King's Church London: Recent Episodes
King's Church London
King's Church London is an evangelical, charismatic church that gathers over 1,500 people each Sunday over 4 sites in Catford, Lee, Downham and Beckenham.
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Catford site - 9.30am & 11.30am Downham site - 9.30am & 11.30am Lee site - 10.30am Beckenham site - 10.30am
In this message from our 1 Corinthians series, Joshua Okunlola explores why love is not simply an optional part of the Christian life but the very foundation of it. Looking at 1 Corinthians 13, he reminds us that spiritual gifts, sacrifice and service only find their true purpose when they flow from the love of Christ. As we fix our eyes on Jesus, we're invited to become people whose lives are shaped by the one thing that will never pass away.
In this message from our 1 Corinthians series, Andrew Wilson explores Paul's picture of the church as the body of Christ, showing how every believer has a unique and valuable part to play. Looking at 1 Corinthians 12, he challenges the individualism of our culture and reminds us that we were created to flourish together, not in isolation. This encouraging message invites us to value both the church and the gifts God has given each of us for the good of the whole body.
In this message from our 1 Corinthians series, Andrew Wilson explores how the physical symbols we see in Scripture point to deeper spiritual realities. Looking at 1 Corinthians 11, he unpacks what Paul teaches about honouring Christ in our worship and how the Lord's Supper calls us to unity, self-examination and joyful remembrance of Jesus. Together, we're encouraged to approach communion with fresh awe as we look back to the cross, around to the body of Christ, and forward to his return.
In this message from our 1 Corinthians series, Mbonisi Malaba explores how we can faithfully navigate the complexities of everyday life with biblical wisdom. Looking at 1 Corinthians 10, he shows how Paul's teaching calls us to seek the good of others, live for the glory of God, and follow the example of Christ in every decision we make. A practical and encouraging message for anyone seeking to honour Jesus in today's complex world.
In this message from our 1 Corinthians series, Joe Macnamara explores Paul's warning against idolatry, showing how the things we give our hearts to can quietly draw us away from wholehearted devotion to Jesus. Looking at 1 Corinthians 10, we're reminded that God is faithful, always providing a way to endure temptation and calling us to flee from anything that takes His place. As we gather around the Lord's table, we're invited to respond with repentance, gratitude and renewed commitment to Christ alone.
In this message from our 1 Corinthians series, Kwaku Osafo explores how true Christian freedom is found not in holding onto our rights, but in laying them down for the sake of the gospel. Looking at 1 Corinthians 9, he encourages us to be secure in our identity in Christ, intentional in our mission, and willing to live sacrificially so that others might come to know Jesus. It's a timely challenge to consider how God could use our everyday lives and conversations to point people towards him.
In this message from our 1 Corinthians series, Farriea Fernandes explores Paul’s challenge to put love before knowledge and to consider how our choices affect those around us. Looking at 1 Corinthians 8, she unpacks what it means to lay down our rights for the sake of our brothers and sisters, following the example of Jesus. This sermon encourages us to live with humility, sacrificial love, and a deeper awareness of our responsibility to one another in Christ.
In this message from our 1 Corinthians series, Andrew Wilson explores Paul’s teaching on marriage, divorce and remarriage with both honesty and compassion. Looking at 1 Corinthians 7, he unpacks how Christian marriage is mutual, covenantal and ultimately secondary to our relationship with God. Through a challenging and deeply pastoral passage, we’re reminded of God’s unwavering faithfulness to his people and the hope found in Christ.
In this message from our 1 Corinthians series, Andrew Wilson explores why sex matters to God and what it reveals about the purpose of our bodies, relationships and worship. Looking at 1 Corinthians 6, he shows how the gospel gives both a compelling vision for sexual holiness and profound hope for those carrying shame, regret or brokenness. A thoughtful and grace-filled invitation to see ourselves as deeply valued, redeemed and called to glorify God with our whole lives.
In this message from our 1 Corinthians series, Joe Macnamara explores what it means to be a people who are welcomed by Jesus and transformed by His grace. Looking at 1 Corinthians 6, we’re reminded that while the gospel invites us to come as we are, it also calls us into a new way of living shaped by Christ. As those who have been washed, sanctified and justified, we are invited to walk in the freedom and holiness God has given us.
In this message from our 1 Corinthians series, Andrew Wilson explores Paul’s challenging words on holiness, repentance, and life together as the church. Looking at 1 Corinthians 5, he reflects on the difference between failure and unrepentance, and why Christian community is called to hold both truth and grace together. Ultimately, this sermon points us to the mercy of Jesus — the Passover Lamb who welcomes sinners and calls us into transformed lives.
In this week’s message from our 1 Corinthians series, Neal Glanville explores what it means to live as “servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.” Looking at 1 Corinthians 4, he unpacks Paul’s call to walk faithfully, humbly, together, and in the power of the Holy Spirit as we steward the gospel we’ve received. This sermon encourages us to remember that all we have is by grace, and that God invites us to belong fully to His family and live for His kingdom.
In this week’s message from our 1 Corinthians series, Joe Macnamara explored Paul’s call for the church to be marked by unity, humility and servant-hearted leadership. Looking at 1 Corinthians 3, Joe reminded us that the church belongs to Jesus, that we are being built together on the foundation of Christ, and that lasting spiritual growth comes from God alone. In a divided world, this message encouraged us to resist comparison and pride, and to keep our eyes fixed on Christ as He builds His church.
In this message from our 1 Corinthians series, Joe Macnamara explores how the wisdom of the cross turns the values of the world upside down. Looking at Paul’s words to the church in Corinth, we’re reminded that God’s power is revealed not through status, strength, or human wisdom, but through Jesus Christ crucified. This sermon invites us back to the centre of the gospel — finding our confidence, identity, and hope in Christ alone.
Andrew Wilson launches our 1 Corinthians series by exploring how this remarkably relevant letter speaks into the challenges of church life today. Drawing parallels between Corinth and modern cities like London, he shows how division sits at the heart of many deeper issues, and why unity matters so much to God. This opening message points us back to the call and grace of God as the foundation for a united, Christ-centred people.
On Diversity Sunday, Joe Macnamara explores the beauty of unity in the midst of difference, drawing from Psalm 133 to show how God’s design for his church is both a calling and a gift. He unpacks how true unity is not achieved through human effort or policy, but through the transforming work of Christ that brings people together as one. This standalone message invites us to pursue humility, patience and love as we reflect the richness of God’s kingdom.
In this stand-alone sermon, Joe Macnamara reflects on the biblical picture of shepherds and sheep, highlighting both the failure of human leadership and God’s faithful care for His people. Drawing from Ezekiel 34, he points to Jesus as the Good Shepherd who comes to seek, rescue, and restore those who feel lost or let down. With clarity and compassion, this message reminds us that true security and satisfaction are found in Christ alone.
In this episode, we continue the conversation on relationships by going deeper into the realities of marriage.Drawing on decades of experience, Steve and Deb share honestly about what they’ve learned over the years—what surprised them, where couples often struggle, and what helps build a strong and lasting marriage. From communication and expectations to navigating conflict and different seasons of life, this is a practical and encouraging discussion for anyone who is married or preparing for marriage.As they reflect, one theme comes through clearly: many of the challenges we face in marriage come down to learning how to communicate well and grow in understanding of one another.Whether you’re in a great season or finding things difficult, our hope is that this conversation strengthens and encourages you.
In this stand-alone message, Tex Chettiar reflects on how our deep need for community is revealed in moments of uncertainty, and how true belonging is found in a life centred on Jesus. Drawing from John 21, he explores how the early disciples model a community that stays together in difficulty, helps one another see Jesus, and welcomes difference. This preach invites us to move away from isolation and into a shared life marked by participation, hospitality, and grace. Ultimately, it points to the gospel as the foundation of a community where we find purpose, healing, and belonging together.
In this Easter 2026 message, Joe Macnamara explores the resurrection story through the vivid movements of those who first encountered the empty tomb—running, stooping, weeping, and finally seeing Jesus standing alive. He shows how Easter breaks the cycle of death and offers the hope that, through Jesus, we too can rise again into new life. With honesty and warmth, this talk invites us to consider our own response to the risen Christ and the life he freely offers.
Joe Macnamara explores the powerful call to “remember your stones”, drawing from Joshua 4 to show how recalling God’s faithfulness shapes our present and strengthens our future. Reflecting on both triumph and struggle, this message invites us to anchor our faith in what God has already done, especially as we approach Easter. As we remember, we are stirred with fresh confidence in who God is and what He will continue to do.
Andrew Wilson brings the Flourishing series to a close by exploring Jesus’ words in Matthew 7, where the path to true life is both more challenging and more rewarding than we expect. He unpacks how we often mistake what is easy for what will truly make us flourish, while Jesus calls us to a deeper, narrower way that leads to lasting life. Through the images of gates, trees, and foundations, this sermon invites us to examine what we are building our lives on. Ultimately, it points us to the only secure foundation for flourishing: hearing and living out the words of Jesus.
In this episode of the King’s Church London Young Adults Podcast, we conclude our Flourishing sermon series by exploring Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 6 around money, comparison, and worry.Host Chantelle is joined by Raphael, Gabrielle, and Michelle to unpack what Jesus says about chasing “more,” the pressure of comparison, and learning to trust God with our future. Together they reflect on how easily we can get caught in cycles of ambition, anxiety, and striving — and how Jesus invites us into a different way of living.The conversation explores questions like:• Why does “more” never seem to feel like enough?• When does ambition become an idol?• How does social media shape comparison and anxiety in our generation?• What does it actually mean to “seek first the Kingdom”?• How can we trust God when the future feels uncertain?This episode is an honest discussion about contentment, identity, and learning to release control — choosing trust over worry and eternal perspective over temporary gain.💬 Reflection question:What are you currently chasing or worrying about that might be competing with your trust in God?
In this message from our Flourishing series, Andy Floyd explores Jesus’ challenging words about judgement and what it means to live with humility, grace, and discernment. Rather than condemning others, Jesus calls us first to examine our own hearts and to approach people with compassion and restoration. Andy shows how stepping down from the judge’s seat and trusting our good Heavenly Father leads us into a life marked by mercy, prayer, and dependence on God.
In this episode of the King’s Church London Young Adults Podcast, we continue exploring Jesus’ teaching in the Sermon on the Mount as part of our Flourishing sermon series.Host Chantelle is joined by Gabriella and Sam to talk about what Jesus says about anger, resentment, lust, and the condition of the heart. Together they unpack how Jesus challenges us to go beyond outward behaviour and examine what’s happening internally - the anger we carry, the conflict we avoid, and the desires shaping our lives.The conversation explores questions like:• Why is it sometimes easier to hold onto anger than address it?• Can you be spiritually active but emotionally unhealthy?• What does forgiveness actually look like in real relationships?• Does forgiveness always mean reconciliation?• How do we pursue integrity and accountability in dating and singleness?This episode is an honest discussion about bringing hidden things into the light, pursuing reconciliation, and learning to guard our hearts as followers of Jesus. 💬 Reflection question:Is there something you’re carrying internally (anger, resentment, or desire) that might be shaping your spiritual life? What would it look like to bring that into the light instead of carrying it alone?
In this sermon from our Flourishing series, Joe Macnamara explores Jesus’ words in Matthew 6 and the call to “do not worry.” In a world full of anxiety and uncertainty, we’re reminded that worry often reveals where our trust lies—and that our Father knows what we need. Through Jesus’ teaching, we’re invited to seek first God’s kingdom and discover the peace that comes from trusting his care for our lives.
In this message from our Flourishing series, Andrew Wilson explores Jesus’ words in Matthew 6 and the invitation to a wholehearted, integrated life. Drawing on the call to store up treasure in heaven and serve one master, he shows how divided desires keep us from joy, and how true happiness is found when our hearts, minds and bodies are aligned in serving God. With warmth and clarity, Andrew points us to the deeper hope of the gospel: not just striving for wholeness, but receiving it through Jesus, who perfectly lived the life we could not.
In this week’s Flourishing message, Farriea Fernandes unpacks Jesus’ words in Matthew 6, inviting us to examine the motives behind our giving, praying and fasting. She reminds us that these “holy habits” are not performances for approval, but acts of devotion meant to glorify our Father in heaven. With honesty and warmth, Farriea explores how easily pride can hijack even good intentions, and how the secret place shapes a life of integrity and freedom. As we seek to flourish, we’re invited to let the Holy Spirit purify our hearts so that everything we do flows from love for God rather than the applause of others.
In this message from our Flourishing series, Andrew Wilson explores Jesus’ call to a life of deep integrity — where our inner world and outward actions tell the same story. Drawing from the Sermon on the Mount, he shows how true flourishing isn’t found in performance or appearance, but in hearts transformed to reflect God’s character. As Jesus leads us beyond surface obedience to wholehearted righteousness, we discover the freedom and joy of a life that is whole, consistent and rooted in the Father’s perfect love.
This week, Joe Macnamara opens our new Flourishing series by exploring Jesus’ vision for a truly flourishing life through the Sermon on the Mount. Speaking into a culture hungry for meaning and wellbeing, this preach shows how humility, justice and peace sit at the heart of God’s kingdom. Joe invites us to see that lasting flourishing isn’t found in self-improvement alone, but in shaping our lives around the way of Jesus.
In this message from our Stand Alone series, Neal Glanville explores Jesus’ call to “follow me” in Matthew 4, and what it means to lay down independence in order to find true freedom. Through the story of the first disciples, we’re invited to reflect on relationships, sacrifice, and the cost — and beauty — of following Jesus. This preach gently bridges everyday life with the radical invitation of the kingdom, reminding us that flourishing often begins with surrender.
In this episode, Joe and Farriea reflect on our recent relationship series, unpacking singleness, dating, friendship, and marriage from a Christian perspective. From contentment and community to commitment and sacrifice, this honest conversation tackles real questions many of us are asking today.
In this message from the Relationships series, Andrew Wilson explores God’s vision for marriage through Ephesians 5, showing how love is shaped not by self-expression but by self-giving. He unpacks how mutual service, sacrifice and commitment lie at the heart of healthy, lasting relationships. Ultimately, marriage is revealed as a living picture of Christ’s faithful, self-giving love for the church.
In this message from the Relationships series, Joe Macnamara explores dating through a biblical lens, addressing the challenges and confusion many face in today’s culture. He unpacks God’s heart for relationships, framing dating as an intentional journey rooted in wisdom, character, and faith. With honesty and pastoral care, the preach invites us to consider how our relationships can honour God and strengthen our walk with Him.
This week, Andrew Wilson explores what the Bible has to say about friendship as part of the Relationship series, drawing wisdom from Proverbs 27. He reflects on why friendship is often undervalued in modern culture and how deep, faithful friendships help us flourish as human beings and as Christians. This sermon invites us to rediscover the sweetness of friendship, shaped by honesty, presence and perseverance, and ultimately rooted in the friendship we are offered in Jesus.
In the Relationships series, Joe Macnamara opens the year by exploring singleness through the lens of Scripture. Drawing from 1 Corinthians 7, this message challenges cultural assumptions and reframes singleness not as a problem to solve, but as a good gift that allows undivided devotion to the Lord. With honesty and compassion, Joe reminds us that our deepest fulfilment, identity and hope are found not in relationship status, but in Jesus Christ.
This week’s message preached by Aaron, invites us to reflect on where we place our hope as we come to the end of the year. Drawing from Ephesians, Aaron reminds us that true wisdom begins with hearts open to God, rooted in gratitude, faithfulness and trust in Christ above all else. The sermon points us again to Jesus as our peace and hope, calling us to live with renewed confidence in God’s power and love.
In this week’s message, Andrew Wilson helps us see the Christmas story through the prophetic song of Zechariah, revealing Jesus as the horn of salvation, the fulfilment of God’s long-kept promises, and the sunrise who brings light and peace to a world in darkness.
