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Fitzroy Presbyterian Church - The Sunday Download

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The weekly Sunday download from firzroy.org.uk

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2018 11 25 am - There is a Kingdom, there is a King

November 25, 2018 12:00 - 11.5 MB

In a world full of borders, back stops, arrogant politicians and a fragile Primer Minister we will be hearing Jesus claims of a Kingdom that is not of this world. What does that look like? How do we live in it?

2018 11 18 am: The White Album, Hal Lindsay, Fear and Shalom

November 18, 2018 12:00 - 15 minutes - 7.06 MB

Steve looks at Mark 13, asks about the fear and the shalom of the end of the world and looks at the end of one way of the world before Advent send in a whole new order

2018 11 11 am - Put God In His - and Our Lives Fall Into Place

November 11, 2018 12:00 - 9.1 MB

This morning we looked at how worship puts God in his place in our Creation and therefore we can find our place, no matter what the circumstances.

2018 11 04 am: The Balance of Need and Greed

November 04, 2018 12:00 - 16 minutes - 7.4 MB

At our Harvest service, Steve contrasts the bounty that we have with what those in Onialeku have, and asks 'what is enough?' in the balance between need and greed

2018 10 28 am: What do you want me to do for you

October 28, 2018 12:00 - 9.96 MB

Steve unpacks sections of Mark 10 and Jeremiah 31 with various contemporary scenarios. U2 are in town and even a casual look at Blind Bartimeaus and the people of God’s Babylonian exile draws us to their song The Blackout. Steves unpacking, merges the words of this song with this week’s memorial to the Shankill bomb and the current state of the Church. What are the clues in the Biblical text and in U2’s Songs Of Experience tour that can help us find cheer, hope and consolation? Expect many ...

2018 10 21 am: Can't Buy Me Love

October 21, 2018 12:00 - 22 minutes - 10.1 MB

The Lectionary takes us into the heart, literally, of the Rich Young Ruler in Mark 10 and the heart of the nation in Amos 5. Can't Buy Me Love sang The Beatles and it would seem that God is suggesting, rather strongly, that it cannot buy the most crucial thing. In fact it distracts us from and tempts us away. We are rich. These texts are strong critique. We need to hear.

2018 10 14 pm: How to read Genesis

October 14, 2018 12:00 - 52 minutes - 47.9 MB

Desi helps us get a handle on the first book in the modern Bible

2018 10 07 am: Setting the Map for a Good Life

October 07, 2018 12:00 - 20 minutes - 9.06 MB

Paul examines Psalm 1, ponders the Biblical meaning of blessing, and encourages us to chew over the words of scripture, allowing it to nourish us.

2018 09 30 am: Do You Wanna Go Back to Egypt

September 30, 2018 12:00 - 19 minutes - 26.3 MB

Steve muses the institutionalisation of the complaining Israelites of Numbers 11, and wonders if we are still living as if we had not been set free.

2018 09 09 am - If one weeps we all weep

September 09, 2018 12:00 - 9.19 MB

Looking at Romans 12, Steve walks us through a Biblical character sketch to help us see how to keep together what we hold precious. In a polarised culture and what he terms as a theologist Church it is a tough world to continue to be Fitzroy. When one of us weeps we all weep

2018 09 02 am - Re-Entry

September 02, 2018 12:00 - 10.7 MB

On the first Sunday of the new church year Steve helps us understand how we can welcome our short term teams back into the family. This is also the first of our live streams, so if you are a member of Fitzroy, Login to the site, go to Worship and Live Stream to see a very special guest during the children's address

2018 08 26 am - Present suffering and future glory

August 26, 2018 12:00 - 11.6 MB

Desi helps us explore a quote from the apostle Paul "If you want to be a follower of Jesus, you must be prepared to suffer"

2018 08 19am - Too hard to swallow?

August 19, 2018 12:00 - 15.4 MB

Neville asks us the question this morning, are you Hungry?

2018 08 12am - Jesus loves me this I know

August 12, 2018 12:00 - 14.1 MB

Inspired by his most recent trip to Uganda, Michael takes us on a whistle stop tour of the bible examining versus which tell us how much Jesus loves each of us

2018 07 29 am

July 29, 2018 12:00 - 14.9 MB

We take a deeper look at the story of Jesus feeding the 5000. It all starts with an act of generosity, and Neville talks to us about Gods continued act of generosity.

