This week we have a Bible Society Special with Dr Andrew Ollerton from Bible Society as our speaker. The Weekly Sheet will appear here before the service starts at 10-30am on Sunday morning. As usual the service will be available on demand afterwards.
Dr Andrew Ollerton is a theologian, pastor and writer of the well-know Bible Course which Bible Society produce. He’s got a reputation of being able to communicate complex things from God’s word in a clear and engaging way. If you want to know more about Andy or the Bible Course, then the link for it is here.
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For Reflection & Discussion
Read I Peter 1:3-9 and Hebrews 6: 19-20
- Why is it so important to have hope in life? Try to think of times in your life for whatever reason you felt hopeless and fearful? What caused it and what happened that made you recover from it?
- Look at the two passages above. What is the nature of the hope in heaven that we have – what Andrew called “the far horizon”? What role did Jesus play in giving us that hope?
- Thinking of hope now – “the near horizon”- what sorts of things stop us from having the hope that fills our lives with confidence and courage?
- Spend some time in prayer asking the Spirit to save us from focussing as the world does on a hopeless end and fill us with that endless hope that we have in Christ.