A New Desire | Dr Gifford Rhamie

Acts 10: 9-16 "....... "Get up, Peter, kill and eat". Surely not, Lord!"  Peter replied " I have never eaten anything impure or unclean."  The voice spoke to him a second time, "Do not call anything impure that God has made clean."  This happened 3 times, and immediately the sheet was taken back to heaven. We tend to have friends who look like us and relate to us in a particular way. Our friends are often very similar to us.  This story in Acts challenges us to think about this matter differently.   This story is about God wanting to press his church to reach out to people who do not look like them, but Peter had a problem, that was, including other people such as Gentiles.  Listen in to this weeks sermon to hear more and be inspired to create a New Desire! Dr Gifford Rhamie is an intersectional bible scholar in Cultural Studies, focussing on how culture impacted and shaped the emergence of Christianity in antiquity.  He is a Senior Lecturer in Theology at Newbold College of Higher Education.  His wife, Jay, is a member of Londonlive.  Their children, Serena and Jonathan, minister in music from time to time at Londonlive, and their son Hugo was dedicated here. In short, Gifford is a friend of Londonlive and looks forward to ministering here.