Mark: "It's not just the stories - it's the way I tell 'em!"

July 22, 2018 12:00 - 31 minutes - 14.2 MB

Ben looks at two stories of healing in Mark 5, and how Jesus deals with those involved personally for their benefit, demonstrating His bringing of life 'in all its fulness'

2018 07 15 am - Living a life of influence

July 15, 2018 12:00 - 12 MB

Paul help us understand the evaluation questions we should be asking ourselves in order for us to live a life of influence

2018 07 08 am - Worship under fire

July 08, 2018 12:00 - 19.8 MB

Paul talks about how God removes the stabilisers to draw us into a deeper relationship with him

2018 07 01 am - Restoration man

July 01, 2018 12:00 - 10.8 MB

Restoration Man - Dave walks us through his thoughts on how Jesus is the restoration man

2018 06 24 am: He really does care. Do you?

June 24, 2018 12:00 - 24 minutes - 10.9 MB

Davelooks at how the Divine dance of love is played out in Luke 7, and asks whether we recognise ourselves more in Simon or the woman.

2018 06 17am - 10:10 Mission

June 17, 2018 12:00 - 9.89 MB

As we look towards the summer and the various missions members of Fitzroy will partake in, Steve talks about his mission to Uganda and how it is also a retreat

2018 06 03 am: Sabbatical? A Source for Service

June 03, 2018 12:00 - 24 minutes - 10.8 MB

Steve talks of the need for Sabbath in a relentless world, but the kind fo Sabbath that God had in mind.

2018 05 27 am - Kindness is the new rock 'n roll

May 27, 2018 12:00 - 9.45 MB

Steve asks the question about where God's action towards humans comes from and unpacks how this impacts us.

2018 05 20 am - Reconciliation

May 20, 2018 12:00 - 11.2 MB

On Pentecost Sunday, Steve chats to Christophe Mboyingabo and Diane Holt on the topic of reconciliation

2018 05 13 am: Cosmic Jesus

May 13, 2018 12:00 - 10 minutes - 4.74 MB

Steve reflects on the Ascension of Jesus in Luke 24, with the help of a poem by Malcolm Guite.

2018 05 06 am: Love Is Bigger Than Anything In Its Way

May 06, 2018 12:00 - 21 minutes - 9.41 MB

Steve looks at Jesus' final teaching to His disciples in John 15, and asks how the fruit of abiding in Him works its way out from the disciples to the world through love.

2018 04 29 am - Abiding

April 29, 2018 12:00 - 20 minutes - 9.16 MB

Steve asks us the question, are children influenced by the specific words and moments of their parents or just by imbibing everything over years and years? How does being around Jesus shape you?

2018 04 22 am: John 10:11

April 22, 2018 12:00 - 20 minutes - 9.14 MB

On Good Shepherd Sunday, Steve looks at how we might have the 'life in all its fullness' of which Jesus spoke in John 10:10

2018 04 15 am: You are witnesses…

April 15, 2018 12:00 - 26 minutes - 12 MB

After reading Jesus' commission to His disciples in Luke 24, Steve asks why we find it difficult to be witnesses in 2018, and suggests how we might approach the task.

2018 04 18 am: From Doubt to Devotion

April 08, 2018 12:00 - 23 minutes - 10.5 MB

Neville looks at the spiritual journey Thomas makes after Jesus' resurrection, and asks what we can learn from him.

2018 03 25 am: Improve Your Serve!

March 25, 2018 12:00 - 21 minutes - 9.43 MB

Pual looks at Jesus' servant attitude in John's Gospel, and encourages us to act with humility, not out to impress, but to impact. Czech mime artist Tomsa enacts the parable of the Good Samaritan in the middle.

2018 03 18 am: We Wish to See Jesus

March 18, 2018 12:00 - 29 minutes - 13 MB

Steve asks where people see Jesus, and do they see Him accurately. As we get to know Him through the Gospels, we will hopefully become like the Jesus we want to share in the dark places of our world

2018 03 11 am: Bearing Fruit…

March 11, 2018 12:00 - 22 minutes - 9.94 MB

Heather Carey talks about bearing fruit in the local community at Mornington, and Elma Greer and Holly McCalmont talk of doing the same in Arua, Uganda with Fields of Life

2018 03 04 am: Prepare to Meet Thy God

March 04, 2018 12:00 - 20 minutes - 9.32 MB

Steve looks at Jesus' claim in John 2 to be able to rebuild the temple in three days, and asks why it took the disciples so long to work out what he meant.

