City on a Hill Edinburgh

The essence of sin is us substituting ourselves for God, but the essence of salvation is God substituting Himself for us. In Part 2 of this series, Pastor Pete explains what the gospel is, why we need it and what our response to it should be.

What are you building your life on? In Part 1 of this series, Pastor Pete encourages us to establish strong foundations for our life by building on God and His Word.

Today’s message concludes our ‘Known for love’ series. It encourages us to speak truth, to speak truth in love. In so doing, this expression of love and truth will result in the growth and maturity of the Church.

The Bible tells us that Jesus laid aside His divine privileges to become a servant; He did this to demonstrate His love for us. As followers of Jesus who know His unconditional love, we are called to demonstrate His love too by serving one another.

Jesus loves His church, and to love Jesus is to love His church. Pastor Pete’s message this week is a powerful reminder that how we treat God’s people is how we treat God Himself.

Jesus commands us to love our neighbour as ourselves. Who is our neighbour and how do we love them? Pastor Pete answers these questions by unpacking the Parable of the Good Samaritan.

The world tells us that life is all about us, but the Bible says otherwise. Our purpose, and one that brings us the most satisfaction, is to love God and to love others.

Who is ‘City on a Hill’? Pastor Pete shares who we are as a church – our identity and our vision for Edinburgh, the Lothians and beyond. He also unpacks our church-planting vision via Go Global.

If we look to the Church and its people to fulfil our needs and be the answer to our problems, then we will forever be disillusioned. Pastor Pete’s encouragement is that the perfect church community only exists when we keep our eyes on Jesus and not on each other.

When everything falls apart, can we still trust God? Today, Pastor Paul looks at the true story of Job, a man who chose faith despite huge losses, and immense pain and suffering.

In this message we'll learn from the life of Isaac that perseverance in pursuing God's purpose leads to success, despite facing challenges along the way.

How to get through the worst day of your life. In this message we learn from how David survived the worst day of his life. The truth is that often it's darkest just before the dawn. We hope this message is an encouragement for you and helps you to keep heart through the dark moments in life.

Joseph experienced rejection from his brothers, false accusations and wrongful imprisonment, yet God raised him up into a position of influence fulfilling the dreams he had been carrying since his youth. In this message we'll learn from Joseph how to come through life's challenges and move into our destinies with a good heart and integrity.

Sometimes in life things don't work out the way you expected, but as we follow God's lead amazingly He brings us into His perfect will.

Can you trust God to defend you? Can you trust God with your reputation? With this message Pastor Pete kicks off our new "Keep heart" series. We hope this message encourages you.