Well, you know you aren’t saved by what you do. So does that mean you afford to sit around on the couch eating chup-a-chups and watching Dr Phil, relaxing in the knowledge that you are relying on the all-sufficiency of Christ to bring you to God (1 Peter 3:18)?

Or does what you do still matter?

Come along to School this Thursday at 7pm in the Edge Cafe for our final installment in this series entitled: Saved. Why? How? What then? You can bring your chup-a-chups if you want.

Mark D.

The response that Paul and Silas had for the jailer was: “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.” (Acts 16:30-31)

Last week at School we discussed why we need saving in the first place. This week we’ll be looking at the “how” question – how am I saved? As Christians, we carry a unique answer to this question, one that has started a revolution that has significantly shaped the course of world history for the past 2000 years and will shape eternity.

So if you, like the jailer, have asked “what must I do to be saved?” or if you want to be prepared when someone asks you, come along to School at 7pm in the Edge Cafe. As Luke Oram might say, it could “change your life”.

The answer that I think of first, and one that seems fairly standard in Christian circles, is that salvation means that because of Jesus death I can be forgiven from my sins and therefore I can go to heaven when I die, having been saved from hell. However, after some exploration and prolonged thinking, I’m no longer convinced this answer is good enough. I believe that it contains truth, but that it is not the whole truth. That truth is much, much bigger…and yet somehow amazingly more relevant to daily life!

So what is the bigger truth? How does the concept of salvation fit into the story of God? Come and find out this Thursday night in the first of three nights tackling these concepts. 7pm in the Edge Kingsland Cafe.

What: “Saved: Why? How? Now What?”

Where: Edge Kingsland Cafe

If you have ever had any questions like these then maybe you need to book in the next three Thursday nights to come to School. We want to have discussions around these sorts of questions and see if there isn’t just a little more to this whole thing than we often realise. If you have no idea what we are on about, come along. If you are wondering about how to be saved, or if you already have been and want to know a bit more about what that means (even if you have been a Christian for ages) then come along. It’s a core part of who we are and what God’s up to here on planet earth. We would love to have you as part of the discussion.

What: “Saved: Why? How? Now What?”
When: Three Thursdays – Nov 18, 25, and Dec 2 @7pm
Where: Edge Kingsland Cafe

This is the question we will be investigating this week at School. 7pm Thursday in the Edge Kingsland cafe. Great people (especially if you come), great baking, great discussions.
This is the last opportunity in this series to come and be a part of the discussion.

But for now, perhaps you might like to write one short sentence below saying what you think is the point of our gatherings…I would be interested to read your thoughts!

Andy.

A Wizard of Oz bellows loud and beats the drum of ‘Science Not Faith,’
continually confronting us with science as the answer to killing God…

Does evolution override our faith in God and belief in scripture? Did God create us to evolve? Can you believe in evolution and God? Do we need to?

Come along to get some answers to the myriad of questions we
are constantly faced with in regards to this topic.

Where? Edge cafe
When? This Monday, 27 September 2010
Time? 7pm
Speaker? Shawn Means – Doctoral student and Mathematical Biologist

Walk into one church and you will find incense swung by a elaborately dressed priest, icons covering most of the walls, and words chanted rather than spoken.
Walk into another church and you will find hands raised, heavenly tongues spoken, hands laid on others in prayer.
In yet another church you will find a choir singing hymns, lengthy Scripture readings, and structured liturgy.
Visit another church and you will find yourself in someone’s home, eating a meal, and listing to someone share from Scripture.
In another you will find the whole service is a sacrament, focused on the Eucharist, with creeds and prayers receited corporately while standing or kneeling.

Tradition is all around us, whether we call it that or not.

What do these practices mean? Are they important? Should we care about tradition?

Come along to School this Thursday 7pm in the Edge cafe, eat some good baking, and join our conversation as we explore these questions and more.

Beks

Thursdays in September @7pm

Starts TONIGHT in the Edge Kingsland café.

For more details check out the other SCHOOL blogs below!

School presents ‘Church: God’s dream…or a nightmare?’

Thursdays in September @7pm

Starts THIS WEEK in the Edge Kingsland café.

Andy.

Should you bother going to church?

And then you think: Why are you going to church anyway? In fact, why does anyone go to church?

That gets you thinking even further: Why not just join a sports club? They have table tennis tables and coffee at the RSA don’t they? And why are there so many different kinds of churches when they’re all supposed to believe in the same thing?

If you’ve had questions like these, then the next series of School is for you – we’re looking at “The Church: God’s dream…or a nightmare?”

This series runs for four weeks from next Thursday, 9 September, starting at 7pm in the Edge Cafe. See you there.

Could even be worth setting your alarm for.