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This is a recording of the words given at the open meeting on 15 June 2025

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This talk, by Martin Lodge, is subtitled 'Teeming with Life' and shows that the Israelite's entry to the Promised Land could have been sooner had they obeyed the two spies advice rather than the ten others.

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This is a recording of the presentations by Ruth Street on our new Forest School venture 'Transformers' and a review of the year's finances by Jon Adair.

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This talk, by Ben Leney, uses Ezekiel Chapter 37 verses 1 to 14 to ask the question 'Can these bones live?' and introduces our Prayer Care Share season running until the 6th July. If you didn't get your booklet, collect from church!

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On Sun 11th May we celebrated Jess' testimony and baptism, followed by an exciting report from Alan and Jane Hutt on furlough from the Beehive Foundation, Nakuru, Kenya

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This talk, by Toby Golledge, discusses the magnitude of the provision God has made , through Jesus, for us all.

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This talk, by Ben Leney, subtitled 'Go Into All the World' finishes the series on the book of Mark, this time using the passage from Chapter 16 Verses 9 to 20.

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This talk, by Sylvia Boys, uses the passages John 10: 10, Romans 8:18/19 and James 1: 1 - 8 to encourage us to live in the victory that Jesus gave us.

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This talk, by Ben Leney, subtitled "Just as He said" was given on Easter Sunday 2025 and uses the passage Matthew 28 verses 1 - 10

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This talk, by Gilbert Boys, subtitled 'Christ, the Firstfruits' continues the series on the book of Mark, this time using the passage from Chapter 16 Verses 1 to 8.

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'Through looking at the kingdom of God in Matthew, Ben Leney asks the questions: Are we truly responding to the call of Jesus in our lives to be His disciples? And suggests how we might be more effective in our ministry, and where that power comes from.'

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This talk, by Ben Leney, subtitled 'The Heart of Darkness' continues the series on the book of Mark, this time using the passage from Chapter 15 Verses 35 to 47.

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This talk, by Chris Smith uses the passage in Hebrews 2 verse 10 as his guide to experiencing God's glory.

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In this talk John France takes us to Ps 141, to show how our desire to live an upright life can be enhanced by the application of what may be an often overlooked truth.

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This talk, by Linda Brakha, subtitled 'Jesus of Nazareth - King of the Jews' continues the series on the book of Mark, this time using the passage from Chapter 15 verses 21 to 32.

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In this talk, Martin French. says "All people, believers and non-believers, are on a journey to know God the Father, if they are willing. How can we help?"

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In this talk Lizzie Hickmore poses the question in 2 Peter 3 verse 11.

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This talk, by John France, subtitled 'The Greatest Story (of injustice) ever told' continues the series on the book of Mark, this time using the passage from Chapter 15 verses 6 to 20.

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This talk, by Hilary Ashley, equates the glory as the manifest presence of God.

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This talk, by Jeremy Smith of 'Ebenezer Operation Exodus' is a report on the situation in Israel, followed by an 'interview' from Ben Leney and prayers for Jeremy and his family.

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This talk, by Martin French, continues the series on the book of Mark, this time using the passage from Chapter 13 verses 14 to 23.

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How is God's glory different from human glory? And how can we daily experience His glory? With glory as our theme this year, this is the fourth talk focusing on it.

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This talk, by Ben Leney, continues the series on the book of Mark, this time using the passage from Chapter 13 verses 1 to 13.

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This is a recording of the words given in the Open Meeting 27th October 2024

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This talk, by Toby Golledge, is subtitled, 'Finding Our Way Back'.

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John France looks at God's preference for ownership in an ephemeral society and how His faithfulness to Israel is balanced with an astonishing downpayment to all His children.

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This talk, by Lizzie Hickmore, continues the series on the book of Mark, this time using the passage from Chapter 12 verses 35 to 44.

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This talk, by Jackie Goble, is subtitled 'There is Power in the Tongue'.

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This talk, by John France, continues the series on the book of Mark, this time using the passage from Chapter 12 verses 18 to 34.

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This talk, by Martin Lodge, is Subtitled 'A Bid for Good and Ever Growing Relationship with God'

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This talk, by Ben Leney, subtitled 'Give Back to God What is God's', is a continuation of the series in the book of Mark using the passage from Chapter 12 verses 1 to 18.

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The final talk in our 'Belief into Action' series.  Ben Leney asks "How do we find common ground with humanists?"; and "What would they think of St. Paul?"

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In this talk Martin French traces the meaning of these two terms back to the Altar to the Unknown God in Acts 17 and sees what we can learn, from Paul's visit to Athens, about how to approach those who do not believe.

