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Welcome to Islington Baptist Church, where our doors are wide open to people from all backgrounds.
Together, we're striving to become the kind of church described in the Bible, where there's faithful Bible teaching, heart-felt praise of God, honest friendships, constant prayer, and compassionate care for those in need. In short, we aim to be the kind of Christian community that reflects the sacrificial love that God first showed to us in Jesus. In doing this we hope to influence and encourage the entire community, one life at a time - for the glory of God!
So if you're a spiritual seeker with questions about God, we’d love to sit with you and study what God says about himself in the Bible. And if you’re a committed Christian who wants to sink the roots of your faith even deeper, you can find a home here at Islington Baptist Church.
We are a conservative evangelical church i.e. the Bible is the authoritative word of God to us for our lives now.
Our teaching is predominantly through systematic expository preaching i.e. we work through books of the Bible attempting to understand how their message is relevant to us today. We do not change the Bible’s message or try to make it more ‘comfortable’ to 21st century ears. |
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Who do you identify with?
Jesus has always been a popular figure. More books have been written about him, more pictures painted of him, more songs composed about him than anyone before or since.
It seems that Jesus is a popular figure in our culture too. He appears in blockbuster movies and makes cameos in TV shows like “The Simpsons” and “South Park”. Celebrities like Brad Pitt and Madonna even wear T-shirts claiming … “Jesus is my home boy”. It seems it’s cool to claim Jesus as your friend.
The problem is that every time popular culture claims Jesus, the Jesus they claim sounds more like popular culture than the Jesus we meet in the Bible. Here’s an example: last month Elton John claimed that Jesus was a “compassionate, super-intelligent gay man who understood human problems”. Jesus’ attitude of forgiveness on the cross – interpreted as tolerance of sin – attracted Elton’s admiration.
But when Jesus becomes more like us than the Jesus of the Bible we have a problem. Sure, we can relate to him better. But how can a sinner like me be my saviour? The fact is I still need saving!
Yes, God tolerates sin – but only for a time.
Yes, God forgives sin – but only through Jesus.
The Jesus that you and I need to identify with is the one who can save us. The perfect substitute (Rom 5:19b):
“…through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.” |
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