In this week’s message, Farriea concludes our series The Way by exploring what Jesus teaches us about prayer from Mark 11. Farriea unpacks prayer as praise, as the people of God encountering the presence of God, and as power rooted in faith and forgiveness. This sermon invites us to be a people who pray with open hearts, welcoming all and trusting God to move.
In this preach, Joe looks at Jesus’ words in Mark 10 and explores what true greatness really is. Rather than chasing position or recognition, Jesus calls us to a life of humble service, following His own example of giving Himself for others. This message helps us see the difference between selfish ambition and godly ambition and invites us to rethink what leadership looks like in the kingdom of God. If you want to grow in humility, servanthood and Christ-centred living, this is a message worth watching.
In this week’s message, Joe Macnamara continues our series The Way, looking at what it truly means to follow Jesus. Teaching from Mark 8, Joe explores Jesus’ call to deny ourselves, take up our cross and follow Him — a call that challenges the idols of our culture and reshapes our identity around Christ. It shows that real discipleship costs everything, yet leads to life in all its fullness.
In this week’s message from Andrew Wilson, part of our series The Way, we look at how Jesus viewed the Bible — and what that means for us today. Exploring passages from Mark 7 and 9, Andrew shows that Scripture was central to Jesus’ life and teaching, and that Jesus himself is the one at the centre of Scripture.
This Sunday, Tex Chettiar continues The Way — our series through the Gospel of Mark — exploring what it means to live on mission for God. Looking at Mark 6, he reminds us that Jesus calls every believer to be a humble missionary—dependent on Him, not our own strength. Through lessons on treasure, time and trust, Tex challenges us to live with compassion and bring God’s kingdom wherever we are.
In this message, Joe unpacks Mark 4, he explores the parable of the sower and the growing seed, helping us see how God’s Kingdom comes in power, grows even when we don’t see it, and how we should be vigilant to make sure we are good soil.
In this message, Andrew unpacks what it means to be part of the church — not just a crowd or an event, but a true family following Jesus together. Looking at Mark 3, he explores how God calls a diverse people to belong, serve, and find meaning beyond themselves. In a world obsessed with individualism, this message is a beautiful reminder that we are made to flourish in community, not isolation.
Joe shares two powerful stories from Mark 2 that reveal the radical grace and mercy of Jesus. From friends breaking through a roof to bring their mate to Jesus, to a tax collector leaving everything to follow him, these moments show that Jesus meets us where we are and offers forgiveness and new life. This message challenges us to move from comfort to commitment, to receive grace deeply, and to live it out by showing mercy to others.
Andrew kicks off our new series The Way – Following Jesus Through Mark. Looking at Mark 1, he shows how Jesus calls us to respond with repentance, faith, baptism and life in the Spirit, and what it means to truly follow him today.
This Sunday was Joe's first Vision Sunday, Joe shared his journey with King's from youth to now becoming lead pastor. He walks us through 2 Samuel 5, how David enquired of the Lord before making decisions and he reminds us that while the battles will keep coming, we can move forward with confidence as we seek God and walk with Him.
This Sunday is Steve Tibbert's final sermon as Senior Pastor before passing on the leadership of King's Church London to Joe Macnamara. He takes us on a journey through King's history and ties it into the gospel story through Mark 1:1.
This week Joe looks at how we can respond when we receive bad news, drawing from the story of King Jehoshaphat in 2 Chronicles 20. We see a powerful pattern of moving from panic to prayer, gaining perspective, receiving peace, and living in praise. It points us to Jesus, who faced the greatest battle at the cross and rose victorious.
This message concludes our God Is series in 1 John as Andrew unpacks what it means that God is life. In a world full of slogans, John’s words are not empty—they are true. Jesus is not just the way to life, he is the life. Only in him do we find assurance, forgiveness, and protection. Anything else we cling to will fail us, but whoever has the Son has life.
This week's preach is about 'God is Truth', Leonie unpacks 1 John 5, showing us that truth is not just an idea but a reality revealed in Christ. Faith in Jesus frees us to love, to obey and to overcome the world. Even in seasons of trial, we can hold onto the testimony that in Him we have eternal life.
Last week we looked at what it means that God is love. In this preach, Roberta Walker unpacks 1 John 4 and shows how God’s love is revealed through Jesus, the Spirit, and the Father. She helps us see the difference between the world’s view of love and God’s unconditional love, and how believing it transforms our lives and relationships.
This Sunday Aaron unpacks what it means that “God is our Father” from 1 John 3:1–6. He shares how God’s love is unconditional, His care is constant, and His desire for relationship is deep. We are called to trust Him fully, be intentional in our walk with Him, and surrender daily to His will. Whether you’ve known God for years or are hearing this invitation for the first time, this message points to the Father’s open arms and His call to live as His children.
In this message, we explore what it means when the Bible says “God is righteous.” Using 1 John 2, Andrew unpacks three key themes that help us understand righteousness: Jesus as our Advocate, the deceptive spirit of the Antichrist, and the transforming work of the Holy Spirit (the Anointing). This preach shows how righteousness isn't just a moral label but a gift from God through Christ and how we can walk in it today.
In this message, Dimeji kicks off our summer series 'God Is' by teaching from 1 John 1 on the theme God is Light. With stories, illustrations, and truth from Scripture, he reminds us that the gospel isn’t a rumour or secondhand news it’s the real, firsthand experience of God coming to us in Jesus. Dimeji outlines how God’s light gives life, guides us, and reveals what’s true, the message is a reminder that God’s light is always shining we just need to turn towards it.
As we close our Exiles series, this final message looks at the end of the Book of Daniel and asks the big question: what does the future hold? Daniel 12 gives us a picture of tribulation, resurrection, glorification and shows us that for those who trust in God, suffering is not the end. There is a real and glorious hope beyond exile. Andrew's reminds us that the life to come is shaped not by chance, but by the Lamb who has conquered.
Daniel 11 gives a surprisingly detailed picture of the centuries between the Old and New Testaments, a time often seen as silent. Andrew's preach unpacks what was really going on in that period, from empires rising and falling to the events that shaped Israel’s story and set the stage for Jesus. It’s a message that helps us see God's hand in history and draws out what that means for how we live today with faith, resilience and courage.
This week, Joe Macnamara teaches from Daniel 10, where Daniel’s 21 days of prayer and fasting lead to a powerful encounter with the pre-incarnate Christ. As spiritual conflict unfolds behind the scenes, we’re reminded that our role is to pray, fast, and trust in the victory of Jesus—who is greater than any power or principality.
Andy walks us through Daniel’s prayer in chapter 9. As Daniel turns to God with humility, confession, and faith, we see a pattern of prayer that starts with Scripture and ends in hope. Andy unpacks how we can pray with confidence, anchored in God’s Word and trusting in His abundant response.
This week, Andrew walks us through Daniel’s striking visions of beasts and empires in Daniel chapters 7 and 8. Though the imagery is vivid and at times unsettling, the message is clear: while human empires may seem powerful, they are temporary and under God’s authority. Through these chapters, Andrew shows us how Christ is given everlasting dominion. Empires that once devoured are revealed to be goats in God’s farmyard. Jesus, both lion and lamb, rules with a kingdom that will never be destroyed.
This week, Andrew takes us through Nebuchadnezzar’s dream of a great statue and Daniel’s bold interpretation. Through the story Andrew reminds us how human kingdoms rise and fall, but God’s kingdom though unimpressive by worldly standards lasts forever.
In this week’s preach Joe answers the question of where we should go during crisis through Daniel 6. Joe outlines the faultlessness, faithfulness and favourability of Daniel and how Daniel used prayer to get through crisis. Comparing Daniel’s trials to Jesus’ Joe encourages us to pray particularly in crisis like Daniel and Jesus.
This Sunday, Tex continues our Exiles series by walking us through Daniel 5, the story of King Belshazzar and the writing on the wall. As we look at God’s judgment, we’re reminded that how we live truly matters. Through the examples of Belshazzar, Nebuchadnezzar, and Daniel, we’re invited to examine our own lives, respond in obedience, and trust in the grace offered through Jesus.
This Sunday we have guest speaker Charles Kimbangi Associate Minister of Christ Church Surbiton Hill speaking on Daniel 4. Charles walks us through King Nebuchadnezzar’s story reminding us that God’s saves in his timing not ours.
Kwaku, one of our elders and trustees based at our Lee site, brings a message from Daniel 3 on the faith of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. He explores how they trusted God in the face of the fiery furnace, choosing to stand firm even when the outcome was uncertain. Their story reminds us that God’s presence is often found not in avoiding the fire, but in walking through it with Him.
This week, Andrew Wilson speaks about what it means to live as faithful exiles in a culture that challenges our identity and values. As we begin our new series in the book of Daniel, Andrew explores how we can live wisely, graciously, and courageously in a world that often pulls us in opposing directions. Drawing parallels between ancient Babylon and life today, Andrew encourages us to stand firm in our faith while showing love to those around us.
In this message Steve Tibbert, our senior pastor, goes through 1 Chronicles 29:1-20 and shares some important news about how we want to invest in the next generation over the next few years.
This week guest speaker Donnie Griggs, from One Harbor in North Carolina, shares his passion for evangelism and the importance of personal faith sharing. He reflects on the early church's challenges from Acts, urging Christians to engage with their communities and follow the Holy Spirit's guidance. Donnie emphasises gratitude for Jesus and encourages prayer for friends and the church, promoting a fresh perspective on sharing the good news.
What does the resurrection of Jesus mean for our daily lives? In this weeks sermon Tex explores how new life in Christ transforms our identity, purpose, and sense of belonging. Drawing from Matthew 28:16–20, we reflect on Jesus' authority, the Great Commission, and the assurance of His presence with us always.
It's Easter Sunday and Joe Macnamara reminds us that even in life’s in-between moments, Jesus is not finished with us. The women came to the tomb expecting silence—but were met with wonder, fear, and joy. Jesus meets them on the way—just like he meets us.
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In the final message of our series on the cross, we explore Communion—one of the most intimate and powerful images Jesus gave us to understand the gospel. Drawing from 1 Corinthians 10 & 11, we see that the Lord’s Supper is more than a symbol; it’s a deep spiritual reality where we participate in the life, death, and resurrection of Christ.Andrew Wilson walks us through the four names Christians have historically used for this meal—Communion, the Lord’s Table, the Breaking of Bread, and the Eucharist—unpacking what each reveals about our unity with Christ and with one another.
In this sermon, Joe explores Ephesians 2:11–19, highlighting God's intentional design for diversity and how sin distorts it into division. Through Jesus' sacrifice, we're reconciled to God and each other, breaking down barriers and uniting us as one in Christ. This transformative unity surpasses superficial efforts, fostering genuine peace and belonging within God's family.
In this message, Andrew Wilson looks at Romans 3:21–26 to explore the powerful truth of Redemption — the good news that through Jesus, we’ve been set free from sin and death.To be redeemed means to be bought back. We were slaves, but through the blood of Christ, God has rescued us. It’s a story of freedom through a costly payment.This short passage brings together three big gospel themes — justification, propitiation, and redemption — all fulfilled at the cross. Redemption isn’t just something God did in the past; it changes how we live today and gives us hope for the future.
This week Andrew Wilson walks us through Isaiah 53 to teach us the penal substitution of the cross. Outlining the surprise, substitution, silence and spoils of the cross.
Joe highlights Paul's teachings that faith in Christ, not adherence to the law, leads to justification. The discussion contrasts performative behaviour with the freedom of faith, emphasising salvation as a gift of grace. It illustrates the transformation from sin to life in Christ and encourages living in the Spirit out of gratitude for salvation.
This week we had guest speaker David Devenish preaching at our Downham site. David is one of the founding fathers of Newfrontiers. He encourages us to keep going in faith, comparing us to the mustard seed that may seem small and weak it turns into a mighty tree.
This week we had guest speaker Vinu Paul preaching from Zachariah at our Lee and Beckenham sites. Vinu leads Living Hope Church in Mumbai, India, and the Commission family of churches. He encourages us to become like magnets for others, inviting them to experience Christ's love and hope.
This week we had guest speaker Edward Buria preaching at our Catford site. Edward leads Kambakia Christian Centre in Meru, Kenya, overseeing hundreds of churches across East Africa. He encourages us to be witnesses to Christ, using our real life testimonies to spread the gospel.
This week, our guest speaker Alan Frow visiting from Southlands Church in California, takes us through 1 Thessalonians 1. Alan outlines the gospel confidence, resilient love, resounding witness, and singular devotion to Jesus that the Thessalonian Church had, and encourages us to do the same.
This week, Andrew talks about the importance of wisdom in addressing ethical questions raised by modern technology in medicine, relating to life and death. He discusses the role of humans in preserving life while acknowledging that creation and the end of life are ultimately in God's hands.
In this episode, Andrew Wilson, our teaching pastor sits down with Tariq Fernandes, our Church's Comms Manager, to explore the world of Artificial Intelligence. What is AI, and how does it reflect who we are as humans? Join us for a thought-provoking conversation on faith, technology, and the future!You can listen to all the sermons of our channel or on our website - kingschurchlondon.org
This week Joe Macnamara addresses the issue of pornography, sharing personal experiences and shocking stats. This sermon outlines solutions for overcoming addiction which include confession, accountability, and reliance on Jesus for freedom from sin.
This week, Andy Floyd is delving into social media, a powerful tool that has become integral to modern life. Reading from Ephesians 5:6-17 Andy will be doing a ‘social media heart check’, working through the key questions surrounding the use of social media: Am I being discerning? Am I walking as a child of light? and Am I wasting time?
On Sunday Neal preached about the dangers of Social Media, referencing Ephesians 5 Neal discusses the concerns of the content on social media and the amount of time we waste social media.
How should Christians think about technology? Is it a force for good, or does it come with hidden dangers? In this powerful sermon, Andrew Wilson kicks off our new series, Technology: What We Make of the World, by exploring what the Bible says about human innovation, power, and progress.
This week, Steve Tibbert explores the spiritual discipline of giving as an act of worship and gratitude in response to God’s generosity. He invites us to prayerfully consider how we steward our resources and honour God with our finances.
This week, Joe Macnamara reflects on Matthew 26:36-46, where Jesus prepares in Gethsemane for the ultimate battle against sin and death through prayer and surrender, inviting us to trust in his victory and rely on God.
This week, Tex Chettiar reflects on Numbers 10, exploring Moses’ prayers and the choice between relying on self or trusting God. As we begin 2025, he invites us to consider prayer and dependence on God in every season.
This week Joe, delves into the story of the Israelites in the wilderness, unpacking the importance of God’s presence in guiding and sustaining His people. As we begin our 21 Days of Prayer and fasting, this message challenges us to reflect on obedience, devotion, and being led by the Spirit in every season.
Simeon and Anna may be the easiest characters in the Christmas story for us to relate to. Today Andrew looks at the presentation of Jesus in the temple, through the eyes of an old man with only one item on his bucket list.
This week, Andrew explores how we as Christians can celebrate Christmas meaningfully, addressing traditions often misattributed to pagan origins but rooted in Christian history, Victorian influence, and seasonal practices. While some customs may be neutral or problematic, many—such as lights, carols, and gift-giving—symbolise Christ’s incarnation and God’s gift to humanity. He encourages us to use the season intentionally, sharing the gospel and reflecting on Jesus as the true reason for Christmas.
What gives you the right to call yourself a Christian? Some in the Colossian church were declaring all kinds of ways to judge whether or not someone was "in Christ" but Paul sets them straight - Christ is the only Qualifier and faith in Him is all that you need.
What does it look like to live a life that is IN Christ? Paul makes it clear there are some things that we need to die to, and put to death but also there are some things we need to put on. These things ultimately lead to our peace and a life pleasing to the Lord.
