In the 1st Century Christianity was unique among religions that appealed across ethnic boundaries - the only that imposed behavoural demands on its members. Why, in a world where sex was freely available, did a religion that confined sex to marriage explode and overturn the culture? Why embrace such a sexual ethic? This Sunday we will continue our series in 1 Corinthians ...
Keep ReadingHow much do you compare yourself to others? How much does what others think or you, or how you compare to them, affect the way you feel about yourself? What is it you're looking for when you compare? This Sunday we will once again look at Paul's letter to the Corinthians. We'll see what's going on under their habit of comparing, and how to be free of it. Join us for our ...
Keep ReadingOur western societies are increasingly divided. In some cases, they are tearing themselves apart. In such a world, God calls his people to be an alternative community. But what if they are equally divided? And what lies behind such divisions? This Sunday we will be looking at 1 Corinthians 3 - and God's alternative in a pagan, and divided, world. Join us at the 9:45 (if ...
Keep ReadingThis Sunday, 8th March, we are not in our usual venue. Instead please join us at: Morning Service: 10.30am - Novotel Bussigny,Route de Condmine 35, Lausanne, 1030 Evening Service: 6.30pm - Temple d'Ecublens, Place du Motty, Ecublens....
Keep ReadingHow does your view of 'how to do life' affect how you see yourself or others? If you think life is about meeting some standard - whether that's a traditional moral standard, or a modern 'we need to be tolerant and inclusive' standard - how does that influence your sense of identity and self-worth? Or how you deal with failure, or guilt? Or how you view others - especailly ...
Keep ReadingWhile, at times, it may seem that yours is the only life going belly-up, suffering is an (almost) universal reality. How can you face it? If you have a religious world-view and think you have to earn God's favour, what does that say about you if, instead of favour, you expereince suffering? Or, if you hold a secular world-view and think this life is all there is, you'll wa...
Keep ReadingA gravestone may try and sum up a person's life in one sentence. A eulogy in 10 minutes. When the time comes, what might be said about your life? And what to make of the intuition that one day you'll have to give an accounting for your life? How can you pass that final examination? The apostle paul's letter to the Galatians deals with just such issues, and we'll be lookin...
Keep ReadingIf you're judged by your performance, your performance can become a slave driver, driving you on. The apostle Paul says the same is true of religion... and he was a very religious man - at least until he became a Christian. So what was it that set him free? Join us at ourMorning Service: 10.30am or at ourEvening Service: 6.30pm, both at the Foyer Paroissial, St Sulpice....
Keep ReadingWhich of the many voices you hear about how you should live your life, or pursue spirituality, or achieve the life that you want, should you listen to? How do you decide? If you want to know that you're ok with God, or you want to live life on a different plane and connect with the spiritual, how can you do that? And how, when there are so many choice out there, can you k...
Keep ReadingAs you begin 2020, what are your ambitions for the year, the decade, ahead. Why do you want the things you want? What are you really dreaming of when you dream your dreams? What are you really aspiring for when you aspire to achieve some goal? Join us this Sunday as we consider how the gospel of Christ both up-ends and redeems our ambitions. Morning Service: 10:30am - No...
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