When Jesus claims ‘I am the good shepherd’ he completely divides the crowd, some realise he’s God others say he’s mad. Joshua explores why the crowd respond this way and how we should respond to Jesus’ claim to be the good shepherd.
This is the 4th sermon in our series looking at the ‘I AM’ sayings in John’s gospel. Charles looks at Jesus’ claim to be ‘the Gate’, and how Christ is the shepherd that takes care of His sheep by being the gate of the sheep pen himself. The only way into His fold is through Him.
This is the second sermon in our series looking at the ‘I AM’ sayings in John’s gospel. Charles looks at Jesus’ claim to be ‘the bread of life’, how this connects to the Old Testament exodus and how Jesus ultimately satisfies our every desire.
This is the second sermon in our series looking at the ‘I AM’ sayings in John’s gospel. Charles looks at Jesus’ claim to be ‘the bread of life’, how this connects to the Old Testament exodus and how Jesus ultimately satisfies our every desire.
Today we start a new series on the “I am” sayings in John’s Gospel. Andrew looks at the story of the Samaritan woman in John 4, and considers how Jesus reveals himself as the Speaking One, and why that matters.
When the people of Israel brought offerings to God, they gave their firstfruits, they gave faithfully, and they gave of their own freewill. Each of these sets a pattern for the church today.
Today is the last of our FIRST series – we will look at witness. Jesus called the disciples not just to follow him but he also he sent them out to be witnesses, fishers of men. Jesus promised we would be empowered by the Holy Spirit to witness so how do we start? Is it about individuals or crowds? Words or loving actions? Should we point out people’s darkness or point to the light? Matthew 4:12-25 helps answer these questions.
In Luke 4, Jesus shows us how central the Word of God is to his life, displaying the Authority of Scripture, the sufficiency of scripture and the coherence of Scripture. With these deep convictions and some practical lessons, we hope and pray that Scripture becomes and remains central in your life.
Each of the four Gospels show us that prayer was utterly central to the life of Jesus. Andrew considers the way Jesus prayed, and what we can learn from it.
What does it look like for us to make God the priority in our life this year? For him to be the centre and the thing we build our life around? As we start our new series we look at the question using the exchanges Jesus has with 3 individuals in Luke 9.
The birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, the “house of bread,” provides a beautiful picture of the whole Christian gospel. Merry Christmas!
The three wise men come in search of the King of the Jews, and in the process we discover that Jesus is also King of the Gentiles, King of the Universe and King of Kings.
We conclude our Undivided series by looking at how we respond to all that Paul has taught us about race, grace and Galatians. His focus in chapter 6 is on what we carry, how we persevere, and where we boast.
As we look at Galatians 5 we are challenged to apply Paul’s words and live differently. He teaches us that the word not the world must define how we tackle race. The spirit not the flesh brings real change and love not the law is the only way forward.
When we look at this passage in Galatians, we see that Paul emphasises the gospel and how it has set the Galatians free from being ‘slaves’ to an old way of living. They need to know that they have been set free by the personal saving work of Christ. It is this freedom that reorientates and renews the way in which they think, speak and act. This passage shows us today that we too have been set free to live in a new way, once we have put our faith in Christ. This means that we have the power of t...
As a church we are one in Christ and this unifying truth is what enables us to come together and be joined together as one body. This week Steve looks at how King’s has changed over the years and shares some of the journey we have been on around race and diversity.
One Saviour. God has always desired a diverse people for Himself, and this is at the very center of His heart. Right back in Genesis, when God called Abraham and made promises to him, the promise was that through Abraham’s family all nations would be blessed. In this message, Charles (Pastor and Site Leader) explains how the whole bible story points towards many people groups coming together to be one in Christ.
One Faith. We all have many things that make up our identity, our culture, our history, our family and many more. Paul calls these things of the flesh, the parts of our identity that are based on our physical bodies. These things are important they should be celebrated and should not be ignored. But for the follower of Christ the most aspect of your identity should be your faith in Christ, who he is, where he’s from and what he has done.
God invites us to One Table where everyone is welcome, united and equal. As Christians we need to confront racism to reflect God's heart and preserve the unity of the body of Christ.
There are three levels to the gospel in Galatians 1, each of which highlight the multi-layered grace of God. Paul draws on the individual, corporate and cosmic dimensions of what God has done in Christ to confront the ethnic divisions in Galatians.
Race does not really exist, biblically speaking. But racism does. And the church has a vital role in confronting it.
This week Steve Tibbert, our Senior Pastor, share our hopes and plans for King's for the coming year.
We are often drawn to things that are new. For example, the new house, car, diet, job or latest trend. These things can be fun and exciting, but Jesus talked about a new start that was far more important and necessary than anything else. In this talk, Charles walks us through Jesus’ encounter with Nicodemus and the importance of being born again. Charles is a pastor and leads the Beckenham site.
In the third of our three week miniseries on cultural questions, we look at Jesus’s teaching Matthew 19, and consider what love looks like in relation to intersex people, transgender people and those with gender dysphoria.
How do we respond biblically and lovingly to questions about sexuality in our culture? Andrew considers the approach Paul takes in 1 Corinthians 6
For the next three weeks we will be looking at issues that are widely debated in our culture. Andrew begins today by looking at how and why we care for creation.
Psalm 67 is a short song that connects blessing with praising. The psalmist reminds us that we are blessed with purpose, not just for us to have a comfortable life, but for our grateful lives to declare God’s goodness to the nations. That in turn leads to a glorious harvest of more people praising and more blessing.
In this wonderful Psalm of praise, David reveals a multi layered image of God as a redeemer, creator and provider. Each show his glory and draw us in to praise his name. Joe is our Downham site leader.
This week Steve Tibbert our Senior Pastor discusses Psalm 1 and how all our choices have consequences. These decisions can affect how fruitful our lives can be, producing good or bad fruit. Steve explains how applying the principles of Psalm 1 can often lead to a prosperous and blessed life.
As we conclude this series based out of the book Gentle and Lowly by Dane Ortlund let’s consider Jesus’ actions at the last Supper in John 13. Jesus demonstrates not only his love but his gentleness and humility towards the disciples, he knows they will betray, deny and leave him, yet he washes their feet and breaks bread with them. He promises to love them to the end – that love will hold him to the cross, will hold us through life and even through death. That love will never end. Hilary Dalzie...