How do we stop ourselves from drifting away from Jesus? Paul in this section of the letter wants to highlight some of the traps we can fall into as those IN Christ Jesus and the way that we can be saved from them.
Paul’s favourite way of describing us is to say that we are “in Christ.” In this passage, Paul shows how his ministry revolves around a mystery that leads to maturity: the astonishing reality that Christ is in us, and we are in Christ.
During the time when Paul wrote his letter to the church in Colosse, there were debates and controversies surrounding the identity of Christ. The church found itself navigating these disputes, influenced by the diverse cultures, ideas, and philosophies present in the city. This week, we are focusing on Jesus, the Son of God, as He is revealed as the image of God, highlighting His supremacy over all things, His role in Creation, and His work in the New Creation.
Today we start a new series on Paul’s letter to the Colossians. Paul begins as he often does, with thanksgiving and prayer – but his prayers tell us a lot about the nature of a fruitful and ultimately meaningful life.
If you missed last Sunday or Vision Sunday the week before, Steve Tibbert, our senior pastor, shared some important news about the future leadership of King’s. You can watch the full interview with Steve & Deb, Joe & Sylvia and Andrew Wilson as they share some of their story and heart for the future of King’s.
This Sunday Joe Speaks from Isaiah 42:1-4 and focuses on the character and leadership of Jesus Christ. He highlights four key aspects of Jesus: His role as a servant, His humility, His compassion, and His ultimate victory. Unlike many leaders, Jesus came to serve others, bringing justice through self-sacrifice. He offers hope to the broken and weak, never abandoning those whose faith feels fragile.
This Vision Sunday our senior pastor, Steve Tibbert, shares some big news with us about the vision and future of King's Church.
Christians believe in the resurrection of the body and the life of the world to come. Today, Andrew shows how Paul describes the future resurrection as sowing a seed, bearing an image, and swallowing a sheet.
Peter writes to a church living in a pagan culture which was persecuting them. Peter encourages the believers to understand who they are in Christ and to be living stones being built into the house of God. He warns them they will feel like exiles and foreigners but that’s ok, just be godly strangers, citizens of another Kingdom but known in the world for your goodness. Finally in the church he calls them to be loving servants caring for one another and using their gifts to serve others.
This Sunday is the last of our 'People in Proverbs' series. Andrew focuses on the "woman of noble character" from Proverbs 31, looking at the translation challenges and explores the diverse qualities attributed to this woman, such as diligence, strength, generosity, fearlessness, kindness, and godliness. Andrew emphasises that this passage is not just about setting expectations for women, but about teaching young men to value qualities beyond physical beauty and charm. He highlights how this woman represents wisdom itself, and ultimately, the Church as the bride of Christ.
How do we live as wise people? The Proverbs are so helpful, and Proverbs 26 describes 4 characters (The Fool, The Sluggard, The Quarrerlsome and The Deceiver) as a word of warning and how to conduct ourselves.
Proverbs teaches us godly wisdom using different characters and rhetoric. Today, we meet Lady Wisdom. King Solomon personified wisdom as a desirable lady to persuade his sons to desire wisdom above all else. As we see the Right, Rewarding and Redeeming nature of wisdom, we see our Saviour, Jesus Christ, who calls out to us daily to receive life and love Him because one day, all who love Him will feast with Him in glory.
This week’s preach is about The Simple character in Proverbs 9. We don’t like to admit we’re simple or foolish – surely we just need a little bit of wisdom! In reality we are all called to make a daily choice to go in and eat with wisdom or folly. However ‘Simple’ we are, wisdom is on offer and more than that a relationship with the all-knowing, wise God. If we will only turn around, admit our need of wisdom, kneel before the Holy One we will find life and hope.
Proverbs teaches wisdom by introducing several characters who show us what the wise (or foolish) life really looks like. Today we meet one of the most ridiculous: the Sluggard.
Today we finish our 1 Samuel series as the kingdom is transferred from Saul to David. Andrew shows us how David, in contrast to Saul, hears the voice of God, receives the valour of God, and sees the victory of God.
Abigail is one of the richest and most appealing characters in the book of 1 Samuel. Here we encounter her as a picture of wisdom, a picture of the church, and a picture of Christ.
This week we will be looking the story of David and Saul in the wilderness in 1 Samuel 24 and 26. These passages show us what it means to trust God in times of uncertaintiy and help serve as a reminder that God’s hand is always at work. We will look at how David’s faith, friends and mercy point us to the true and better David – Jesus.
Out of control anger and Loyal Friendship, this week we are comparing the differences between Jonathan and Sauls response to David after he has killed Goliath. Jonathan responds with love and loyal friendship, whereas Saul responds with anger and tries to kill David. Davod responds by looking to God for help.
Today we meet David, the main character of the book, and we are introduced to him through three contrasts: with his brothers, with Saul, and with Goliath.
Today we’re looking at 1 Samuel 13 & 15 and Saul’s deceptive journey into sin. This contrasts with David who write Psalm 51 after he sinned, which is a journey of honest repentance. Finally, we look to Jesus who made the journey from heaven to the cross to deal with sin and offer forgiveness to all who will turn to him.
1 Samuel 14 might be the most insightful chapter in Scripture on the nature of biblical courage: what it is and how we grow in it. Jonathan and his armour-bearer show us that Christian courage is collaborative, theological, and contagious.
Samuel takes an opporunity in his farwell address to remind the people of the faithfullness of their God and exhualts them follow him with their whole heart!
In 1 Samuel 8-10 we see the transition of God’s people from a people led by judges to a monarchy. And it isn’t a smooth transition. The people make what seems a reasonable request for a king, but in effect it’s a rejection of the one who has been faithful to them. After God warns them of the consequences, they press ahead. But God, in His grace, takes their unfaithful request and works it for good.
Today’s passage sees the ark of the covenant captured by the Philistines, who quickly realise that they have made a mistake and give it back to Israel. Both nations discover that neither idols nor warriors can stand before a holy God.
The Fall of Eli | 1 SAMUEL | Joe Macnamara | 1 Samuel 2:12 - 3:21 by King's Church London
Today we start a new series on 1 Samuel, and we begin where the book does: with a young woman who cannot have children. Andrew shows how Hannah’s story, and particularly her prayer, applies at personal, national and global levels.
This week we have guest speaker Tim Morfin who is chief executive of TLG. TLG is a national Christian children's charity that helps churches to bring hope and a future to struggling children.
This week, Dimeji discusses the significance of Pentecost, recounting the events of Acts 2 where the disciples received the Holy Spirit. He highlights the unity and obedience of the disciples, emphasising their love for Jesus and expectation of his promises. We also explore how this relates this to contemporary unity within the church, stressing the importance of acceptance, understanding, and care for one another.
Over the last few weeks, we’ve looked at the significance of the death and resurrection of Jesus. We are often very familiar with the last supper, but this week we will be looking at the “first breakfast” in John 21. In this sermon we will look at how Jesus recommissions the disciples and what that means for them and then in turn what this looks like for us in 21st Century London.
This week, we are looking at the resurrection appearances of Jesus to the women and the disciples in Matthew 28. We can identify with their responses which are filled with emotion: they are afraid yet filled with joy, worshipping Jesus yet some are doubting. Jesus calls them all to follow him and go into the nations, believing He has authority over all things and He is with them.
When the disciples heard the news that Jesus had risen from the dead, they reacted in two very different ways. Most of them dismissed it; Peter investigated it. Those two reactions to Easter Sunday are still being played out today.
How do we reach people for Jesus? We continue our reach series looking at demonstrating. Paul talks about how he both declared and demonstrated the gospel. What does it look like for us to do that? Romans 15 helps us to see it involves God's power in signs and wonders as well as showing mercy.
This Sunday, Hilary explores the crucial role of parenting in reaching the next generation, inspired by Psalm 145:1-21, especially on Mothers Day. We acknowledge the mixed emotions of the day and emphasise the influence of family and church in shaping our faith. We're reminded of the importance of passing faith to the next generation. Hilary highlights practical ways to make faith engaging and relevant for children, highlighting the joy of sharing God's love and the necessity of personal, authentic expressions of faith. It is important that everyone, not just parents, actively contribute to nurturing young people's faith, underpinned by God's grace and our collective responsibility.
This week we will be looking at how eating together is one of the most effective and important ways to reach people for Jesus. It will require us to understand what it means to practice hospitality in our everyday lives. Jesus' example in Luke 5:27-32 emphasises the power of shared meals and connecting with others. Hospitality in the bible is defined as moving towards strangers (Hebrews 13:2). Hospitality extends to individual, church, and the world, offering a transformative remedy for the prevalent loneliness in the UK. We end by reflecting on The Lord's Supper, urging an understanding of God's hospitality as the main motive for extending hospitality to others.
The early church thrived and multiplied through a band of emboldened disciples who sought to fulfill the Great Commission to fill the ends of the earth with the glory of God. But they were not always so bold, and in Sunday’s message Andy examines the transformation of Peter from a fearful wreck to a courageous proclaimer of the gospel.
Reaching people involves answering questions as well as asking them. In Acts 22, Paul gives an “apologetics masterclass” in how to answer, and there is lots that we can learn from him.
Jesus often reached people by asking them questions. Andrew considers some from the start of John’s Gospel, and consider what they can teach us about reaching people today.
What does it mean to be a follower of Jesus? He makes it clear from the outset that it isn’t a passive thing but involves being caught up in his wonderful mission of reaching people. We see this in pattern in the way he calls the first disciples to follow him.
In the final week of the series on pray, we will be looing at the relationship between prayer and worship. Paul demonstrates this as he prays for the church in Ephesians (Eph 3:14-21) ending with a time of worship and praise. Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine.
Why do so many non-Christian’s pray? How do we respond to unanswered prayer? What’s the relationship between faith and unbelief? All these themes are dealt with in this short story from Mark 9.
Prayer and fasting is much less common in our world than it was in first century Israel, but if anything it has become even more important. In today’s passage, Jesus teaches his disciples how to fast – not just from food, but from the spiritual pride and human praise that we often seek.
Steve Tibbert, our Serior Pastor, starts our 21 Days of Prayer encouraging us to come boldly into God's presence as we start the new year in prayer and worship together as a church.
Paul calls the church “a pillar and buttress of the truth”: a structure that supports and lifts high the gospel of Jesus Christ. In our generation that means a number of challenges – and a number of opportunities.
The story of the magi, the wise men, calls us to look up and see Jesus – there we will find joy. Let’s not look down and get lost in the things we have to do, buy and cook at Christmas time but instead let’s see Jesus and worship him today.
Christmas is a time of call-and-response. Heaven sings, and invites the earth to join in.
This year we will be thinking about Christmas as the time when, as the hymn puts it, Heaven and Nature Sing. Andrew starts Advent by looking at the story of the Fall, and the curse that Jesus came to overcome: not just on human beings, but on creation as a whole.
Today we finish our Spirit Filled series by looking at the gift of languages, or tongues. What is the gift for? And how do we use it to build up ourselves, each other, and people who do not yet know Jesus?
Through the series, we released a number of podcast episodes to help us further explore some of the topics relating to the Holy Spirit. Make sure to subscribe.
In this seminar, Andrew Wilson, our teaching pastor, shares some thoughts about the conflict in Israel and Gaza. With a focus on grounding our understanding in biblical principles, Andrew guides us through thoughtful ways to approach this subject. The seminar aims to equip us with the tools to think critically, pray with intention, and engage constructively with the ongoing situation. This session is designed to foster a deeper understanding and respectful dialogue, emphasising the importance of compassion and empathy in navigating such complex geopolitical issues.
What is the gift of prophecy and how are we to use the gift in the public gathering? In1 Cor Paul teaches us both what prophesy is and how it is to be administered. In days when many people have abused the gift of prophecy and we can be sceptical, Paul’s exhortation to be a people who eagerly desire the gifts is an important one.
Spiritual gifts are not given to a select few but are for all believers to use to glorify God and build up others. Andy unpacks Paul's vision of the church as a unified body with all of the parts operating in a healthy way with every part needing each other.
Sometimes the work of the Holy Spirit is sudden and obvious, but often it is slow and hidden. This week we look at what it looks like to live a life waking with the Spirit and how overtime that produces good fruit in us that help us live lives pleasing to the Lord.
Romans 8 encourages us to be people that live life according to the Sprit and not the flesh.My testimony is that living a life in the Spirit is helped by living a life of prayer and reading the bible to help you in your daily walk.
Through the series, we will be releasing a number of podcast episodes to help us further explore some of the topics relating to the Holy Spirit. Make sure to subscribe so you don't miss out.
The Holy Spirit assures us that we are children of God: loved, secure, and destined for glory. Andrew explores how this happens in Romans 8, through the cries of the Spirit: of adoption, of hope, and of prayer.
This week we look at Acts 8 and how being filled with the Holy Spirit is not just for personal encounter, but ultimately for us to be witnesses of all that God is doing in our lives and to share the Gospel with those around us.
Through the series, we will be releasing a number of podcast episodes to help us further explore some of the topics relating to the Holy Spirit. Make sure to subscribe so you don't miss out.
Andrew considers what baptism in the Spirit is, how and how often it happens, and how we pursue it.
How could Jesus have possibly meant that it's better that He leaves His disciples and sends the Spirit? In His teaching recorded in John 14, He reveals exactly why that is.
This Vision Sunday, Steve Tibbert shares some of our hopes and aims for King’s over the coming year, with an important update on how we plan to Reach, Restore and Resource our community and the wider global church.
In response to Peter preaching the gospel in Acts 2, we read that those listening are ‘cut to the heart’, and respond by asking the disciples, “Brothers, what shall we do now?”. A.W Tozer say’s, “When the crowd says, ‘What Shall we do?’…. This is the deep heart cry of every man who suddenly realises that he is a usurper and sits on a stolen throne.” There is but one sits on the throne. “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb, be praise and honour and glory and power,for ever and ever!”
The Scriptures place a very high value on children. Andrew walks through some of the implications, particularly surrounding abortion, adoption, and grace.
This is the last parable of Jesus in the book of Mark before the beginning of his journey to the cross.
The parable is about a master assigning tasks to his servants while he is away from his house. The parable warns that the master, Jesus, will be returning unexpectedly and the need for us, the stewards, to remain watchful for his return.
As we look at this parable, we discuss some causes of complacency and also how we can avoid this as we continue in our stewardship.
Through this parable, Jesus reveals his identity and authority. The parable centres on a vineyard owner who sends messengers, including his son, to the tenants, symbolising God's relationship with Israel. Jesus emphasises his authority as the cornerstone, challenging us to understand his humble yet key role. As we explore this parable's message, we're prompted to examine our own sources of authority and decide how we respond to Jesus' call in contemporary South East London.
Many people have heard the phrase "Cleanliness is next to godliness," but is it? In this parable Jesus teaches us what makes us clean and unclean and how we can come to The Father with every confidence that we are accepted.
The growth of God’s Kingdom doesn’t always happen in the way we expect; our hopes and experiences can often be misaligned. Using 2 very short parables at the end of Mark 4 we look at 4 principles about the way that God’s Kingdom grows, and how we can be a part of it.
Many of us have heard the phrase ‘A house divided cannot stand’ – but what did Jesus mean by it? What has it got to do with the ‘blasphemy against the Holy Spirit’? And why does Jesus describe himself as binding a strong man and plundering his house?
Today we start our series on the parables in Marks gospel. We begin with the well-known Parable of the Sower. This parable encourages us to sow the good news generously as the farmer does but it also shines a light on the things that can crowd out the word of God from our hearts, particularly worries, wealth and wants. Do we have ears to hear and hearts that receive and live out the word?
We finish our Steadfast Love series by looking at the scandal of forgiveness in the story of Jonah. The most offensive thing about the gospel is not who gets excluded; it’s who gets included.
