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04/09/2024

So much for the glory, power & stymie of the resurrection of Jesus. Seems like radio silence on churches social media platforms. Is the resurrection of Jesus meant by God to be a once-a-year Awe! … then p**f, gone firework? Or is it the air we breathe in the Christian life. (Same holds true for Christmas & Good Friday). Do some church calendars help or hinder the Christian life? I think can hinder, because it can neglect the daily, consistent reminders of the need and sufficiency of the death & resurrection of Jesus, which are much more prominent in the scriptures than in our once-a-year big celebration this week, then silence all the other 51. Let’s see the consistency of the “It Is Finished / Out the Grave” message of the death & resurrection of Jesus throughout the rest of the New Testament.

Here @ FCCBradford we do not tuck the coming (Christmas), the life, the death (Good Friday) and the resurrection (Easter) of Jesus away until next year. We live in the life, death & resurrection, which is the power of the gospel… as the anthem. We live in these because the early Christians lived in these. There is no record of a once a year celebration of things so big.
In Christ Alone heralds: “here in the love of Christ, I stand” “Here in the death of Christ, I live” “Up from the grave He rose again/bought with the precious blood of Christ” “Here in the power of Christ, I stand”.
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1 Corinthians 15:1-4 So much for the glory, power & stymie of the resurrection of Jesus. Seems like radio silence on churches social media platforms. Is the…

03/12/2024

A beautiful song of hope, inspired by Palm 91!

Guitar, vocals: Michael Sperring
Piano, vocals: Cheryl Sperring
Guitar: Tom Harvey

Psalm 91
”Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” Surely he will save you from the fowler’s snare and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday. A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you. You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked. If you say, “The Lord is my refuge,” and you make the Most High your dwelling, no harm will overtake you, no disaster will come near your tent. For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone. You will tread on the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent. “Because he loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. He will call on me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation.”“

A beautiful song of hope, inspired by Palm 91 Guitar, vocals: Mike Sperring Piano, vocals: Cheryl Sperring Guitar: Tom Harvey ”Whoever dwells in the shelter…

03/03/2024

we often get asked:
“How big is your church?”
We always answer…100%
Check it…Jesus turned the Roman Empire right-side up, beginning with 12 bafoons!

Sunday 10am Roomers & Zoomers welcome!