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You've been taught that love is earned. This week we ask what happens when it isn't. In the story of the prodigal son, two brothers get it wrong in opposite ways: one runs from the Father, the other stays and resents Him. Both miss the same thing: a Father who doesn't wait for us to get it right before He runs to meet us. Episode 1 of Compelled by Compassion.

Jesus chooses a very specific location for one of the most important conversations in the Gospels. It is not a temple. It is not a synagogue. It is Caesarea Philippi, a place filled with pagan gods, emperor worship and a cave people believed was the gateway to the underworld. And it is here that He asks the question that changes everything: but who do you say that I am? Peter's answer was not a theological exercise. It was a personal revelation. And on the basis of that revelation Jesus begins to unfold three things: who He is, who Peter is, and what Peter's purpose is. That flow is for you too.

When someone hurts you, wrongs you, attacks you online — what rises up in you first? Most of us want to retaliate. That is human. But Jesus sends his people out with a surprising strategy. He says: go like lambs among wolves. And Paul echoes it in Romans 12: do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. That is the power of the opposite spirit. That is how city changers operate. Not by fighting harder, but by living differently. This message will challenge you to see your home, your workplace and your city through a completely new lens

Most of us have a Bible. Many of us have a reading plan. Some of us know verses by heart. But here is the question that changes everything: do you know the book, or do you know the Person? Jesus confronted the Pharisees with a startling truth: you study the scriptures diligently, but you refuse to come to Me to have life. The Bible is not the final destination. It is the revelation of who Jesus is. And when Jesus is integrated into your life, He becomes three things: the lens through which you see everything, the filter that decides which voices get through, and the new standard by which everything is measured. This message will change the way you read the Bible.

As part of the Bible Society in New Zealand, Neels Janse van Rensburg shares some incredibly valuable insights on the impact that Bible Reading has on our society, and why it's important to spend time in the word.