All Episodes

The Garden, the City and the Cosmos

The Beauty of the King

Why Does Easter Sunday Matter?

Glory in Christ

Spiritual Desertion II

Union and Desire

The Bride’s Beauty

The Wedding

Cultivating Humility Part 2

Love in the City

The Bride

Cultivating Humility Part 1

Rejoice!

The Voice of Love

Journey towards Love

Introduction: The Greater Love

The Parable of the Talents

The Parable of the Lost Sheep

The Parable of the Marriage Feast

The Treasure and the Pearl

Mustard Seed and Leaven

Wheat and the Weeds

Parable of the Sower

New Covenant Fullness, New Covenant Power

The Oldness of the New Covenant

How to Share the Gospel

From Slavery to Work: Significance-Motivation-Ambition

1. Attention for Sale

2. Why We Attend

3. Learning to Attend

4. The Disciplines of an Attentive Life

Life in Exile

Marriage

The Christian Household - Part 1

Christian Counterculture

Does God Change His Mind?

The Dynamics of Sanctification

Heavenly Mindedness

A Fairy Tale Wedding

The City of God

The Glory of God in the Storm

Where Do I Look to Pray?

The Lord and the idols

The Word of the Lord

Christ vs Religion

Union with Christ

Atonement in Leviticus 16

Christ and the Elements of the World

Serving People, Serving Christ

Christ the Mystery

Christ The Key Part 2

Christ The Key Part 1

Atonement in Leviticus 1

Atonement and Glory

The King’s Cross

Guidance: The Plan for Life

How do you Live in a City that Does Not Share Your Beliefs

Psalm 51:1-12, What should I do about my sin?

11. The Ninth Commandment, You Shall Not Bear False Witness Against Your Neighbor

10. The Eighth Commandment, God is the Owner

9. The Seventh Commandment, You Shall Not Commit Adultery

8. The Sixth Commandment, You Shall Not Murder

7. The Fifth Commandment, Authority and Freedom

6. The Fourth Commandment, The Sabbath

5. The Third Commandment, What's in the Name?

Psalm 89, The Crown in the Dust

4. The Second Commandment, The Image of God

3. The First Commandment

Answering Moral Objections to the Bible

2. Law and Redemption

1.The LORD, the Law, and Wholeness

Servant Song 4 Part 2, Four Things Jesus Knew

Servant Song 4 Part 1, Jesus' Suffering and Violence

Servant Song 3, How is Jesus Shamed and Vindicated?

Servant Song 1, Isaiah 42:1-4

Acts 28, Barbarians, Christians and Jews

Acts 27, A New Jonah

What is Negative about the Negative World?

Exodus 1

Psalm 37

Engaging the Negative World

Acts 23:1-11, Heeding Warnings of Judgement.

Acts 22, Responding Well to Misrepresentation of the Gospel

Acts 19, Deconstructing the Idols of the City

Acts 17, Looking In, Looking Out, Looking Like

Acts 16, Why does the Church keep stirring up the Hornet's Nest?

Acts 16, Covenant Baptism

Ruth 4, Raising Obed-Kings

Ruth 3, Ruth and Boaz at the Threshing Floor

Ruth 1, Naomi's Return

What Equips the Church for Mission?

A Funeral Sermon: Our Mortality

Acts 14, Engaging Culture

Your Redemption Story

Living Through Changes

Paul's Conversion

Philip and the Magician

Religion or Christ?

New Temple, New People, New City

Christ's Ascension and Foundation

Jesus on Emmaus Road, Part 2

Jesus on Emmaus Road, Part 1

Zacchaeus' Encounter with Jesus

The Ten Lepers

Doctrine of the Church

The Last Things

Sin and Salvation

4. Christ

2. Scripture

1.God

Meeting Jesus: Marry and Martha

Jesus Heals a Woman and Jairus's Daughter

The Demon Possessed Man

The Forgiveness of Jesus

Jesus Heals a Centurion's Servant

A Persuasive Gospel

4 Women and Mary

Confident Christmas Joy: John

Confident Christmas Joy: Zechariah

Confident Christmas Joy: Elizabeth

Confident Christmas Joy

The Emotional Life of Jesus 2

The Emotional Life of Jesus 1

Hope Now and Forever, 1. Hope

Hope Now and Forever, 2. Devastation

Hope Now and Forever, 3. Kingdom

Hope Now and Forever, 4. Vision

Habakkuk 2:5-3:19, A Day of Justice

Habakkuk 1, Perplexed by Injustice - 1

6. Hope

5. Suffering: How can we believe in a good God?

4. Truth and Beauty.

3. Freedom and Morality: Isn’t Religion Oppressive?

2. Creation: Has Science Disproven God?

1. God and Meaning

Psalm 48, Love The City

Psalm 73, It is Good to be Near God

Hebrews 12:1-11, Christ Changes our Suffering

Hebrews 4:14-16, Christ is Better

Daniel 12, The Resurrection

Luke 15:1-7, The Parable of the Lost Sheep

Daniel 10, War in Heaven

Daniel 9, The Seventy Weeks

Daniel 8 -The Ram and the Goat

Daniel 7, The Beasts and the Son of Man

Daniel 6, Daniel in the Lion’s Den

John 16:1-14, Why it is good for Christ to go away?

