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Prayer – How to live as a Christian #2

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All about prayer – the what, why, how and when of prayer! In this session we see how we can use the Lord’s Prayer as a template for prayer. Also an interview with a special guest to talk about prayer.

Resources in the video

Also check out Andy Brown’s website, where he blogs regularly with Christian reflections and thoughts.

This is an updated version of the video course I recorded last year, based on the written series.

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Grace vs Law – Galatians 3:1-14 Sermon

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What is the Christian life all about? Is it just about keeping the rules? Or do we live as if it was? In this passage from Galatians we see how it’s either grace OR law – they are mutually exclusive.

Read the passage online here.

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How to live as a Christian #1: Following Jesus (New course!)

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In the “What is Christianity?” course we looked at what Christianity actually is. But how do you actually live as a Christian, practically? In this new course, we’re going to look at how you actually live as a Christian. The first part is the most fundamental – it’s the foundation of everything else we say.

This is an updated version of the video course I recorded last year, based on the written series.

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How to support Understand the Bible

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Over the last few weeks I’ve been making a few changes to the way that you can support Understand the Bible – in particular with financial support. PayPal is now gone, and instead you can support via Patreon or donating via Direct Debit.

I’ve made a short video about it all:

All the links are on the support page.

I’d just like to say, once again, how much I appreciate everyone who supports Understand the Bible in any way. God has really provided through you, so – thank you!

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Grace cancels cancel culture – Galatians 2:11-21 Sermon

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Cancel culture ‘cancels’ people because they have the wrong opinions on certain issues. But the gospel of grace is very different – Paul says that grace is the antithesis of cancel culture.

Read the passage online here.

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What is Christianity? 6 – The Future

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What is heaven going to be like? I’m sure almost everyone has an opinion on what lies beyond death. But what does the Bible have to say about it? In this final session of the What is Christianity course, we see how what the Bible says about the future draws everything else together.

Coming up next…

This is the last session of the What is Christianity? course 😢 But – don’t be sad! There’s still lots more to learn, and there’ll be lots more on Understand the Bible! Be happy! 😊

Next week I will be starting on a new version of the How to Live as a Christian course. This is nine sessions looking at how to live as a Christian. So – stay tuned! Do subscribe on YouTube or sign up to the mailing list to be notified of when it goes live.

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What is Christianity? 5 – Grace and the Spirit

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If God forgives us anyway, can’t we just do what we like? What’s our motivation to do good? In this session we focus on what it means to live a Christian life. We think about how God’s grace changes us, and how the Holy Spirit helps us.

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Wisdom of Proverbs: Love and Marriage

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Proverbs is full of wisdom: wisdom is how to live in God’s world in God’s ways. Many people love to turn to Proverbs to discover what wisdom it contains for living everyday life. However, one of the problems with Proverbs is that the wisdom is not really categorised – it doesn’t come with an index system! I have found one of the best way of getting into Proverbs is drawing out everything it says on a particular topic.

In this article we’re going to look at what Proverbs has to say about love and marriage.

One thing which we need to say to begin with is that Proverbs is addressed from a Father to a Son. This means that everything is written from a male perspective. This is not to say that women cannot read and benefit from this advice as well! But it does explain why it seems to address a man rather than women directly.

Let’s put together some of the wisdom that Proverbs contains about love and marriage.

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The basis of our unity – Galatians 2:1-10 Sermon

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We are living in a society and church which feels very divided. How can we unite in the midst of all the division going on? What is the basis for true unity? Galatians 2:1-10 has the answer.

Read the passage online here.

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What is Christianity? 4 – Jesus

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The last session finished on a bit of a cliffhanger: God had made big promises to Abraham, but how could he keep them? The Old Testament demonstrated that sin was too strong to overcome on our own. But God had a plan to save the world.

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