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Isaiah 36 & 37

On Sunday we had special guest speaker John Russell, who leads Cornerstone Church in Nottingham, preaching a one-off message from the book of Isaiah. He speaks from chapters 36 and 37 on the way King Hezekiah responds in a time of …

April

Speaker
John Russell

Story of the Spirit Lecture

Acts

To accompany JP's sermon from Sunday 19th April on the Holy Spirit, Michael Williams has recorded a in-depth lecture on the topic. Michael did his masters on this very topic so is well studied on the topic and over the course of an …

April

Speaker
Michael Williams

The Holy Spirit

Acts

This Sunday JP preaches a one-off message on the Holy Spirit, with a particular focus on our perspective on the work of the Spirit in the life of a believer. JP covers a lot of ground across these 30 minutes, so if you'd like a more …

April

Speaker
Jon Potter

Reason for Faith

1 Peter 3

This week, following a bumper Easter weekend, Ben preaches a follow-up message on reasons for faith and addresses the question 'why am I a Christian?' both on a personal level from his own story, but also why others can be sure of …

April

Speaker
Ben Topliss

Easter Sunday (9.15am)

As part of our big Easter celebration, Callum preaches in our 9.15am service on how the resurrection of Jesus completely alters the nature of our hope.

April

Speaker
Callum Plews

Easter Sunday (11.15am)

As part of our big Easter celebration, Hannah preaches at our 11.15am service on the impact of the cross and resurrection on our everyday.

April

Speaker
Hannah Roodbari

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One-off Talks

[ 96 Episodes ] 30 November -0001 - 26 April 2026

A selection of stand alone talks that aren’t part of one of our existing series.

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Easter

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2 Samuel

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In this series we'll explore and follow the life of Abraham and how God calls him to mission.

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Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy

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In this two-parter we explore the topic of lament, using Psalm 13 to learn healthy patterns for lament and how to approach God.

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Twelve

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A preaching series exploring the twelve minor prophets

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A Tale of Four Cities

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A series exploring four cities through the book of Acts and their role in the early mission of the church.

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The Cross

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A series of 10 messages exploring all that's going on in that history-defining moment, in a way that not only deepens our understanding but also magnifies our sense of wonder and worship as we approach Easter.

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Thriving Community

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Exploring what it means to be a thriving community as God's people through Romans 12-16.

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Advent

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A teaching series for Christmas.

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Spiritual Gifts

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A series based in the first chapter of Romans 12 exploring the spiritual gifts Paul outlines.

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Prayer

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In this series we'll be looking at a variety of prayers from the Bible, the people that prayed them and what that teaches us about the power of prayer.

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Meals With Jesus

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A summer preaching series looking at various meals Jesus had with people throughout the gospel of Luke.

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Revelation

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A preaching series working through the book of Revelation, learning how to read the book and exploring its themes together.

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Worship: Exploring the Theology of Worship

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Over 5 weeks, we're going to be exploring the theology of worship and looking at the goal of our worship, the role of the Trinity in worship, what happens when we worship and more.

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Jacob & The Scandalous Grace of God

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In this series we're studying the life of Jacob and way in which God works out his scandalous grace in and through his life.

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Part of the Family

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A series exploring what it means to be part of God's family and how that's expressed here at Grace Church.

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Work, Rest & Play

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Living our whole lives for God.

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Romans 8

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Many consider this to be one of the most majestic and reassuring chapters in scripture! In this series we'll be exploring what it has to say on the activity of the Spirit, the completed work of Christ, the love of God, and our salvation.

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Body Matters

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A series exploring matters of the body and addressing questions on creation, identity, sexuality, and eternity.

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Esther: The Unexpected Reversal

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As we journey through the book of Esther, we'll discover that it is full of reversals and its own redemptive plot. Ultimately, it centres around the question of which kingdom are we living for?

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Matthew

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This series is about one thing: being with Jesus. Over the year we'll spend time getting to know Him, to know His voice and to gaze upon His face.

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Passion Week Devotionals

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An annual day conference for Young Adults across the Grace Connection family of churches.

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Building for the Future

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God's Plan For Our Wellbeing

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Amos: Justice & Righteousness

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We Are The Church

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Hebrews: Jesus Is Better

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Hebrews is ultimately about one core message: that Jesus is superior to anything else. In this series we discover why.

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I Am

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Exploring all of the statements Jesus makes of himself in John's gospel

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We Need To Talk About Race

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A month of talks and events given over to the issue of racial injustice.

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In These Days

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A mini-series speaking into life during the coronavirus outbreak and how to grow in discipleship from a distance.

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This December we look at the remarkable nature of the incarnation.

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A Thrill Of Hope

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This Christmas we celebrate the hope that Jesus offers.

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Exploring 1 Corinthians 12-14

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Radical Welcome

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A Summer series looking at what it means to offer a truly radical welcome to those around us.

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A journey through the book of Exodus for the first half of 2019.

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Together Sunday 2019

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Joy - Christmas at Grace Church

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1 Peter

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He Is

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Over the course of seven weeks we'll be looking at Jesus and finding out who he is.

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The Dawn of a Kingdom

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A few thousand years ago Israel was without a king. They were ruled by judges, but in 1 Samuel we see how God chooses to establish a monarchy in Israel.

