Finishing the series with a Q&A session recorded live at the 6pm, Richard talks to an audience of mainly young adults and youth about Tinder, dating, sex, sexuality, God’s plans for us in creation and eternity, and how God still pursues us when it all goes wrong. 1 Cor 6:12-20, 2 Sam 11:1-5
Richard finishes the series at the 9am service with a message about God’s redeeming love covering a multitude of sins. Wherever we’ve been, whatever we have done God continues to seek after us as our lover. Includes insights from the life of David, Bathsheba, Hosea, Jesus and 1 Corinthians 5-7. 2 Samuel 11:1-5, Job 31:1-4
Richard continues our series on sex, sexuality and relationships with a look at life out of Eden. Genesis 3, Romans 1-5
Richard begins a 3 part series on sex, sexuality and relationships with a look at the beginning and end of the Bible and what that says to us about sex / relationships as originally intended and sex / relationships in eternity. Next week: 'the mess we are in' and the final week will look at 'redeeming love'. Genesis 1:26-31, 2:18-25, Matthew 22:23-33
Tracking the journey of Nicodemus in John's Gospel, we see what it is that frees him to stand for Jesus and give lavishly to him, the moment he realises he'll never be able to out-give God. John 19:38-42
Ruth looks at the relationship between money and power and how Jesus calls us to live with power, then challenges us to explore what radical act of giving or 'foot washing' Jesus is calling us to in our everyday lives. John 13:1-11
How is it that some perfume, feet and hair show us one of the purest and most beautiful examples of what it means to be a Christian in all scripture? See what Mary sees and become free from the lies that Mammon sells us. John 12:1-11
Richard speaks to our youth and young adults on living a life that inspires you away from the pursuit of 'mammon' and 'baal'. Even if you feel like Lazarus life may be coming your way. John 11:38-44
Richard reflects on our journey as a church in the last few years and God's provision for us like manna in the desert, but the vision for moving forward is that we need to farm the promised land which God has given us. Matthew 13:45-46
The consequence of the resurrection: deciding what you believe about the resurrection is vital. Have you met the risen Lord? Matthew 27:62-28:15
For the Maundy Thursday foot washing Communion, Richard raises a challenge: often we think of Jesus washing His disciples' feet as servant-heartedness, but our first step is to receive what Jesus has for us. John 13:1-17
Richard imagines Jesus' final journey to Jerusalem from the viewpoint of a Samaritan man mentioned in John 4 - whose life has been turned upside-down by this Jewish Messiah. Luke 9:51-62
What God reveals on the mountain helps us see clearly in the valley. The Transfiguration appears nuts at a first reading, but digging deeper opens our eyes to three weighty, glorious truths about Jesus that enable us to live life better in the valley. Luke 9:28-45
In a key note talk, Richard introduces a new series exploring the why, what, where and how of giving and how we can give to grow the mission of the church. Luke 6:27-38
Is Christ the master of our lives? Have we put to death our own plans and committed ourselves to His will? Do we know that there is is no greater joy in life than following Christ every day? In this season of Lent what cross are we being asked to take up daily? Luke 9:18-27
Why abundant provision often begins with scarce resources in the Kingdom of God, and how to get from a to z! A look at how faith and a little generosity can turn impossible situations around… with reference to the wonderful story of City Gates, Ilford who hosted the New Wine Leadership conference last week. Luke 9:10-17
In the footsteps of John: the Benedictus as a battlecry. Luke 1:57-80
How does the welcome Jesus gives us affect our lives? Denis explores the response of the "sinful" woman and the Pharisee to the presence of Jesus. Luke 7:36-50
Jesus shows us how to welcome outsiders, whoever they are and whether they come to us or we have to take initiative in going to them. The Reading: Luke 7:1-17
Richard takes us through Isaiah 58 exploring true fasting at the start of Lent. The Reading: Isaiah 58
Richard begins our series on welcome thinking about the journey we have been on as a church and how those who have been forgiven much can love even our enemies. The Reading: Luke 6:27-32
Training days. What can we learn from Jesus' approach? The Reading: Luke 6:12-16, 9:1-9
What's a carpenter got to do with fish? Craig Duvel (New Wine International) explores how we are changed in Christ into God's good seed in the world. The Reading: Luke 5:1-11
Richard shares encouragements from the past week and from the life of Jesus. The Reading: Luke 4:38-44
Jenny explores the meaning of Jesus' names, Immanuel and Saviour, and how they affect our relationship with God. The Reading: Matthew 1:18-25
Listen again to Richard's talk on Jonah 4 at the baptism service at Turnham Green. The Reading: Jonah 4
Listen again to Ben's first talk at Christ Church W4 as he continues our series on Jonah, taking us through Jonah chapter 3. The Reading: Jonah 3
Denis looks at lessons drawn from Jonah Chapter 2. The Reading: Jonah 2
The one where Jonah has a whale of a problem with God. But Jonah's problem with the 'God of the Old Testament' isn't what you might think it is. Find out more here as Richard kickstarts our four part series in the life of the 'wet all over' Old Testament prophet Jonah. The Reading: Jonah 1
Listen again to Denis talk on how we can bless when life is tough. The Reading: 1 Peter 4:12-5:11
