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The world is constantly changing. Technology is constantly speeding up the pace of life. The way we live today would've been unimaginable to people just a few generations ago. Given the huge changes that many of us have seen in our lifetimes, why would the spiritual reflections of people living 2000 years ago have any use or meaning for us today? Christianity has offered people some positives over the centuries, but its 2024! Surely it needs an update! In this sermon, Phil looks at the opening of Paul's letter to the Galatians. He argues that only by refusing to change the gospel can Christians offer hope to all kinds of people - including 21st-century people.

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We all want to change things about ourselves. Our habits, our negative emotions, and behaviours we realise are hurting us and others. But how? If you've been trying for a while and getting nowhere, it's easy to feel stuck. For people who love Jesus, that feeling can be mixed with anxiety, or even doubt - "I thought the Holy Spirit was supposed to work on me". When we feel stuck, we may think that what we need is more elbow grease, grit and determination. But the gospel tells us something better. In this sermon, Phil explains that to get unstuck, we need more time in the desert.

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Ever had a brain explosion? A moment where what's in your head just didn't make it to the rest of your body? Sometimes, what we claim to know about Jesus doesn't make it out of our heads and that can lead to us doing things that send a very different message to the one we believe. In this message, Phil takes us through the second half of Galatians 2, and reminds us of how important it is to match what we know to what we do.

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Have you ever received one of those URGENT!!!! emails? If Galatians were written today, it may well have had all the punctuation!!, ALL-CAPS, bolding, and underlining of this kind of email. But why? What is the problem? Why is the apostle Paul so worked up? In this message, Laura gets to the root of the issue: to change the gospel is to end up with a two-tier church, which undermines the very point of the gospel.

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Every single day there are thousands of voices telling us who we are, what we are for, what to do, and where to go. In such a cacophony it can be hard to figure out who we really are. Is there some way to mute all these voices? And what might Jesus have to say about it all? In this sermon, Phil explores how in the gospel, God speaks to us with an invitation to become something that fulfills our deepest longings.

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Living a life of freedom, where you are forced to trust God for your sense of self, your worth, and your future can be exhilarating. Like that first time riding a bike without training wheels, it's a rush. But, if you're not familiar with that feeling, you instinctively hit the brakes and put your feet out.

Sometimes, people come along and offer us deals, techniques, rules to follow, or tribes to join that promise to put us in control of our spiritual lives. But as Phil reflects on in this sermon, so often, these deals sideline Jesus, and cost us our freedom.

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Dr Amy Erickson from St Mark's National Theological Centre explores what Jesus has to say about the nature of true freedom. Amy drew from the lectionary passages of Numbers 11.4-29, Psalm 78:17-31, James 5.12-20 and Mark 9.38-50

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Chill. It's that attitude that says, it's all good, I don't mind, do whatever you like. Chill seems to be a way to avoid fights and avoid being a jerk. But it's also a way to avoid real relationships and it's a terrible substitute for love. In this sermon, Phil considers how love requires us to give up being chill and instead have an opinion, embrace healthy conflict and put up boundaries - all for the sake of our brothers and sisters.

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