Brixham Community Church Podcast

https://youtu.be/xJ15pEqaaA8 Weak is the new strong I’ve heard a few phrases with ‘is the new’ inserted into them. It’s used to say something is the new fashion or has replaced something else. Fish is the new meat, hair is the new hat, brown is the new black, in this office, jeans and a t-shirt are the new business suit. Age 50 is the new 40. Paul McCartney said that meat-free is the new rock n roll! I prefer the old! When I started working four days a week at school instead of five, I loved Thursdays. Thursday was the new Friday. Today we will learn that for the Christian, weak is the new strong. But first, let’s lead into this from the context of some previous talks. Returning and rebuilding We have been looking at the first 6 chapters of Ezra which depict a returning remnant from Babylon rebuilding the altar and the temple under the governance of a man called Zerubbabel. We have seen that there has been opposition to the build. I have drawn parallels between the Old Testament templ