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Because of the church name change and a new website this blog has now moved to www.cchh.org.uk/online-resources/blogs/

The new church website is http://www.cchh.org.uk

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Are you growing up? (1 Peter 1:22-2:3)

The Christian life is a journey. And it's a journey where we expect to see progress. Not so we can boast but so we can bring glory to God. Crucial areas for progress are in love and in our our knowledge of God. We grow in love by trying to deepen and strengthen the family love we have in the church. We grow in our knowledge of God by a perpetual voracious appetite for the word of God.

Are you growing up as a Christian?

To listen to Graham Nicholls preaching from 1 Peter 1:22 to 2:3 on Sunday morning 5th June 2011 click here

1 Peter 1:13-21 Be Holy

Peter moves on in this letter to give 5 imperatives - things Christians need to do in response to all God has done for them and the glory to be revealed. 

In this sermon we look at the first three - think straight, be distinctive, fear God

To listen to Mark Ventham preaching from 1 Peter 1:13-21 on Sunday morning 29th May 2011 click here

1 Peter 1:3-12 Praise God and Be Joyful

Peter bursts out in a stream of praise to God for the blessings of an eternal inheritance, of knowing Jesus and being able to keep rejoicing, even in trials

To listen to Graham Nicholls preaching from 1 Peter 1:3-14 on Sunday morning 22nd May 2011 click here

Hebrews 2:1-4 Don't Drift Away

 This is the first exhortation from the writer to the Hebrews. If the word from the angels was serious, how much more the word from Jesus. So you must keep listening and trusting the word of Jesus. 

To listen to Rodrigo Pena (from Belo Horizonte Brazil) preaching from Hebrews 2:1-4 on Sunday evening 22nd May 2011 click here

Hebrews 1:5-14 God rules the universe by His Son

 Jesus is God’s final word, the creator. He has finished his work and sat down at God’s right hand in the place of honour

Hebrews chapter 1:5-14 contain a stream of quotations from the Old Testament showing that Jesus can be completely trusted. He’s greater than angels, in fact angels are under his authority working for the good of believers like us.


To listen to Graham Nicholls preaching from Hebrews 1:5-14 on Sunday evening 15th May 2011 click here

1 Peter 1:1,2 Chosen Strangers

As Christians we suffer because we are strangers in this world. But at the same time we are joyful because no matter how hard life becomes God Chose me. God really does have a greater purpose for us and we do not need to be ashamed.

To listen to Mark Ventham preaching from 1 Peter 1:1 and 2 on Sunday morning click here

Is Jesus Qualified to be your leader?

How do we know Jesus is the one we can trust, and keep on trusting to bring us safely home to the new heavens and new earth?

Yesterday we started a series in Hebrews 1:1-4. The writer tells us that Jesus is uniquely qualified because...

·         He is the final communication from God. God had spoken in all kinds of ways up till the coming of Jesus, but now he speaks definitively and fully in Jesus.

·         He is the creator. Jesus is the one who made everything and shares all the characteristics of God.

·         He is the only Saviour. He finished the work of making us clean from our sins

So we can trust Him, and more than that we can be so thankful and joyful for a perfect complete Saviour

To listen to Mark Ventham preaching from Hebrews 1:1-4 on Sunday evening 5th May 2011 click here

All-Age: We are made for the glory of God

What is your purpose? Why are you here?

If you can't answer this question life becomes meaningless and at best you will try and extract every last moment of pleasure because you have no idea what else to do, and at worst you will become desperate and depressed.

But when we know God, he tells us that we live for His glory. That's what we were made. And to know this is humbling but also liberating.
In our all-age service we began to work through some questions and answers about God, known as 'the catechism.

To listen to the talk on Sunday morning 5th May 2011 click here

A Biblical Theology of Food

Great article by Tim Chester - something to think about next time you have a meal...

http://theresurgence.com/2011/04/28/a-biblical-theology-of-food

Sermon at Kate and Will's Wedding - what do you think?

I suppose there are a couple of good lines in it. But 2 Billion people... easy for me to say but couldn't he have said something about the exclusive claims of Jesus?

http://www.officialroyalwedding2011.org/blog/2011/April/29/The-Bishop-of-London-s-Sermon

Rob Bell: Love Wins Review

This is a very long review but worth a read or at least scanning through

God Is Still Holy and What You Learned in Sunday School Is Still True: A Review of “Love Wins”

Despicable Christians, Unspeakable Grace: A Response to Ricky Gervais

Despicable Christians, Unspeakable Grace: A Response to Ricky Gervais

Did Music Evolve?

A really interesting review of a book about music from a Christian website

http://creation.com/review-musicophilia-by-oliver-sacks

John 10:22-42 Get rid of the blasphemer

Some people want to point the finger at Jesus, or to get rid of Him from their lives.


But thankfully, some listen and are completely safe in God's hands

Graham Nicholls preaching from John 10v22 to 42 on Sunday morning 17th April 2011

Isaiah 65:1-16 - The God Who is there

Click here to listen to Mark Ventham Preaching from Isaiah 65:1 to 16 on Sunday evening 17th April 2011

Isaiah 63:7 to 64:12 God's Praying People

Isaiah sees a world of darkness but the full light of God's promises. When he puts these together it leads him to earnest heartfelt humble realistic faithful praying.

Click here to listen to Nick McQuaker Preaching from Isaiah 63:7 to 64:12 on Sunday evening 10th April 2011

Victory

A vision given to Isaiah of a victorious leader returning from battle in royal splendour. 

From this text we learn that God wins a great victory in Jesus: He is the triumphant king returning from victory in battle. This battle was won at personal cost. God gets involved personally stained as He judges sin. It's a picture of the suffering Christ. Even more, this victorious battle is won alone. This has to be so. God has to work. It also describes the isolation of Jesus Christ, supremely at the Cross.

In this victory, all our enemies will be defeated. The wrath of God falls on all who oppose him. This punishment falls either on Christ at the Cross, or at the end of all things in the final judgement.

Click here to listen to Graham Nicholls preaching from Isaiah 61- 6 on Sunday evening 3rd April March 2011

Ask 11-year-olds if they are gay, says equality report

Ask 11-year-olds if they are gay, says equality report

John 9: Blind Eyes Opened

Are you blind? Can you see who Jesus is?

In John 9 Jesus Heals a man Born Blind

The disciples assume he's blind because of some specific sin, but Jesus rejects such a simplistic approach and explains that there can be higher purposes: that God would be glorified as He works through Jesus to heal

God will be glorified, even in our suffering as we let him work. Sometimes the glory is through deliverance
Sometimes the glory is by our display of Christian character. God will ultimately be glorified as one day we have complete healing.

The man get healed as he obeys Jesus' instructions. For all of us, healing comes through obedience

The man's neighbours, and the Pharisees are like many people who want to ask the “How? ” questions but want to avoid the “Who?”

At the end of the chapter, Jesus seeks out the blind man so he can reveal his identity. Stepping into the light reveals who Jesus is: the Son of Man. Staying out of the light reveals our blindness

Are you blind? Can you see who Jesus is?

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