Living Word Community Church Basildon

Sue brings our look at Finance and Giving to a close with some practical advice grounded in the Bible. Issues such as Credit, giving to charity and ethical banking are all considered in the light of the Gospel.

David asks us to look at the principles of tithing and giving as laid out in both the old and New Testament.

Chrissie Foster explores the challenges the Church faced as a result of physical growth and growing diversity. Circumstances we also experience. The lessons gained by them also have relevance for us. Not least as we work together in community to see the Kingdom God grow.

Ben paints the picture of his journey and that of the Church in recent days as we have looked to God again to understand how we might best communicate His good news to the world around us.

Brian carefully explores the amazing truths of the presence of God in Jesus- Emanuel- God With Us

Tim calls us to consider the challenge of a holy God dwelling with sinful man and the amazing atoning work of Christ in reconciling us to God.

Chrissie takes us deeper into our understanding of the presence of God. Looking at how close he wants our relationship to be

Bill challenges us to take the presence of God in to EVERY situation

Bladimir Camacho unpacks the new wineskin that we need to become in order that we can contain the new wine. He looks at three ways in which a misunderstanding of Grace robs us of our true identity in Christ.

Tim brings the vast forgiveness of God into stark relief in this parable of Jesus and calls us to live the prayer "Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us"

Jonathan shares the sense of being lost and how Jesus offers us a way to be found. His excellent depiction of the prodigal son's decline and the revelation of our Father's love is so helpful to us all

Sue takes us through the last months of Saul's life and draws together the lessons we have learned from this series in 1 Samuel.

Ben shares his insights on three lessons to belearned from David's attitude to Saul

Peter gives a poignant testimony of his battle with the Goliath in his life -the cancer his wife Pat is fighting.

The story of Saul's downfall paints him as a real biblical villain, but we look at his life and see the choices he made. What if he had made different choices. We all face choices that can have a large impact on our future.

Alan brings a powerful encouragement to us from the life of Moses In the desert- in the land of the 'inbetween' Moses spoke his heart to the people. Where they have come from. Where they were at. What they must give themselves to and a prophecy about their future and ours.

Abby looks at the gifts Jonathan gives to David as a demonstration of the different ways in which he trusts honours and respects this man; laying down all that might hurt his friend. She asks us how much are we like Jonathan?

Jim Munson spoke of the lessons we can learn from the early years of Saul's reign when he allowed God's Spirit to lead and guide him.

Brian asks us the question. What does it take for us to be the kind of armour bearer that Jonathan had. Loyal, courageous and totally trusting in God

The problem we have with looking back, even on the most recent past, is that it can seem like shining a torch into a now darkened room. We see just parts of the whole, that which our minds rest on. The glow of the light also changes the reality sometimes making it more than it is, and things that are not lit disappear in the gloom of our selective memory.