Daniel 5, The Handwriting on the Wall

Daniel 4, Nebuchadnezzar’s Testimony

Daniel 3, The Golden Image

Daniel 2, The Age of Empires

Daniel 1, The Babylon Strategy

1. Introduction to Daniel: are we in exile?

Easter Sunday: Matthew 28, The Better Story

Good Friday Sermon: John 19, The Pierced Side

Luke 10:38-42, We Live in the Age of Martha

Psalm 3, Listening in to Christ's Prayer

Psalm 150, The Consummation

Psalm 96, A New David and the Nations

Psalm 88, Wrestling in the Darkness

Psalm 42, Wrestling with God

God's Acts in History

Ephesians 1, How the Church Rules with Christ

Ephesians 2:1-7, War with the World and Ourselves

The Psalter: 3. Book I. Psalm 2

The Psalter: 2. Psalm 1. Gateway to the Psalter

The Psalter: 1. Introduction

1 Timothy 6:17-21, Generous Moderation

1 Timothy 6:11-16, Admonition, Charge, Doxology

Matthew 2:1-12, 3. The Kingship of Christ 

Matthew 2:1-12, The Wise Men: 2. The Glory of the Nations

Matthew 2:1-12, The Wise Men: 1. Who do we Worship?

1 Timothy 6:2b-10, Winsomeness and Contentment 

1 Timothy 6:1-2a, Slavery and Idealism 

1 Timothy 5:17-26, The Church and the World

1 Timothy 4:3-16, Widows and Welfare

1 Timothy 4, The Ministry of the Word

1 Timothy 4:6-10, Christian Training 

1 Timothy 4:1-5, Reformation Day

What Is Anxiety?

What Is An Anxious Age?

How To Address Anxiety?

How Ecclesiastes Helps Address Anxiety

1 Timothy 3:14-16, We Confess

1 Timothy 3:14-16, The House of God, The Church - Pillar of the Truth

1 Timothy 3:1-13, Qualifications for Elders and Deacons

1 Timothy 2:8-15, Why Elders must be Men

1 Corinthians 7, 7. Singleness

Ephesians 6:1-4, 6. Part 2, Children

Ephesians 6:1-4, 5. Children

Ephesians 5:22-33, 3. Marriage, Part 2

Ephesians 5:22-33, 3. Marriage, Part 1

Genesis 2, 2. Women

1 Corinthians 16:13, 1. Men

Psalm 45

Matthew 5:1-12, Five Truths about the Future

Psalm 130, Waiting for the Lord

1 Timothy 2:8-15, The Order of Worship - 1

1 Timothy 2:1-7, The Politics of Prayer - 2

Matthew 3:13-18, Jesus' Baptism | Your Baptism

1 Timothy 2:1-7, The Politics of Prayer - 1

1 Timothy 1, A Good Conscience

Pentecost: Acts 2:1-12, Babel, Pentecost & Nations

2. Trust: Who Can We Trust?

1 Timothy 1:18-20, Pastors and Warriors

1 Timothy 1:12-18, How our Stories Support the Gospel

1 Timothy 1:8-11, Law and Gospel

1. Dignity: Why do I Matter?

1 Timothy 1:3-7, Addressing False Teaching

1 Timothy 1:1-3, 1. Apostles and Pastors

Matthew 28, The Resurrection for Sceptics

Matthew 27, Darkness at Noon

1 John 2:15-17, Do Not Love the World

Romans 12:9-21, 4. Helpful and Unhelpful Fellowship

Romans 12:1-8, 3. Fellowship, Gifts and Service

Romans 12:1-2, 2. Living Sacrifices

1 Corinthians 11:17-34, 1. A View from the Table

Colossians 2:13-23, Bad Ascetism

Luke 9:28-36, The Transfiguration

Psalm 19, 4. Trust the Experts?

Hebrews 1:1-4, 3. The Time and the Times

Galatians 3:23-29, 2. Freedom

Ephesians 4:11-16, 1. Holding The Truth

Colossians 1:15-20, 2. Applying the Cosmic Gospel

Colossians 1:15-20, 1. Recovering the Cosmic Gospel

1 John 2:12-14, Who Are You? Your Identity in Christ

Lord's Prayer: 5. Living the Doxology

Lord's Prayer: 4. Temptation

Lord's Prayer: 3. Forgiveness

John 1:14, Christ or Nothing?

1 Luke 26-45, New Creation, New Temple, a New People

Luke 1, The Magnificat

Lord's Prayer: 2. Our Father

Lord's Prayer: 1. Secret Prayer

1 Thessalonians 3:11-13, Whose Calendar is Discipling You?

Genesis 11:1-9, The Tower of Babel

Psalm 46: God is our Refuge

Genesis 10: Nations

Genesis 9:18-28, Nakedness and Shame

What is the Revolt Against Christianity?

The Revolt Against Humanity

The Revolt Against Suffering

How can you Recover Reality?

Raising Expectations, Q&A

Genesis 9:8-16, Environmental Doom

Genesis 9:8-17, The Sign of the Covenant

Genesis 9:1-7, The Birth of Civil Government

1 John 2:3-11, Knowing that we know Him

Genesis 9:1-4, Flesh and Blood

Genesis 8:15-9:1, Covenant with Noah/Calling and Worship - Part 2

Genesis 8:1-14, The Covenant with Noah - Part 1

7. Psalm 17, The Vision

6. Psalm 45, The Kingdom

5. Psalm 23, The Table

4. Psalm 47: The Song

3. Psalm 92: The Day

2.Psalm 29: The Book

1. Psalm 27, The Chief End

The Real Emotions of Our Lord Jesus

1 John 2:1-2, Jesus is the Propitiation for our Sins

Gensis 8, The Flood Local or Global?

Genesis 7: The Flood and Baptism

1 John 1:5-10, Walk in the Light

Genesis 6:14-22, The Meaning of the Ark

Genesis 6:9-13, The Cause of the Flood

Romans 10, The Need for the Creed

Acts 2:1-4, Pentecost and the New Temple

Acts 2, Christ Ascended!

Christ Ascended, Exodus 24

Gen. 6:1-4, The Nephilim

Genesis 6:1-4, Sons of God

Genesis 5 & 11, Numbers, Genealogies & Patriarchs

1 John 1, Fellowship with the Father and the Son

2 Peter 1:3-11, Resurrection and Glory

1 Corinthians 1:18-32, The Foolishness of the Cross

Genesis 4:25-26, The Restoration of Worship

Genesis 4:17-26, Lamech: The Corruption of Marriage

Education 4: Education for the Modern World

Genesis 4:17-22, The Pagans got there First!