Over the last two weeks, we witnessed Jonah's hesitation and reluctance to fulfill God's call to go. This week, we will explore the lessons we can learn from Jonah's journey, applying them to our own experiences of stepping out in obedience on our journey of going.
How do we deal with the ups and downs of life? How do we respond? A look at the life of Jonah, especially his time in the belly of the fish, gives us a real insight to these questions as we process the highs and lows.
Jonah is a very familiar book that is often simplified as a moral or miracle tale but there’s much more going on in this short book. In Chapter 1 there are a number of surprises including Jonah saying no to God asking him to go to his enemies and the pagan sailors responding to the God of Israel. Only Jesus the one greater than Jonah can perfectly fulfil Gods mission however he entrusts that mission to us. He calls us to go and tell too!
Repentance is not just concerned with taking away bad things, but with giving us good things. In the final section of Hosea, Andrew shows us what positive repentance looks like.
God’s relationship with Israel is not just that of a faithful husband to an immoral wife, but that of a lovestruck and affectionate Father to a wayward child. Hosea’s generation needed to know the Father’s steadfast love for them—and so do we.
This week we will be looking at "The Need for Justice," These passages in Hosea describe Israel as an unjust nation, and helps us see the importance of understanding biblical justice. Biblical justice, rooted in God's character, and is characterised by generosity, equality, and advocacy for the poor and marginalized. Hosea challenges us to examine our pursuit of affluence and the potential neglect of generosity. Hosea shows us that Seeking God is the solution for pursuing justice, with Jesus serving as the ultimate example of justice. We need to remember that we are called to love God, love others, and to do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with God.
Once again we see in Hosea 8&9 that Isreal have been a people unfaithful to God and have broken their convent with him. As a result they receive God’s judgement. How do we respond to passages like this in scripture? How should we view them in light of Jesus? We will explore that together.
We all know the difference between a genuine relationship and a superficial one.God loves his people and desires to have a genuine relationship with them, so in this sermon, looking at Hosea 6, we explore what a genuine relationship with God looks like and how we can have that type of relationship with Him.
What happens when people turn from God to worship idols instead? Hosea 4 and 5 serve as an insight as well as a warning to some of the ramifications of being unfaithful to God. We see it results in a leadership crisis as well as divine judgement.
Hosea 2 might seem offensive to many of us, and partly that is because the gospel itself is offensive. Many of us are troubled by the description of sin, the reality of judgment and the one-sidedness of grace.
We start a new series this week called Steadfast Love, looking at the strange journeys of Hosea and Jonah. Today we look at the extraordinary task God gave Hosea: marrying a woman who would be unfaithful to him, as a picture of God’s relationship with Israel.
Following Jesus in today's culture isn't always easy. We have many things pulling at hearts, wanting to be the god of our lives. When we look at Romans 6, we see that Paul gives us great confidence and a sure hope in Jesus that enables us to follow him every day.
Easter changes everything! This couldn’t have been more true for Mary, the first person to witness the resurrected Jesus - but how is it true of us? Looking at Jesus’ first appearance after rising from the dead, we will see…
This Sunday, we will be continuing in our "I AM" sermon series. This week, Scott Marques will be preaching on the topic of "I Am Jesus of Nazareth," based on John 18:1-11.
How do we thrive as Christians and live fruitful lives? In some of the final moments of his earthly life, Jesus takes time to talk with his disciples and teach them (and us) how to thrive and flourish as followers of Jesus.
Jesus spends his last few hours before being arrested and going to the cross reassuring his disciples as they are filled with confusion, doubt and fear. He declares he is the way, the truth, the life summing up the heart of the gospel in one phrase. We will look at three aspects of Jesus as the way: Jesus the way to the father, Jesus the way to the holy of holies and Jesus the way to peace. He alone brings us peace in our anxiety.
In John 11, Jesus says he is the Resurrection and the Life. In light of that, and in response to the reality of death, we need faith (like Martha), grief (like Mary), and grace (like Lazarus).
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.
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 the Holy Spirit in us, empowering us to bring justice into the world in a gospel centred way.
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 Dalziel is one of the pastors at our Catford site.
We are inherently law-ish. Our default is to revert back to ‘what can I do to please God’, rather than gratefully receiving the fruit of what he has done for us. God has shown us great mercy; in fact his very nature is that He is rich in mercy. His desire is that we truly enjoy the benefits of His mercy and experience His great love towards us.
Andy Floyd is our Lee site leader.
This week Joe looks at more of the character of God, revealed in Exodus particularly looking at how He is mecriful and gracious.
Joe Macnamara is the leader of our Downham site.
Jesus is our Advocate with the father, pleading for us, standing for us. The anointed Christ, true mediator, reconciler, ruler, prophet, priest, king. One who cares for us, has our best interest at heart, knows us, is for us, pleads for us. In the high court of heaven, Jesus is our great advocate.
Joe is our Downham site leader.
When Jesus clothed himself in our humanity, he took on with it, every aspect of what it means to be human, and emotions are an essential part of being human. This week, we look at how Christ lives out His emotions without allowing them to be affected by sin in the way that it has been for us.
Neal Glanville is on of the pastors at our Lee site.
"This week, we look at look the heart of God in the Old Testament and see that the heart of God revealed there is exactly the same as the heart of God revealed in Christ. We are reading from Lamentations where we’re going to see His heart from the saddest chapter in the whole Bible, which comes in the centre of the saddest book in the whole Bible, in response to the saddest event in the whole Bible: exile. And although God does express anger, and he does judge his people, and he does bring painful things to pass sometimes, that’s not the essence of his heart towards us.
Andrew Wilson is our teaching pastor."
This week’s sermon is based on John 6:35-40 with a particular focus on verse 37 where Jesus says, “All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.” This message explores three potential barriers that people may have to coming to faith or continuing in their faith in Jesus.
Charles is a Pastor at King’s and leads the Beckenham site.
This week’s preach is based on Matthew 11:28-30 where Jesus describes himself, ‘I am gentle and lowly in heart.’ This is the title phrase of the book we are using as background reading: Gentle and Lowly. These qualities are not just emotional they come from the center of Jesus being and describe what motivates him in all he says and does. He is full of grace and love towards his people, but that doesn’t make him weak or compromised, he is full of truth and speaks up for justice too.
He calls us today, especially if we are weary and heavy laden, saying come to me, come as you are, take my yoke upon you and learn from me. Then we will find real rest for our souls which we so desperately need.
Hilary Dalziel is the Assistant Catford Site Leader.
We are starting a new series called 'Gentle and Lowly' based out of a book with the same title by the American writer Dane Ortlund.
Christians generally know what Jesus Christ has done. But who is He? What is He like, deep down? What is His deepest heart for His people, weary and faltering, as we journey towards heaven?
Joe Macnamara our Downham site leader.
The early disciples showed incredible resilience and perseverance as they spread the good news of Jesus to Jews and Gentiles. In this talk looking at Acts 14:19-28, we explore what we can learn from the apostle Paul about how to persevere in tough times.
Charles is a pastor at King’s and leads the Beckenham site.
The Antioch Church was a thriving Church in many ways, but one area we must not overlook is the foundational role that prayer (with fasting) and worship played in the life of this community.
Moses is one of the pastors at the Downham site.
The Antioch church was the first church in history to wrestle with the joys and challenges of ethnic diversity. Their experience, and the way the apostles responded to it, is hugely helpful for us as we pursue a diversity of grace, not of works. Andrew is our Teaching Pastor here at King's.
The church in Antioch was visibly characterised by gifts of the Holy Spirit. Andrew explains what the Spirit did in Antioch, and why we believe he does the same things today.
In an age of cancel culture, how do we understand what grace is? It’s something that we see through the scriptures, and is clearly evident in the church in Antioch. Today we look at what it means to be gracious to one another but also receive the grace of God.
Luke tells us that “the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch”. So what is discipleship, and what do people (and churches) committed to discipleship actually do?
Andrew is our Teaching Pastor
What does Easter Sunday really mean? In His first encounter with the disciples after He raises from the dead, recorded in John 20, Jesus shows them that it means peace, purpose, and power!
Joe is one of our Pastors and leader of our Downham site.
Jesus’ betrayal in the Garden of Gethsemane presents a moment for us to stop and reflect on all the ways we, in our own lives, betray Jesus and go our own way like Judas. But in John’s gospel we encounter the Lordship of Jesus in the garden, and His willingness to pay for our betrayal and sin so we can come back to the Father. The garden for Jesus was a place of wrestling, torment and prayer – but He emerges in power, ready to purchase our salvation.
Jason is one of our Pastors based at our Catford site.
The Word of God was central to the early church and it should be central today, both for us as a church and as individual believers. Scott unpacks how the Word of God is inspired, is to be received and is to be lived, before sharing his PRRP approach to reading the Bible.
Scott leads the eldership team at River of Life Church in Harare, Zimbabwe and the Disciple Nations family of churches, part of Newfrontiers. He has been married to Claire for over 20 years and they have two children.
The Antioch church was a generous church committed to supporting Christians back in Judea facing famine. They responded to the prophetic word which described the need, they planned their giving, they gave in proportion to what they had, and they became a channel of Gods provision. As individuals and as a church how can we grow in generosity and faith? How can we trust in God to help us to fulfill our mission and be a resource to our community and other churches across the world.
Hilary helps lead our Catford site.
Jesus has an encounter with a Samaritan woman, someone who culturally He should not have noticed or paid any regard to. But what does He do? In this interaction we see Jesus demonstrating who He is and what He came to do.
Every Gentile Christian is the result, in some ways, of the missionary work that took place in Antioch. Today we consider how it worked, and the three parties – unbelievers, Christians and God – that it involved.
Andrew is our Teaching Pastor.
Everybody seems to like community, but how do we actually experience it? The church in Antioch gives us a wonderful example based on shared salvation, convictions, practices, gatherings and relationships.
Andrew is our Teaching Pastor.
The disciples in Antioch serve as a model for us at King’s. For many years we have lived with prophetic promises and encouragements about being an Antioch-style church: a church which can resource other congregations around the world, and in which Word and Spirit, grace and discipleship, unity and diversity are put on display.
Steve, our senior pastor, introduces the new series to us and highlights 10 key values found in Acts 11:19-30 that will be taught on through the coming weeks.
Should we be surprised when we suffer? How do we as Christians respond to suffering? In this part of his letter, Peter wants to address those questions and teach what it looks like to rejoice and glorify God in the process.
Joe Macnamara is one of our Pastors who leads the Downham site.
In 1 Peter 5, we see the importance of leadership, particularly through the elders of the early church as Peter calls them to lead God’s people in a way that is ultimately like Christ. Steve further unpacks this and encourages us to lead well in our own spheres of influence, not for our own gain but to bring glory to God and serve his people.
Steve Tibbert is our Senior Pastor.
Peter summarises how we who are ‘living stones’ should live in the household of God, the church. He encourages us to pray, to love each other deeply, to be hospitable and to serve with God’s strength. As we each bring our gifts, time and love to the table, God’s grace in all its diversity and variety is displayed in the church. Hilary encourages us all to consider ways to serve God’s people as we rebuild together.
Hilary Dalziel is one of our Pastors who helps lead the Catford site.
We live in a fearful generation, for all sorts of reasons. Peter wants disciples to live fearlessly – in marriage, in suffering and in judgment – and in this chapter, he shows us why and how.
Andrew Wilson is our Teaching Pastor.
Who we are determines how we live. In this portion of the letter, Peter draws attention to believers’ status as foreigners and exiles in the world. He exhorts the church to live honourably before their pagan neighbours, in the areas of personal conduct, civil relations and in their relationship to earthly masters. Peter points them and us to the example of Jesus Christ, who through His sufferings, made once foreigners of Heaven, natives.
Moses Nwanji is one of our Pastors based at our Downham site.
After reminded us of the imperishable hope we have, Peter now turns his attention to who we are as God’s people. He paints a picture for us of what it means to be followers of Jesus. He likens us to an infant longing for milk, living stones being built up as a spiritual house and a Holy Nation belonging to God.
Joe Macnamara leads our Downham site.
Faith, hope and love are the central virtues of Christianity, and they make it distinctive in a pagan world. In this passage, Peter grounds each of them in imperishable realities: our future, our ransom, and the life-giving Word of God.
Andrew Wilson is our Teaching Pastor.
Peter addresses various kinds of trial in this very pastoral letter. But he does not start by focusing on the trials; he starts by focusing on the Living Hope we have in Christ. Andrew Wilson, our Teaching Pastor, takes six questions – what? why? when? how? where? who? – and asks them of this wonderfully rich passage.
The start of the new year is often full of resolutions and goals, but what does it look like for us to be fruitful in 2022? In John 15 Jesus shows us two things that are essential for us to be fruitful and thrive as followers as Jesus.
Joe Macnamara is one of our Pastors who leads our Downham site.
Christmas is the day when hope turns to joy. From today, we stop singing songs waiting for Jesus to come, and start singing songs giving thanks that He has.
Every December, people sing about ‘the thrill of hope’ as ‘the weary world rejoices’. That idea of rejoicing in the midst of weariness, because you know that hope is on its way, is central to Christmas – and central to Christianity.
This talk, by Andrew Wilson, our Teaching Pastor, was part of our carol services. The full online service is available at kingschurchlondon.org/christmas.
The stories of Zechariah and Elizabeth and the Wise Men are about people who waited in hope, who moved, who journeyed in hope. The message of Christmas is that God has shown His love for us by sending Jesus. His coming brings hope to the world.
Hilary Dalziel is one of our Pastors who helps lead our Catford site.
The book of Nehemiah has a rather puzzling and disappointing ending: after all the rebuilding and rejoicing, it turns out that idolatry is still here. Nehemiah confronts it, and shows us how deep idolatry goes—and how it ultimately needs someone greater than him to remove it.
Singing is central to Scripture and at the heart of the Christian life. Today Andrew asks why that is, and how God’s people sing thankfully, corporately, noisily and joyfully.
Nehemiah chapter nine comprises of a heartfelt prayer of confession from the children of Israel as they recount the goodness of God over many generations, and face the facts of their sin and rebellion. What was true then, and is still true now, is that God remains faithful and is full of forgiveness, mercy and grace.
Jason Shields is one our Pastors, based at our Catford site.
The physical walls of Jerusalem have been rebuilt, the people have moved back, but the work hasn’t finished. Now there is a focus on the spiritual rebuilding of God’s people. What did that look like for them and what does that look like for us?
Joe Macnamara is one of our Pastors and he leads our Downham site.
In chapter 6, Nehemiah faces opposition from his enemies but sadly also betrayal and undermining from his own people. How he responds to anxiety and fear and continues to build in faith will help us deal with the anxieties and pressures we experience. His simple prayer, ‘Strengthen my hands’, brings God’s power into his situation.
Hilary Dalziel is one of our Pastors and Assistant Site Leader on our Catford site.
Until now, Nehemiah’s story has had very clear goodies (Israel) and baddies (everyone else). In this chapter, we learn that things are more complicated, and that injustice exists within God’s people as well. Nehemiah fights it in three ways – and they are all ways that can help us fight injustice today.
Andrew Wilson is our Teaching Pastor.
“Wherever God’s work is being done, an enemy always arises.” In Nehemiah 4, we look at the reality of spiritual opposition to the work of God and how to respond to it, with application for Christ’s Church today as she rebuilds post-pandemic.
Moses Nwanji is one of our Pastors who is based at our Downham site.
The walls of Jerusalem do not get rebuilt by one powerful leader with a dramatic swell of music; they get rebuilt by dozens of unknown people doing little, unglamorous tasks, together. And it is the same in the church.
Steve Tibbert, our Senior Pastor, speaks from Nehemiah 2 in our annual Vision Sunday. He reminds us of the vision God has given us to reach, restore and resource. He looks back at these last 18 months and their impact on us as a church. He then looks forward to the future, echoing Nehemiah's words in chapter 2 verse 17: ‘Come, let us rebuild.’
