Good Work: Organising Work March 30, 2025 Tim Adeney Working together, Love, Belonging to Christ, Work, The Fall, Good Work Genesis 11:1-9 Romans 12:3-8 1 Corinthians 16:1-4 Organising? The Good of Working together Work enabling work When work is enabled The Peril of Working Together The peril of achieving good work The peril of abandoning good work Organising Love
Good Work: Work as Love March 23, 2025 Tim Adeney Co-workers in Christ, Work, People 1 Peter, Ecclesiastes Ecclesiastes 2:4-11 1 Peter 4:7-11
Good Work: Work and Creation March 16, 2025 Tim Adeney Christianity in Practice, Creation, Work, Action, The Fall Genesis Genesis 1:24-2:25 Thinking about work Work Created (‘Creation Work’) The creation mandate The first work (naming) God’s work and God’s creation God’s work and our work ‘Creation work’ Work Frustrated (‘Fall Work’) Frustrated and frustrating Work continues Fall work The End of Work (‘Redemption Work’) Creation, Fall, Redemption
“You are not your own” Six reminders about sin, holiness, and being the people of God March 9, 2025 David Starling Judgement & Restoration, Community, Belonging to Christ, Body of Christ, Honour God 1 Corinthians 1 Corinthians 5-6 A scandal in suburbia Two scandals in Corinth A man and his step-father (5:1-13) Predatory lawsuits (6:1-11) “Do you not know” Six things the Corinthians had forgotten “Don’t you know that a little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough?” (5:6) “Do you not know that the Lord’s people will judge the world?” (6:2, cf. v3) “Do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God?” (6:9) “Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself?” (6:15) “Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body?” (6:16) “Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit?” (6:19) You are not your own
Cross-shaped leadership, cross-shaped culture March 2, 2025 David Starling Wisdom of the Cross, Christ-like culture, Obedience, Suffering, Sacrifice, Leadership, Servant 1 Corinthians 1 Corinthians 4:1-21 Why care about leadership? The Corinthians and their leaders Boasting (v 6-7, 18) Judging (v 3-5) What are leaders? Servants (v 1-5) Slaves and fools (v 8-13) Examples to imitate (v 14-21)