Education 3

Genesis 4:16-17, The meaning of the City

2. Teaching to Love

Genesis 4:8-17, Civilisation of Cain

Joel 1:13-16, Lent: Prayer, Fasting and Humility

Psalm 111, 1. Teaching Your Child to See

Genesis 4:8-10, What Everyone Knows

Genesis 4:8-10, Am I my Brothers Keeper?

Genesis 4:1-8, The Psychology of Cain

Genesis 4, Shepherds and Farmers

Genesis 3:22-24, Fugutives

Genesis 3:20-21, Names and Clothed

Genesis 3:7-19, Judgment on Work

Revelation 12, The Woman and the Dragon

1 Timothy 3:16, The Mystery of the Incarnation

Genesis 3:16, Judgment on Woman

Matthew 2, Renewal through Judgment

Genesis 47 Joseph the Totalitarian

Genesis 3:14-15, The Antithesis

Genesis 3:8-13, Blaming and Hiding

Genesis 3:7-13, Shame and Alienation

Genesis 3:6-8, Passive Adam

Genesis 3:6-8, How Temptation Works

Genesis 3:1-7, Temptation and the Serpent

Genesis 3:1, The Serpent

Genesis 2: The Purpose of Woman

Colossians 2:6-7, Preparing for life in the Crazy New World

John 21:15-25, Apostolic Ministry

John 21:1-14, The Mystery of 153

John 20:19-31, Absolution

John 20:Worship 1

John 20:11-18, A New Eve in the Garden

John 20:1-10, The Bodily Resurrection

John 19, Look to the cross

John 19, The cross stands over all

John 19:1-16, The Irrational Mob, Fearful Pilate and the Divine Son of God

John 18:28-40, The Kingdom of God

John 18:1-27, The Betrayal

John 17, The One People of God

John 17:1-6, Glory

John 16:4-33, The Work of the Holy Spirit

John 15:18-6:4, Against the World

John 15:1-17, The True Vine and the New Israel

12. John 14, The House of God

11. John 13, The Unseen Strategy

10. John 12, Beauty and Glory according to Mary and Judas

9. John 11, The Emotional Life of Jesus

8. John 10, The Good Shepherd

7. John 8-9, The Light of the World

6. John 6, The Bread of Life

5. John 5, Life in the Son

4. John 4, The Water of Life

3. John 2-3, Water into Wine and New Birth

2. John 1:19-51, The 7 Names and 7 Days

1. John's Gospel: Introduction John 1:1-18

Genesis 2:18-25, The Creation of Eve

Genesis 2:5-17, 17. The Covenant of Creation

Genesis 2:5-9, 16. The Priest King

Genesis 2:4-25, 15. The Garden Sanctuary

Genesis 2:1-3, 14. The Sabbath: 3. The Sabbath as an Act of Resistance

Genesis 2:1-3, 13. The Sabbath: 2. Living from a State of Rest

Colossians 1, The Preeminence of Christ

Ephesians 1:3-14, Cosmic Redemption

Gensis 2:1-3, 12. The Sabbath: 1. Sabbath Mode

Genesis 1:26-28, 11. The image of God: Gender, Sex, Homosexuality

Genesis 1:26-28, 10. The Image of God: Male and Female - Part 1

Christmas 2019: Herod against Christ

Matthew 2:1-12, The Three Wise Men: The end of all our searching

Genesis 1:26-31, 9. Image of God: Dominion

Genesis 1:26-27, 8. Image of God

Genesis 1:26-31, 7. The Image and Likeness of God

Ephesians 1:3-6, The Blessing of Predestination

Genesis 2:1-2:4, 6. Creation, Evolution, Science

Genesis 1:1-2:4, 5. The symbolic creation: Days 4-6

Genesis 1:1-2:4, 4. The Glory of the Temple of Creation: Days 1-3

Reformation Day : Ephesians 2:1-10, Grace worth fighting for

Genesis 1:1-2:4, 3. Seven Days: God's Pattern for Life

Good Citizens 1: The Problem with Liberalism

Good Citizens 2: Good citizenz are those created in Christ Jesus to do good works

Good Citizens 3: Household, Nation, Church

Good Citizens 4: Charity as the currency which causes Christian cultural formation

Genesis 1:1-3, 2. Heavens and Earth

Genesis 1:1-3, 1. In the beginning with God

Exodus 20:17, What should you want?

Exodus 20:16, A tangled web of lies

Song of Solomon 4:1-16, Song of Solomon Part 2

Song of Solomon 3:6-11, Song of Solomon Part 1

Exodus 20:15, You shall not steal

Exodus 20:14, Our not-so-secret obsession

Exodus 20:13, Loving Life

Job 38:1-8, The Book of Job

Exodus 20:8-11, The Holy Day

Exodus 20:7, The Strangest Commandment

Ephesians 3:14-21, Prayer

Mark 4:1-20, Sowing the Gospel

Exodus 20:12, A new vision for families

Exodus 20:4-6, The tragic truth about icons

Exodus 20:1-3, I Am the LORD your God

Exodus 19:7-25, The revelation of the living God

Exodus 19:1-6, The greatest motivational speech ever made

Exodus 18:13-27, Challenges to church growth

Matthew 1, Mark 1, Luke 1&3, John 1:1-14, Why Four Gospels?

Exodus 18:1-12, I don't know what I believe... What should I do?

