St Giles' West Bridgford Podcast
Sermons and talks from St Giles' Church West Bridgford. For more details visit our website.
Episodes
374 episodes
The cost of discipleship
In the evening service we looked at the words of Jesus about following him, and the price that Jesus paid for us. (Luke 14: 27-33)
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13:46
Practicing the Way: habits to equip us
In our aim to spend time with Jesus and to become more like him what are some of the habits that we can build up to equip us? Joanna considers 9 different practices: Sabbath, Solitude, Prayer, Fasting, Scripture, Witness, Community,...
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18:08
Practicing the Way: reflecting the love of God
In week three of our series on being an apprentice of Jesus - based on John Mark Comer’s book ‘Practicing the Way’ - Joanna looks at how we become more like Jesus. How are we transformed by the renewing of our minds to be the people we were cre...
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9:51
1 Thessalonians: to live in peace
In Graham's final talk on the book of 1 Thessalonians he looks at what it means to live in peace (1Thess 5: 12-24).
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13:04
Practicing the Way: how we abide in God
In the second of our sermons on Practicing the Way Joanna looks at how we abide in God. What does it look like to make our home in Him? (John 15: 1-8)
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14:36
Practicing the Way: being an apprentice
Joanna starts a 7 week series looking at the invitation to be an apprentice of Jesus (Matthew 4: 18-22).
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19:33
1 Thessalonians: the call to Holy living
Continuing the series on Thessalonians, Joanna looks at how we learn to please God with our bodies and in our work, and whether our everyday lives reflect something of the holiness of God to those around us. (1 Thessalonians 4: 1-12)
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17:35
1 Thessalonians: strengthened in love & faith
The evening series in Thessalonians continues, this week thinking about how we may be strengthened in love and faith. (1 Thessalonians 3: 2-10)
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13:09
Life transforming encounters with Jesus
Joanna looks at important steps on St Paul’s journey to faith in Jesus, including dramatic encounters and obedient and courageous followers. (Acts 9: 1-22)
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18:50
1 Thessalonians: God is with us
On week 2 of our evening series on Thessalonians, Graham considers how God is with us, even in the suffering (1 Thessalonians 2: 7b-16).
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13:23
Light bulb moments of Epiphany: 2
Graham looks at John 1: 29-42, how we see Jesus as saviour and point people to him.
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14:47
1 Thessalonians: the living God
We start a new evening series looking at Thessalonians and what it means to follow the living God (1 Thessalonians 1: 1-10).
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21:23
Light bulb moments of Epiphany: 1
Joanna reflects on Acts 10 (the baptism of Cornelius) - the light bulb moment when Peter comes to understand in a new way that the good news of Jesus is for everyone.
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24:07
What does it mean to fear the Lord?
On the second Sunday of Advent Joanna reflects on what it means to fear the Lord in all His majesty (Isaiah 11: 1-10).
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23:01
The persecuted church: part 2
In the evening service, Colin Dann speaks about the persecuted church, sharing his involvement with the Open Doors charity, insights from his recent overseas trip with them and how we can help by through prayer (Ephesians 6:12).
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The persecuted church: part 1
In the evening service, Colin Dann speaks about the persecuted church, sharing his involvement with the Open Doors charity, insights from his recent overseas trip with them and how we can help by through prayer (Ephesians 6:12).
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2:57
Christingle & the gift of light
In our all age service Ellen talks about the different parts of the Christingle that we make and how through the lighted candle we can remember that Jesus brought light into darkness (John 1:1-2; 3:16-18; 8:12).
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12:35
The hope of Christ the King
On Christ the King Sunday, Emily reflects on how God speaks through the Old Testament prophet Jeremiah of the hope that is coming, of a king who will be unlike any other. We are encouraged to speak and live God's truth, to draw strength and hop...
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22:53
Understanding violence in the Old Testament: part 2
Joanna and Graham together lead us through the second part of the challenge of understanding and interpreting violence in the Old Testament.
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27:38
Understanding violence in the Old Testament: part 1
Joanna and Graham together lead us through a 2 part series looking at how we can understand and interpret violence in the Old Testament. This week they are considering 'violence described' and 'violence implored', the context of the time and th...
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Our God hears us and comforts us
On Safeguarding Sunday we gave thanks for our great team of volunteers and we reflected on Psalm 42 and the invitation to bring all our emotions into the presence of God, including our sadness and anger at injustice and evil. Our God hears the ...
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Called to be a light to the world
In the last of our series on the book of Leviticus, Graham draws together some of the key themes and thinks about our call to be a light to the world (Leviticus 19: 1-4).
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