1.  Seeing what you’ve already seen Why didn’t I see it before? The besetting sin of preachers The prosperity gospel, eschatology and reading your Bible Wright, social responsibility, eschatology and reading your bible So what about the end times, the rapture and 666? Eschatology is a way of reading your Bible 2.  The end of…

1.  Life between two ends? 2.  What does the Bible actually promise? 3.  Why is following Jesus like this? It’s all a bit strange don’t you think? Darkness hates the light Real goodness is slightly frightening 4.  How to keep going when it hurts Jesus’ example – enduring the cross because of the joy Jesus…

1.  Permanent or passing? 2.  4 key passages 1 Corinthians 6: On ethics and the resurrection 1 Corinthians 15: On earthly and heavenly bodies 2 Peter 3: On burning up and being exposed 1 Corinthians 7: On passing away 3.  Love connects us to the future Love What is love? An affectionate commitment to the…

1.  What are the last days for? 2.  Why do we live in a broken world? We live in a broken world because God has broken it We live in a broken world because we have sinned Part of God’s judgement is that we already experience the effects of our own sin… Passion and corruption…

1.  Visions of the end 2.  The Bible – God’s unfolding story of the end… Creation Noah and a new beginning?! A new beginning? Entering the promised land (and the promise of exiting!) Israel gets a king 3.  Crucial prophetic promises 4.  The story of the Bible and lessons about the end (payoff time!) The two…