Ephesians 6:1-4, Your Family and the Kingdom of God

Exodus 17:8-16, Your own personal Amalek

Evangelical Law (1)

Evangelical Law (2)

Evangelical Law (3)

Evangelical Law (4)

Exodus 17:1-7, The LORD is our Rock

Mark 10:13-16, Come like a child

The Servant Saviour's Humble Service, John 13:1-17

Exodus 16, Time to Test your Faith

Exodus 15:22-27, Water in the wilderness

Exodus 15, Why do we sing? (Part 2)

Exodus 15:1-21, Why do we sing? (Part 1)

3 John, Love, Imitation and Fellowship

2 John, Truth, Love and Antichrist

Exodus 14, For the Glory of God

Exodus 13:17-22, Stepping into the known

Eph 1, Phil 1, Col 1, What are we to pray for?

Exodus 13:1-16, Deep Rememberance

Malachi 4, Malachi's Final Warning

Malachi 3:13-18, Cynical Christians

Malachi 3:6-12, Biblical Tithing

2 Thessalonians 2:1-6, Encouragement

Malachi 2:10-16, Twisting Covenant Marriage

Malachi 2:1-9, Useless Priests

Malachi 1, Half-hearted Christians

Matthew 6:25-34, Anxiety

Exodus 12:29-51, Plundering the Egyptians

Exodus 12:1-28, A Strange and Significant Meal

Exodus 11, Don't harden your heart!

Job 19:23-27, Vision of God

The Wedding Banquet

Raising Expectations 1: A Biblical Theology of Home

Raising Expectations 2: The Culture of Home, part 1

Raising Expectations 3: The Home Under Siege

Raising Expectations 4: The Culture of Home, part 2

Walking with God in a hostile world

Exodus 10:21-29, Overcoming the darkness

Exodus 10:1-20, Worship and idolatry

Exodus 9:13-35, The things of first importance

Exodus 8-9, The hardening of Pharaoh's heart, Part 2

Exodus 4-14, The hardening of Pharoah's heart - Part 1

Psalm 1, The Gospel according to Psalm 1

Exodus 9:1-12, The LORD give, and the LORD has taken away

Exodus 8:20-32, What's happened to our culture?

Ecclesiastes Intro

Ecclesiastes 3-4

Ecclesiastes 7-8

Ecclesiastes 11-12

Psalm 114, Care of Creation 2

Psalm 8, Care of Creation 1

Psalm 8, God Incarnate

Psalm 33, Triune God

Psalm 27, Beauty of the Lord

Psalm 19, How We Know God

Psalm 148, Glory of the Lord

Psalm 89:5-18, The God Who Is

Acts 4 - Dr. Roy Atwood

Ephesians 5:22-33 Marriage and the Gospel

Matthew 9:35-10:15, The Mission of the Church

Exodus 8:1-19, When a Nation rejects God

Genesis 17:1-14, What Harry really needs

Exodus 7:8-25, What would an ordinary Egyptian think?

Acts 2:37-41, This child belongs to Jesus - don't give him to the world

Exodus 7:1-7, You're amazing

Psalm 150, The book of Psalms in one go

Luke 11:1-13, A pep talk on prayer

Exodus 6, The Phinehas Factor

John 20:19-31, Another look at Doubting Thomas

Exodus 5, Dealing with Disappointment

Exodus 4:18-31, Embracing the sacraments

Exodus 3:16-4:17, Understanding your calling (incl Q+A)

Exodus 3:7-15, You need to know God's name

Exodus 2:23-3:15, God envelops you like fire

Exodus 2:1-22, Nothing is ever hopeless

Psalm 1, The art of meditation

1 Corinthians 1:18-2:5, True Wisdom

Exodus 1:8-15, Without courage you're nothing

Colossians 3:1-4:1, Kingdom Vocation

The Future of Education

Exodus 1:1-7, Our faithful God

Proverbs 10, Solomon's New Year Resolutions

The truth about repentance (3) Total commitment

The truth about repentance (2) Transforming your worship

The truth about repentance (1) Devotion to God's word

Psalm 80, Is God angry with our prayers?

Habakkuk 3, What would you do if you lost everything?

Habakkuk 2:6-20, The Victory of the Kingdom of God

Habakkuk 2:2-5, Righteousness, Faith and Life

Habakkuk 1:1-2:1, Will God stop the injustice?

Psalm 106, Reformation or Revolution?

Raising Expectations 2017 (1) Vocation

Raising Expectations 2017 (2) Rest

Romans 3:19-31, Celebrating the Reformation

Raising Expectations 2017 (3) Work

Raising Expectations 2017 (4) Leisure

1 Peter 5:12-14, The Strange Grace of God

1 Peter 5:6-11, How can I resist the devil?

1 Peter 5:1-5, Are your Elders up to the job?

1 Peter 5:1-5, Are your Elders up to the job? Q+A session

Psalm 127-128, The holiness of the ordinary

Psalm 45, The Royal Wedding

Psalm 72, Tribute for the King

1 Peter 4:7-11, Focusing on the important things

1 Peter 4:1-6, You don't have to be a victim

1 Peter 3:18-22, The forgotten virtue of courage

1 Peter 3:13-17, Preparing for the coming battle

1 Peter 3:8-12, Humiliated for the Gospel

1 Peter 3:7, Being an honourable man

1 Peter 3:1-6, Being a beautiful woman

Romans 10:14-17, Why does the world need missionaries?

Psalm 42, Your Personal Life of Prayer

1 Peter 2:18-25, Frustrated at work?

1 Peter 2:13-17, Staying faithful in a progressive society

1 Peter 2:9-12, Three Simple Priorities

1 Peter 2:1-8, God's presence at Pentecost

Genesis 11:1-9, Preparing for Pentecost

1 Peter 1:22-25, The greatest commandment (including Q+A)

1 Peter 1:13-21, Get ready for action

1 Peter 1:8-12, Search the Scriptures

1 Peter 1:6-7, Why does God send hardship?

Our God Reigns 1: Rediscovering the scope of the gospel

1 Peter 1:3-5, How to frighten a church

Our God Reigns 2: The gospel and the family

Our God Reigns 3: The gospel and the church

Our God Reigns 4: The gospel and the world

Luke 24:13-43, Discovering the resurrection

1 Peter 1:3, Blessing God

1 Peter 1:1-2, Called by the Triune God

Jeremiah 31, Six marks of a Christian culture

Raising Children in a Secular World (4)

Raising Children in a Secular World (3)

Raising Children in a Secular World (2)

Raising Children in a Secular World (1)

Leviticus 25:35-55; Exodus 21:16; 22:1-4, Slavery and the Bible

Leviticus 25:1-34, What's the Jubilee really about?

