Every Sermon Ever

Well, maybe “every sermon ever” is a bit of an exaggeration.  How about “all of the sermons at Emmanuel since we began which we have recordings of”?  That better?  Cos that’s what is now available here on the website.

Does God know the future?

The Bible talk at Emmanuel today referred to a different view of God that is becoming increasingly common. Known as ‘open theism’ or ‘the openness of God theory’, it is suggested that God does not know all that is going to happen in the future. Prof Greg Boyd of Bethel College in America, writes: In [...]

Saved by Jesus on the Cross!

We’ve got used to the Somerfield press release scenario. The hapless individual who (this Easter) said that the supermarket’s range of Easter eggs and other seasonal products was part of the traditional celebration at this time of Christ’s birthday. A second attempt corrected it to ‘… Christ’s rebirth’. The third vaguely suggested that it was [...]

Church-Planting Conference

Back in January a number of us went to a conference run by the Midlands Gospel Partnership. Growing Churches looked at the issue of church-planting, which we found particularly relevant at the beginning of a new church.

Why we use the ESV

We have bought copies of the English Standard Version (ESV) of the Bible to use as our church Bibles. Some people have been wondering why, particularly because most people probably use the New International Version. There are many different versions of the Bible now available. At one end of the spectrum are those that aim [...]

Thinking about Church Planting

Thought you might find some of these links interesting to look at. Most of the links come from the Yorkshire Gospel Partnership, and you can find out more about them here. From Redeemer Church, NY Tim Keller – Why plant churches? mp3 or pdf The Movement – the E-Newsletter Subscribe online From the Briefing Phillip [...]