Simon Bowkett's Podcast

Thirty seven minutes from https://twitter.com/WelshRev at https://www.facebook.com/TyrBugail for https://www.facebook.com/Grace.Wales.online and https://yGRWP.com on the  founding experience of the exemplary church Paul writes to at Thessalonica.A church born in and for battle and going forward with God.An inspiring example with clear lessons for our time.Notes: Last week we began a series of sermons looking at Paul’s very encouraging letter to the reasonably young church in Thessalonica by opening up the account of how that church came into being – it is necessary background to understand Paul’s subsequent letter to them. And the issue we’re looking at today in the origins of that church is what the response of their community was TO that new church, and how that was handled by them and by the Apostles whose preaching had brought that church into being. That’s relevant for us as we increasingly live in a world that doesn’t know what a Christian is or is about and marginalises those of us who hold to a Biblic