Forum: The Jubilee

1 John 2:15-17, Passions and Desires

Leviticus 23, God calls you to celebrate

Leviticus 19:1-18, The path to holiness

Forum: Leviticus 19, venerating icons, and the welfare trap

Leviticus 16, Please forget (almost) everything you know about the OT sacrifices

Psalm 92, Rest and contemplation

Isaiah 9:2-7, How is the Son also the everlasting Father?

Leviticus 9, Your worship is 3500 years old

Forum: Q+A on Worship and Leviticus 9

Leviticus 8, Overcoming teenage insecurity

Forum: Teenage identity, clothing, and the significance of unleavened bread

Leviticus 2, The best Christian book ever published

Leviticus 1, Entering God's House

Numbers 23:27-24:25, Slain by the Spirit

Forum: Numbers 24 and the defeat of the Devil

Jude 11 (and 2 Peter 2:15-16; Numbers 22-24), Greed and Envy

Numbers 22:36-23:26, Deliver us from evil

You shall not curse, Numbers 22:1-35

Forum: What was the Reformation about?

Raising Expectations 1, The Myth of Adolescence

Raising Expectations 2, Godly Ambition

Raising Expectations 3, Motivation

Raising Expectations 4, Taking risks

Luke 24:13-35, Jesus is here because he's not here

Forum: Jesus is here because he's not here

Luke 24:1-12, Faith and doubt

Luke 23:50-56, A no-longer-secret disciple

Luke 34:44-49, He gave up his spirit

Genesis 6, Lessons from Noah

Psalm 37, Living through revolution (2)

Leviticus 18, Living through revolution (1)

Luke 23:32-43, The final act begins

Luke 23:26-31, Don't cry for me

What is Beauty? (Digging Deeper 2016, session 1)

The Gospel According to the Trees (Digging Deeper 2016, session 2)

On Beauty and Being Christian (Digging Deeper 2016, session 3)

How Christians have thought about Beauty (Digging Deeper 2016, session 4)

Luke 5:1-11, Jesus caught a man

Cultivating a Taste for Beauty (Digging Deeper 2016, session 5)

Cosmetics, Hair and Personal Grooming (Digging Deeper 2016, session 6)

The Beauty of Poetry (Digging Deeper 2016, session 7)

The Beauty of Godliness (Digging Deeper 2016, session 8)

Beauty in Maths and Science (Digging Deeper 2016, session 9)

Beauty in Music (Digging Deeper 2016, session 10)

Luke 22:63-23:25, Mocking the true King

Luke 22:47-62, The difficult doctrine of the grace of God

Luke 22:39-46

Luke 22:24-38, Suffering for one another's sins

Luke 22:1-23, Exploring the Lord's Supper

Luke 21:5-38, End times madness

1 Kings 12, The EU Referendum and the problems of modern politics

Forum: The EU Referendum and the problems of modern politics

Luke 20:45-21:4, The real honours list

Luke 20:27-44, Marriage in the resurrection

Psalm 130, Out of the depths

Genesis 1, Giving the Trinity a second chance

1 Samuel 16:13-23, King David's mini-Pentecost

1 Samuel 16:1-13, Three messiahs

Forum: Q+A on government inspection of churches and Luke 20:19-26

Luke 20:19-26, An inspector calls

Luke 19:9-18, The real reason people reject Jesus

Forum: The fall of Jerusalem and Q+A on Luke 20:9-18

Luke 19:41-20:89, The emotions of Jesus

Forum: Daily Worship and Q+A on Luke 19:28-44

Luke 19:28-44, The Lord's Lowly Chariot

Matthew 20:20-28, Power to change the world

Forum: Christian Concern and the direction of our Culture

The Very Practical Doctrine of the Trinity, lecture 1

The Very Practical Doctrine of the Trinity, lecture 2

The Very Practical Doctrine of the Trinity, lecture 3

The Very Practical Doctrine of the Trinity, lecture 4

The Very Practical Doctrine of the Trinity, lecture 5

Rediscovering the Trinity, lecture 1

Rediscovering the Trinity, lecture 2

Rediscovering the Trinity, lecture 3

Rediscovering the Trinity, lecture 4

Acts 10:34-45, A faith full of surprises

Nehemiah 13:23-31, Two vital things we keep forgetting about marriage

Matthew 6:16-18, When You Fast

Forum: Q+A with Peter Leithart

1 Kings 4:29-34, Raising Solomon

Psalm 4, Feeling overwhelmed

Forum: London Theological Seminary, and Q+A on Psalm 4

Nehemiah 13:15-22, Loving the Lord's Day

Forum: The Lord's Day

Science and Christianity, Sheffield University Christian Union

Nehemiah 12:44-13:14, The ultimate test of leadership

Forum: Singing, welcoming outsiders, and marriage

Nehemiah 12:27-43, Worshipping in the body

Nehemiah 11:1-12:26, Our Own Silent Holocaust

Forum: Abortion

Forum: Fasting

Nehemiah 9:38-10:39, A Fresh Start

Nehemiah 9:1, Rediscovering the power of ritual

Nehemiah 9, You, LORD, have been righteous

Nehemiah 8:12-18, Reforming Worship

Nehemiah 8:1-12, Do you really want to hear the word?

