Firm Foundation Focus

In this opening episode, Alex begins the journey from soul-led effort to spirit-to-Spirit communion. Starting at the well in John 4, we uncover the moment Jesus declared an entirely new way of worship—one not dependent on location, mood, or ritual. Worship no longer begins with your attempt to reach God. It begins with His life in you. You’re not entering in—you’re already in. Ask Yourself: Am I s...

Resurrection isn’t a future reward—it is the indwelling life of the risen Christ, formed in you. In this final episode, Alex invites you to go beyond borrowed language and surface-level change, into the reality of resurrection life that dismantles the self-life and forms the Son. This isn’t about upgrading your behaviour—it’s about the old man being ended and the new man maturing. Grace doesn’t ma...

What kind of death does discipleship really demand? In this episode, Alex explores the twofold death that every disciple must walk through—the once-for-all crucifixion of the old man in Adam, and the daily dying of the self-life. Drawing on Bonhoeffer’s piercing insight, this message calls us to embrace the cross not as a concept, but as the beginning of real formation. Because until the soul yiel...

Join Alex in this opening episode as he unpacks Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s powerful call to confront cheap grace and rediscover true discipleship through the breaking of the soul and the forming of the new man under spiritual parenting. This episode challenges us to ask: What gospel have I truly believed—and what kind of disciple has it made me? Ask yourself: Have I settled for grace that reassures rat...

You asked for fire—but do you know what it comes to do? In this final episode of The Master Builder , we confront the consuming presence of God—not as energy, emotion, or passion, but as holy fire that tests the origin of everything we've built. The fire doesn’t affirm what we’ve constructed—it reveals whether the source was truly Him. It exposes what we've protected, managed, or maintained in our...

The test of your work isn’t in its size—it’s in its source. We explore how even spiritual things can be built from the soul, and why the Father exposes what we’ve built in independence. If the foundation has cracked, this is your invitation to return. Ask yourself: What am I still holding that He’s asking to touch? Did this begin in prayer—or in pressure? Has my obedience shifted into ownership?

You may have started in obedience—But what you’re carrying now… did He really ask for it? In this episode, we confront the subtle drift from revelation to results—how we can begin in surrender and end up in self-effort. We walk through the exile, examine Haggai’s challenge, and uncover how pragmatism often disguises itself as faithfulness. Because when God pulls back the supply, it’s not always wa...

You’ve probably built something “for God.” But what if He never initiated it? What if the fire that’s already here isn’t coming to test your effort—but to reveal the source? In this opening episode, we confront the hidden independence that can exist inside even our most spiritual activity—and we return to the foundation: Christ Himself. Ask yourself: Am I building what He asked for—or just what wo...

What if the Christian life isn’t about producing fruit... but about trusting the Life that’s already inside you? In this episode, Alex shares a powerful personal story from 2023 — a day of traffic jams, hospital runs, and unexpected patience — revealing how the true life of the Son matures inside the new man. We’ll explore why the self-life can never be faithful, but the faithfulness of Christ alr...

This isn’t about big moments. This is about the slow, unseen formation that happens when no one’s watching. When it feels like life is paused. When nothing’s clear. When the Father benches you. In this final episode, I share how the new man is matured in hidden seasons—not through ministry activity, but through daily surrender and total dependency on Him. Ask yourself: Where’s the Father asking me...

Life as a son is formed in the hidden places. Discipleship takes place in those Father/Son moments, out of the spotlight.  In this episode, I share a moment where the Holy Spirit exposed where I was still holding onto earthly security, and how the Father was teaching me how a son lives—holding nothing tightly, trusting Him fully. This was the life of a son being forged in real time. Ask yourself:...

You can be preaching, serving, even leading—doing all the “right” things—and still not be living from the life you were born again to live. In this opening episode, I share how I spent years performing out of the residue of the old man (self & flesh), without even realising it… and how the Father began to show me who I truly am in Christ—the new man. Ask yourself: Am I still trying to live for...

*EXTENDED FEATURE EPISODE* Grab a drink, a notebook and a pen and get ready for a deep dive! The weak gospel found in much of outreach and evangelism stops at forgiveness but never brings believers into union with Christ in His death, burial, and resurrection. It leaves the old man untouched and the new man unborn. In the New Testament, the Apostle Paul preached a very different gospel — one of un...

