But what does this mean?
If you want to explore this theme further The Bible Project team have started a new Podcast Series on the Son of Man. The first episode became available today. This series of podcasts are the basis on which their Son of Man video is based.
You'll find the podcast here.
Tuesday, 15 January 2019
Monday, 14 January 2019
Who do you say I am?
This Sunday we started a new Sunday morning series, 'Questions from the gospels' - looking at questions that Jesus was asked and questions that Jesus asked.
We started by looking at Jesus' question to his disciples, 'who do you say that I am?'
To listen to the talk click here
There were a number of video resources that we used and you'll find the links below.
The first is a video from Igniter Media called 'A million little choices'. You'll find that video here.
This video comes at 1.58 in the audio recording of the talk.
The second video is from The Bible Project and is an extract from their video on the second part of Matthew's gospel. This video came at 13.20 into our talk and we watched the first 3 minutes and 3 seconds - but you can carry on and watch the whole thing if you like.
The final video comes at the end of the audio and is again from The Bible Project.
To listen to the talk click here
There were a number of video resources that we used and you'll find the links below.
The first is a video from Igniter Media called 'A million little choices'. You'll find that video here.
This video comes at 1.58 in the audio recording of the talk.
The second video is from The Bible Project and is an extract from their video on the second part of Matthew's gospel. This video came at 13.20 into our talk and we watched the first 3 minutes and 3 seconds - but you can carry on and watch the whole thing if you like.
The final video comes at the end of the audio and is again from The Bible Project.
Thursday, 20 December 2018
A helpful Bible study resource
Back in April I wrote a post about the STEP Bible. STEP stands for Scripture Tools for Every Person - and is a great, free, online resource that helps you take your Bible study further. You can read that introductory post here.
A new translation has been added to the STEP resource. In a Facebook post this week this new translation was described in the following way:
When searching in the 'NETfull' version, every time there is a little arrow, this provides translators' notes at the bottom of the screen. Here is an example from the first word of Luke 2:1.
A new translation has been added to the STEP resource. In a Facebook post this week this new translation was described in the following way:
The NET Bible is a fresh scholarly translation in modern English with an important and unique feature: notes that record the translators' decisions. STEPBible has these notes in full, so that when we wonder “What’s behind that translation?” the answer is at hand.
When searching in the 'NETfull' version, every time there is a little arrow, this provides translators' notes at the bottom of the screen. Here is an example from the first word of Luke 2:1.
Wednesday, 19 December 2018
Carol Service Resources
Whether you missed our Carol Service on Sunday or want to rewatch some of the resources, hopefully you'll find what you're looking for below.
If you want to watch these videos in conjuction with Sunday's audio you can find the audio here:
The first video, 'Christmas Chaos', comes immediately after the second reading at 5:41.
You'll find that video, by Igniter Meida here.
The second video, also from Igniter Media, is called 'The Christmas Box' and can be found here. This video comes in my second talk and fits in at 25:10.
The final video is a spoken word piece called 'Instead of You' and can be watched here. This video comes at 29.02.
If you were there on Sunday I'm sure you'll agree that the children did really well. Although we are unable to show you their performance here, their presentation was based on a piece produced by the Bible Society - and you can see that version below.
The children's presentation appears in the audio recording at 13:48.
If you want to watch these videos in conjuction with Sunday's audio you can find the audio here:
The first video, 'Christmas Chaos', comes immediately after the second reading at 5:41.
You'll find that video, by Igniter Meida here.
The second video, also from Igniter Media, is called 'The Christmas Box' and can be found here. This video comes in my second talk and fits in at 25:10.
The final video is a spoken word piece called 'Instead of You' and can be watched here. This video comes at 29.02.
If you were there on Sunday I'm sure you'll agree that the children did really well. Although we are unable to show you their performance here, their presentation was based on a piece produced by the Bible Society - and you can see that version below.
The children's presentation appears in the audio recording at 13:48.
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