Titus 3:4-7, Christmas Day 2015

Philippians 1:3-11, Repentance means change

Forum: The Church Calendar

Nehemiah 7:5-73, A totally boring and irrelevant list of names

Forum: What every church could do about ISIS

Nehemiah 6:1-7:4, You're not scared enough

Nehemiah 5, You can't have Jesus' ethics if you don't have Jesus

John 1:29-34, The beautiful gospel

Nehemiah 4, Whatever happens, we'll just keep building

Nehemiah 3, Don't discover your spiritual gifts

Nehemiah 3, Forum discussion and Q+A

Nehemiah 2, Godly governent

Discussion: Do we live in a free country?

Nehemiah 1, Rebuilding a Ruined Civilization

Nehemiah 1, Rebuilding a Ruined Civilization, Q+A

Matthew 6:5-15, Prayer

Psalm 146, Sorry, the government can't do that

Exodus 20:8-11, Remembering isn't just remembering

Acts 10:34-48, Measuring and comparing

Luke 10:38-42, Which is The Distracted Generation?

Forum: What is mission?

Ephesians 6:18-24, An "Independent" Evangelical Church?

The Distracted Generation (1) What is distraction

The Distracted Generation (2) The Roots of Distraction

The Distracted Generation (3) Slow Down, part 1

The Distracted Generation (4) Slow Down, part 2

The Distracted Generation (5) Dealing with Distraction, part 1

The Distracted Generation (6) Dealing with Distraction, part 2

The Distracted Generation (7) Dealing with Distraction, part 3

Ephesians 6:10-20, Spiritual warfare

Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia

Ephesians 6:5-9, Work, work, work

Slavery and the Bible

Ephesians 6:4, Spirit-filled parents

Ephesians 6:1-3, Spirit-filled children

Genesis 3, The Spirit-Filled Marriage (3)

Ephesians 5:22-23, The Spirit-filled marriage (1)

Ephesians 5:22-23, The Spirit-filled marriage (2) Q+A

Psalm 131

1 Corinthians 6, The body is meant for the Lord

Ephesians 5:7-21, Be filled with the Spirit

Ephesians 5:1-7, A portrait of the perfect love life

Ephesians 4:17-32, Becoming like the Triune God

The Trinity: A Very Brief Introduction

Ephesians 4:7-16, The power of Pentecost

Science and Christianity: A Very Brief Introduction (1)

Ephesians 4:1-6, The Christian social revolution

Ephesians 3:14-21, Your vision is too small

Ephesians 3:1-13, The substitutionary suffering of the church

Has the law of God been abolished?

Ephesians 2:11-22, One new temple, but it's not what you think

Ephesians 2:8-10, Most Catholics and most Protestants are mostly wrong

John 18:33-19:16, There's an election coming...

John 20:1-18, An unexpected meeting

Matthew 21:1-22, The Coming King

A rip-roaring tour through the book of Revelation

Ephesians 2:1-7, God loves spiritual roadkill

Ephesians 1:15-23, My house is haunted - what should I do?

Ephesians 1:11-14, God's Possession

Ephesians 1:7-10, Redemption

Ephesians 1:7-10, Forum discussion

Ephesians 1:5-6, Inside God's orphanage

Ephesians 1:5-6, Forum discussion

Ephesians 1:1-4, Every spiritual blessing

Ephesians 1:1-4, Forum discussion

Deuteronomy 12:1-7, Tithing and Giving

Deuteronomy 12:1-7, Tithing and Giving - discussion

Procrastination (2)

A conversation about Leviticus 24

Procrastination (1)

Luke 19:11-27, A whole new world

John 1:1-14, Bringing people together

Sermon for the fourth Sunday in Advent

Sermon for the third Sunday in Advent

Sermon for the first Sunday in Advent

Luke 19:1-10, Fighting prejudice

Luke 18:31-43, Understanding the basics

Ephesians 3:14-21, Victory in suffering

Luke 18:18-30, What would you least like to change about yourself?

Infant communion and 1 Corinthians 11

Luke 18:15-17, Don't starve the children

Science and Christianity - an introduction for Ministers (part 1)

Science and Christianity - an introduction for Ministers (part 2)

Luke 18:9-14, Performance-based religion

Luke 18:1-8, The problem of unanswered prayer

Luke 17:20-37, God's kingdom under fire

Luke 17:11-19, Welcoming outsiders

Luke 17:7-10, A slave - and proud of it

Boredom (2)

Boredom (1)

Romans 14:12-19, The heart of the matter

Numbers 27:1-11; 36, Is the Bible sexist?

1. Introduction to Apologetics, part 1

2. Introduction to Apologetics, part 2

3. The argument from Desire

4. The argument from Imagination

5. Addressing the whole person, part 1

6. Addressing the whole person, part 2

7. Addressing the whole person, part 3

8. Addressing the whole person, part 4

9. Apologetics in practice, part 1

10. Apologetics in practice, part 2

Numbers 20:2-13, The fatal failure of a great leader

Numbers 17, A significant staff

Numbers 15:37-41, Tassles (part 2)

Numbers 15:37-41, Tassles (part 1)

Exodus 31:12-18, No church today, I'm watching the football

Numbers 15:32-36, Rediscovering holy time

Numbers 14:11-38, A nation on the brink

Friendship in C. S. Lewis's Writings

Friendship in C. S. Lewis's Life

Friendship with God

Friendship through History

Friendship and Technology

Friendship and Conflict

Friendship through the Changing Scenes of Life

Friendship - Panel Discussion and Questions

Numbers 13:1-14-12, Living by faith when there's a mountain to climb

Matthew 18:1-6, Entering the kingdom like children

Numbers 12, My Minister is useless - what should I do?

Numbers 11:1-9, Right on schedule the grumbling begins

Numbers 6:1-8, Does the long-haired guy want a drink?

