Followers of Jesus

Tonight we looked at another description of God’s people in the Bible: we are followers. Passages such as Matthew 4:18-22, John 1:35-41 and Matthew 9:9 show us Jesus calling disciples to follow Him, and He still calls people to follow Him today. Not all those He...

Following Jesus

Forty-two years ago I started to follow Jesus. I was seventeen years old and had spent this equivalent weekend (at the start of the October half-term) with a friend, visiting her sister who had just started studying at Girton College, Cambridge. I had gone along to a...

The Words of Jesus

In our new Bible study series on the words of Jesus, we looked at the fact that the Bible describes Jesus as the Word (see John 1) and that God uses words powerfully, something we first see in creation (Genesis 1-2, when we read repeatedly ‘God said…’ in the creation...

We are Believers

Tonight we looked at the fact that our identity as God’s people is that of believers. Jesus was asked ‘What must we do to do the work God requires?’ (John 6:28) and HIs answer was that the work of God is to believe in the One He has sent. (John 6:29)...

The Bible

Yesterday in our Bible discussion, we looked at the importance of the Bible itself to Christians. This book, compiled over centuries, is the guiding light for believers and gives us God’s revelation of Himself. It’s one thing to know facts about the Bible...