2018 02 25 am: No Retreat Baby… No Surrender!

February 25, 2018 12:00 - 20 minutes - 9.15 MB

In the week of the Brit awards, Steve muses Stormzy, and professing God in the midst of hostile territory

2018 02 18 am: Every Time You Wash Your Face

February 18, 2018 12:00 - 23 minutes - 10.3 MB

Reflecting on the week's events, Steve asks what the blind spot for sin might be in our lives, and surmises Lent as getting ready for freedom before freedom comes.

2018 02 11 am: Listen to Him

February 11, 2018 12:00 - 20 minutes - 9.25 MB

From reading God's command to the disciples to listen to Jesus on the Mount of Transfiguration in Mark's Gospel, Steve wonders if we will allow a voice into our prejudices, by listening, rather than merely hearing, across our bounderies.

2018 02 04 am: Breathing Resurrection into the Everyday

February 04, 2018 12:00 - 28 minutes - 12.6 MB

Steve explores how grace given leads to service in Mark 1, and Jonny Fitch sings

2018 01 28 am: The Authority of Jesus

January 28, 2018 12:00 - 22 minutes - 9.95 MB

Steve looks at the beginning of Jesus' ministry in Mark where He orders an impure spirit out of a man in the synagogue, and asks what Jesus might be challenging in our lives which prevents our ability to fully live in Him

2018 01 21 am: Kingdom Stories

January 21, 2018 12:00 - 31 minutes - 14.2 MB

Fresh from his return from Uganda, Steve recouonts real-life stories of former Fields of Life students, and ponders the fertility of the soil of their, and our, lives

2018 01 14 am: The "O" kay in Holiness!

January 14, 2018 12:00 - 22 minutes - 9.82 MB

Julie Greenlee talks about the 'O' of obedience in saying "Okay" to God, looking at the passage of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the book of Daniel

2018 01 07 am: Wring out the Old, Bring in the New

January 07, 2018 12:00 - 25 minutes - 11.4 MB

At the start of the year, Steve encourages us to look at those aspects of our lives which we need to 'wring out', and those which we can nurture in our journey towards Christlikeness

2017 12 25 am: God with Us

December 25, 2017 12:00 - 17 minutes - 8.06 MB

Steve talks about one of the special names given to Jesus - Emmanuel

2017 12 24 am: The Word made Flesh - Jesus on the Doorstep

December 24, 2017 12:00 - 17 minutes - 7.91 MB

In his final 10:10 in ten sermon, Steve looks for the secret of world evangelism, and finds the answer in the Word made Flesh and a relational living out of the Gospel

2017 12 17 am: A Christmas Revolution

December 17, 2017 12:00 - 27 minutes - 12.2 MB

As part of the family service, Paul looks at some misconceptions about God, and the truth of what He did for us for love's sake in the Incarnation

2017 12 10 am: Sheep and Goats - What does a 10:10er Do?

December 10, 2017 12:00 - 21 minutes - 12.2 MB

In the penultimate part of Steve's 10:10 in ten series, he looks at the parable of the sheep and the goats, takes us to the townships of South Africa and emphasises how caring for others is crucial to 10:10 living

2017 12 03 am: Peace and Prosperity of the City - Belfast 10:10

December 03, 2017 12:00 - 27 minutes - 12.2 MB

In part 8 of his 10:10 in Ten series Steve looks at the song the angels send that first Christmas morning, “Peace on earth”, and encourages us to be active peacemakers.

2017 11 26 am: Here I am, Send Me - Go and Make…

November 26, 2017 12:00 - 26 minutes - 12.1 MB

In the seventh of his 10:10 sermons, Steve looks at Isaiah's call, and asks if we will be faithful to go where called 'out of the bawn', regardless of results.

2017 11 19 am: Fitzroy's Got Talents

November 19, 2017 12:00 - 26 minutes - 11.9 MB

Neville reminds us, by way of an audio compilation, of the teaching we have been given by Steve on 10:10 living in recent weeks, and referencing the Parable of the Talents from Matthew's gospel asks what we will do with what we have been given.

2017 11 12 am: Do not conform

November 12, 2017 12:00 - 21 minutes - 9.78 MB

Steve delves into Romans 12, and asks how we can continue being transformed, rather than conforming to the comfortable world around us.