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The Last Supper

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2025 26:38


At the Last Supper, Jesus shows that everything is about to change—his death will bring freedom from sin, forgiveness through his sacrifice, and a seat at God's table for people everywhere. This meal isn't just looking back; it's pointing us forward to the day we'll feast with him in his Kingdom.

Who's in control

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2025 29:32


Ever feel like life's a wild ride, throwing you off balance? Matthew 26:1-16 invites us to explore who's really in control. From Jesus' betrayal to a woman's extravagant act of love, discover how God's plan unfolds, even in chaos. You're not driving—but Someone who loves you is. Join us to reflect on this truth: God gave His Son for you, proving His unshakable love. Ready to find hope in life's unpredictability?

18 May 2025 - Ed Tulloch

Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2025 39:17


All Clean by Him

Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2025 35:07


What if the problem isn't what you're doing for God - but what's going on in your heart? Its's possible to be busy with spiritual activities and still miss the point. But the good news is that Jesus doesn't wait for us to clean ourselves up - He comes to make us clean.

All Clean by Him

Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2025 35:07


What if the problem isn't what you're doing for God - but what's going on in your heart? Its's possible to be busy with spiritual activities and still miss the point. But the good news is that Jesus doesn't wait for us to clean ourselves up - He comes to make us clean

All In For Him

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2025 29:48


The Judgment of the shepherd king

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2025 37:26


Jesus' teaching on a coming judgement culminates with a picture of the throne room of God, with Jesus on the throne. As the Shepherd King, Jesus separates the sheep and the goats, pointing to a distinguising feature between the two.

30 March 2025 - Peter Grainger

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2025 27:22


Expectation and delay, preparation and disarray, celebration and dismay: this parable presents powerful contrasts. Discover how these themes challenge us to examine our own readiness for the return of Christ.

23 March 2025 - Ewan Kerr

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2025 25:20


Jesus is answering the disciples question: "When will this happen and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?" Jesus says we aren't going to know when Jesus is going to return, but we know he will, so be ready!

16 March 2025 - Tom Breimaier

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2025 33:55


Jesus warns of future hardships and false prophets, but assures us his words are lasting and he will return, offering ultimate hope and salvation. Instead of fearing the unknown, we should live faithfully, trusting in Jesus' promise to make all things right. 

It's not the end of the world

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2025 32:33


Facing modern anxieties, like nuclear war and AI threats, Jesus' words in Matthew 24 provide perspective. He warns of future catastrophes, like wars and persecution, but assures us these are "birth pains," not the end. Despite global turmoil, we shouldn't be alarmed. Instead, we must stand firm in our faith, resisting deception and encouraging one another. Be encouraged: the gospel will spread globally, and Jesus' kingdom will come.

Humble Yourselves

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2025 31:57


Jesus responds to the hypocrisy of the Pharisees with a warning to his disciples: they could fall into the very same, very human, trap. Instead he calls them to choose service rather than status, to humble themselves, living and leading in an other-centred rather than self-centred way.

The Greatest Commandment

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2025 25:04


Jesus responds, what is the Greatest Commandment? He calls us to recognise him as our LORD and to love him with all our heart, all our soul and all our mind and to love our neighbour as ourself.

Hope for the Hopeless

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2025 29:53


Day of Vision and Prayer

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2025 39:30


A Royal Invitation

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2025 26:22


Continuing his discussion with the Priests and Pharisees, Jesus tells another parable, likening the kingdom of heaven to a great wedding banquet. Since they have persistently rejected God's invitation, God has rejected them and thrown open his banquet invitation to all who accept it.

Untitled Sermon

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2025 34:41


The door of repentance leads into the Kingdom and into its righteousness. Intro me We have a lot of ground to cover today so we're doing to dive right in. We're continuing to follow the story of Jesus as told by Matthew in the bible. And we're into Jesus' final week, everything is coming to a head in…

God With Us

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2024 21:21


"Jesus wasn't born in a stable". Look behind the traditions and explore the true story of Christmas and its message of hope for everyone

Hope City Carols

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2024 2:02


8 December 2024 - Live Nativity

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2024 3:11


Live Nativity! Available to watch for two weeks only...

True Greatness (2)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2024 23:28


Jesus is the gentle king who died to save us. How will you respond?

You Gotta Serve Somebody

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2024 30:22


After Jesus predicts his death a third time, the mother of two of his disciples asks whether her sons could sit beside him in his eventual reign. His response reverberates through history to us today.

parable of the workers in the vineyard

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2024 31:31


Jesus teaches that entry into God's Kingdom is a free gift, not earned by effort or status. It challenges us to celebrate, rather than resent, God's equal love for all.

Romans 12

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2024 34:20


A special set of reflections on Romans chapter 12 designed to complement our Arts Team's arrangement of all the text in the chapter.