There are a number of parallels between Nehemiah’s story and ours. Andrew Wilson, our Teaching Pastor, considers some of them as we begin this new series, and shows how Nehemiah responded by weeping for the walls, confessing corruption and praying God’s promises.
Everyone has a story, a story that helps us make sense of the world and the decisions that we make. The Bible challenges us, not only to re-think our story, but also forces us to consider whether to make Jesus’ story our own story.
In this message, we see how Jesus changes the life of a Samaritan woman, and her whole town, as they realise that Jesus is the Saviour of the World.
Charles Kimbangi is one of our Pastors who leads the Beckenham site.
Is God joyful, and does he want us to experience joy and happiness in our lives? In this message we look at this important question and consider how we can know joy in Him.
Andy Floyd is one of our Pastors who leads the Lee site.
Phil taught out of the story of the two builder in Matthew 7. It’s one of those simple, well known but incredibly profound and important stories. Jesus tells this story having just preached the greatest sermon of all time. The main point is, unless we do something with what Jesus says, in the end nothing will change – they will just be words we hear, and we will build our lives on sand.
Phil Varley was our Senior Associate Pastor. He and his wife Sarah left King's in September 2021 to plant a church in Rotterdam.
What is light? And what does it mean that God is light? In this message, we discover that just like light, God is invisible, illuminating and immortal. We also explore the impact this makes to our lives.
Charles Kimbangi is one of our Pastors who leads our Beckenham site.
Most trees in the Bible are just there as a backdrop to the story of God revealing Himself to the world. But we are going to look at three trees described in the Bible, which have a greater significance and help us understand God’s wonderful plan of salvation in a dramatic way. We will start in the garden of Eden, stop at the foot of the cross and end in John’s vision of the tree of life in the heavenly city.
Hilary Dalziel is one of our Pastors and the Assistant Leader of our Catford site.
Rainbows have carried much significance in human history, but in Genesis 9, the God of the Rainbow tells us that He has given it so that it may point us back to Him – the God who makes promises, which He intends to keep, especially in the darkest of times.
When dark clouds break, and the sun begin to shine through, it brings bright light, and joy and hope! In the same way the sun of righteousness will arrive with a guarantee and promise of scripture – that He will come and burn away gloom, despair and injustice and sin and death forever!
The first thing Jesus says about God in the Gospels is that he is a Father who provides sunshine and rain for people, however good or bad they are. That idea – that God gives rain as a result of grace, not merit – is as extraordinary and counterintuitive today as it was when Jesus and Paul first preached it.
Andrew Wilson is our Teaching Pastor. Find out more about the book and how to buy a copy at godofallthingsbook.com/about.
We start a new series today based on Andrew’s new book ‘God of All Things’, looking at how we see the character of God reflected in what He has made. And we start with one of the scariest things in all creation: earthquakes.
Andrew Wilson is our Teaching Pastor. Find out more about the book and how to buy a copy at godofallthingsbook.com/about.
Jesus tells a famous story of a man in Luke 12 who plants more and more crops and builds bigger and bigger barns. He gives his life to the dream of having ‘more’ and God calls him a ‘fool’. This man misses his life.
None of us want to be this guy. None of us want to ‘miss our lives’!
In this passage Jesus teaches some incredibly profound principles about living a Kingdom life through which we live lives that are ‘rich towards God‘ and ensure we do not miss our lives.
The Kingdom of God has always had enemies. Luke 11 introduces us to the three main ones – the world, the flesh, and the devil – and shows us how they fight, and how Jesus wins.
This message by Andrew Wilson, our Teaching Pastor, is part of our series 'The King & His Kingdom'.
The Christian life is quite simple. Love God and love people. In these two stories, Jesus shows us what it looks like for us to do that.
This message by Joe Macnamara who leads our Lee site, is part of our series 'The King & His Kingdom'.
As followers of Christ we are called to be messengers of the Kingdom. In this message Steve encourages us to go out and share the gospel with those who do not know Jesus.
Sometimes it is good to spend a while meditating on the glory of Christ. In this message Andrew points us to the glory of his appearance, his word, his death, and his exodus.
Jesus comes to bring the freedom of the kingdom - and when he does, it comes at several levels. People are freed. Nations are delivered. And the world is redeemed.
In a world where power can so easily be abused, what does Kingdom power look like? In this chapter of Luke Jesus shows us that it's not just judgement or wrath like some think it will be, but that Kingdom power looks like compassion. In two short stories we see the power of god at action in two very different ways. Both however show the Kingdom of God at work.
Jesus calls His followers not just to hear His Words but to follow and obey. This sermon explores what it looks like to live the Kingdom life as we follow the King. We see that the Kingdom life is one characterised by mercy and expresses itself in very practical ways.
Charles is one of our Pastors and leads the Beckenham site.
The Kingdom that Jesus inaugurates is unexpected as it goes against what the world perceives as normal. Jesus comes to upend what seems logical and correct as He speaks to His disciples about the values of His upside-down Kingdom.
Andy is one of our pastors and leads our Lee site.
Jesus calls people to come to Him, just as they are, and then He changes them through His word, prayer, power and table.
This message by Andrew Wilson, our Teaching Pastor, is week three of our series, The King & His Kingdom.
Phil spoke out of Luke 4 and Jesus’ Kingdom sermon at the synagogue when He reads from Isaiah 61. This is the proclamation and inauguration of the Kingdom of God coming in a new way, through Jesus Himself. This is the Kingdom in which the blind are healed, captives are freed, debts are paid, and people far from God can come home.
Phil is our Senior Associate Pastor.
The ministry of Jesus begins with the preaching of John the Baptist, who came with a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
This message, by our Teaching Pastor Andrew Wilson, kicks off our new series, The King & His Kingdom.
Our lives are fleeting, and we live in chaotic times. But Jesus calls us to an eternal purpose which transcends the chaos, and He equips us to live it out.
This message by Scott Marques concludes our short series of guest speakers. Scott leads the eldership team at River of Life Church in Harare, Zimbabwe and the Disciple Nations family of churches, part of Newfrontiers.
The gospel is something that we need to keep on hearing, because we are so hardwired to forget it: either we think we are too far gone for God to save us, or we think we can clean ourselves up without his help. Matt Chandler helps us see the glorious alternative.
Matt is lead pastor at The Village Church in Flower Mound, Texas, and the President of the Acts 29 Network. He is married to Lauren and they have three children.
Six ways to choose hope in a time of adversity. #ChooseHope.
Ben Lindsay is founder of Power The Fight, a charity launched in January 2019 to train and empower communities to end youth violence. He is an experienced trainer and facilitator with more than 19 years spent working with high risk young people in the field of gangs and serious youth violence, including as part of the Lewisham Youth Offending Service.
www.powerthefight.org.uk
Resurrection Day is the greatest day of the year, and the Easter story shows us several responses to it. Who do you identify with: faithful Mary, believing John, denying Peter, or doubting Thomas?
The account of Jesus’ Crucifixion in John 19 helps us see the big story of Scripture fulfilled: God’s plan for salvation is happening as Jesus dies.
But we also are drawn into the personal story, the eyewitness account of how Jesus calls out in love to his mother and to John who are watching these events unfold.
Hialry Dalziel is one of our Pastors and the Assistant Site Leader at our Catford site.
On Palm Sunday, Phil Varley, our Senior Associate Pastor, preached out of Mark 11 and Jesus’ entrance into Jerusalem. In particular he posed the question, ‘How could everything changes so quickly from what seems so positive on this day, to what develops over the next few days?’
As he focussed on what the crowds got right, and what they got wrong about Jesus, Phil encouraged us all to welcome, recognise and respond to Jesus fully throughout this coming Easter week.
This passage shows us five examples of singleminded devotion to something. One is Jesus; three show great examples of responding to him; one does not. We can learn from all five.
Shirley Toppin has been a committed member of King’s from the 70s. She shares her own life experience alongside influential women in the Bible: Hannah, Timothy’s mother Eunice and grandmother Lois, and Naomi.
God’s leading takes Shirley from the rain forest of Guyana to urban life in Catford! Shirley encourages us to persevere in prayer, to influence children we know for Jesus and to find hope in tragedy. Finally she prays for mothers and mother figures in the church.
Wellbeing in our work comes as we move with the grain of God’s purpose in creating work in the first place. Specifically, it means recognising three things that we find in Genesis 1-3, and in 2 Thessalonians 3: that work is universal, that it is good, and that it is hard.
This message by Andrew Wilson, our Teaching Pastor, concludes our series ‘God’s Plan for Your Wellbeing’.
Steve Tibbert, our Senior Pastor, looks at the topic of Financial Wellbeing, such an important topic in these challenging times. He shares a great mix of biblical principles and practical application relevant to everyone – those struggling with their finances or in debt, through to those who are rich.
As we look at our relational wellbeing dial, many of us will find our tank empty. In this message by HIlary Dalziel, one of our Pastors who helps lead the Catford site, we look at how to fill that up through restoring loving relationships with those closest to us and with our church family. It requires dealing with conflict and asking for forgiveness, but if we come to Jesus first, He will fill us with His love and grace and enable us to take the first steps.
The closest word in Scripture to ‘wellbeing’ is the Hebrew word shalom: peace, welfare, wholeness. In this beautiful passage, Isaiah offers us an invitation to spiritual wellbeing, a challenge to it, and then a promise of it.
This message by Andrew Wilson, our Teaching Pastor, is part of our series ‘God’s Plan for Your Wellbeing’.
In Philippians Paul writes about the occasion when Epaphroditus fell ill, nearly died and had to be sent home. Paul does not hide how he felt, but describes the emotional roller coaster that he went through.
Likewise, we need to cope with our emotions when we go through difficult times. What practical steps can we take to manage our emotions in the situations we face?
Physical Wellbeing is a common term that is used today. But what does God have to say about it? In this message, Moses looks at the story of Elijah in 1 Kings 19, to show us that God takes an interest in our physical wellbeing, and therefore we should too. God supplies all that we need to enhance it – food, rest and exercise. And because of the Lord Jesus’ triumph over death, physical wellbeing need not be and end in itself, because we too will conquer death through our union with Him.
In this opening message of the series, Phil teaches how wellbeing has always been part of God’s plan for human beings. Jesus invites us to come to Him and He says that if we will come and surrender to Him, He will give us rest. Phil then looks at what it means to have a ‘wellbeing mindset’ and teaches out of Psalm 23 that God really does want us to know and to live in the reality of the truth that “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want, he makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul.”
Habakkuk’s final prophetic response to crisis is one of joy. Initially it doesn’t seem fitting, but as he reflects on God’s desire to save His people, his heart is quickly filled with a joy-filled response, even though the situation remains challenging.
In a short, intense book, Habakkuk gives us a prophetic response to crisis. Today, Andrew shows how crises expose our idols, contrast them with the Lord—and bring us to a response of silent wonder before him.
Habakkuk is a prophetic response to crisis, and in the first section of his prophecy, he shows us the response of faith: how to wait for God’s judgment, knowing that we will be found righteous on the basis of our trust in Him.
Eight Reasons for Christmas | LIGHT OF THE WORLD | Hebrews 2:5-18 by King's Church London
We all have a light: a source of hope we turn to when all around us is darkness? What’s yours? And is it bright enough?
In a gloomy time with invasion imminent, Isaiah proclaims a message for God’s people of light shining in the midst of darkness. A message of hope. A message of Immanuel – God being with us. Joe Macnamara helps us take a look at that today, knowing that this message is as needed now as it ever was.
The Light Shines in the Darkness | LIGHT OF THE WORLD | Genesis 1:1-5 by King's Church London
People can go in one of two directions when it comes to spiritual warfare: either can get obsessed with demonic powers, or we can ignore him altogether.
Paul gives us a better way forward, and as he closes Ephesians, he teaches us how to fight the devil.
When Paul talks about being “filled with the Spirit”, he mentions four ways in which that happens – and the one he spends the most time on is submission. Why? How does yielding to one another in families and workplaces help our spirituality? And so what?
When we become Christians, God expects our lives to be shaped by His standards and not the environment around us. This daily process requires us to renew our minds, putt off our old self and put on our new life in Christ, and live as children of light.
Many people in the world today want unity, rather than division, but aren’t sure how to find it. In this message Andrew looks at how Paul urged his disciples to reach for it, by pursuing humility, centrality, diversity and maturity.
In Ephesians 3 Paul explains his calling to make plain the mystery that the gentiles are included and how the church is a demonstration of Gods manifold wisdom. Once Paul has described this grand vision he prays that Christians will be empowered to know Gods love – we can’t achieve this in our own strength we can’t share love we haven’t first received.
Racial reconciliation begins in the Church, because that is where we find salvation based on grace and not works, and because reconciliation is based on Christ’s blood rather than ours. But there is a lot of work to do.
Grace is probably the single biggest difference between Christianity and every other way of seeing the world. Here, Paul explains what has happened to us in Christ, and why it is based not on our works, but on God who is rich in mercy.
Phil spoke out of the second half of Ephesians 1 when Paul prays for the Ephesians Christians. We see in this passage both the centrality for prayer for Paul, together with the main emphasis of his prayer life: namely that his friends would know God more.
The passage is profoundly challenging when it comes to our own prayer life – both in terms of how seriously we take prayer, along with the content of our prayer life.
No letter in history has such a happy opening as Paul’s letter to the Ephesians. In just two sentences, Paul gives us at least five reasons to rejoice – and all of them are true regardless of our circumstances, because we are in Christ.
Guest speaker Tope Koleoso, lead Pastor at Jubilee Church London, has a powerful message for all of us on this crucial subject, which is part of our ongoing response to awareness around race.
The message is thoroughly Biblical and full of grace, with a challenge at the end for all of us to be missionaries to the world, demonstrating the love of God.
We all have a need for connection and community – it’s how we were created. And throughout the New Testament there are encouragements to gather together, encourage one another and pray with/for each other.
In this Zoom conversation, Phil Varley, our Senior Associate Pastor, together with Cindy, Annie and Charles (current/former Pastors at King’s), discuss these importance subjects, which are the focus of this term’s Ephesians groups.
We’d encourage and invite everyone to be part of a group at King’s this term. Find out more and sign up at kingschurchlondon.org/groups.
After thirty-five chapters of human answers to the problem of evil, God finally speaks. But instead of providing the expected answers, he gives a series of totally unexpected questions – and there is huge comfort for us in that.
Pain and suffering inevitably come to us all, and why we suffer is a question that has baffled theologians over the years. There are ultimately no easy answers, and rather than spending our lives trying to discover why we are suffering, let’s spend it getting to know the God who knows.
The book of Job takes us behind the scenes to the darker side of suffering where Satan, the adversary, is at work. The good news is that despite his efforts, Satan remains on a leash, God’s wisdom reigns supreme and Christ, as the wisdom of God, walks with us through our suffering and allows us to live victorious lives.
In some ways, human philosophy involves a continuous cycle of order and chaos.
In the final chapter of Ecclesiastes, Solomon speaks into this cycle, and points us to the power of speaking and keeping the words of God.
We live in a world where we need time – it helps with our rhythms of life in this world but we also need eternity, because God has placed it in our hearts, and it reflects the fact that we know we are not ultimately destined for this life alone, and nothing points to that more than the God of eternity who stepped into time, at just the right time.
Wisdom is not just about how to make good decisions in our everyday lives. It also involves thinking clearly about the big questions of life, death, time, eternity, order, chaos, suffering and hope.
Ecclesiastes hits these issues head on, and it begins by reminding us that everything is “vapour”, and that life under the sun is just shepherding the wind.
As humans made in the image of God, we will always place our trust in something. God’s wisdom in Proverbs 3, however, calls us to trust in the Lord always with all of our heart.
Moses looks at what that means in practice and how the Lord Jesus is our ultimate hope in achieving this.
