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Have you ever considered yourself part of this adulterous generation? Alex delivers a challenging sermon with James 3:13-4:6, asking us what our desires say about the contents of our hearts. Do we envy, quarrel, tear others down and boast over their shortcomings, all the while proclaiming Christ? We can’t have it both ways. It’s time to choose.

The third Mix in our Jesus in the Book series has Pete scouring the whole of Leviticus for pictures of Christ - and He’s everywhere. The people of God have always needed a High Priest to make an atonement offering, bringing us back into His arms. See how Jesus is both Priest and all-sufficient offering in one.

What do you suppose is the most dangerous part of the body? Joshua shows us in James 3:1-12 just how powerful the tongue can be: with it we can praise God and curse the works of His hands in the same breath. See how our Saviour uses His words to heal, not to harm, and enables us to become a blessing to all.

We have seen Jesus as an infant. We have seen Him as a man. But what can we learn from Him at the tender age of 12? Pete engages our minds and hearts with Luke 2:36-52, investigating how the incarnation of the omniscient God, seemingly against all possibility, became able to learn. He truly is fully God and fully man.

Faith and works is an easily mismanaged issue, but Thomas addresses it directly through James 2:14-26. If we claim to love God and His word, yet never pray, never read our Bibles and never serve the Kingdom, what is our faith worth? Time to take stock. What do your deeds say about the contents of your heart?

On the road to Emmaus, two disciples failed to recognise Jesus. But 33 years earlier, in Luke 2:21-40, one little-known prophet saw the redemption of God’s people in the face of an infant. Here Tom shows us the day Simeon’s hopes, and yours, are fulfilled.

‘Oh no, we don’t associate with those people.’ Sounds familiar? Chris shows us in James 2:1-13 that our Saviour shows no preference nor favouritism. To follow Jesus is to treat people as He did: with love regardless of station - and grace regardless of deeds. Don’t look down on your neighbour; look up to Christ.

Have you ever felt that there is too much bad news in the world? Through Luke 2:1-20, Tom announces that the greatest Good News of all: that God himself, whose hands shaped the heavens n took on the tiny hands of an infant. No grand and worldly powers could ever hope to compare with our Saviour.

At this special service where three of our members are baptised, Rory preaches from the verses chosen by those being baptised, focusing on Romans 5:8. As we consider the amazing testimonies of how God’s changed the lives of Hannah, Megan and Tamara, we consider just who Jesus is - how he transforms lives, how his story is true, and how he committed the greatest act of love in human history to bring you to God.

In this month’s Mix looking at ‘Jesus in the Book’ Tom helps us see Jesus in Exodus. As we focus in on some of the most significant and well-known parts of the Exodus, Tom shows us how the scriptures point a neon arrow at Jesus as God with us, the great I AM, our Passover Lamb, and our High Priest.

Rory continues our evening series in James, preaching from James 1:16-27. James exhorts the believers to watch their tongues and be slow to speak - but quick to listen. Often we can find this easy to agree with, but how often can we find ourselves promising to change but not following through? In this challenging section of James, Rory helps us think through how we can apply these verses practically so we don’t see ourselves in light of God’s word and immediately forget what we see - and the saviour to run to.

Pete continues the investigation in Luke 1: 26-56, in which a humble Judean teenager is among the first to hear the good news. The song she sings is not of her own blessing, but rooted in a confident assurance of God's faithfulness throughout the ages. Doesn't the good news of Jesus make you want to sing? Let Mary teach you how. 00:00 Introduction 00:36 Reading 04:27 The Investigation So Far 10:59 The Story 27:48 The Song 37:48 The Saviour And His Plan

Delving into James 1: 1-18 and Psalm 73, Pete delivers a true challenge: when trials come, which way will you turn? Living in poverty is a true trial, but so is living in wealth. Both bring discontentment, hollowness and rationalising of sin. Isn't there a better way to live? God has one ready for you. Come and take the test. 00:00 Introduction 00:36 Reading 06:21 86,400 Seconds 14:21 Which Story Will You Live By? 33:12 Take The Test 57:15 Closing Prayer

Feeling disappointed? Try four hundred years of it. Tom resumes the apostle's account in Luke 1: 1-25 and 57-80, where a faithful priest and his wife, in the midst of personal and national misery, experience God's faithfulness firsthand. Pain is answered by promise, silence turns to song, and the new Elijah enters the world to herald the coming of the King. 00:00 Introduction 00:36 Reading 06:24 The Historian 10:06 The Pain And The Promise 31:05 The Silence And The Song 44:34 Closing Prayer

Continuing our series in the book of James, Tom preaches from James 1:1-8. James starts as he means to go on - full of encouragement and full of challenge. Even in trials of all kinds, we can be confident of God’s sovereign care, his willingness to give us wisdom to trust him, and his purpose to make us increasingly like Jesus. But we must come to him alone, not rely on ourselves or hold onto allegiance to any other master. Even if our prayer is simply ‘I believe - help my unbelief’, the one we come to is our loving Heavenly Father, full of grace and truth - hold fast to him!