Jesus vs.

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2024 28:08


A wealthy young man wants to learn how to gain eternal life, and Jesus' answer leaves him sad. How do we follow Jesus faithfully?

The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2024 32:01


When Peter asks how many times he must forgive the one who sins against him, Jesus responds with a parable placing our forgiveness of others in the context of God's great forgiving of us. Come and explore what it truly means to be forgiven - and to forgive.

Love Centred Discipline

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2024 27:50


Following on from last Sunday, today's talk focuses on Jesus' guidance on how we should seek to restore a fellow Christian who has strayed from the truth.

Freedom and Love

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2024 31:33


Jesus explains the privilege he, and we, have as children of the Great King - but shows us how we can give preference to others for the sake of the Kingdom, and find the provision of God to help us in that

8 September 2024 - TB

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2024 30:28


Jesus heals a boy who had been possessed by a demon, but his disciples don't understand why they couldn't do it themselves. What role does faith play in following Jesus, and how can we avoid following a Jesus of our own creation?

Listen to the Son

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2024 33:02


Listen to God's love story: The Son comes to serve, suffer and save Intro me Today we're back in the Gospel of Matthew, his telling of the story of Jesus, and we're looking at a key moment - extraordinary even in Jesus' extraordinary life. But before we do, I want us to remember what's going on around…

25 August 2024

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2024 28:55


This week we take a break from our series in Matthew and explore the question, "What kind of church should we be?" looking at the end of Acts 2 and the priorities and practice of the early church.

18 August 2024, AM

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2024 27:39


Jesus' disciples have just acknowledged his true identity, in this week's passage he tells them why he's come to earth, and what he expects of his followers.

Who Do You Say Jesus Is?

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2024 32:46


Public opinions on Jesus may be honorific, yet they fall short of his real identity. Jesus wants you to know who he truly is, personally. Don't get stuck in other people's views.

Biblical Déja Vu

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2024 30:45


The Nature of Great Faith

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2024 30:43


Jesus encounters a Canaanite woman, who serves as an unlikely example of great faith. We learn from her that people of great faith know their unworthiness, act with persistent boldness, and trust the character and plan of Jesus.

That which defiles

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2024 28:38


Jesus reminds us that faith is about belief, not behaviour. It is not our external actions which truly matter but the heart that drives them all.

Sinking Faith

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2024 20:45


Jesus demonstrates he is God in word and deed as he walks on the water. Peter responds in faith and when that faith wavers, Jesus shows himself to be the compassionate saviour. The disciples respond to Jesus' identity with worship.

Let Them Eat Bread

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2024 30:54


Jesus withdraws - but when the people come to him with need, he has compassion. He sees their needs, sends his disciples to meet it, supplies what it needed, and more than that, satisfies them.

A Senseless End?

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2024 26:23


Today we have a shocking story of what seems like a senseless injustice. What are we to make of this? What should we learn?

Big Things from Subtle Beginnings

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2024 26:11


If you ever wonder whether God is at work in our world, God is doing big things from subtle beginnings - that's the main thing Jesus is teaching in his next set of parables!

How Long, O Lord?

Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2024 27:15


big idea: judgement on evil planted in God's good world must wait, but will come introduce me Why is there so much evil and suffering in our world? Where does it come from? What is at its root? I think probably the most common answer you'd get if you asked the average person on the street is “ a few…

A King's Heart

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2024 31:37


With King David, God's Kingdom seems to reach its summit - finally under a king "after God's own heart". But as we see, David's heart is mixed. The Kingdom flourishes when he follows the true King but fractures when he makes his own way.

The Kingdom's Design

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2024 30:23


Every kingdom has a king, and every king has a design for his kingdom - and every king has a means to bring about that design. What is God's design for His Kingdom? And how will he bring it about?

Jesus and Beelzebul

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2024 26:51


God's way often surprises us - but leads to victory Intro me Last week, Ed helped us see that Jesus declares himself greater than great King David, greater than the Holy Temple, greater even than the Sabbath, that central feature of Jewish identity. He's making some serious claims - it almost feels like…

Jesus is the Lord of the Sabbath

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2024 29:47


Jesus is the Lord of the Sabbath

Acknowledge Me

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2024 26:49


Jesus asks his followers to make a costly chooice. Following him may require significant sacrifices for us, but they are nothing compared to what he has done for us.

Day of Prayer

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2024 25:18


Jesus is the True Vine, stay apart of the True Vine and He will produce much fruit in you

31 Dec 2023, AM

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2023 26:50


Never stop running a good race

25 December 2023, AM

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2023 13:47


Hope City Carols

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2023 7:03


The Story of Jesus' birth told through scripture and carols.

26 Nov 2023, AM + Baptism

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2023 28:13


Mission Possible- God has no problems but has plans

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