Phil Varley, our Senior Associate Pastor, speaks out of Proverbs 4:23 and the exaltation to "Guard your heart because it is the wellspring of life."
He explained that to guard your heart means to value, attend to, surrender it, which leads to a strengthened heart and a heart which knows we are accepted.
As lockdown restrictions ease and we can spend more time together in small groups, wisdom is required for how we connect with one another and develop friendships with each other.
Charles Kimbangi, who leads our Beckenham site, explores wise ways to connect with others, build friendships and put our trust in God.
Last Sunday Phil Varley challenged us to give thought to our ways. But what happens when we’ve tried to be wise and we still get overcome by trouble, we still fall? How do we find a way to rise?
We take care of one another, we take refuge in God and we take a step of faith. Using Proverbs 24 and the Biblical stories of Ruth and Peter we will find strength and encouragement to walk through troubles.
The world needs people who build wise lives, who are careful about the steps and the choices of their lives.
In this message, Phil Varley, our Senior Associate Pastor, shares six aspects of living thoughtful, wise lives: the need to STOP, to LISTEN, to PRAY; the need for OPENNESS; the need to CHOOSE and the need to TRUST.
King’s is committed to building a diverse, ‘Ephesians 2’ church community and in this message Steve Tibbert, our Senior Pastor, addresses the issue of racism, the Gospel and the Church.
He encourages us to be quick to listen, to be learners, to speak out in our spheres of influence, and to help us build an ‘Ephesians 2’ church.
None of us wants to be anxious, but it sometimes creeps up on us anyway. What do we do with our anxiety when it comes?
Andrew Wilson, our Teaching Pastor, continues our new series, Wisdom for Life – Lessons from Proverbs.
Andrew and his penguin, wisdom from Proverbs 31, and an honest discussion about the challenges of ongoing racism and injustice in our society today.
Welcome to the fifth in our weekly conversations, hosted by Charles Kimbangi, one of the pastors who leads our Beckenham site.
This week he’s joined again by Andrew Wilson, our Teaching Pastor, Cindy Dickson, a Pastor at our Catford site, and Hilary Dalziel, who helps lead our Catford site.
We’ll be posting subsequent conversations at kingschurchlondon.org/at-home.
Andrew Wilson, our Teaching Pastor, introduces our new series, Wisdom for Life.
Proverbs is a book full of wisdom, and in many ways it is summarised in the final chapter by the “excellent wife”. We can learn from this woman at three levels, and each of them will help us to live wisely in confusing times.
Hilary and her kitchen in lockdown, honest reflections on race and injustice and what it looks like to live in unity.
Welcome to the fourth in our weekly conversations, hosted by Charles Kimbangi, one of the pastors who leads our Beckenham site.
This week he’s joined by Andrew Wilson, our Teaching Pastor, Cindy Dickson, a Pastor at our Catford site, and Hilary Dalziel, who helps lead our Catford site.
We’ll be posting subsequent conversations at kingschurchlondon.org/at-home.
This is the audio from a video that Steve Tibbert, our Senior Pastor, recorded on Monday 1st June. The video is available at kingschurchlondon.org/blog.
"I wanted to share some thoughts in light of the recent tragic death of George Floyd and to call the church to pray this Thursday." – Steve Tibbert
We'll be posting details about Thursday's Day of Prayer and Fasting at kingschurchlondon.org/day-of-prayer.
Psalms 133 and 134 are Psalms of journey, of ascents, sung as the people of God go up to Jerusalem. As we journey through this season and are scattered, how do we maintain our unity, remember that in Christ we are blessed, and lift our hands and voices in worship? Hilary helps answer these questions in this message that concludes our PSALMS series.
The truth about Moses’ bookshelf, some shocking revelations about Andrew, and some insightful reflections on Psalm 8.
Welcome to the third in our weekly conversations, hosted by Charles Kimbangi, one of the pastors who leads our Beckenham site.
This week he’s joined by Andrew Wilson, our Teaching Pastor, Cindy Dickson and Moses Nwanji, both of whom are Pastors at our Catford site.
We’ll be posting subsequent conversations at kingschurchlondon.org/at-home.
Psalm 8 shows us God’s majesty in that his glory is above the heavens, but he still knows us and cares for us. Andrew explores that mystery, with a bit of help from NASA.
At 15:43 Andrew showed a video from a star size comparison video: youtu.be/GoW8Tf7hTGA.
"This song speaks of God aligning our hearts with His will during our times of worship. The song also speaks of the Holy Spirit strengthening, sustaining, and influencing our lives, as we come to Christ for healing." – Leo Thomas
For more songs visit kingschurchlondon.org/worship-wednesdays.
Charles’ birthday, bad singing, reflections on Psalm 91 and guest Jason Shields on life in lockdown.
Welcome to the second in our weekly conversations on Mondays, hosted by Charles Kimbangi, one of the pastors who leads our Beckenham site.
This week he’s joined by Phil Varley, our Senior Associate Pastor who oversees our sites, Cindy Dickson and Jason Shields, both of whom are Pastors at our Catford site.
We’ll be posting subsequent conversations at kingschurchlondon.org/at-home.
Psalm 91 contains wonderful promises which go down deep into the goodness of God, but it is sometimes misunderstood as an immunity passport for all who trust in God. Andrew shows why that's not what it means, and how it actually gives us something even better.
At 12:34 Andrew showed a short clip of the temptation of Jesus (Matthew 4) from The Miracle Maker film.
Charles doing star jumps from 7am, Andrew’s sport of choice, coping with lockdown and Psalm 23 reflections.
Welcome to the first of our weekly conversations that we’re going to be recording on Mondays, hosted by Charles Kimbangi, one of our Pastors who leads our Beckenham site.
This week he’s joined by Phil Varley, our Senior Associate Pastor who oversees our sites, Andrew Wilson, our Teaching Pastor, and Cindy Dickson, a Pastor at our Catford site.
We’ll be posting subsequent conversations at kingschurchlondon.org/at-home.
Psalm 23 is one of the most famous passages of Scripture, and this week Steve introduces us to the shepherd heart of God as He protects, cares for and comforts His people.
Written and performed by singer songwriter, Leo Nelson.
For more songs visit kingschurchlondon.org/worship-wednesdays.
In this message, Phil explores how Psalm 103 has much to teach about how to connect with God – how speaking to our own souls and remembering truth can lead us to a good, good Father.
When tragedy or difficulty strikes, what do we do with it? We move from weeping, to worshipping, to waiting, and finally to witnessing.
"This is a song I wrote a couple of years ago. It's about coming back to God and putting our hope in Him." – Luke Catley
For more songs visit kingschurchlondon.org/worship-wednesdays.
All of us are facing loneliness to some degree at the moment, whether we have other people in our homes or not. In Psalm 139, we find four sources of comfort if we are lonely: in God’s knowledge, His ever-presence, His creation and His judgment.
We recorded this for our online Good Friday service and wanted to make it available to download and share.
Vocals: Sharene Ricketts and Farriea Mannen Keys: Phil Varley
Check out kingschurchlondon.org/worship-wednesdays each week for other worship content we're releasing in this season.
Steve Tibbert, our Senior Pastor, shares some of his own personal faith journey as he looks at the account of Jesus being risen in Luke 24:1-12.
From Pilate to Joseph of Arimathea, we follow the story of Good Friday through first words and last words. The words show Jesus understands our suffering – He faced pain and death. Today Jesus offers us grace and forgiveness just as He did from the cross.
We are in a storm at the moment, as a church, as a city and as a nation. The good news is that we have a King who specialises in calming storms.
We often refer to the night when Jesus was 'handed over', or 'betrayed'. But who handed him over? Luke gives five answers, and they are all important in understanding what happened at the cross.
This message was recorded for the service on Sunday 5th April but this changed and Andrew will now be speaking on Jesus as 'King of the Storm'.
Some additional devotionals related to this chapter in Luke are available at kingschurchlondon.org/at-home.
Jesus often talked about himself as a stone: a stumbling stone, a rejected stone, a cornerstone. Why? What was he trying to teach us by talking like this? And how does it help us?
In this message, Phil talks about the story of Jesus encountering Zacchaeus.
Through this story we see the amazing grace of God as Jesus calls a man who is far away from God. We also see the huge impact of the good news on Zacchaeus’ life as he begins to give his money away. Lastly, we hear the incredibly timely and powerful truth that Jesus wants to visit our homes today.
We are living in an uncertain world, with all sorts of challenges and threats that can cause concern. In Luke 21, Jesus speaks into an extreme version of this, and gives the disciples some things to do, some things not to do, and the reason why.
The kingdom belongs to those who cry. Whether they are widows, tax collectors, infants or blind men in need of healing, the kingdom of God sees the exalted humbled and the humble exalted.
“There is often lots of confusion about when Jesus will return. Here he gives clear instructions to his disciples about what that will look like as well as the importance of not being distracted while we wait.”
In Luke 16 we hear two of the most extraordinary stories Jesus ever told, and they are both about money. Both of them show us what it looks like to handle our money wisely: by living in the present in light of the future.
In this well-known parable, Jesus uses a story about a father and two sons to challenge the way that we think about and approach God. This is not just a story about one son leaving and returning, but about two sons and how they relate to their father.
Steve Tibbert looks at the parable of the two lost sons in Luke 15, drawing parallels from how they represent different aspects of our culture and emphasises ultimately, this famous parable is about The Father's heart, compassion and grace.
In this message, Phil Varley describes the challenge, the comfort and the choice we have to make in God's Kingdom.
There are a number of puzzles, or paradoxes, to the kingdom of God in the ministry of Jesus – and those same puzzles exist in the Christian life. Here we consider four, as Andrew Wilson, our Teaching Pastor, begins our new series on the Gospel of Luke.
Paul prays for the church in Ephesians, for people he loves. It’s a surprising and challenging prayer, touching on issues of 'why' we pray and 'what' really matters most.
The Lord’s Prayer might be the most familiar and quoted paragraph in world history. In order to see it through new eyes, we look for help from St Augustine’s letter to Anicia, and learn the what, the why and the how of prayer.
Prayer is not always functional. Sometimes it's simply about enjoying God's presence. Psalm 84 gives us a wonderful example of how to do this.
In this message that launches our January 21 Days of Prayer, our Senior Pastor Steve Tibbert looks at lessons we can learn about corporate prayer from the New Testament church in Acts 4.
It is powerful when the people of God come together, raise their voices in song and intercession, and cry out to God to save, heal, restore and intervene in the world.
The best way of applying this is for us to get to the 21 Days of Prayer prayer evenings and put it into practice: 6th to 26th January 2020, 7-8pm at the Catford site (Friday nights at sites).
“Simeon and Anna are two people who never feature in nativity plays or advent calendars, but their responses to the birth of Jesus are beautiful, and delightfully ordinary. They also have a lot to teach us today.”
The genealogy of Jesus includes the names of five surprising (and even scandalous) women. By including them, Matthew teaches us a lot about how to handle challenges to our faith, and more importantly, about the scandalous mercy of God in Christ.
We all live within a series of different relationships which we have to navigate. They can bring both joy and pain. Steve Tibbert, our Senior Pastor, looks at how being a Christian encourages us to focus more on our responsibilities than our rights and ‘make every effort to keep the bonds of peace.’
Find out more about our RESTORED series at kingschurchlondon.org/restored.
Kwaku Osafo, one our elders based at the Lee site, speaks out of Romans 12:1-8 about how we can continually renew our mind.
Find out more about our RESTORED series at kingschurchlondon.org/restored.
Phil Varley, our Senior Associate Pastor, looks at the the parable of the unmerciful servant and unpacks forgiveness – what it is and isn’t.
Find out more about our RESTORED series at kingschurchlondon.org/restored.
Handling emotions is a difficult aspect of being human, and of living in freedom in Christ. Fortunately for us, God has become human in Jesus, and experienced the full range of human feelings—which shows us both that emotions are gifts, and that they can be handled wisely.
Find out more about our RESTORED series at kingschurchlondon.org/restored.
There is a battle going on for the control of your mind. Be aware so that you can take a stand – STAND FIRM!
Find out more about our RESTORED series at kingschurchlondon.org/restored.
What does it look like to live a life that honours God? Paul suggests that it starts with knowing who we are, and then making daily choices about what we put on and what we put off.
Find out more about our RESTORED series at kingschurchlondon.org/restored.
How do we stand on the truth, and renounce lies? By seeing Christ, speaking truth, and looking to the eternal.
Find out more about our RESTORED series at kingschurchlondon.org/restored.
Steve Tibbert, our Senior Pastor, updates the church on Vision 2030 - our call to Reach, Restore and Resource thousands of people and hundreds of churches.
He shares some important news for us as a church and a call for us to be "a house of prayer for all nations" (Mark 11:17).
For more information about Vision 2030, visit kingschurchlondon.org/vision2030.
The world defines our identity in so many ways - mainly external - what we look like and what we do. But if we have trusted in Jesus we are new people, holy ones a new creation - all through his grace.
Find out more about our RESTORED series at kingschurchlondon.org/restored.
Jesus makes it clear in an interaction with Zacchaeus in Luke 19:1-10 that His mission is ‘to seek and to save the lost’. This sermon by Charles Kimbangi, begins the RESTORED series and unpacks what Jesus’ mission is and how it applies to Zacchaeus as well as us. We find that Jesus seeks us, He saves us, and in so doing, Jesus also restores us.
Find out more about our RESTORED series at kingschurchlondon.org/restored.
How do we disciple the next generation? Paul begins 2 Timothy by highlighting three things in particular: our own faith, our suffering, and communicating the gospel of grace.
What does a Christian home life look like? The qualifications for eldership which Paul gives in 1 Timothy 3 give us an excellent starting point, covering relationships, money, family life and more besides.
Paul describes the church as the household of God, a temple in the Lord Jesus, and a dwelling place for God by the Spirit. We are, in other words, a home for God.
The church is described as a family: a home for people. Practically, this has a number of implications for the way the church functions as a large family—and for the way the family functions as a small church.
In Psalm 65, King David calls all people to praise the God of Israel – this is what He’s due. However, praising God only goes so far as our knowledge of Him. Praise God, that He has revealed Himself to the world publicly in the person of Jesus Christ, the Son of David.
The poetry of Psalm 139 leaves us in no doubt – God knows us intimately. Every human being is precious. He has been thinking about us since before we were born and will never stop thinking about us. Even when we are angry He draws us back to Himself, that He might lead us into life everlasting.
God is our help and our protector. We must look to Him rather than depend on ourselves and others to protect and provide for us.
Who are you walking with? Who influences you? Where are you planted? We increase our chances of growing in a positive way by choosing the right people with whom to become friends.
Revelation ends as it began: by revealing Jesus Christ. In three final “sevens”, John draws our focus back to the return of Jesus, the character of Jesus and the return of Jesus.
After a sequence of judgment chapters, we finally step out into the sunshine of new creation. But John’s focus is not so much on the new world God has made, but on the glorious bride of Christ: the Church.
THINK 2019 | Revelation | Session 6 | God's Throne Unveiled III by King's Church London
Steve Tibbert, our Senior Pastor, considers the different views of the millennium and the return of Jesus, he shares his main reflections on the series, and he ends focusing on an invitation from 19:9 – ‘Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!’
Evil hides. So one of the tasks of Christian witness is the unmasking of evil, so that it can be judged, and ultimately removed. John shows us how in his chilling portrayal of the scarlet beast and the harlot of Babylon.
Revelation 15 & 16 describe the judgement of the whole of creation – it’s a fearful picture but woven through these chapters are reminders of God's desire to deliver people, His true and just character, and that judgement finally brings justice on all that is evil in our world. The call comes to respond by staying awake, and we do this through worship, through witness because the times are urgent, and by waiting in faith, knowing that as believers we are saved because of Jesus.
Today we meet the beasts, complete with all their heads, horns, numbers and marks - but more importantly, we hear a call for the endurance and faith of the saints.