Numbers 5:11-31, Unexpected justice from dusty water

Numbers 1:20-25, Why all those irrelevant numbers are really quite important

Numbers 1:1-19, Forty years of complaining from a flock of grumpy campers

A scientist and a Christian? How is that possible?

Acts 17:16-32, Is anyone read to stop and think?

Luke 17:5-6, What's happening in the Chinese church?

John 12:1-8, Mary, Lazarus, and Judas, part 2

John 12:1-8, Mary, Lazarus, and Judas, part 1

Luke 17:1-4, My sin is your problem

Luke 16:19-31. Too late to turn the clock back

Divorce and remarriage, part 1 (sermon)

Divorce and remarriage, part 2 (Q and A)

Losing our Minds

Psalm 19, The voice of the heavens

Psalm 19, The voice of the heavens, Q&A

Exploring God's house

Luke 16:1-17. The dishonest manager

Luke 15:11-32, Crazy love

Understanding other religions (2) Jehovah's Witnesses

Friendship: A very short introduction

Understanding other religions (1) Greek Orthodoxy

Luke 15:1-10, Does this church welcome sinners?

Luke 14:25-35, Stop following the crowd and start following Jesus

Luke 2, Born in a manger

Luke 2:8-20, The world's biggest temple

Luke 1:67-80, God wants a prophetic church

Luke 1:39-56, Magnify the Lord!

Ecclesiastes 12:9-14, Finding the path of wisdom

Ecclesiastes 11:7 - 12:8, Growing Old Grace-Fully

Is belief in God just blind faith?

Six reasons why churches don't do evangelism...

... and three ways that evangelists make things worse

Ecclesiastes 11:1-6, The Christian duty of risk-taking

Revelation 1:16, Safe in the hands of Jesus

Ecclesiastes 9:7-10:20, The frustration of work

Ecclesiastes 9:1-10, The serious business of joy

Ecclesiastes 7:14-8:17, God, that's not fair!

Ecclesiastes 7:1-13, Wrestling with life's riddles

Ecclesiastes 5:8-6:12, Possession obsession

Ecclesiastes 5:1-7, Watch how you worship

Ecclesiastes 3:16-4:16, Evil in the mist

John 1:1-13, The ordered Christian life, part 2

Genesis 1, The ordered Christian life, part 1

Ecclesiastes 1:12-2:26, Learning to love the mist

Digging Deeper (1) Why Four Gospels? (part 1)

Digging Deeper (2) Why Four Gospels? (part 2)

Digging Deeper (3) Why Four Gospels? (part 3)

Digging Deeper (4) Jesus and music

Digging Deeper (5) The emotions of Jesus

Digging Deeper (6) God and man

Ecclesiastes 1:1-11, Life is like mist

Femininity

Luke 14:7-14, Avoiding a Quarter-Life Crisis

Luke 14:1-6, The secret prayers of a hopeful church

Revelation 1:15, Roaring voice

Revelation 1:14-15, Blazing eyes

Luke 13:31-35, Why Christians fall away and how to avoid it

1. The Shadow of Death - Exploring the experience of death

2. People of Dust - The biblical doctrine of death

3. Yet Shall They Live - Christian faithfulness in a world of death

Luke 13:18-30, The growth of the kingdom

Luke 13:10-17, The hidden secret of happy Sundays

Luke 13:10-17, The hidden secret of happy Sundays, Q+A

Luke 13:1-9, Jesus fails his pastoral counselling exam

Luke 12:49-59, A ticking time-bomb

John 17:20-26, The very practical doctrine of the Trinity

The Doctrine of Scripture (1) God's Inspired Word

The Doctrine of Scripture (2) Q+A

The Doctrine of Scripture (3) The Intricate Subtlety of Scripture

The Doctrine of Scripture (4) Our Perfect Guide

The Doctrine of Scripture (5) Q+A

The Doctrine of Scripture (6) God's Personal Presence

The Doctrine of Scripture (7) The Re-creation of the World

Acts 1:1-11, Ascension

Luke 12:35-48, The privilege of slavery

Luke 12:22-34, The kingdom on earth

Dealing with anxiety - getting practical

Luke 12:22-34, Dealing with anxiety

Luke 12:13-21, He never learned to give

Luke 12:1-12, The other kind of hypocrisy

A very brief introduction to baptism

Mark 16:1-8, What are you afraid of?

The way to worship (5) What's wrong with our worship?

The way to worship (4) Worship changes the world

John 4:46-54, The second miracle at Cana

How to read the Bible for the first time... Again (4)

How to read the Bible for the first time... Again (1)

How to read the Bible for the first time... Again (2)

How to read the Bible for the first time... Again (3)

The way to worship (3) The kids are worshipping God - what are you doing?

The way to worship (2) A heart on fire

The way to worship (1) It ain't cafe style

Luke 11:29-32, Four verses of pastoral dynamite

1 Corinthians 16:13-14, Quit ye like men

Luke 11:14-28, Don't hurt your greatest helper

John 1:1-18, The mystery of the incarnation

Luke 11:4, Lead us not into temptation

1 Peter 1:1-12, Temple, Priests and Nation

Bible overview (5)

Bible overview (4)

Luke 11:3, Daily bread means everything

Luke 11:4, Like drinking poison and hoping someone else would die

Has science got all the answers?

Bible overview (3)

Luke 10:38-42, Behold your sin!

Our hands are filled

Bible overview (2)

Psalm 3, Lift up your heads

Luke 10:25-37, Who is the good Samaritan?

Luke 10:1-16, Life after death - it's not what you think

Luke 9:51-62, Not spiritual background music

Luke 9:46-50, Who is the greatest?

The Bible is... (5) Clear

Luke 9:43-45, The prosperity gospel according to Jesus

Luke 9:37-42, My friend has a demon - what should I do?

