Foundation Church Belfast

People transformed by Jesus should live differently to those who have not encountered him.
 
One of the chief ways this difference can be noted is how Christians handle grief.
 
Paul addresses this very issue: how the hope of Jesus coming back transforms the way we grieve even the deepest losses.
 
***Apologies for the audio quality***
 
MAIN TEXT
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
 
SPEAKER
David Varney, Pastor Foundation Church Belfast
 
FOUNDATION CHURCH BELFAST
Every Sunday 10:30am - 2d Knockwood Crescent, Belfast, BT5 6GE
We are part of the Advance Movement of churches and the wider Newfrontiers family.

The new Christians in Thessalonica received the gospel of Jesus with joy. However, they were vulnerable to attack - from the old enemy Satan and from persecution from hostile outsiders.
 
Paul and his apostolic team are anxious for the new believers, so they sent Timothy to strengthen the church and find out how they were getting on.
 
His encouraging report demonstrated that God was sustaining and prospering the new church of Thessalonica.
 
MAIN TEXT
1 Thessalonians 2:17-3:13
 
SPEAKER
David Varney, Pastor Foundation Church Belfast
 
FOUNDATION CHURCH BELFAST
Every Sunday 10:30am - 2d Knockwood Crescent, Belfast, BT5 6GE
We are part of the Advance Movement of churches and the wider Newfrontiers family.

For community to be truly transformative it must receive and accept God's Word for what it is: a divine word from God, centred on his Son, and instructions of how to live for him through his Spirit.
 
However, as the Thessalonian believers found out, God's word is divisive, highlighting clearly where living for Jesus looks radically different than living for the world.
 
This message examines the role the Bible must play in our community, and highlights some of the contemporary flash points where God's Word and our world are diametrically opposed.
 
MAIN TEXT
1 Thessalonians 2:13-16
 
SPEAKER
David Varney, Pastor Foundation Church Belfast
 
FOUNDATION CHURCH BELFAST
Every Sunday 10:30am - 2d Knockwood Crescent, Belfast, BT5 6GE
We are part of the Advance Movement of churches and the wider Newfrontiers family.

Transforming Community is built by two key attributes:
Authenticity
Missionality
 
In this sermon, we look at the Apostle Paul's example to the church in Thessalonica, and consider how these essential attributes can be embodied at Foundation Church Belfast.
 
MAIN TEXT
1 Thessalonians 2:1-12
 
SPEAKER
David Varney, Pastor Foundation Church Belfast
 
FOUNDATION CHURCH BELFAST
Every Sunday 10:30am - 2d Knockwood Crescent, Belfast, BT5 6GE
We are part of the Advance Movement of churches and the wider Newfrontiers family.

First message in our series Transforming Community.
 
For a true community to be powerfully transforming it is:
Originated in God
Birthed by Word and Spirit
Resilient in Adversity
Attractive to Outsiders
 
MAIN TEXT
1 Thessalonians 1:1-10
 
SPEAKER
David Varney, Pastor Foundation Church Belfast
 
FOUNDATION CHURCH BELFAST
Every Sunday 10:30am - 2d Knockwood Crescent, Belfast, BT5 6GE
We are part of the Advance Movement of churches and the wider Newfrontiers family.

Everyone wishes to know the joy of rest. But for many of us it is so elusive.
 
This message examines why we find rest so difficult to achieve and then considers the way that God leads us into deep rest in him.
 
We then conclude with practical steps we can take to enter into the rest God has provided for us.
 
MAIN TEXT
Psalm 4:1-8
 
SPEAKER
David Varney, Pastor Foundation Church Belfast
 
FOUNDATION CHURCH BELFAST
Every Sunday 10:30am - 2d Knockwood Crescent, Belfast, BT5 6GE
We are part of the Advance Movement of churches and the wider Newfrontiers family.

With so much injustice in the world, what does God do about it?
 
In Psalm 10 we are given a blueprint for lament - taking our cries for justice to God. The Psalm shows us what the wicked unjust are like under the surface, behaving as if there is no God.
 
However the Psalm also gives us hope. It calls upon the justice of God. God is near to the downtrodden, the oppressed and the abused. He promises to come in full fury against all oppression and evil.
 
Yet in the gospel, we are able to confront an uncomfortable truth - we have all been unjust towards other people in some shape or form. Only through the gospel of Jesus are we able to confess our own injustice as well as receive healing for injustice we have suffered at the hands of others.
 
MAIN TEXT
Psalm 10:1-18
 
SPEAKER
David Varney, Pastor Foundation Church Belfast
 
FOUNDATION CHURCH BELFAST
Every Sunday 10:30am - 2d Knockwood Crescent, Belfast, BT5 6GE
We are part of the Advance Movement of churches and the wider Newfrontiers family.

According to the Psalmist, God makes himself known to us in three ways:
He is displayed in the skies
He is defined in the word
He is discerned in the heart
 
It is possible to know God through each of these ways, each one building upon the other.
 
MAIN TEXT
Psalm 19:1-14
 
SPEAKER
David Varney, Pastor Foundation Church Belfast
 
FOUNDATION CHURCH BELFAST
Every Sunday 10:30am - 2d Knockwood Crescent, Belfast, BT5 6GE
We are part of the Advance Movement of churches and the wider Newfrontiers family.