This week in Revelation 12 we look at what it means that the great dragon has been defeated and cast from the heavens; that though we are in the wilderness, we are conquerors!
As we reach the halfway point in the book of Revelation, John begins to preach from the scroll he receives. Through powerful symbolism, he shows us the witness, power, persecution and triumph of the Church.
Revelation probably raises more questions than any other book of the Bible. The imagery, chronology, style, symbolism and plot can all be confusing, and can raise all kinds of questions which we cannot always cover on Sundays.
In this evening seminar, hosted by Andrew Wilson, our Teaching Pastor, we will get into a number of these issues in more detail, through teaching, interactive discussion and Q&A.
Who can stand? Those who are sealed, those who are saved and those who have a shepherd.
This message by our Senior Pastor, Steve Tibbert looks at Revelation chapters 6, 7 and 8:1-5. The whole of the Revelation series is available at kingschurchlondon.org/revelation.
Who is worthy to open the scroll? Who can bring God’s Kingdom plans?
Only the lamb-like Lion of Judah. The Lion who roars and the Lamb who saves!
This message by Joe Macnamara, leader of our Downham site, looks at Revelation chapter 5. The whole of the Revelation series which is available at kingschurchlondon.org/revelation.
Phil talks about 'the throne' as being the centre of John's vision in Revelation 4. The passage gives us a great future hope and also confidence about our present reality.
What does the victorious Christian life look like? What do overcomers or conquerors have in common? Jesus gives us seven examples in his letters to the seven churches.
What kind of book is Revelation? How are we supposed to make sense of it, and what is it fundamentally about? Andrew opens our new teaching series on the Bible’s last word.
“Revelation is an unveiling, an unmasking, a disclosure of the powers at work behind the scenes. The world looks like a sequence of material causes, until the spiritual dynamics behind them are revealed.”
“Jesus says to John: you have absolutely nothing to fear. I am the first and the last, and the living one. I have been through death, and I will live forever, and I have the keys of the grave in my pocket.”
Church is not meant to be a hotel, but a home, where we each play our part.
For more information about serving at King's, see kingschurchlondon.org/serving.
Isaiah 53 was written seven centuries before Jesus died and rose again, but it describes the power of the cross like almost nowhere else in Scripture.
In a short story about a wine running out at a wedding, Jesus teaches us what it means to be a faithful and obedient people who do ‘whatever he tells us.’
“Obedience is the place where miracles happen.”
“Jesus came to bring us every lasting peace and joy, but to do it, he knew he had to die.”
Guest speaker Krish Kandiah, founder of the charity Home for Good, shares his passion for finding children a home through fostering and adoption. He talks about the spirit of adoption and how God the Father adopts is into his family, particularly looking at Galatians 4:1-7. If you’re interested in fostering or adoption, or would like to donate to the charity, visit homeforgood.org.uk.
For more information about our REACH series and the devotional workbook accompanying the series, visit kingschurchlondon.org/reach.
Jesus was a master of asking questions, even though he was the only person who never needed to. In this message by Andrew Wilson, our Teaching Pastor, we find out why, and how, and how we can learn from his example. Here is a link to the clip referred to in the talk – https://youtu.be/xfO1veFs6Ho – from 0:18 to 3:39.
For more information about our REACH series and the devotional workbook accompanying it, visit kingschurchlondon.org/reach.
Guest speaker Scott Marques (leader of River of Life Church in Harare, Zimbabwe) helps us learn from Jesus’ conversation with the woman from Samaria. He encourages us to be like Jesus in our conversations – to initiate, relate and depend on the Holy Spirit.
For more information about our REACH series and the devotional workbook accompanying the series, visit kingschurchlondon.org/reach.
Steve Tibbert, our Senior Pastor, unpacks how we as a church look to contextualise and share the Gospel well in our diverse, urban London context.
He shares the importance of inviting others – an invitation to “come and see” – and encourages us all to be those who invite others.
For more information about our REACH series and the devotional workbook accompanying the series, visit kingschurchlondon.org/reach.
The first time Jesus visited, the people told him to leave. The second time he visited, he got the biggest response of his entire ministry. And the difference was the power of one person telling their story.
This message by Phil Varley, our Associate Pastor, is the fifth in our eight-week REACH series. For more information about the series and the devotional workbook accompanying it, visit kingschurchlondon.org/reach.
Jesus was very comfortable confronting people when he told them about the kingdom of God. Why did he do this? Why should we, in some situations? And how do we do it well?
Andrew Wilson, our Teaching Pastor, answers these questions in this message, the fourth in our REACH series. For more information about the series and the devotional workbook that accompanies it, visit kingschurchlondon.org/reach.
An interactive seminar hosted by our teaching pastor, Andrew Wilson, helping us think through how to respond to questions we encounter as we share the Gospel.
For more information about the REACH series and the devotional workbook accompanying it, visit kingschurchlondon.org/reach.
Jesus calls us to reach others through eating with them. In Luke 19 Jesus went out of his way to spend time with Zacchaeus, a tax collector. He seemed the least likely person in Jericho to be interested in Jesus or to end up transformed and giving away his ill-gotten wealth, but that’s what happened.
This message by Hilary Dalziel, who helps lead our Catford site, is the third in our eight-week REACH series.
For more information about the series and the devotional workbook that accompanies it, visit kingschurchlondon.org/reach.
REACH - Remember in Prayer
Reaching people with the Gospel is central to the Christian life, but it’s also something many people find difficult, awkward or scary. In this passage Jesus gives us three reasons to be encouraged, and invites us to do the first thing first: to remember to pray.
For more information about our REACH series and the devotional workbook accompanying the series, visit kingschurchlondon.org/reach.
Phil speaks about God's power being available to us and presents two main reasons why sometimes we do not experience 'all the power' that God may have for us.
Paul describes Christians as anointed with the Spirit, sealed with the Spirit, and given the Spirit as a guarantee. What do these images mean, and how do they help us encounter God?
Phil Varley, our Associate Pastor, looks at baptism in the Holy Spirit. He encourages us, whatever our view, to ask again and again for God, by His Spirit, to do more in us and through us, cultivating a life that is dependent on Him.
This is the second message in our four-part ENCOUNTER series.
Paul tells us to “be filled with the Spirit”. But what does that actually mean? Is it a habit, or an experience, or both? And how do we go about it?
Find out in this message by Andrew Wilson, our Teaching Pastor, the first in our four-part ENCOUNTER series.
When we behold the wonder of Jesus it should lead us to declare the good news to everyone we meet.
The first people ever to bow down before Jesus were pagan astrologers. The magi saw a wonder, found themselves wondering about it, and then their wonder turned to worship.
When the shepherds in the Christmas story explained what had happened, everyone “wondered” at what they heard. But the thing that made everyone wonder was not the angel choir, or even the manger. It was the saying the angels had told them: this child is a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord.
The gospel writers draw us into the wonder of God’s eternal plan which unfolds in the coming of Jesus as Saviour. It is an amazing wonder that God’s plan depends on a young girl who says yes to becoming a mother.
Will we say yes to Jesus as He reveals himself to us this Christmas?
Those who follow God are like trees, according to Psalm 1. And like trees, disciples grow in three ways: up, in and out.
In week two of our three-week mini-series called Steps into King's, our Associate Pastor Phil Varley speaks about the importance of good leadership from John 13:1-17.
In this first week of our three-week mini-series called Steps into King's, our Associate Pastor Phil Varley speaks about the why being part of a church really matters for believers.
As we look towards starting to turn Vision 2030 into a reality, Steve Tibbert, our Senior Pastor, shares on God's desire for us to be a generous people.
For more information about Vision 2030, visit kingschurchlondon.org/vision.
We are encouraged to follow God's example by living differently to the surrounding culture.
Guest speaker Geoff Surratt shares on how an earth-shaking move of God happens – a clear call, a catalysing crisis, and then divine breakthrough.
Initially looking at the book of Acts and his experience at Seacoast Church in America, Geoff goes on to talk about King's being on the edge of a move of God and what that means for each of us.
Geoff has served on the leadership teams at Seacoast Church and Saddleback Church, and as Managing Director of Exponential. He is the author of several books, including 'Together: A Guide for Couples in Ministry' written with his wife Sherry. Along with writing, Geoff coaches churches and leaders around the U.S. and in Europe. Geoff lives in Denver, Colorado.
Twitter: @geoffsurratt
This message by Andrew Wilson, our Teaching Pastor, is part of of our Vision 2030 series, sharing a new vision for King's, a vision not just for the next twelve months, but the next twelve years.
The final of our three main themes is RESOURCE.
For more information and the Vision 2030 booklet, visit kingschurchlondon.org/vision.
This message by Phil Varley, our Associate Pastor, is part of of our Vision 2030 series, sharing a new vision for King's, a vision not just for the next twelve months, but the next twelve years.
The second of our three main themes is RESTORE.
The church is a place of restoration. Partly, this is because the Gospel restores people as we become believers and find new purpose, wholeness and life.
But it is also because we see things that we cannot simply walk past. There are needs and injustices all around us. Biblical churches restore communities, not just individuals, and if we ever "shut up shop" as a church, the local community should miss us and the positive impact we have on the area.
For more information and the Vision 2030 booklet, visit kingschurchlondon.org/vision.
This message by Steve Tibbert, our Senior Pastor, is part of of our Vision 2030 series, sharing a new vision for King's, a vision not just for the next twelve months, but the next twelve years.
The first of our three main themes is REACH.
The atmosphere of the New Testament is one of mission empowered by the Holy Spirit and the proclamation of the gospel. The church in Antioch was born out of the scattering of believers under persecution (Acts 11:20-1). We believe that the next season of the King’s story will be an intentional and rapid expansion towards proclaiming the gospel and building a church of 5,000.
For more information and the Vision 2030 booklet, visit kingschurchlondon.org/vision.
In this Vision Sunday message from 23 September 2018, Steve Tibbert, our Senior Pastor, shares about Vision 2030, a new vision for King's – a vision not just for the next twelve months, but the next twelve years.
For more information, the Vision 2030 booklet or to watch this message, visit kingschurchlondon.org/vision.
Is life as a whole, whoever you are and wherever you happen to be born, shaped like a SMILE: things go down in the middle, but up at the end or like a FROWN? Things go up in the middle, but that’s as good as they ever get? Is it a comedy, or a tragedy?
God's plan is the church, not just the church as a whole but for you as an individual in his church. It's a plan that cost him everything and calls for us to do our part as adopted sons and daughters to grow his family.
God's plan is the church, not just the church as a whole but for you as an individual in his church. It's a plan that cost him everything and calls for us to do our part as adopted sons and daughters to grow his family.
Looking at the motives and methods false teachers use to mislead others and what our response to them should be.
2 Peter 1 gives us a beautiful explanation of how Christianity is both human and divine, at the same time. We celebrate the humanity and divinity of Jesus, but also (in some ways) that of Scripture, and of the entire Christian life.
John teaches us the difference between walking and supporting one another in the truth, or putting yourself first and talking nonsense.
The importance of continuing in the teaching of Christ, in a world where it is often challenged.
The first in our Summer Shorts series, there are so many different themes packed into this little book of Philemon. But probably the biggest theme of this letter, and the theme of this talk, is the issue of forgiveness and reconciliation.
The whole story has been one of God drawing us out so he can draw us in: to relationship, to intimacy, and to presence with him. So the second half of the book is all about building a dwelling place for God, and the end focuses on how it is filled with God’s holy presence-cloud. That is the Pentecost moment of the story.
Here's a link to the video referenced at the start of the message: https://www.facebook.com/TheVillageChurch/videos/10154007344772833/
After the blessing comes a fall. Israel, like Adam and Eve, turns her back on God and makes an idol, breaking the first two commandments; judgment immediately follows. But God is gracious, revealing his name to Moses, agreeing to remain with Israel, and restating the covenant. We, too, disobey God and worship idols, but receive his mercy and glimpse his presence—not his back but, in Christ, his face.
A practical look at leadership, based Moses' encounter with Jethro. Leadership wisdom isn’t unspiritual; it actually ensures the purposes of God are achieved. As a leader, you must know your limits, welcome good advice from outside God’s people, recognize your unique contribution, delegate to people according to character and competence.
Israel plunders Egypt, leaving with far more than they arrived with, which often happens in Exodus stories in Scripture. A mixed multitude goes with them, as God’s mercy is shown to Gentiles as well as Jews (as in Christ).
The giving of the Ten Commandments, along with some other early laws, is sandwiched in between two encounters on the mountain, first with Moses and then with the seventy elders. Obedience is a response to God’s grace, not a means of getting it. In some ways, that shape (gracious rescue – obedience to God’s law – eating and drinking with him) still holds for us in the new covenant.
Israel is out of Egypt, but still in need of daily miracles to sustain them; so are we in the normal Christian life. Manna could only be collected for today, even if Israel wanted to hoard it for tomorrow; it’s the same for us. Jesus is our bread of life and living water to satisfy our hunger and quench our thirst.
There are three revelations of who God is immediately following the exodus. The first one fits with what Israel had seen (warrior). The second gives another perspective, as God heals Israel’s diseases (which he still does). The third reminds them that God is still the one to whom they run in times of need, and who answers prayers.
The Red Sea. God does not just bring Israel out; he destroys her enemies. This is a beautiful picture both of the cross and resurrection (particularly when we see the cross as a victory over the devil), as well as of baptism, in which we are saved through water and our enemies are overthrown.
King's is one church, meeting on multiple sites, and together we share one vision. Although each site is different in numerous respects depending on, amongst other things, the size of the site, there are certain values and approaches that are consistent across King's – so whatever site or meeting you’re at, we'll have a common, consistent approach, shaped by underlying shared values.
King's is one church, meeting on multiple sites, and together we share one vision. Although each site is different in numerous respects depending on, amongst other things, the size of the site, there are certain values and approaches that are consistent across King's – so whatever site or meeting you’re at, we'll have a common, consistent approach, shaped by underlying shared values.
King's is one church, meeting on multiple sites, and together we share one vision. Although each site is different in numerous respects depending on, amongst other things, the size of the site, there are certain values and approaches that are consistent across King's – so whatever site or meeting you’re at, we'll have a common, consistent approach, shaped by underlying shared values.
King's is one church, meeting on multiple sites, and together we share one vision. Although each site is different in numerous respects depending on, amongst other things, the size of the site, there are certain values and approaches that are consistent across King's – so whatever site or meeting you’re at, we'll have a common, consistent approach, shaped by underlying shared values.
King's is one church, meeting on multiple sites, and together we share one vision. Although each site is different in numerous respects depending on, amongst other things, the size of the site, there are certain values and approaches that are consistent across King's – so whatever site or meeting you’re at, we'll have a common, consistent approach, shaped by underlying shared values.
King's is one church, meeting on multiple sites, and together we share one vision. Although each site is different in numerous respects depending on, amongst other things, the size of the site, there are certain values and approaches that are consistent across King's – so whatever site or meeting you’re at, we'll have a common, consistent approach, shaped by underlying shared values.
King's is one church, meeting on multiple sites, and together we share one vision. Although each site is different in numerous respects depending on, amongst other things, the size of the site, there are certain values and approaches that are consistent across King's – so whatever site or meeting you’re at, we'll have a common, consistent approach, shaped by underlying shared values.
King's is one church, meeting on multiple sites, and together we share one vision. Although each site is different in numerous respects depending on, amongst other things, the size of the site, there are certain values and approaches that are consistent across King's – so whatever site or meeting you’re at, we'll have a common, consistent approach, shaped by underlying shared values.
King's is one church, meeting on multiple sites, and together we share one vision. Although each site is different in numerous respects depending on, amongst other things, the size of the site, there are certain values and approaches that are consistent across King's – so whatever site or meeting you’re at, we'll have a common, consistent approach, shaped by underlying shared values.
