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Jesus is Better (Hebrews 1)

By Hebrews, Talks

The book of Hebrews was written by a loving Pastor to a church struggling to follow Jesus. In their temptation to drift away, the Pastor urges them to keep their eyes fixed on Jesus. Look to the Son – see how amazing he is! Now look at what’s he’s done for you!  For us we see that since Jesus is better at revealing God than anything that’s come before, we must pay closer attention to him when we ourselves are tempted to drifty away.

New Creation (Revelation 21:1-22:5)

By miscellaneous, Talks

When we imagine heaven, we can dream of everything from clouds to five-star resorts to our favourite code of football. But when the Bible paints a picture of heaven, the central hope is that we will finally, truly live with God. In this holiday talk, John Phillpotts walks us through the imagery of hope in these chapters, and helps us to see the true hope of heaven that the Bible gives us.

The Crown of Honour (John 21:1-17)

By Easter, Talks

Shortly after Jesus rose from the dead, he approaches Peter, just as he did the first time he met him: on a beach, as he’s fishing. Peter is his failed disciple, who denied his Lord three times. But in four episodes, Jesus revisits Peter’s failures, and redeems them. Jesus meets his disciple at four points of shame, in order to gently restore him to honour.

The Crown of Shame (Matthew 27:24-44)

By Easter, Talks

Before he was lead to the cross, Jesus was mocked and abused for calling himself king. But on the cross, Jesus was lifted up as the true king of his strange and upside-down kingdom: where there is power in weakness, glory in shame, and life in death. On the cross, we can see Jesus’ complete brokenness and vulnerability. And we can see that he knows exactly what it’s like to be us. Whatever we’ve faced, God knows, and God can meet us there.

The God Who is With Us (Exodus 33-40)

By Exodus, Talks

Finally, by the end of Exodus, the tabernacle has been meticulously constructed, and God’s glory dwells with his people. God has brought his people from slavery to worship. But while the truth of Christ was veiled to them, we can behold his face with unveiled eyes. While God dwelled at a distance, he tabernacled amongst us in Christ, and if we trust in him, his Spirit dwells within us.

The God Who is Merciful (Exodus 32)

By Exodus, Talks

Just after making a covenant with God, Moses goes up the mountain, and the Israelites fall into idolatry. They make an idol of a golden calf, and begin worshipping it as if it’s God. This leads to an incredibly dramatic scene of intercession and divine judgement. And because of Moses, the mediator between man and God, some of the Israelites are spared.

The God Who is Relational (Exodus 21-24)

By Exodus, Talks

What does the Law of Moses have to say to us today? We can make the mistakes of applying it directly to our lives, or ignoring it altogether. But through the lens of the cross, we can see its true application for us today: that this law was showing us that God was more holy and more loving than we could ever live up to on our own.