The apostle Paul’s experience in Cyprus offers us a picture of the exciting Christian life that offers good news to people.
As we think about his experience in Acts 13, we have the chance to see our own situations much clearer.
Here are my song choices for this week’s Sunday Playlist podcast episode…
The story of Peter’s release is one that sees the overturning of Herod’s power, as the state is unable to keep the church leader in prison.
The church relying on the God of the Passover that answers his people’s prayers do the only thing they can. They pray. And whilst they do not seem to believe that the miracles of old will still happen, they do!
We often find ourselves in the same place. Feeling the lack of power, reliant on God and then amazed when He comes through for us…
In Acts 12 we see people praying earnestly in the middle of the night; one of the disciples is executed, while the other is miraculously released from prison. But when he turns up at the house of prayer, the Christians just don’t believe it and try to explain it away.
It seems that like most of us, they were not actually bold prayer-warriors, but people who prayed with a mixture of faith and uncertainty, got down on their knees and prayed anyway.
In this latest podcast episode, I’ve chosen some songs to reflect on this story & inspire us…
There are some churches you would want to join if you could. Antioch is one of those churches. A flexible, generous, boundary-breaking church.
As we reflect on their life together in c50 AD, we get inspired to keep growing into all this and more in 2020!
The church in Antioch was a flexible, generous, boundary-breaking church.
In this latest podcast episode, I’ve chosen songs to reflect on this & inspire us to keep growing…
‘I didn’t expect to see you here.’
When we get to heaven I think we will say that about quite a few people.
We can be so sure about who God would want on his side that we can feel indignant when he shows us that we were wrong!
Can anything change?
Do things always have to be the same?
The early Christians in Acts were certain of a few things: that Jesus had risen from the dead and that meant that things could change – even the worst of things.
The same truths define us: we live in a world where awful things happen. But the resurrected Jesus is still at work.…
In Acts 9:32-43, we meet a woman who has two names; “Tabitha” in Aramaic and “Dorcas” in Greek. She was just one of those unsung heroes of the church community. Luke describes her as full of good works and charity and she was part of a group of widows who made clothes by hand. When she died, the weeping widows did what most of us do when we lose someone we love. They clung to items and memories associated with her; the clothes she’d made. They showed them to Peter as they grieved the loss of their close friend.
Here are some songs I’ve chosen that will help us reflect on this story…
After his conversion Saul arrives back in Jerusalem, but not to the welcome he had hoped for.
The disciples there are fearful of Saul and his intentions. Saul needs someone to be his advocate and stand with him.
Barnabas is just the man for the job…
Within 3 years of Saul’s dramatic conversion in Damascus, his life is under threat and he has to escape with the help of some disciples. This became a recurring theme throughout the rest of his life.
Saul paid a really high price to follow Jesus, but he was willing to count up the cost and decided it was well worth it.
In this episode of our Sunday Playlist podcast, I share some songs that explore this theme…
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