This week, James, one of the Vicars at B&A, continued our series in the book of Micah. James looked into chapter 3 and unpacked why it's safe to let God judge us.

This week, we had the pleasure of welcoming Rob Scott-Cook, founding pastor of the Woodlands Group of Churches, as our guest speaker. He shared a message from Romans 8, exploring how the Holy Spirit helps us in our prayers.

Matt continues our sermon series through the book of Micah, diving into chapter 2 with a powerful message on ending injustice and bringing restoration. He unpacks the context of the time and challenges us to consider what it means for our lives today. As we reflect, we’re left with this important question: What role will we play in ending injustice and bringing restoration right where we are?

Wayne kicks off our new sermon series on the book of Micah by unpacking chapter 1:1-16. He explores the historical context, the prophetic warnings, and the urgent call to repentance that God delivered to His people through Micah. A powerful message that challenges us and leads us to deeper relationship with Jesus.

James concludes our Holiness series with a powerful message on holiness and suffering, drawing from 2 Corinthians 4:1-18. He divides the passage into three key points: the message of Christianity, how we suffer well, and what happens when we suffer well. James helps us understand that while suffering is not God's desire for us, He can use it to shape us. At the cross, God Himself endured suffering, and with that in mind, we can begin to grasp how to suffer well. Suffering is a part of walking in relationship with God. We can choose to merely endure suffering, or we can draw closer to Jesus, suffering with Him as He did, knowing that through our suffering, He is making us holy.

This week, Chris continues our sermon series on holiness with a message on the hope found in holiness. He walks us through 1 Thessalonians 4:3-5, highlighting how the gospel offers the promise of becoming fully holy - not just in this life, but in the life to come.

Charles continues our series on Holiness and takes us to John 17:14-16 where we look at how living in the world requires both being in the world but not of the world and that we are called to maintain our holiness and our distinctiveness whilst engaging with and loving those around us.

Wendy continues our series on Holiness by taking us to 1 Peter 2:9 and Ephesians 5:25-27. Wendy shared that the church is called to be a community of holiness, a community set apart, light in a dark world.

This week, Denise continues our sermon series on Holiness, looking into holiness and love. Denise shares from 1 John 4:7-8 on how love is the truest expression of holiness and how our love for God and for others is evidence of our sanctification.

Continuing in our series Jesus, You and Me and the Holy Life, Wayne talks about what role does the law and cultures rule and regulations play in a life of holiness.

In this week's talk, James looks at Matthew 25 and what it means to play our part in Bringing Bristol to Jesus.

This Sunday, we were blessed to have Alice Bond, pastor of Hope Chapel here in Bristol come and speak. Alice shared a powerful message as part of our sermon series on Holiness, focusing on Psalm 51 and the role of repentance in holiness. She spoke on how holiness is built on the altar of our failure, highlighting the crucial role that repentance and an honest understanding of our shortcomings play in our journey toward holiness.

Wayne takes us to 1 Peter 1:14-16 where he shares with us that pursuing holiness is a lifelong journey, that requires both a reliance on God’s grace and our own personal discipline.

Wayne leads us to Isaiah 6:1-8 to look at God’s holiness, that is the foundation for our understanding of holiness and that it is both awe inspiring, sin revealing and transformative.

Paul kicks off our new sermon series - Jesus, you and me: The Holy Life and takes us through a whistle-stop tour of Leviticus, where he lands us at 19:1-2. Paul shares with us some powerful insights into how God calls us to be Holy as He is Holy, and that this call is both an invitation and a command.

Denise talks about how it is in the knowing of God's love for us through the Holy Spirit that has the power to transform us: He changes our core strength, He changes our perspective and He helps us to surrender.

This week, we explored Romans 8:1-17, looking into how the law alone is insufficient and why we need the indwelling Holy Spirit in our lives. This is the same Spirit that provides us with the assurance and joy of knowing we are co-heirs with Christ, adopted as children of God.

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In Acts 19, Luke tells us that through the Church in Ephesus, a whole nation heard the good news of Jesus. What was it about the Ephesians that made this possible? John shows us what is was and encouraged us at B&A to pursue those characteristics in our life today.