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It is not just what we say that counts it’s also what people hear. In this series we look at times Jesus or one of the apostles spoke to people and then we will think through what they said and why. What did people hear and what was the outcome. In doing so helping us learn some principles as to how we can talk as Jesus would talk to people today.

Part 1: The Boy Jesus at the Temple

by Chick Yuill September 9, 2018 6:30pm

Luke 2: 41-52

Here we find Jesus in two types of conversations at the age of Twelve; the first with the teachers in the Temple and the second with His parents. He speaks to both with an amazing depth of wisdom.

Part 2: Jesus and Nicodemus

by Tom Ward September 16, 2018 6:30pm

John 3:1-21

Nicodemus was a member of the Jewish ruling council, a highly educated man. How does Jesus open up the Gospel to him? What can we learn from Jesus’s approach?

Part 3: Jesus and the Samaritan Lady

by Matt Pierce September 23, 2018 6:30pm

John 4:1-42

Here we see Jesus strike up a conversation with a lady many others did not want to talk to. We see how he develops the conversation and the effect it has on the lady and also on her community.

Part 4: Jesus Speaks to the Paralysed Man

by Chris Mellor September 30, 2018 6:30pm

Luke 5:17-26

Jesus response to faith people show. Here faith is shown by the man who is paralysed and by his friends but not by the Pharisees and the teachers. Here we see how faith causes Jesus to speak out and the consequences of that.

Part 5: Jesus, Mary and Martha

by Marijke Hoek October 7, 2018 6:30pm

Luke 10:38-42

When you are welcomed into a home how do you speak into the life of the people there? Here we see we see Jesus speaking into the heart of what is important in the home.

Part 6: Jesus and the Tax Collector

by Chris Mellor October 21, 2018 6:30pm

Luke 19:1-10

Zacchaeus was responsible for a lot of people being over charged in their taxes. He had over charged the people deliberately for his own profit. What would Jesus have to say to him? What He did say to them may come as a shock to us at first. But loo...

Part 7: Jesus Answering Questions

by Matt Pierce October 28, 2018 6:30pm

Mark 12:13-17

What do you say when others are trying to trick you and get you into trouble. Here we see how Jesus sees what is going on and reacts wisely and speaks into the situation.

Part 8: Phillip and the Man from Ethiopia

by Tom Ward November 4, 2018 6:30pm

Acts 8:26-40

When you are sent to a specific location and see an important person you have never met before reading God’s word, what do you say to them, how would you start a con-versation and where could it lead?

Part 9: Paul in Athens

by Eddy Inglis November 11, 2018 6:30pm

Acts 17:16-34

Here we see Paul use what is around him to help the people of that place understand in a conversation the greatness of God

Part 10: Paul in the Storm

by Marijke Hoek November 18, 2018 6:30pm

Acts 27:1-44

When you are in a storm with many others what do you say? How do you know and then speak out the things Father would have you say that will change the situation?

Part 11: Paul in Malta

by Eddy Inglis November 25, 2018 6:30pm

Acts 28

Here we go from Paul being bitten by a snake and people thinking he is going to die as a punishment from the goddess of Justice, to seeing how this is turned around to the point of Paul praying for and speaking to many people of Malta who were sick.