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This talk, by Toby Golledge, a continuation of the series 'Carrying the Glory'.

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This talk, by Ruth Humphreys, Is a continuation of the series in the book of Mark using the passage from Chapter 11 verses 20 to 33.

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This talk is by Martin Lodge on the occasion of the July Family Meeting.

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This talk, by Chris Birch continues the series in the book of Mark, this time from Chapter 11 verses 12 to 19.

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This is a recording of the talk, testimonies and prayers for the baptisms of Martin Scott, Chloe-Hope Adair and Nathaniel Eldridge.

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Given on Mission Sunday, this talk, by Nigel Tween of Elim used passages in the book of Acts showing the various aspects of Phillips missionary life.

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This talk, by Gilbert Boys subtitled 'Entry into Jerusalem', continues the series on the book of Mark using the passage from Chapter 11 verses 1 to 11.

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This talk is by Lizzie Hickmore in which she encourages us to start a journey through forgiveness into Father's love. Begin by becoming like a little child.

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This talk, by Liz New, continues the series in the book of Mark, using the passage in Chapter 10 verses 46 to 52 in which Jesus restores sight to blind Bartimaeus.

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This talk, by Emmanuel Edet uses verses from 2 Corinthians chapter 3 and 2 Timothy chapter 2 as his base passages.

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This talk, by Ben Leney, looks at the ways a Christian may look at elections.

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This talk, by John France, uses the passage in Acts chapter 2 with some insights to the day of Pentecost.

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In this talk Ben Leney continues the series in the book of Mark with the passage in Chapter 10 verses 32 to 40.

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This talk, by Martin French, part 2 of the series on 'Belief Into Action', is in 3 sections; a background introduction to Islam; comparing what the Quran and the Bible say about Jesus and hints on relating to Muslims as witnesses.

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Subtitled 'The Rich and the Kingdom of God', Emmanuel Edet continues the series in the book of Mark with the passage, Chapter 10 verses 17 to 31.

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This is a recording of the words, testimonies and prayers during the Sunday open meeting. (N.B. No music was recorded.)

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Subtitled 'What Did Moses Mean?', Ralph Page continues the series in the book of Mark with the passage, Chapter 10 verses 1 to 16.

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In this talk Jackie Goble uses Romans 8 verse 28 as her base passage.

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Our visiting speaker for our family service is Andy Economides.

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This talk, by Chris Birch, continues the series in the book of Mark using the passage from Chapter 9 verses 42 to 50.

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This is a recording of some of the words given on Easter Sunday 2024

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This talk, by Lizzie Hickmore, is the first of a new series on 'The Glory of God'.

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This talk, by Ben Leney, subtitled 'Servant of All' continues the series in the book of Mark using the passage from Chapter 9 verses 30 to 41.

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In this talk John Adair gives examples of the great love Jesus had for his disciples using selected verses from Chapters 13 to 17 of John's Gospel.

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This talk, by Toby Golledge, is the next in the series on the book of Mark, using the section from Chapter 9 verses 14 to 29. It includes a song written and performed by Toby.

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This talk, by Ben Leney, is the first in a new series 'Belief into Action' looking at live issues in Paul's letters. How do people respond to Paul as he presents the case for Christ, and what is the secret of his motivation?

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Communion led by Jon Adair followed by Open Ministry

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This talk, by Tony Leney, subtitled 'A Glimpse of Glory' continues the series using Chapter 9 verses 2 to 13.

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This talk, by John France, is another in the 'Praying Naturally' series.

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This talk, by Lizzie Hickmore, is another in the series on the book of Mark, this time using Chapter 8 verse 27 to Chapter 9 verse 1.

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Subtitled 'The Road Less Traveled', this talk, by Martin French, is part of the series on the book of Mark using the section from Chapter 7 verse 31 to Chapter 8 verse 10.

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This is a recording of the open meeting including a presentation and prayers for a forthcoming mission to Romania.

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This talk, by Ben Leney, is another in the series on 'Prayer' using passages from Ephesians 6 and Joshua 6.

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This talk, by Ben Leney, subtitled 'Outsiders and Insiders', is another in the series on the book of Mark, this time using Chapter 8 verses 11 to 26.

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This recording of the open meeting includes a song written and performed by Toby Golledge.

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In this talk Hannalie Smit uses the passage in John 8: 1 - 11 to demonstrate Jesus's love for the woman taken in adultery.

