True Story | Part 9 | Resurrection
Paul says in 1 Corinthians 15 that, if Jesus did not really resurrect from the dead, our faith is futile. What effect did the Resurrection of Jesus have? How did it change history? And how is it changing our lives today?
True Story | Part 8 | Cross
This message is about the subversive Cross.
The word subversive means: “tending or intending to overthrow, destroy or undermine an established or existing system”. And this is exactly what the Cross of Christ does. It overthrows, destroys and undermines any cultural or religious human system of morality and control, showing its inadequacies, and instead displaying the love and righteousness of God.
In this message, we are going to look at four cultural values that the Cross confronts, completes and consoles. Two of them were very prominent in Paul’s first century world; wisdom and power. The last two are very prominent in our post-modern world; justice and freedom. We are going to explore the subversive impact of the Cross on all four of these cultural values.
Peace on Earth? | Part 2 | Kingdom vs. Empire
Did Jesus come to bring peace to the earth, or to start a revolution?Was He a peace-maker or a trouble-maker? We usually talk about Christmas in soft and peaceful terms. But in this message, Koen will show how the Incarnation was in fact a declaration of war against the empire darkness, and how celebrating Christmas…
Peace on Earth? | Part 1 | The Three Dimensions Of Advent
Peace on earth? Yeah… not this Christmas. There are currently 32 armed conflicts in the world, and with all the anxiety and burnout we can’t say that people really have a sense of internal peace either. In this message, we will walk through the three dimensions of Advent – remembering with thankfulness that Christ came…
Freedom Sunday
In this message, we hear from Merel vd Ven from IJM (International Justice Mission) about loving your neighbour, being touched by God’s compassion for people and the important work of justice and how we can be involved.
