The start of the new year is often full of resolutions and goals, but what does it look like for us to be fruitful in 2022? In John 15 Jesus shows us two things that are essential for us to be fruitful and thrive as followers as Jesus. Joe Macnamara is one of our Pastors who leads our Downham site.
Christmas is the day when hope turns to joy. From today, we stop singing songs waiting for Jesus to come, and start singing songs giving thanks that He has.
Every December, people sing about ‘the thrill of hope’ as ‘the weary world rejoices’. That idea of rejoicing in the midst of weariness, because you know that hope is on its way, is central to Christmas – and central to Christianity. This talk, by Andrew Wilson, our Teaching Pastor, was part of our carol services. The full online service is available at kingschurchlondon.org/christmas.
The stories of Zechariah and Elizabeth and the Wise Men are about people who waited in hope, who moved, who journeyed in hope. The message of Christmas is that God has shown His love for us by sending Jesus. His coming brings hope to the world. Hilary Dalziel is one of our Pastors who helps lead our Catford site.
The book of Nehemiah has a rather puzzling and disappointing ending: after all the rebuilding and rejoicing, it turns out that idolatry is still here. Nehemiah confronts it, and shows us how deep idolatry goes—and how it ultimately needs someone greater than him to remove it.
Singing is central to Scripture and at the heart of the Christian life. Today Andrew asks why that is, and how God’s people sing thankfully, corporately, noisily and joyfully.
Nehemiah chapter nine comprises of a heartfelt prayer of confession from the children of Israel as they recount the goodness of God over many generations, and face the facts of their sin and rebellion. What was true then, and is still true now, is that God remains faithful and is full of forgiveness, mercy and grace. Jason Shields is one our Pastors, based at our Catford site.
The physical walls of Jerusalem have been rebuilt, the people have moved back, but the work hasn’t finished. Now there is a focus on the spiritual rebuilding of God’s people. What did that look like for them and what does that look like for us? Joe Macnamara is one of our Pastors and he leads our Downham site.
In chapter 6, Nehemiah faces opposition from his enemies but sadly also betrayal and undermining from his own people. How he responds to anxiety and fear and continues to build in faith will help us deal with the anxieties and pressures we experience. His simple prayer, ‘Strengthen my hands’, brings God’s power into his situation. Hilary Dalziel is one of our Pastors and Assistant Site Leader on our Catford site.
Until now, Nehemiah’s story has had very clear goodies (Israel) and baddies (everyone else). In this chapter, we learn that things are more complicated, and that injustice exists within God’s people as well. Nehemiah fights it in three ways – and they are all ways that can help us fight injustice today. Andrew Wilson is our Teaching Pastor.
“Wherever God’s work is being done, an enemy always arises.” In Nehemiah 4, we look at the reality of spiritual opposition to the work of God and how to respond to it, with application for Christ’s Church today as she rebuilds post-pandemic. Moses Nwanji is one of our Pastors who is based at our Downham site.
The walls of Jerusalem do not get rebuilt by one powerful leader with a dramatic swell of music; they get rebuilt by dozens of unknown people doing little, unglamorous tasks, together. And it is the same in the church.
Steve Tibbert, our Senior Pastor, speaks from Nehemiah 2 in our annual Vision Sunday. He reminds us of the vision God has given us to reach, restore and resource. He looks back at these last 18 months and their impact on us as a church. He then looks forward to the future, echoing Nehemiah's words in chapter 2 verse 17: ‘Come, let us rebuild.’
There are a number of parallels between Nehemiah’s story and ours. Andrew Wilson, our Teaching Pastor, considers some of them as we begin this new series, and shows how Nehemiah responded by weeping for the walls, confessing corruption and praying God’s promises.
Everyone has a story, a story that helps us make sense of the world and the decisions that we make. The Bible challenges us, not only to re-think our story, but also forces us to consider whether to make Jesus’ story our own story. In this message, we see how Jesus changes the life of a Samaritan woman, and her whole town, as they realise that Jesus is the Saviour of the World. Charles Kimbangi is one of our Pastors who leads the Beckenham site.
Is God joyful, and does he want us to experience joy and happiness in our lives? In this message we look at this important question and consider how we can know joy in Him. Andy Floyd is one of our Pastors who leads the Lee site.
Phil taught out of the story of the two builder in Matthew 7. It’s one of those simple, well known but incredibly profound and important stories. Jesus tells this story having just preached the greatest sermon of all time. The main point is, unless we do something with what Jesus says, in the end nothing will change – they will just be words we hear, and we will build our lives on sand. Phil Varley was our Senior Associate Pastor. He and his wife Sarah left King's in September 2021 to plant a ch...
What is light? And what does it mean that God is light? In this message, we discover that just like light, God is invisible, illuminating and immortal. We also explore the impact this makes to our lives. Charles Kimbangi is one of our Pastors who leads our Beckenham site.
Most trees in the Bible are just there as a backdrop to the story of God revealing Himself to the world. But we are going to look at three trees described in the Bible, which have a greater significance and help us understand God’s wonderful plan of salvation in a dramatic way. We will start in the garden of Eden, stop at the foot of the cross and end in John’s vision of the tree of life in the heavenly city. Hilary Dalziel is one of our Pastors and the Assistant Leader of our Catford site.
Rainbows have carried much significance in human history, but in Genesis 9, the God of the Rainbow tells us that He has given it so that it may point us back to Him – the God who makes promises, which He intends to keep, especially in the darkest of times.
When dark clouds break, and the sun begin to shine through, it brings bright light, and joy and hope! In the same way the sun of righteousness will arrive with a guarantee and promise of scripture – that He will come and burn away gloom, despair and injustice and sin and death forever!
The first thing Jesus says about God in the Gospels is that he is a Father who provides sunshine and rain for people, however good or bad they are. That idea – that God gives rain as a result of grace, not merit – is as extraordinary and counterintuitive today as it was when Jesus and Paul first preached it. Andrew Wilson is our Teaching Pastor. Find out more about the book and how to buy a copy at godofallthingsbook.com/about.
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