Gateway Church - Sermon Podcast

Sam explains a very tricky passage in 1 Corinthians 11, reflecting on the brokeness of male-female relationships in the world then and today. He then discusses how only Jesus can overcome this brokeness and lead us into a better way to relate to one another.

As we continue to work through 1 Corinthians and this letter written by Paul to a very messy church in Corinth Chris brought a message to us about Christian Freedom not being about self indulgence but about self giving love.   

'Jesus is building his multicoloured church to showcase the glory and the majesty and beauty of God to the world.' A big thankyou to our guest speaker Raj Saha from Jubilee church Teeside who joined us on All Nations Sunday.

Sam recaps where we left off in 1Corinthians, pick up in 1Corinthians: 8 unpacking how Paul dealt with the issue of eating food sacrificed to idols and how that impacts our modern age.

Chris shares vision for this year and outlines the new updated values for Gateway Church - see statements on our website here: https://www.gatewayleeds.net/about

As part of our Jesus Revolution series Sam shares what Jesus says about safeguarding the young and vulnerable.

John reminds us about the importance of looking after the world God has given us to steward, and how through our action or inaction the impact that can make on the environment and others in our communities and around the world.

Jeremy takes us through Genesis 26 and the story of Isaac opening the wells of Abraham and the conflict which arises, he reminds us that in life it isn't just people falling out, there can be spiritual warfare behind it. He prompts us that we all need the spring of fresh bubbling living water from the spirit to fill us up.

Chris continues this new series helping us to see how much Jesus has shaped our culture today. He helps us to see how we are to treat one another as we are created equally in the image of God, how we are to welcome the outsider, and to protect the vulnerable.

Sam opens this new series which aims to help us see how much Jesus has shaped our culture today.  He helps us to see how so many of the values we hold dear today are not 'self-evident' or 'natural' but are derived from the cross.  This means that those around us are closer than we think to knowing Jesus for themselves.

Andy shows us how stories shape our lives, and how each of our personal stories is part of a much greater story centered on Jesus—the greatest storyteller. In Luke 15, Jesus tells the parable of the prodigal son, offering just a glimpse of the larger story of redemption that He is writing.

Chris gives a really helpful short overview of the bible emphasising how all the books and stories fit together as one. 

This Sunday we had three different sermon messages given as Pippa, Joy and Antony all opened up different scriptures and shared what is on their heart. 

Tim brings the final message from this series on Pentecost Sunday where he reflects on Paul's final instructions to church and encouragements to keep the Holy Spirit central in our lives. 

Chris looks at verses 4.13-5.11 found in this letter from Paul to the early church in Thessalonica and unpacks to theme of finding Hope in Death and looking forward to Jesus' return. 

Hannah looks at the instructions given in 1 Thessalonians 4 v1-12 about living in order to please God and not finding our satisfaction in sex, relationship and work and then leads a time of corporate repentance. 

John digs into the middle section of this book of 1 Thessalonians and draws out the themes; 'persecution is not strange' and 'Friendship is precious'.

Chris brings a message on our All Nations Sunday as we celebrate diversity as a church and look at what it means to be an all-sorts family. 

Dave brings a message from Matthew 21 and tells the story of Jesus' unusual and provocative arrival into Jerusalem.    Please be aware that this recording has poor audio quality. 

Sam shares more from the letter of 1 Thessalonians and Paul's journey as he encounters persecution, then gives an encouragement to all of those suffering to stand firm and believe that God can turn situations around. 

Chris sets this scene for this new preaching series looking at the book of 1 Thessalonians and tells some of the story, context and attributes of the church in that city.

Sam looks at Jesus' words in the gospel of Matthew and unpacked the what the Kingdom of God means for us today. 

Chris brings the second part of this foundations for change series and explains how God has given us a kingdom community as the church where a cloak of acceptance is given. 

Tim addresses the changes we're facing and how we can put into place foundations that enable us to encounter and deal this them as a community. 

Chris takes a moment to reflect on the true meaning of Advent and then gives a moving and emotional personal testimony acknowledging the pain many feel at this time of year but also pointing us to Hope we can find in Jesus.  

Sam lands this Discipled series by looking at the words from Jesus found in Luke chapter 9 v22-26 and focuses on the challenges we face right now as we try and work out discipleship in our culture.

Chris brings the penultimate message in this mini series and looks at the relationship between Jesus and Peter and how discipleship involves challenge.  

Pippa brings a thought provoking message as she delves into the book of Ruth and draws out the strengths we can learn from the relationship between these two women Naomi and Ruth. 

Chris sets the scene for this story of Elijah & Elisha from 1 Kings and shows the importance of not being a lone ranger.

Sam starts this new series looking at men and women in the bible who have trusted in God, the first two characters he focuses on from the old testament are Joshua and Moses.

David brings a powerful and challenging final message from our preaching series as we look at the last few verses in the book of 1 Timothy and learn more of what submitting to God's word looks like. 

David continues our preaching series in 1 Timothy looking at the blueprints for life together and he opens up chapter 3 which focuses on the role of Deacons within the church family.

Chris bravely tackles the hot topic of leadership and looks at how the church should lead according to 1 Timothy.

Hannah brings the second sermon in this series on the letter of 1 Timothy and gives us the story of Paul's life and how Jesus Christ became the centre. 

Tim introduces the book of 1 Timothy and looks at some of the foundational instructions Paul gives at the start of this very practical letter. 

Dave brings a shaping message to the church encouraging us to use the scriptures as a model and share all our emotions with God. 

We continue to learn what it means to lament as Sam teaches us to pray in a way which allows a greater intimacy with God as we are honest, vulnerable and learn to trust God in our sorrow and pain. 

Pippa looks at examples of lament in scripture particularly from the Psalms and breaks down what it means to lament and approach God in the dark places as we journey through our pain and suffering with him. 

Hannah looks at the story in Numbers chapters 13 & 14 of the men sent out by Moses to explore the land of Canaan and the report they came back with. She focuses on how God cares for and doesn't give up on his people even through their lack of faith. 

Chris brings a weighty message to highlight the holiness of God as we look at the passages in Leviticus 10 and follow the journey of the Israelites as they continue to deal with their physical wilderness.

As we dig deeper into this new preaching series Sam read from these verses in the book of Leviticus which follows the story of the Israelites as they journey through the wilderness. Sam spoke about how this was relevant for us now in hard times as we need to be equipped to hear God's voice.