How does God reveal what is truly of the Spirit—and what is merely of the soul? In this episode, we turn to Watchman Nee’s powerful section, The Light of God and Knowledge , from The Normal Christian Life . We discover that the soul cannot diagnose itself—and that real self-knowledge only comes when the light of God breaks in. This isn’t about introspection or religious striving. It’s about the mo...

Could it be that your greatest strength is the very thing hindering the life of Christ from being expressed through you? In this second episode of The Soul Life series, we explore how the soul—comprised of the mind, will, and emotions—became overdeveloped after the Fall. Drawing from Watchman Nee’s The Normal Christian Life , we learn that even our talents, intellect, and good intentions must pass...

What does it mean that Adam became a “living soul”? In this foundational episode, we return to the creation of man in Genesis 2:7 and explore God’s original design: spirit, soul, and body. You’ll discover that the soul was never meant to rule your life—but to express the Spirit. This episode lays the groundwork for understanding why most of us live from the wrong source—and how God’s eternal purpo...

Easter Monday – Have I Seen Him? Easter Monday is not about what happened yesterday—it’s about what happens in you. In this episode of Firm Foundation Focus, we reflect on Oswald Chambers’ April 9th devotional, asking the piercing question: Have I seen Him? It’s possible to know what Jesus has done for you and still never behold Him. But once you do—everything changes. Key Verses: Mark 16:12, John...

Easter Sunday – His Resurrection Destiny Welcome to Resurrection Sunday on Firm Foundation Focus. Today we go deeper than the empty tomb—we follow Jesus into the glory He entered. Drawing from Oswald Chambers’ April 8th devotional, this episode explores the power of Christ’s resurrection life—not just for Him, but for us. You are not just forgiven. You are invited into union with the risen Christ....

Recorded live on Palm Sunday, 13th April 2025 at Oasis Church, Portmouth UK this message explores the difference between believing in Jesus and belonging to Him. “Belief can bring you to the cross—but it cannot take you beyond it.” “Your old faith died at the cross. You now live by His faith .” “The goal isn’t to be a better person—it’s to go from dead to alive.” Through John 6, Luke 22, and Roman...

Easter Saturday - Stay Silent! Easter Saturday is often quiet—but it’s full of hidden work! In this episode, Alex unpacks Oswald Chambers’ April 7th devotional, showing how real understanding comes after Christ rises within us. We see why we must wait for the resurrection life of Jesus to be formed in us before we try to speak or act. This episode is an invitation to slow down, stay hidden, and le...

Good Friday - The collision between God and sin In this Good Friday episode, Alex shares how the Cross wasn’t just the death of Jesus—it was the death of our old man in Him. Drawing from Oswald Chambers devotional, ‘My utmost for His highest’, we see how the crucifixion was Their plan from before the foundation of the world. Jesus chose the Cross, drank the cup agreed upon in eternity, and opened...

As we enter Easter week, this final episode in the Abiding Oneness series draws all the threads together—our union with Christ, our crucifixion and resurrection with Him, and the eternal plan of the Father to place us in the Son. This isn’t the end of a teaching series; it’s the unveiling of God’s story from before the foundation of the world: not just to save sinners, but to raise sons. Also in t...

What if your union with Christ didn’t begin with your commitment to Him—but with the Father placing you in Him? Today, we dive deep into 1 Corinthians 1:30 and Andrew Murray’s life-changing chapter, showing us that Jesus isn’t just the way to salvation—He is our salvation. In this episode, you’ll discover: • That your life in Christ is of God, not of works • Christ as your wisdom, righteousness, s...

In this episode of Firm Foundation Focus, we explore the profound meaning of Jesus' teaching of "the vine and the branches" from John 15:5, which highlights the intimate and life-giving relationship between Christ and believers. Alex takes the time to read the entirety of chapter 4 from 'Abide in Christ' by Andrew Murray and invites us to consider these central truths - witho...

In this episode of Firm Foundation Focus, Alex continues the Abiding Oneness series by exploring the liberating truth that it is Christ—not your own strength—that keeps you abiding. Drawing from chapter 3 of Andrew Murray’s Abide in Christ, Alex unpacks the reality that the One who saved you is the One who sustains you. Too often, believers fall into the trap of striving to maintain intimacy with...