Whose Story Is It Anyway?

I wonder how you make sense of this world that we live in. Life often seems a little crazy and things sometimes take unexpected turns. Suffering, disasters, financial problems hit everyone at some time or other. We also have unexpected good times in life too. It is hard to make sense of it all sometimes.
I wonder why you think you are here on this planet at this time? What's the point of this life that you are leading? Questions like these have been asked by philosophers for thousands of years.
Each one of us has their own way of answering these questions. Our answers, consciously or subconsciously, will influence the kind of people that we are, the choices and decisions that we make and how we relate to those around us.

Often we interpret the world through our culture, our traditions or the examples of our parents or those around us, but the Bible presents a different framework for interpreting the world. We know it as the 'gospel' or the 'good news'. Christians believe that the gospel 'story' tells us why we are here, where we came from, where we are going and who is in control. The world also presents its own 'story' which seeks to answer these questions. The challenge for the Christian in contemporary society is to not only believe the bible's gospel, but to live by it out in every area of life, even when the world thinks WE are crazy! This presents a lot of challenges and will often lead to conflict as the Christian view of things clashes with the world's view.

This Sunday we are going to look at why we, as a church, need to hold on to the truths of scripture in our everyday lives (not just at church on Sundays), and how we can be the 'salt and light' in the world that Jesus has called us to be.

Graham McFadden is going to be speaking.
Christ's Church in Rwanda.