Stephen Sutton

What Does Redemption/Salvation Really Mean? Sunday’s Big Idea This Sunday Morning we explored Zechariah’s song in Luke 1 If you missed it catch up here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjuvdg-L9UI&t=2491s We discovered that everyone in Luke’s opening chapters is waiting for a rescuer. Zechariah (John the Baptist's Dad) sings about redemption. Simeon (Holy man at the temple) declares salvation. Anna (Holy woman at the temple) speaks about redemption. Everybody is waiting for God to save his...

This week we launched our summer journey through Luke and Acts together. Over the next three months, thousands of people across Teesside will be invited to read Luke’s Gospel as part of Bible Conversations Teesside. Before that happens, we’re taking time to immerse ourselves in Luke’s story and, most importantly, in the person at the centre of that story; Jesus! One of the phrases we used on Sunday was: “Read the Bible with Jesus, not just about Jesus.” That’s because the goal of reading Luke...

This Sunday we begin a brand new season in the life of our church. Over the summer we'll be journeying through Luke's Gospel together as part of a new sermon series, and I want to invite every single person at The Beacon Church to read it along with us. Many of you will know that in September we are launching Bible Conversations Teesside, a mission that will see thousands of copies of Luke's Gospel and the book of Acts, distributed across our area. People from across Teesside will be invited...