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Teaching Plan October - December 2025

 

Faith Foundations - God's Revelation Through the Bible

This autumn's teaching series will take us on a wonderful journey together through the entire Bible. We will be looking at its big themes to learn more about God’s revelation to us and how it was understood by the different biblical authors. This will help us all to build even firmer foundations for our Christian faith, so that we can continue to grow in our understanding of God and God's love for us. It will also help us to talk with more confidence to our friends, neighbours, family and work colleagues about our faith, the difference it makes and how our Holy Scriptures, when read well, challenge the way we think about life and living well.
 
We will be exploring who God is, what God is like and what kind of relationship we can expect with God, both as individuals and as a community. We will also explore the type of societal values God desires for us and the things that can stop this being a reality. As we enter Advent, the series will reach its climax as we reflect on God revealed in Christ and what this means for us.
 
This is not meant just to be a teaching series but an invitation for all of us to enter into a big conversation about how we encounter God, how we understand the Bible and how we use it to live in a Christ-like way.

There are many great resources available that can help supplement the notes provided, but we highly recommend two recent books:

  • 'Reading the Bible with its Writers' by Stephen Burnhope (Amazon link)
  • 'Better Ways to Read the Bible' by Zach W. Lambert (Amazon link)
     
Week to Subject / Bible refs Speaker(s)
12 Oct 1: The God who is     Exodus 3:13-14
The God who is real, the God who reveals, the God who relates		 Paul Wratten
19 Oct 2: Creation and new creation - created for purpose        Genesis 1:26-28
Relationship created, relationship broken, relationship restored		 Andy Read
26 Oct 3: Covenants part 1 – the Old     Genesis 12:1-3
Covenant relationships, covenant blessings, covenant values		 TBA
02 Nov (At The Table - The Light)  N/A
09 Nov 4: Covenants part 2 – the New     Jeremiah 31:31-34
New Covenant promised, new Covenant fulfilled, new Covenant values		 Anna Prinz
16 Nov 5: God’s people     1 Corinthians 12:12-27
God’s people are communal, God’s people are inclusive, God’s people are contributors		 Anthea Wratten
23 Nov 6: Six big ideas that demonstrate the presence of God     Genesis 18:19; Matthew 6:33
Justice & righteousness, reconciliation & salvation, kingdom & shalom		 Matt Hyam
30 Nov 7: What gets in our way and what shows us the way     Matthew 6:12-14; 1 Corinthians 2:13
The power of sin, the unholy Trinity, Wisdom, Word & Spirit		 Emanuel Prinz
07 Dec 8: Christ, the Messiah     Luke 24:25-27, 32-34
The Messiah with a twist, the perfect image-bearer, the mission initiator		 Nigel Rivers
14 Dec 9: The Church and the New Kingdom, ‘now but not yet’     Matthew 5:3-16; Luke 4:18-19
God’s kingdom mission, God’s kingdom now, God’s Kingdom to come		 Andy Read
21 Dec (Christmas meeting)