Caversham Baptist Church

Palm Sunday

Graham goes through Luke 19 v28-44, the Palm Sunday story.

From blindness to salvation

Colin goes through Luke 18 v 31 - Luke 19 v1-10, showing how Jesus heals the physically and spiritually blind.

The prodigal son

Revd Graham Coldman sets the context for the moving story of the prodigal son. Jesus introduces the story with two illustrations, the first about a lost sheep and then another about a lost coin. The prodigal son is really a story of two lost sons and is full of outrageous events. The big challenge for us is to consider where are we in that story and our relationship with the father. Father God never gives up on us, are we ready to be found?

The Lord's Prayer

What did Jesus intend to teach us when he spoke out the Lord’s prayer? Did He intend to inform us or inspire us? It was to inspire us, to encourage us to be creative in our imaginations, to explore the richness of our relationship with our father in heaven.
Let’s use the Lord’s Prayer, inspired and enriched with imagery, verse, poetry & song to draw close to our abba, our Father in heaven.

Baptism

Revd Colin Baker unpacks the story of Noah and the flood and how this points to baptism. We are all encouraged to turn to Christ for forgiveness, cleansing and salvation - and to follow the example and command of Jesus to be baptised.

Jesus and Seeing

Revd Graham Coldman explores the events of Jesus invited to a meal by Simon the pharisee. Simon was a highly religious man and wanted to catch Jesus out. A sinful woman tuned up; unlike Simon she recognised Jesus who he was, she knew she needed forgiveness and restoration and worshipped him.
We’re left with a stark challenge – are we more like Simon, the one who is always right but misses the point or the woman who knew she needed forgiveness and restoration and received it?

Jesus Lord of the Sabbath

Revd Keith Saynor explores Jesus' encounter with the Pharisees where they accused Jesus of acting unlawfully when carrying out good deeds on the Sabbath. Revd Keith summarises this situation as one where legalism collides with grace and challenges us to ask ourselves whether we have really learnt to love, whether we have received the blanket of God’s love into our lives and learned to cast it onto others who we encounter.

Jesus and eating

Revd Colin Baker reminds us that the world is constantly changing and that we need to change with it. He challenges us to fast and to pray, to listen to the Lord’s prompting and be prepared to step out in faith and do new things in new ways – new wine in new wine skins.