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Abide in my Love

John 15:9-17

In week three of our 'Abiding in the Vine' series, we reach the turn in John 15 where Jesus moves from talking about abiding in the vine to abiding in His love. Chris unpacks that invitation, showing the obedience Jesus is asking for …

January

Speaker
Chris Barton

Malachi

This Sunday is the last in our series working through the minor prophets as Chris preaches from the book of Malachi. We see how the people lose sight of God's covenant love for them and from there everything unravels. But God's determined …

September

Speaker
Chris Barton

Prophet, Priest & King

Luke 19:28-48

On this Palm Sunday as we approach Easter, Chris preaches the next message in our series 'The Cross' from Luke's gospel and Jesus' arrival into Jerusalem. Chris does a deep dive into Jesus' role as prophet, priest and king and seeing …

April

Speaker
Chris Barton

Greetings to the Church

Romans 16:1-27

In the final message in our Thriving Community series, Chris looks at chapter 16 of Romans where Paul greets people in the church in Rome. We look at the nature of these greetings and what it says of us today, we also learn from Paul's …

February

Speaker
Chris Barton

Presence & Perspective

In this one-off message, Chris preaches from Psalm 73. He explores how Asaph almost threw in the towel on his faith until he went into the presence of God, had his perspective totally transformed, and is finally able to proclaim the …

September

Speaker
Chris Barton

The Prodigal Son

Luke 15:11-24

On a very special family Sunday we celebrate the youngest in our church family with dedications. As part of the day, Chris preaches on the story of the prodigal son and what the staggering response of the father means for us.

June

Speaker
Chris Barton

Worship & The Horizontal Dimension

Ephesians 5:18-21

After spending a few weeks looking at the 'vertical' aspect of our worship, Chris starts exploring the added horizontal dimension of our worship and the wonder that we get to enjoy this kind of worship at all.

January

Speaker
Chris Barton

Serving with Humility

Philippians 2:1-11

In the third week of our series looking at what it means to be part of God's family, Chris preaches on serving from Philippians 2. We look at redeeming the notion of 'servanthood' and explore true humility as exhibited in Christ.

September

Speaker
Chris Barton

Behold, I Am With You

Matthew 28:18-20

We conclude our series in Matthew's gospel with the final words of the Great Commission. This week Chris leads us to marvel at the promise that Jesus makes to the disciples to be with them always, to the end of the age.

September

Speaker
Chris Barton

A Sent People

John 20:19-22

For this week, Chris looks at what it means to be sent by God for us as the Church and individually.

May

Speaker
Chris Barton

Deeper

John 4:19-26

At the start of 'Deeper', our week of worship & prayer, Chris speaks on what it means to worship from the heart when the season we're in puts limitations on our external expression of praise.

September

Speaker
Chris Barton

Feeding The Five Thousand

Mark 6:30-44

This week was Baptism Sunday! It was a great day of celebration and as part of the day Chris spoke a one off message on the feeding of the five thousand.

March

Speaker
Chris Barton

Building A Spiritual House

1 Peter 2:4-5

On Sunday we kicked off Deeper: a week of worship, prayer and fasting. Chris spoke into the prophetic thread God's been weaving over the last few months and what exactly it is God is building here.

February

Speaker
Chris Barton

Entirely Relational God

Genesis 1:1-3

We spent an evening looking at the topic of relationships. Chris spoke first on our starting point for relationships - God himself - and then we had a live panel answering questions.

January

Speaker
Chris Barton

Order in Worship

1 Corinthians 14:26-33

This week in our 'Gifts' series Chris talks in detail on what our corporate worship should look like in light of Paul's teaching in his letter and why that kind of worship is so powerful.

October

Speaker
Chris Barton

Battle On The Hill

Exodus 17:8-16

We take a short step back in our Exodus series to chapter 17, to focus in on Israel's first battle before following the events at Mount Sinai. Here we learn an important lesson about where the battle was truly fought and won.

April

Speaker
Chris Barton

Baptism Sunday

Philippians 3:4-9

It's Baptism Sunday! We heard stories of how Jesus has transformed lives and Chris spoke on the surpassing worth of knowing Jesus.

March

Speaker
Chris Barton

New Creations

2 Corinthians 5:16-17

It's Baptism Sunday! We take a break from our Disciple-Making Community series to hear from Chris on what it means to be made into new creations in Christ.

November

Speaker
Chris Barton

We Worship

Psalms 100

On Sunday we continued our new series called 'Disciple-Making Community' where we look at the values that define our culture. This week Chris explores our culture of worship.

October

Speaker
Chris Barton

When Jesus Met A Paralytic Man (Evening)

Mark 2:1-12

This week we kick start a new teaching series called 'When Jesus Met'. In our evening meeting Chris unpacks what happens when you encounter Jesus with even just a bit of faith in the right direction.

July

Speaker
Chris Barton

The Way

John 14:1-6

In this one off message, Chris unpacks what Jesus meant when he said the he was "the way" and how it impacts us today.

May

Speaker
Chris Barton

Rightful Children

John 1:9-13

In John 1 we read that to all who believed in Jesus' name was given the right to become children of God but what does that actually mean? At our evening meeting Chris unpacks this and how it affects us today.

January

Speaker
Chris Barton

Freedom In Forgiveness

Matthew 6:11-15

In our evening meeting Chris looks at the topic of forgiveness, what it feels like to be forgiven and, ultimately, how we can find freedom in forgiveness.

October

Speaker
Chris Barton

The Reconciler

Colossians 1:20

Chris wraps up our He Is series by looking at verse 20, how Jesus reconciles all things to himself and what that actually means for how we live our lives.

September

Speaker
Chris Barton

Israel Demands A King (Evening)

1 Samuel 8

In our evening meeting Chris uncovers why chapter 8 is such a pivotal moment, not just in the book of 1 Samuel, but in God's plan for all mankind because of the King that it leads to.

March

Speaker
Chris Barton

Eli's Sons (Evening)

1 Samuel 2:12-36

In our evening meeting Chris looks at the sin of Eli's sons, Hophni and Phinehas, and the passivity of Eli himself, how we can use their lives as a challenge for our own today through a grace-filled lens.

February

Speaker
Chris Barton

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