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(Matthew 28:16-20)

Scott continues our series exploring the spiritual disciplines with the discipline of Evangelism.

This is not just something that is for a specific group of people who are trained and gifted to perform, instead the work of bearing the Good News of Jesus is for all of us to participate in. Join us as Scott unpacks what this looks like, and what God is calling us to do with our very lives.

(1 Samuel 5:1-12)

Tonight Gavin continues the Presence series by looking at a seemingly strange experience of the Philistines as they capture the Ark of the Covenant, and then seek to work out what it means to have the presence of God among them.

The ways in which they try to make sense of and understand God's presence are similar to the ways in which we today seek to make sense of His presence as well. Join us as Gavin unpacks what we can learn about God from the Philistines.

(Exodus 19:1-6, 20:1-21)

As the Israelites complete their forty day journey and camp of at the base of Mt Sinai, God offers these former slaves the most profound invitation - to enter into a special covenant with Him and become a royal priesthood.

So often we can picture the Ten Commandments as a frustrating set of rules that ultimately restrict our freedom. But these dehumanised and demoralised people will discover, like we do, that to be human, to be released from slavery, is not to do whatever we want, but to live as God created us to live: God's rules are for our release.

(1 Samuel 4:1-11)

NOTE: We apologise that the beginning of this message was lost due to audio issues.

The people of Israel sought to employ the ark of the covenant, representing the presence of God, as a tool for military victory against the Philistines. But God's presence would never be limited to such a box, nor would he be willing to be employed as a tool without respect to his rule and character.

We too need to be challenged not to use or abuse the presence of God when it comes to our own theological convictions or practice, ensuring the essentials stay at the core. God is not a tool to wield for our own agenda.

(Exodus 17:1-7)

As we near the end of our series following the people of Israel on their exodus from Egypt, we reach the third and final test God had for them. He had tested their hearts, their souls and now it was time to test their might.

This third test sees the people of Israel questioning God's character, are you really with us here? God's response is a powerful reminder of who He is to the people of Israel, as well as a powerful reminder for when we encounter the deserts that cause us to question who He is.

Join us today as Gavin unpacks this message and shares with us who God is.

(Romans 6)

As we continue our journey through the book of Romans we have reached Romans chapter 6. Tonight Megan unpacks this chapter where Paul is looking at the fallacy of thought that says, if God's grace increases because of sin then shouldn't we just keep sinning?

Instead Paul takes the opportunity to unpack the great truth that God's grace has freed us from being slaves to sin and what that truly means.