Part 2 of an update given by Adam Taylor about 'Vision 2022' at the Shaping Our Future Together weekend in February 2017.

Part 1 of an update given by Adam Taylor about 'Vision 2022' at the Shaping Our Future Together weekend in February 2017.

Phil Colgan speaks on 'The Slaughtered Lion' (Revelation 5) at the Shaping Our Future Together weekend in February 2017.

Outline:

• A good king these days is hard to find
• The scroll sealed with seven seals (v1-4)
• The lion who is a lamb (v5-7)
  • Slaughtered
  • Seven horns
  • Seven eyes
• Gold bowls in heaven (v8)
  • The power of prayer
• The glory of the slaughtered lamb (v9-14)
  • Redemption from sin
  • A new identity: Kings and priests
  • 1 Corinthians 2:2 - I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.
• How do we glorify God
  • Proclaim Christ crucified
  • In our weakness

Phil Colgan speaks on 'The Throne Room of God' (Revelation 4) at the Shaping Our Future Together weekend in February 2017.

Outline:

• The wonderful but scary book of Revelation
• A vision of the throne room of God (v1-5)
  • The one seated on the throne
  • 24 thrones and elders
  • Thunder and lightning
  • Seven fiery torches
  • A sea of glass
• The four beasts glorify God for who he is (v6-8)
  • God is holy
  • God is the almighty
    • Sovereign
    • Omnipotent
    • Omniscient
  • God is eternal
    • Unchanging
    • Malachi 3:6 - I, the Lord, do not change.
    • James 1:17 - He does not change like shifting shadows.
• The 24 elders glorify God for what he has done (v9-11)
  • God is the creator and sustainer
  • Psalm 19:1 - The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky proclaims the work of his hands.
• Giving God the glory

A Q&A session with Peter Lin on 'Reflections on a Growing Church' at the Shaping Our Future Together weekend in January 2016.