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This podcast are recordings of the sermons that take place each Sunday at BGMC.
Bethnal Green Mission Church
Bethnal Green Mission Church
8 SEP 2024 · WWMI returns for a mini-series on Desire. Augustine said, "Our life is a gymnasium of desire", that is, as humans we exist by desire. But how are these desires formed and curated in us and what do they  tell us about our human identity, God and our spiritual formation? In a world where desire feeds the economic system of capitalism and consumption, who or what is desiring us? For the next 5 weeks we will explore these questions along with many others.Â
1 SEP 2024 · The focus of this talk is Psalm 84, with an emphasis on viewing it from a New Testament perspective. Luke records that the resurrected Jesus declared to his disciples "Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms". With this in mind, we considered how this Psalm prophetically looks forward to what the New Testament reveals about Jesus, and how applying this may strengthen us in our spiritual pilgrimage"
28 JUL 2024 · In this talk we consider the meaning we can draw from the metaphor of the church as the bride of Christ. What does this image tell us about the identity of the church, its relationship with Christ, and its role in the world today?
21 JUL 2024 · In this last talk on John 9, we explore the further reaction to the man's healing and testimony by his parents and the religious authorities. Will anybody choose to be his advocate and will his voice be finally heard? What do these scenes say about powerful, 'able-bodied' domination systems that get challenged and disrupted by the marginalised and disbelieved? What irony is employed by John that is pertinent to our understanding of disability theology?
14 JUL 2024 · This is the second part of our reflection on the encounter of a blind man with Jesus through the lens of disability. John 9 is a public trial of disability and ability, with several 'stakeholders' interacting with the man and Jesus over 6 scenes. The man has been given his sight by Jesus and this attracts debate and questioning from neighbours and religious authorities (v.8-17). What issues arise that may resonate with those who experience disability and what can able-bodied people learn from man's experience?
7 JUL 2024 · The early followers of Christ referred to themselves as followers of the Way. The Way is how Jesus referred to himself, a phrase taken up by the first-century church in the book of Acts. But what does this Way look like and what does going this Way entail for the church today?
30 JUN 2024 · How the message of 1 Peter weaves together key aspects of Israel’s relationship with God with the person of Jesus and those who believe in him. How can the separate roles of Royalty and Priesthood make sense together? Who is Melchizedek? What might it look like for us to inhabit this priestly role? What are these acceptable spiritual sacrifices we are meant to offer?
16 JUN 2024 · In our quest to learn about theology from the margins, we give our attention to a story in John 9 and read it from the perspective of disability. What can able-bodied people learn from reading the bible with a new lens? In this first part, we will examine Jesus' response to the disciples' curiosity about the link between the man's blindness and sin. Was the man born blind so that God could perform a miracle of healing?
2 JUN 2024 · Within the diverse and creative world of biblical interpretation, it's possible to encounter scripture freshly and dynamically which helps to bring new understanding. This talk takes a second post-colonial look at Jesus' encounter with a 'foreign legion' that had possessed and subjugated a man. How does it speak to us about how imperial power has occupied, dominated and diminished people and nations? What does it say to us, our privilege and power, and our complicity in the system and spirit of empire?
26 MAY 2024 · What place links the New Testament events of Passover with Pentecost? Elisha with Peter, Mary, mother of Mark with Jesus? It is the Upper Room. The Upper Room is synonymous with prayer and the preparation for an encounter with God. This physically spacious dwelling place becomes the setting for Jesus to help the disciples encounter and embody the person of God - a God who has many rooms. How is this worked out in Pentecost and the story of the church in Acts and what kind of Christianity has many rooms?
This podcast are recordings of the sermons that take place each Sunday at BGMC.
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