St John's Community Church - Sermons: How To Read The Bible

Sunday 23rd November 2025 - How To Read The Bible: The Bible As Fibre Optics

Dave Moss — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +0000

Sunday 23rd November 2025 - How To Read The Bible: The Bible As Fibre Optics

Series: How To Read The Bible

Preacher: Dave Moss

Date: 23rd November 2025

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Dave concludes our 'How To Read The Bible' series by exploring how we can move towards a deeper understanding of Scripture...

Sunday 16th November 2025 - How To Read The Bible - Responding To What We Read

Matt Wallace — Sun, 16 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +0000

Sunday 16th November 2025 - How To Read The Bible - Responding To What We Read

Series: How To Read The Bible

Preacher: Matt Wallace

Date: 16th November 2025

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Matt shares some reflections that spring out of a careful reading of the story of David, Bathsheba & Nathan from 2 Samuel 11-12...

Sunday 2nd November 2025 - How To Read The Bible - Lectio Divina

Helen Emery — Sun, 02 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +0000

Sunday 2nd November 2025 - How To Read The Bible - Lectio Divina

Series: How To Read The Bible

Preacher: Helen Emery

Date: 2nd November 2025

Passage: Psalm 23:1-6

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Helen helpfully leads us through some reflections on the practice of Lectio Divina, & offers some space with Psalm 23 in particular...

Sunday 26th October 2025 - How To Read The Bible: The Four Gospels

Kim Thomas — Sun, 26 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +0000

Sunday 26th October 2025 - How To Read The Bible: The Four Gospels

Series: How To Read The Bible

Preacher: Kim Thomas

Date: 26th October 2025

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As we continue our series no 'How To Read The Bible', Kim unpacks why we have the four gospel accounts of Jesus' life, & what these different views reveal about both the writers & the nature of Jesus...

Sunday 19th October 2025 - How To Read The Bible: All Things Bright And Beautiful

Dave Moss — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +0100

Sunday 19th October 2025 - How To Read The Bible: All Things Bright And Beautiful

Series: How To Read The Bible

Preacher: Dave Moss

Date: 19th October 2025

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Dave looks at some of the different attitudes that are held regarding our responsibilities towards our environment & the natural world, & explores what the Bible might have to say on this...

Sunday 12th October 2025 - How To Read The Bible: Better Ways To Read The Bible

Matt Wallace — Sun, 12 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +0100

Sunday 12th October 2025 - How To Read The Bible: Better Ways To Read The Bible

Series: How To Read The Bible

Preacher: Matt Wallace

Date: 12th October 2025

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Matt draws on the Zach Lambert book 'Better Ways To Read The Bible' to offer some helpful lenses through which we might best read the Bible...

Sunday 5th October 2025 - How To Read The Bible: Ignation Imagination

Laura Edwards — Sun, 05 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +0100

Sunday 5th October 2025 - How To Read The Bible: Ignation Imagination

Series: How To Read The Bible

Preacher: Laura Edwards

Date: 5th October 2025

Passage: Mark 10:46-52

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Laura shares the principles of 'Ignation Imagination' as a way to read the Bible, & leads us through a meditation on the story of Jesus' healing of blind Bartimaeus...

Sunday 28th September 2025 - How To Read The Bible: The Place of Doubt

Ian McKeown — Sun, 28 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +0100

Sunday 28th September 2025 - How To Read The Bible: The Place of Doubt

Series: How To Read The Bible

Preacher: Ian McKeown

Date: 28th September 2025

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Ian explores the place of doubt in terms of our faith, finding that curiosity & asking questions may indeed be at the heart of everything that is holy...

Sunday 21st September 2025 - How To Read The Bible: The Book of Jonah

Matt Wallace — Sun, 21 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +0100

Sunday 21st September 2025 - How To Read The Bible: The Book of Jonah

Series: How To Read The Bible

Preacher: Matt Wallace

Date: 21st September 2025

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Matt continues our new series 'How To Read The Bible' by looking at the book of Jonah, & suggests a way of reading it that may well help to uncover its deepest truths...

Sunday 14th September 2025 - How To Read The Bible: Who Wrote The Bible?

Matt Wallace — Sun, 14 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +0100

Sunday 14th September 2025 - How To Read The Bible: Who Wrote The Bible?

Series: How To Read The Bible

Preacher: Matt Wallace

Date: 14th September 2025

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Matt starts our new series by exploring who wrote some of the books of the Bible, & how the way they're put together might offer us insights into how we're meant to read the Bible...