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This podcast are recordings of the sermons that take place each Sunday at BGMC.
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4 MAG 2025 · It's safe to say that the parable of the wise and foolish bridesmaids is not one of Jesus' most loved stories. We have most likely heard it as a warning to be prepared for Jesus' coming, but this misses the nuances of the story, its cultural setting, and how Matthew has written his gospel. What if the parable offers us something far richer, more complex and which challenges our discomfort with the nature of the story and the outcome?
NOTE: The audio file of the recording of this sermon was corrupted; this is an AI-generated podcast of the source material from that transcript of the sermon.
30 APR 2025 · Exploring Faithfulness in the Fruits of the Spirit series is inspired by the online exhibition from the National Gallery. The exhibits are Orazio Gentileschi, The Finding of Moses (NG6684), early 1630s, oil on canvas and Soldi, Isabella, Duchess of Manchester, 1738, oil on canvas.
6 APR 2025 · We often make the mistake of believing the parables were spoken for our benefit. This is a classic example - the story of a would-be king entrusting his servants with money while he goes away and then holding them to account for the return they produce. Are we the servants of King Jesus, tasked with yielding a return for the Kingdom of God and accountable when returns? Or does the historical context and Jesus' journey towards Jerusalem lead to a deeper understanding of why he told this parable and thus a more nuanced and complex application to us?
23 MAR 2025 · Jesus talks a lot about farming, sowing seeds and how the Kingdom of God can be compared to various agricultural settings and practices. His parable of the weeds takes us into some deep territory about the nature of our world, the evil growing within it and how the Kingdom of God has a strategy to address it. What is this plan, and how does it disturb us and our presumptions about evil and the nature of God's Kingdom?
16 MAR 2025 · A reflection on the complex experience of joy. Wondering how the neurology and psychology of joy alongside the artistic capturing of it helps us appreciate the theological perspective of Joy as a fruit of the Spirit. Drawing from recent developments scientific research and National Gallery curators’ commentaries on Frank Auerbach’s _Mornington Crescent_ and Van Gogh’s _Sunflowers_.
9 MAR 2025 · Jesus was a master storyteller. Speaking in parables was second nature to him, in fact, we are told he taught nothing without a parable. But how did these strange, quirky, confusing, sometimes violent and judgemental stories and riddles function? What was the point of them? In this introduction, we explore their purpose and role in Jesus' life and mission and examine how they, far from being moral lessons or clever sermon illustrations, were more forceful, illusive and subversive than we have ever imagined.
2 MAR 2025 · Continuing our art from the heart and fruits of the spirit series, this talk looks at self-control through two paintings: JMW Turner’s painting “Rain, Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway” and Ben Hartley’s, “Devon Lane, Westlake.”These paintings invite us to meditate on technology, development, infrastructure and housing and how these impact nature. We pause to consider how self-control in consumerism could help slow down climate change. The talk finished by looking at how we could bring new self-control practices into Lent.
23 FEB 2025 · We conclude our marathon series on desire by taking a look at four more habits of Cruciform Desire in the context of our communal life together. We examine further what place joy has in our life of desire and the role of spiritual disciplines in our Christ-like formation.
9 FEB 2025 · This talk picks up the Fruit of the Spirit series, with kindness in focus. Kindness is considered through a contemporary cultural lens that explores a recent societal response of kindness in contrast to the apparent attack on kindness in the sociopolitical sphere. Nevertheless, it is argued that Jesus models another kind of kindness altogether, a revolutionary/cruciform and courageous kindness that transforms lives, identities and situations.
2 FEB 2025 · We are continuing to look at the shape of our desire with 4 more habits of cruciformity. We return to our age-old quest for the 'good life' and how we understood it from the creation narrative of Genesis 1&2 in the first few weeks of this series. How can we develop wisdom habits that are orientated around the Trailblazer of the Good Life, that True Human Jesus? This talk involves a middle section of recordings from people's response to a discussion question.
This podcast are recordings of the sermons that take place each Sunday at BGMC.
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| Autore | BGMC |
| Organizzazione | BGMC |
| Categorie | Cristianesimo , Cristianesimo , Cristianesimo |
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