Gateway Church - Sermon Podcast

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. 

Sam looks at the rich verses found in Colossians 1 v15 - 23 and focuses on the supremacy of Jesus and how we can trust in the hope of the gospel.  

Chris begins the second part of our 3 part preaching series by zooming in on the story found in Numbers chapter 21 where we find God's people and Moses travelling to the promise land.

David looks at the parable of the Good Samaritan found in Luke chapter 10 then help us to consider some uncomfortable but life-giving truths for our own lives. 

Chris digs deep into Matthew chapter 10 and opens up the weighty topic of persecution found in these passages. 

Sam opens up Matthew chapter 18 and looks at what Jesus says about this challenging topic of confrontation and forgiveness.

Hannah gives an interactive and all age talk on the surprise of Jesus' death and resurrection.  

Sam starts our new preaching series 'Simply Jesus' and begins by opening up the book of Matthew chapter 4 and then leads on to ask this BIG question... 'What is the calling and purpose of your life?'

We welcome guest speaker Adam Price from Hope Church Harrogate who speaks about God the builder and the call to multiply as he commissioned us into Gateway's next chapter.

Sam looks at the life of Abraham and Sarah and leads us to think about how we can know God's faithfulness as we journey together.

Hannah kicks off our mini preaching series which focuses on 3 different heroes of Faith found in the bible and this week opens up the story of Noah from Genesis.

Chris Frost shares the vision and plans for our Sunday Gatherings going forward. 

This week John rounds up our mini series looking at the body of christ and this week focuses on how we can connect with Christ in challenging times.

This week Chris looks at our call to courageous Followership.

Sam speaks to us again with a message packed full of biblical principles and continuing on from last week's sermon about the Church in the New Testament. There are also lots of helpful questions throughout for you to think about and discuss in your groups. Enjoy!

Sam focuses on this letter to the Hebrews and asks the question - What is God doing? 

Our guest speaker Dr. Aaron Edwards, Lecturer at https://cliffcollege.ac.uk/, reads from 2 Timothy chapter 1 and helps us think about the power of the gospel at Christmas time.

Chris shows us how the storms of life which can suddenly come are ultimately there to serve you. 

Sam rounds up this fantastic preaching series in the book of Exodus and reveals here in chapter 34 how God is now beginning to describe himself.

Chris gives a summary of the Israelites journey so far of how God has rescued and freed them from slavery in Egypt but then goes on to look at how they are still struggling to rid completely the idolatry they had reveled in and experienced there.

Tim focuses in on two more characteristics of God revealed in the Exodus story; He is Patient & He is a Provider.