Date: 26 Jun 2016 Text: Romans 5:6-11 Preamble A couple of weeks ago we started a short series of studies in Romans 5 and 6. We started by looking at the opening verses of Romans 5, 5:1-5, and I hope learned a great deal about our relationship with God. The verses that I want us to look at this morning carry on from where we left off on that occasion and expand on what Paul had to say in 5:1-5. In those first five verses we were introduced to the thought that we are “justifie

Date: 19 Jun 2016 Text: Luke 15:11-32 Introduction I’m sure that most of us here today know or have heard the story of the prodigal son. In that story we hear of a young man who feels constrained by his environment; who wants to spread his wings and who wants to go out into the big, wide world and find out for himself what life is all about. The story as many of us know it focuses on the young man, touches on the attitude of his brother and vaguely makes mention of his father

Date: 12 Jun 2016 Text: Romans 5:1-5 Preamble I had intended this morning to continue to look at Nehemiah by discussing his generosity. However, during Communion last week, it’s frequently during Communion, I had a word from the Lord that I should move on to look at some of the amazing things that Paul has to say in Romans 5 & 6. And so this morning I want to take a quick look at Romans 4 to set the scene and then begin a slightly more detailed look at the opening verses of R

Date: 05 Jun 2016 Text: 2 Timothy 4:16-18 Birmingham City Mission – Prime Time Manchester United have just changed their Manager; did you know that? The outgoing Manager, Louis Van Gaal, complained bitterly in a newspaper report a few days ago that he had been stabbed in the back by his old friend Jose Mourinho who has replaced him at Old Trafford. I think we can take it that that spells the end of a beautiful friendship! In some ways that may sound quite amusing given that I

Date: 05 Jun 2016 Text: Nehemiah 5:6-13 Introduction Last week we took a rather dry and dull look at the first five verses of Nehemiah 5. They may have been a bit boring but they were important since they set the scene for the verses that follow; after all we can hardly consider Nehemiah’s response to a major problem if we don’t know what that problem is! Just to recap quickly; Nehemiah had organised thousands of people to work really hard by rebuilding the walls and gates of

Date: 29 May 2016 Text: Nehemiah 5:1-5 Introduction After having a couple of Sundays away from Nehemiah, I want this morning to return to our walk through this wonderful journal. I hope that you’ve read at least some of this book because the more I read it, the more I see in it. After all the hard work that we read about in Nehemiah 1-4 we now come to some of the economic and social problems that the people faced. Yes, the walls and gates were being successfully rebuilt but a