The book of Exodus raises all sorts of questions for us today about historical accuracy, dating, divine violence, and of course slavery. This seminar digs into these issues in a bit more depth with a mixture of teaching and Q&A.
There are still areas in which God's people are still in slavery and oftentimes they respond with hardened hearts like Pharaoh. Like Moses Jesus has come to set us free.
I AM. God reveals himself to Moses in the burning bush, and identifies himself simply as “I am who I am.” God is not like us: He is completely different – independent, infinite, eternal, unchanging – He is.
Ways in which God brings people out of slavery into freedom. Before Moses leads the people out of the water, God leads him out of the water. Even the terrible trials of our lives can be used by God to serve others.
Serving is at the heart of what it means to be a Christian. We love God because God first loved us, we serve God because God first served us.
Building a Multi-Ethnic Church | Scott Marques | John 17:1-5,20-22 by King's Church London
Sex, Creation, Worship and the Gospel | Andrew Wilson | Genesis 2:18-25 by King's Church London
We are stewards of all our gifts, but money is often the one that tests the others. Biblical stewardship is a mixture of contentment, generosity and provision.
"Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me – put it into practice." Paul urges his disciples to copy him, and imitation is crucial in the Christian life. Paul applies this particularly to peace, in our relationships, our prayer lives and our thought lives.
Adoption is part of God's plan for us. We are adopted as sons and daughters for God's glory because of Jesus.
Becoming a believer involves a change of identity, of status: we become citizens of heaven, and live in this world as citizens of another one. The return of Jesus as king provides us with the sticking power we need to continue in faith
Following Jesus is about worshipping God in joy and in the Spirit, but also in laying aside all things – considering them rubbish – in order to gain Christ. True worship involves the whole of life.
Paul speaks of three different but intimate relationships, with the Philippians, Timothy and Epaphroditus. Each is characterised by joy, mixed with perseverance (Philippians), concern (Timothy) and sacrifice (Epaphroditus). Christian relationships are the same.
Following Jesus is about imitating him, having come to recognise and worship him as Lord, and then living it out.
The Christian life is hard work, and involves suffering as well as deliverance, opposition as well as joy. Our best weapon is an eternal perspective: to live is Christ and to die is gain.
Believers are caught up on God's mission, what Paul calls 'partnership in the gospel'. We are also partners in grace, and of course we share in Christ himself.
Philippians Part Two | Group Leaders' Training Day | Terry Virgo by King's Church London
Philippians Part One | Group Leaders' Training Day | Terry Virgo by King's Church London
A tale of two sisters - Martha and Mary - about busyness, productivity, and enjoying the presence of Jesus.
"Of the increase of his government and peace there will be no end."
Here's a link to the clip referred to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hMeiGe9rGQ
‘The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel’ (which means ‘God with us’).
The shepherds are told by the angels that Jesus has been born and he is the “Saviour”. Andrew ends his talk with the a the following clip from youTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNDtHdG5mVk
"And we look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen."
"We believe in one holy, catholic and apostolic Church. We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins."
Before making any big decision in life, we have to ask ourselves some very important questions like, "What is the cost?" or "Is it worth it?" In this talk, Charles looks at the cost of deciding to follow Jesus
"We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified, who spoke by the prophets."
“On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures; he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end”
"For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven… For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried. On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures…"
"For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven: by the power of the Holy Spirit he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary, and was made man."
Foundations for a resilient faith. “And we believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made.”
“We believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible.”
Who are we called to be? | Stand Alone | Tristan Newman | Zechariah 4:6 by King's Church London
The fifth and last in our Summer series looking at various sections of The Lord's Prayer.
This is the twelfth and last message in our series 'ORIGINS - Stories of Hope from Genesis', preached by Andrew Wilson.
This is the eleventh message in our series 'ORIGINS - Stories of Hope from Genesis', preached by Steve Tibbert.
This is the tenth message in our series 'ORIGINS - Stories of Hope from Genesis', preached by Andrew Wilson.
This is the ninth message in our series 'ORIGINS - Stories of Hope from Genesis', preached by Phil Varley. A video clip from the film 'Shrek' is shown before the preach.
This is the eighth message in our series 'ORIGINS - Stories of Hope from Genesis', preached by Hilary Dalziel.
This is the seventh message in our series 'ORIGINS - Stories of Hope from Genesis', preached by Phil Varley.
A seminar hosted by Andrew Wilson, our Teaching Pastor, going deeper on questions of origins, science and scripture. Andrew's talk includes a segment from Dr. John Walton's talk "Genesis Through Ancient Eyes" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOnsqCVq42A
An introduction to our new series 'ORIGINS - Stories of Hope from Genesis'.
In this first talk Andrew Wilson, our Teaching Pastor, covers four key areas: the origin of everything (1:1-4), the origin of humanity (1:27-28), the origin of evil (3:4-7) and the origin of hope (3:15).
Steve and Deb Tibbert unpack how understanding difference is crucial in building a strong marriage - looking briefly at cultural, personality and gender difference.
Psalm 37 addresses the injustice of 'the wicked' prospering and 'the righteous' suffering. We need to have an eternal perspective and understand that God will ultimately bring justice but how do we cope here and now? The psalmist gives us five ways to handle injustice.
Starting well in the race of faith - the ready, steady go! - is about people repenting, believing in Jesus and being willing to be baptised.
This Easter Sunday, our teaching pastor Andrew Wilson talks about Jesus redeems us from slavery, like God redeemed Israel.
On Good Friday, Charles Kimbangi looks at how Jesus substitutes for us and takes upon himself all of our sin and its consequences.
Victor | Easter Changes Everything | Phil Varley | Colossians 2:13-15 by King's Church London
Remover of Shame | Easter Changes Everything | Andrew Wilson | 1 Peter 2:4-10 by King's Church London
Everyone is Invited | INVITED | Andrew Wilson | Revelation 7:1-17 by King's Church London
Best Served with Grace | INVITED | Phil Varley | Ephesians 2:11-20 by King's Church London
A Place at the Table | INVITED | Hilary Dalziel & Roberta Walker | Acts 10:9-16 by King's Church London
The World and My Table | INVITED | Steve Tibbert | Acts 8:26-39 by King's Church London
Devoted to the breaking of bread together | DEVOTED | Andrew Wilson | 1 Cor 10:14-17 11:20-28 by King's Church London
Devoted to life in common | DEVOTED | Andrew Wilson | Acts 4:32-37 by King's Church London
Devoted to the Apostles' teaching | DEVOTED | Andrew Wilson | Acts 2:32-47 by King's Church London
You are the light of the world | Light of the world | Hilary Dalziel | Matthew 5:14-16 by King's Church London
The Light has come | Light of the world | Andrew Wilson | Isaiah 9:1-7 by King's Church London
We Were Made to Live in His Light | Light of the World | Andrew Wilson | John 1:1-18 by King's Church London
3 Questions Which Change Everything | Steve Clifford | John 4:27-42 by King's Church London
What happened at Easter? | If God, Then What? | Steve Tibbert | Romans 1:1-6 by King's Church London
In our 'If God, Then What?' series we're asking seven questions - questions that will make us think, imagine, and wonder aloud about truth, origins and redemption.
Each week will revolve around a key question, with an opportunity for discussion at the end, so if you're new to church, you will hopefully find the series relevant and accessible. Then, in the final two weeks, we'll turn to ask about things which are more obviously Christian. What happened at Easter? And so what?
The series is based on Andrew Wilson's popular and easy-to-read book of the same title, which is available here.
If you're asking questions about life or want to explore Christianity, why not consider coming along to Alpha, which we run every term at King's. Find out more at kingschurchlondon.org/alpha.
What is wrong with the world? | If God, Then What? | Andrew Wilson by King's Church London
This talk references the video - The Monkey Business Illusion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGQmdoK_ZfY
Baptism: Symbol, Sign and Step | Phil Varley | Matthew 28:16-19 by King's Church London
Vision Sunday | A Season of Favour | Steve Tibbert | 1 Thessalonians 1:2-10 by King's Church London
Why Do You Notice Me A Foreigner | Ruth | Andrew Wilson | Ruth 2:1-23 by King's Church London
When The Spirit Comes | Miracles | Hilary Dalziel | Acts 5:12-21 by King's Church London
When The Spirit Comes | Water Baptism | Steve Tibbert | Acts 2:36-38 by King's Church London
When The Spirit Comes | Baptism With The Spirit | Andy Floyd | Acts 2:1-18 by King's Church London
Resurrection Sunday | Easter Changes Everything | Steve Tibbert | Luke 24:1-12 by King's Church London
Good Friday | Easter Changes Everything | Charles Kimbangi | Mark 15:33-39 by King's Church London
Transformed In My Vocational Health | Transformed | Phil Varley | 1 Samuel 17:26-37 by King's Church London
Transformed In My Financial Health | Transformed | Andrew Wilson | Luke 16:1-13 by King's Church London
Building Strong Families | Stand Alone | Steve and Deb Tibbert | Deuteronomy 6:4-7 by King's Church London
Jesus The Great Samaritan | Stand Alone | Ben Lindsay | Luke 10 by King's Church London
Transformed In My Relational Health | Transformed | Phil Varley | Genesis 3:6-12,16 by King's Church London
Transformed In My Emotional Health | Transformed | Andy Floyd | Mark 14:32-38 by King's Church London
Transformed In My Mental Health | Transformed | Malcolm Kyte | Romans 12:2 by King's Church London
Transformed In My Physical Health | Transformed | Steve Tibbert | Psalm 23 by King's Church London
Transformed In My Spiritual Health | Transformed | Phil Varley | Luke 15:11-22 24 by King's Church London
Thinking About Mission | Start | Scott Marques | Matthew 11:11,12 by King's Church London
Making Space For Friends | Start | Phil Varley | Proverbs 12:26 by King's Church London
Freed From A Bad Conscience To Serve The Living God | Grace | Terry Virgo | Hebrews 9:11-14 by King's Church London
Happily Ever After | Follow Me | Steve And Deb Tibbert | 1 Corinthians 7 by King's Church London
Single And Satisfied | Follow Me | Steve Tibbert | 1 Corinthians 7 by King's Church London
On Sunday 13 September 2015 we marked 20 years since Steve Tibbert (our Senior Pastor) arrived to lead King's with his wife, Deb, and two young children. In preparation for the day, Phil Varley (our Associate Pastor) interviewed Steve and Deb. Watch the video at https://vimeo.com/kingschurchlondon/vision-sunday-sep15.
The Parable of The Persistent Widow | Jesus Stories | Annie Twort | Luke 18:1-8 by King's Church London
The Parable of The Lost Coin & Lost Sheep | Jesus Stories | Neal Glanville | Luke 15:1-10 by King's Church London
The Parable Of Places At The Banquet | Jesus Stories | Phil Varley |Luke 14:7-14 by King's Church London
The Parable Of The Good Samaritan | Jesus Stories | Steve Van Rhyn | Luke 10:25-37 by King's Church London
The Parable Of The Good Samaritan | Jesus Stories | Annie Twort | Luke 10:25-37 by King's Church London
The Parable Of Two Men Released From Debt | Jesus Stories | Tristan Newman | Luke 7:36-50 by King's Church London
The Parable Of The Sower | Jesus Stories | Hilary Dalziel | Luke 8:5-15 by King's Church London
Escape Or Endure | Power In Weakness | Steve Tibbert | 2 Corinthians 12:1-10 by King's Church London
Sowing And Reaping | Power In Weakness | Andrew Wilson | 2 Corinthians 9:6-15 by King's Church London
The Parable Of The Sower | Stand Alone | David Sims | Luke 8:4-15 by King's Church London
Excel In The Grace Of Giving | Power in Weakness | Malcolm Kyte | 2 Corinthians 8:1-12 by King's Church London
Making Good Choices | Power In Weakness | Phil Varley | 2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1 by King's Church London
Ministry And Message Of Reconciliation | Power In Weakness | Steve Tibbert | 2 Corinthians 5:11-6:2 by King's Church London
Do Not Lose Heart | Power In Weakness | Malcolm Kyte | 2 Corinthians 4:16-5:10 by King's Church London
Treasure In Jars Of Clay | Power In Weakness | Hilary Dalziel | 2 Corinthians 4:1-15 by King's Church London
Transformed Into His Likeness | Power In Weakness | Simon Knightly | 2 Corinthians 3:7-18 by King's Church London
The Aroma Of Christ | Power In Weakness | Malcolm Kyte | 2 Corinthians 2:14-16 by King's Church London
The Aroma Of Christ | Power In Weakness | Mike Reich | 2 Corinthians 2:12-3:6 by King's Church London
Triumph In Surrender Being The Aroma Of Christ | Power In Weakness | Kwaku Osafo | 2 Corinthians 2 by King's Church London
All Gods Promises Are Yes In Christ | Power In Weakness | Steve Tibbert | 2 Corinthians 1:12-22 by King's Church London
Pauls Prayer For The Ephesians | Barney Hall | Ephesians 3:14-19 by King's Church London
Two Powerful Lies | Power in Weakness | Mick Taylor | 2Corinthians 1:1-14 by King's Church London
Let The Little Children Come | Stand Alone | Cathy Kyte | Mark 10:13-16 by King's Church London
The Resurrection | Stand Alone | David Kimmins | 1 Corinthians 15 by King's Church London
Celebrating Together | Better Together | Phil Varley | Psalm 107 by King's Church London
Lengthen and Strengthen | Vision Sunday | Steve Tibbert | Isaiah 53-55 | September 2012 by King's Church London
Acts 2 Church | Vision Sunday | Steve Tibbert | Acts 2:36-47 | September 2011 by King's Church London
Time To Advance | Vision Sunday | Steve Tibbert | Joshua 6 | September 2010 by King's Church London
Multiplication | M5 Vision Expressed | Mick Taylor | Mark 6:38-44 by King's Church London
Defining Moments | Vision Sunday | Steve Tibbert | January 2012 by King's Church London
Come and See | Vision Sunday | Steve Tibbert | Luke 9 | September 2014 by King's Church London
Better Together | Vision Sunday | Steve Tibbert | John 21:1-14 | January 2015 by King's Church London
Things Aint What They Used To Be | Trending Now | Mick Taylor | Matthew 5:13-16 by King's Church London
Internet - Pornography | Trending Now | Steve Tibbert | Proverbs 5:1-23 by King's Church London
Identity - Singleness | Trending Now | Phil Varley | 1 Corinthians 7 by King's Church London
King Saul: Outward Appearances | 3 Kings | Lex Loizides | 1 Samuel 8-12 by King's Church London
Saul: The Spear Throwing King | 3 Kings | Steve Tibbert | 1 Samuel 18:1-11 by King's Church London
Saul: The Heart of the Matter | 3 Kings | Phil Varley | 1 Samuel 13:13-14 by King's Church London
How to Serve a Sovereign God | 3 Kings | Mick Taylor | 1 Samuel 16 by King's Church London
David, GOD and Goliath | 3 Kings | Hilary Dalziel | 1 Samuel 17 by King's Church London
Where Is Your Confidence? | 3 Kings | Ben Welchman | 1 Samuel 17 by King's Church London
David: A Worshipper | 3 Kings | Steve Tibbert | 2 Samuel 6:1-23 by King's Church London
David A Fathers Failure | 3 Kings | Malcolm Kyte | 1 Chronicles 3:1-9 by King's Church London
David: Good Leader, Poor Dad | 3 Kings | Mick Taylor | 2 Samuel 11 by King's Church London
The Greatest Danger | 3 Kings | Mick Taylor | 1 Kings 10:23-11:13 by King's Church London
End of a Season | 3 Kings | Steve Tibbert | Ecclesiastes 12:1-14 by King's Church London
What Builds Up Relationships And What Destroys Them | Better Together | Malcolm Kyte by King's Church London