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This talk, by Ben Leney, continues the series in the book of Mark, this time using Chapter 6 verses 1 to 13

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This talk is by Martin French. Laughter: 'A series of explosive inarticulate sounds of the voice' or 'the expression of exuberant joy'? Life is better with laughter but is it spiritual? Shouldn't be part of church? Listen and decide. 

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This talk, by Gerard Long, is an update on a 'Prayer at the heart' awakening in Ohio USA and a desire to see church unity and love produce the same in the UK.

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This talk, by Gilbert Boys, is an expanded version of a talk he gave recently at a conference at Cromer.

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This continuation in the studies in the book of Mark is by Toby Golledge, using the passage Mark 5 verses 21 - 34.

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This talk, by Ben Leney, uses Act 2 verses 1 to 4 as its base passage.

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This talk, by Lizzie Hickmore, is part 12 of the series in the book of Mark, this time using the passage from Chapter 5 verses 8 to 20.

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Simon Downing our guest speaker for Mission Sunday bases this talk on the passage in Acts chapter 17 verses 16 to 34.

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This talk, by Ben Leney, is part 11 of the series in the book of Mark, this time using the passage from Chapter 4 verse 35 to Chapter 5 verse 7.

NB Part 10 (Chapter 4 verses 21 - 34) was not recorded.

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This talk, by Ben Leney, is subtitled 'Gangsters or Nappy Changers?'

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This talk, by Toby Gollege, is subtitled 'Talking, listening & responding'

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This talk, by Chris Birch, continues in the series on the book of Mark using the passage from Chapter 3 verse 31 through to Chapter 4 verse 20.

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Some open ministry, songs and communion service

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This talk, by Emmanuel Edet, is the second in our series on the Presence of God.  It includes some prophetic singing at the start.

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This talk, by Ben Leney, is the eighth in the series, using chapter 3 verses 20 to 35.

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This week's podcast is a Mission Report on the recent Romania trip (Denise) and Update on Waymakers (Jackie).

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This talk, by Martin Lodge, is subtitled 'The Elephant in the Room'. It's the first talk in a new series on God's Presence looking at Isaiah 6 and other passages.

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This talk, by Grace Turpin, is the seventh in the series, using chapter 3 verses 1 to 19.

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This talk, by Jackie Goble on the occasion of Easter Sunday 2023, looks at the disciples reaction to the events leading up to the Crucifixion and Resurrection.

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This talk, by John France, is the sixth in the series, this time looking at Chapter 2 verses 18 - 28

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This talk, by Martin French, uses 1 Corinthians 15:8 as a base. In it we look at Paul’s conversion in Acts 9, where Jesus met with him dramatically on the road to Damascus.  We consider what road we were on when Jesus met with us, and also whether seeing Jesus is a necessary seal of Apostleship.

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This talk, by Amy Leney, was given on the occasion of the Mothering Sunday 2023

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This talk, by Ben Leney, is the fifth in the series on the book of Mark, this time covering Chapter 2 verses 1 - 17.

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This talk, by Emmanuel Edet, uses 1 Corinthians 15 verse 4 as his base passage.

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This talk, by Ben Leney, uses verse 3 of 1 Corinthians 15 as his base passage.

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This talk, by Martin French, is the 4th of the series using the passage Mark 1 verses 35 to 45.

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This talk, by John France, uses the first 2 verses of 1 Corinthians, chapter 15 as the base passage.

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This talk, by Ben Leney, is the third in the series using verses 21 - 34 in Chapter 1 of the book of Mark.

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This talk, by Lizzie Hickmore, continues the studies in the book of Mark, this time with Chapter 1 verses 12 to 20.

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This talk, by Ben Leney was given at the beginning of Marriage Week 2023.

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The Way We Preach: The gospel as best I remember it.

This talk, by Ben Leney, is the first in a new series based on 1 Cor. 15:1-11.

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This talk, by Ben Leney, is the first part of a series looking at the book of Mark, starting with Chapter 1 verses 1 to 11.

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This is a continuation of the presentation by Ben Leney of the vision for 2023 and words shared by various members of the church.

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This is a recording of the words given on Vision Sunday 2923, introduced and ending with comments by Ben Leney.

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Jokes, carols, readings and a seasonal address from our carol service 2022.

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In this talk Ben Leney asks "Why study the Bible verse by verse? What do we believe about the bible? And what is the focus of the gospel of Mark?" A taster session for our Monday evening Bible studies starting in 2023.

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This talk, by John France, gives us an assurance for the return of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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In this talk Ben Leney asks "What can we learn from those who have lived a good Christian life? And what message did Jesus have for his disciples before He left them?" Based on John 15:13-18, a Remembrance Day-themed talk.

