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Coping in a Crisis

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

Selected Series

The Dawn of a Kingdom

[ 23 Episodes ] 15 January 2017 - 16 July 2017

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.

A Better Kingdom

1 Samuel 31:1-5

In our final message in The Dawn Of A Kingdom, Duncan takes a step back to look at the big themes running through the book and encourages us to seek a better kingdom, God's kingdom.

July

Speaker
Duncan Bell

Strengthen Yourself (Morning)

1 Samuel 30

This week Ruth looks at the pivotal moment where David strengthened himself in the Lord and unpacks what that means and how we can do the same in our lives.

July

Speaker
Ruth Baker

Strengthen Yourself (Evening)

1 Samuel 30

In our evening meeting this week Rosie speaks on what it means to strengthen yourself in the Lord, like David did, and begins to explore how we can do that in our lives.

July

Speaker
Rosie Bunker

Looking In The Wrong Places

1 Samuel 28

This week in our Dawn Of A Kingdom series Tim Suffield looks at how King Saul looks for answers in the wrong place and the lessons we can learn from his mistakes.

July

Speaker
Tim Suffield

Waiting Well

1 Samuel 24-26

After a couple of weeks off, we're back in The Dawn Of A Kingdom look at the book of 1 Samuel. This week Jon Potter looks at the subject of waiting well and some of the lessons we can learn from David's experience in chapters 24, 25 and 26.

June

Speaker
Jon Potter

Ultimate Worth

1 Samuel 21:1-9

This week in our series in the book of 1 Samuel, Jeremy looks at what worship is and what it can do to us when we focus our worship on Jesus, the king of ultimate worth.

June

Speaker
Jeremy Walker

Revolutionary Friendships

1 Samuel 18:1-4

In our morning meetings this week Duncan looks at the surprising and revolutionary friendship that forms between Jonathan and David and how we can learn from their example.

May

Speaker
Duncan Bell

Kingdom First

1 Samuel 18:1-5

This week in our evening meeting Belinda looks at the attitude and heart behind Jonathan's friendship with David and challenges us to make kingdom choices in our lives.

May

Speaker
B Barton

Giant Fears

1 Samuel 17

This week in our Dawn Of A Kingdom series Jon looks at the famous story of David and Goliath. We all face fears in our lives, as did David, but what can we learn from his victory to help us to overcome the giants of fear in our lives?

May

Speaker
Jon Potter

The Unexpected Choice

1 Samuel 16

Tim continues our journey through the book of 1 Samuel and this week we see God make a rather unexpected choice in who is going to be the new king of Israel.

May

Speaker
Tim Suffield

Saul's Disobedience

1 Samuel 15

As we continue our Dawn of a Kingdom series we see how Saul disobeyed God and listened to the voice of his armies more than the word of God.

April

Speaker
Duncan Bell

Jonathan & Saul

1 Samuel 14

After a short Easter break, we rejoin our journey through 1 Samuel in chapter 14 where we read the account of Saul's son, Jonathan. Somehow, this man and his friend end up defeating the Philistines. In this talk we find out how.

April

Speaker
Rick Loosemore

Saul's Unlawful Sacrifice

1 Samuel 13

This week in our series in 1 Samuel we find out how Saul got on as the newly appointed King over Israel. It turns out it was a bit of a mixed bag.

April

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Announcing A King

1 Samuel 10 & 11

Ruth continues our series looking at the establishment of the monarchy in Israel and finally the king is announced, but it's not quite as straight forward as it seems.

March

Speaker
Ruth Baker

Israel Demands A King (Morning)

1 Samuel 8

In our morning meetings Duncan takes us through chapter 8 of 1 Samuel and looks at the sin of man and how God uses that and redeems it for his purposes.

March

Speaker
Duncan Bell

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

Samuel's Call

1 Samuel 1 Samuel 3:1-4:1

After Eli's sons were found to be unworthy last week, Tim explores who is going take their place and how God turns up to enact His purposes for Israel.

February

Speaker
Tim Suffield

Eli's Sons (Morning)

1 Samuel 2:12-36

In our morning meetings Jeremy Walker explains the nature of God's judgement on Eli and his family and how we find out answer in the mediator Jesus Christ.

February

Speaker
Jeremy Walker

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

Hannah's Song (Morning)

1 Samuel 2:1-11

In our morning meetings Lindsay takes us into chapter two of 1 Samuel to focus on Hannah's song. Lindsay talks through Hannah's worshipful response and how the sovereignty of God affected her heart.

January

Speaker
Lindsay Cressey

Hannah's Song (Evening)

1 Samuel 2:1-11

In our evening meeting Belinda looks at how Hannah's heart overflows and bursts with worship, but not just got the gift she's received but because of the giver who gave it.

January

Speaker
B Barton

A Response To Grace

1 Samuel 1:21-28

In part two of our Dawn Of A Kingdom series Gavin recaps on the story so far but then looks in more detail at Hannah's incredible response to what God does for her.

January

Speaker

The Coming King

1 Samuel 1:1-20

The Dawn of a Kingdom, our new series in the book of 1 Samuel, kicked off on Sunday. Rick brought us right into the story of Israel and their expectation of a coming king, but who was it going to be?

January

Speaker
Rick Loosemore

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