Luke 9:28-36, You're not going to heaven

Ten words about baptism

The Bible is... (4) Sufficient

Luke 9:18-27, Take up your cross

The Bible is... (3) Good

Luke 9:7-17, The Pilgrim's Progress

Luke 9:1-6, A Temple in your front room

The Bible is... (2) True

The Bible is... (1) Authoritative

Luke 8:40-56, Loneliness

Luke 8:26-39, I'm not a victim; I'm a Christian

Luke 8:22-25, The voice of authority

James 3:13-4:12, What causes quarrels?

Luke 8:16-21, Can you spare any change?

Luke 8:1-15, Four ways to live

Luke 7:36-50, Other people's sins that you find disgusting

Psalm 1

Psalm 150

Joel 3, The rise and fall of nations

Do you believe in ghosts?

Genesis 40, Joseph and Pharaoh

Joel 2:18-32, Surprised by the Spirit

Joel 2:1-17, The forgotten blessing of fasting

What about other religions?

Joel 1, Repentance isn't just for other people

Luke 7:1-10, The sin of pessimism

Authority and responsibility (8) The church

Luke 6:39-49, Basic discipleship

Authority and responsibility (6) Slaves and masters

Luke 6:27-38, A strategy for resistance

Luke 6:17-26, Comfort for suffering Christians

The Way of Wisdom (4) The three sins of Facebook

The Way of Wisdom (3) God and your Xbox360

Authority and Responsibility (5) The State

The Way of Wisdom (2) God and your Mobile

The Way of Wisdom (1) God and the iPad

Authority and responsibility (3) Husbands and wives

Luke 5:27-32, Offensive forgiveness

Luke 5:17-26, The F-word

Temptation 3: The horror of sin

Luke 5:1-11, Basic discipleship

Luke 4:38-44, Does God heal today?

Luke 4:31-37, Imagine if you were the devil

Luke 4:14-30, Hope for hopeless Britain

Temptation 1: Watch and Pray

Has Science made Christianity out of date?

Luke 4:1-13, The greatest temptation

Luke 3:21-38, A pointless list of names?

Luke 3:1-20, Repentance begins at home

Luke 2:39-52, Life is a journey

Luke 2:22-38, Happy Jewish New Year?

Hallowed be your name (1)

Hallowed be your name (2)

Hallowed be your name (3)

Luke 2:1-21, The glory returns

Luke 1:57-80, Four horns of salvation

Luke 1:26-38, Hail Mary

Luke 1:5-25, The baby who rocked the world

Judges 21, Sin makes life confusing

Judges 20:18-48, Three questions

Judges 17:6, No-one else to blame

Judges 18, Faithless thieving cowards

Genesis 22, God our Provider

Judges 17, Changing the world from the bottom up

Judges 16:23-31, The state of the nation

Money Matters (4), A warning about wealth

Money matters (3), Tithing

Money Matters (2), Caring for the poor

James 4:1-12, What do we really want?

3. The Paideia of God and the Worldview Wheel

2. Husbands and Wives

1. Love and Respect

Psalm 24, Money Matters (1)

1 Corinthians 15:12-23, The unstoppable express train

John 13:1-17, Giving and getting

Judges 14:1-9, A man of extremes

Judges 15, Take a look in the mirror

Judges 14:10-20, Lies, damned lies

Revelation 5, The music of heaven

Judges 13:8-25, Unexpected grace

Judges 13:1-7, Hope for the hopeless

Judges 12:1-7, Petty squabbles

Judges 11:29-40, Promises, promises (Q&A)

Judges 11:29-40, Promises, Promises

Judges 11:12-28, A way with words

Judges 10:17-11:11, The rejected Saviour

Matthew 7:7-11, Prayer

Isaiah 35, When repentance is hard

Isaiah 7:1-17, The moment of truth

Competition (1)

Isaiah 2:1-5, The highest of the mountains

Ambition (3)

Judges 10:6-16, The downfall of a wicked government

Ambition (2)

Judges 10:1-5, Two ambitious men

Judges 9:22-57, The self-destruction of evil

Proverbs 1:1-7, Head and heart?

Archaeology and the Bible (2)

Archaeology and the Bible (3)

Judges 8:22-35, My Kingdom Come

Judges 8:1-21, How to split a church

Archaeology and the Bible (1)

(4) Reformed Piety and Godliness

(3) Reformed Sacramentology

(2) Reformed Ecclesiology

(1) Reformed Catholicity

Judges 7, The necessity of weakness

Judges 6:1-35, The Israelite credit crunch

Marketplace Evangelism

Judges 4, What women should do when Christian men fail

Judges 2:11-3:6, A taste of death

The discipline of prayer

Judges 3:12-30, Be Different

Acts 8, The gospel in Gaza

Psalm 125, The Lord surrounds his people

Judges 3:7-11, Life is simple

Judges 2:1-15, Training the next generation

Matthew 27:27-44, God is not mocked

The Holy Spirit (6) - The Spirit of Service

Acts 8-9, Two Sauls

1. The Why of Evangelism

2. The How of Evangelism

Judges 1:8-36, No compromise

Psalm 128, You shall be blessed

Psalm 127, Building in faith

The Holy Spirit (3) - The Spirit of Truth

Judges 1:1-7, Good people doing bad things

Judges 1:1-2, Whose land is it anyway?

The Holy Spirit (2) - Images of the Spirit

Daniel 1 (3), Drawing the line

The Atheism Confusion

The Holy Spirit (1)

Daniel 1 (2), A clash of civilizations

Rora House 2009, part 1

Rora House 2009, part 2

The world of work

Working for the Future

Working for the Lord

Real Science, Real Faith

Acts 17:16-34, Searching for the Unknown God

Song of Solomon 5:9-6:1, No other man

Science and Christianity (1) - talk

Science and Christianity (2) - Q&A

Song of Solomon 3:6-11, The royal wedding

Foundations for the family