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Ben Leney shares the vision for CAP for the Multichurch Partnership plan to open a Debt Centre in Bognor.

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'Entertainment and Culture' is the subject of this talk by Hannelie Smit and is a personal response to current culture and the use of entertainment.

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In this talk Julie Passmore shares some of the ways that God can be present in our ‘brokenness’.

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The third in the series (by Ben Leney) looks at grandparents: do you feel equipped for this role?  See how Genesis 48 has some insights.  Also, have you made those vital decisions as you grow older?  If you would like the handout that goes with the talk, email ben@thekingsgatechurch.org.uk to get your copy.

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Martin French, in the second of a short series, discusses what is involved in being a parent.

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In this talk, Martin Lodge looks at the education of Jewish children at the feet of their Rabbis contrasted with the training of the Apostle Peter at the feet of Jesus.

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Prayers after death of Queen Elizabeth II and acknowledging the accession to the throne of King Charles III.

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Ben's final talk in his mini-series on Jeremiah.  What is the significance of the New Covenant - what did it mean for Israel and what does it mean for us?  Hear how Jeremiah actually brings some of the best news in the entire Old Testament in Jer 31:34-37.

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This talk, by John France, encourages us to chose what God's Word tells us rather than what our 'eyes' see.

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Ben Leney chooses three powerful images to look at Jeremiah's prophetic messages to the nations and makes connections with Jesus' own ministry: the Potter's Wheel, the yoke and the cup of wrath. (Relevant passages Jeremiah 18, 25 and 27, and chapters 46-51).

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On the occasion of Mission Sunday Gerard Long gave an update of the work in India & the USA

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This talk is by Chris Smith, on Whitsunday 2022

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This talk is the second part of Ben Leney's study on Jeremiah Chapter 26

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This talk, by Ben Leney, is the first in a short series - A Prophet to the Nations - using the passage beginning in Jeremiah 1 verse 5.

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This talk, by Jackie Goble, is the last in the Sermon on the Mount series using the passage in Matthew 5 verses 38 - 48.

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This talk, by Martin Lodge, is another in the series on the Sermon on the Mount taking the passage in Matthew 7 verses 13 - 29.

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This talk, by Martin French asks "What do we see when light enters the tomb? If we dare to look we see why Jesus came, how He came and why He died, and that He is coming again. Ultimately ‘we see Jesus....crowned with glory and honour because of the suffering of death’".

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This talk, by Malcolm McKee, is the next part of the series on The sermon on the Mount, this time using verses 25 - 34 of Matthew 6.

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This talk, by John France, continues the series on The Sermon on the Mount with the passage Matthew 6 verses 16 - 24.

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In this talk Martin French asks "Does the famous Sermon on the Mount contain a contradiction?" This talk compares Matthew 5:16 and Matthew 6:1 and considers this conundrum in relation to giving and fasting but especially Jesus’ teaching on prayer.

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This talk, by Ben Leney, is the second in this series, this time using Matthew 5:13-20.

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This talk, by Ben Leney, is the first in a series based on The Sermon on the Mount from Matthew, Chapter 5.

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This talk, by John France, may not be what you expect!

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This talk, by Ben Leney, sets out some thoughts and encouragement for the coming year.

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Gerard Long gave this message during the King's Gate Church Christmas service

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This talk, by Ben Leney, looks at various scriptures pointing to the birth of Jesus.

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In this talk Chris Smith uses the passage in Genesis Chapter 49 where Jacob speaks his last words to his sons.

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This talk, by Martin French is the final talk in the series.

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This talk, by Martin Lodge, is the second in the series 'Your Kingdom Come'

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This talk, by Lizzie Hickmore, is the first in the series

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This talk, by Chris Smith, is the third in a series on the various aspects of Kingdom Living

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This talk, by Martin Lodge, is part of a new series on Kingdom Living.

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This talk,by Ben Leney, is a continuation of his series on Israel

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This talk is by Lizzie Hickmore. Our expectations in life come either from a fear base or a base of hope. We need to intentionally desire to conform to Gods word and ways and increase our expectations for good, increase our Godly Hope, that we might move from where we are to where we can be in God.

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This talk, by Ben Leney, is the penultimate episode in his series on Israel

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This talk, by Ben Leney, continues his series on Israel.

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This talk, by John France, subtitled 'The Alpha and the Omega', is the final episode of his series on the book of Revelation

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This talk, by John France, subtitled 'The New Jerusalem' is the penultimate in his series on the book of Revelation.

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In this talk Malcolm McKee discusses "The Fruit of the Spirit -  Allowing the Holy Spirit to explore and develop them in our lives in his way and at his pace."