King's Church Birmingham

1 Peter is a letter for Christians in need of encouragement as we look to navigate the challenges of our troubled world. Peter offers us a vision of Jesus, our living hope, the one who has overcome death and lives in heaven awaiting our arrival. We are promised an inheritance with him that never perishes, fades of gets defiled. His is a true hope. An antidote to the hopelessness of our world.

At the beginning of Peter’s first letter to believers scattered across Asia Minor he describes them as elect exiles. Chosen by God the Father, set apart by the Spirit for the purpose to obey Jesus Christ. Peter encourages believers in their difficult environment that their citizenship, their home is in heaven and that Christians are temporary residents and exiles on earth. He encourages and urges...

Karl Barth said we should ‘preach with the bible in one hand and a newspaper in the other’. In this message we take time to reflect. In the last few years, we’ve all had to walk through so much; covid (lockdowns), racial tensions, the war in Ukraine, a cost-of-living crisis, and the passing of Queen Elizabeth to name a few… let alone our many personal challenges! Our need and the needs in our city...

At the end of his time on Earth Jesus was taken up into heaven to sit at the right hand of God the Father. As he went his arms were raised to bless his friends. He is our King and he is our priest to bless us.

When Jesus rose from the dead he spent 40 days teaching his disciples before ascending into heaven to rule. In today's message we explore the three commands that Luke records Jesus as giving in this period and consider how we too can follow them.

In this passage Jesus meets with two unknown, lost and hurting disciples on the road to Emmaus. This is the very first story in Luke's Gospel where Jesus appears after his death, and he surprises us with his choice of place and people. No one is too insignificant for him - he cares deeply and he listens with every part of his being. Yet he is beautifully intolerant and doesn't want us to remain st...

In this passage we see the glorious truth that Jesus has defeated death and is raised to new life. The tomb is empty. Jesus is alive. It really happened. And because it happened it changes everything. Our eternal future is secure, and our lives now can be transformed too. To live with the knowledge that a better day is coming, gives us great strength to persevere through all the trials we currentl...

In this passage Luke invites us to take a long deep look at Jesus to see Him for the glorious saviour that He truly is. Jesus is assailed by darkness from 12-3pm as the weight of human sin, the bruising of the enemy and even the wrath of God is laid upon him. Jesus endures our darkness, our judgement day that we might find life. As the darkness lifts, the temple curtain is torn in two. Access to G...

Jesus is dead. The world has ended, and the old creation is done. The disciples are bereft. We can relate: we are all intimately familiar with Death. It stalks our footsteps. In this message Tim explored what we can do with all those dead things, the hope that the tomb gives us for the future, and how we have to learn to live in the Between.

This message offers 5 lessons from the cross about the ways we worship Jesus: (1) we must examine Jesus, (2) compare Jesus with your expectations, (3) find ourselves in Jesus, yet (4) seek the 'other' Jesus, and finally (5) submit to the king.

Throughout the second trial before Pilate, God’s rescuing hand is at work. Jesus is delivered to die the death that we deserve so that we are released to stand in freedom.

At every moment Jesus actively pursued the torture and death of the cross to win you.

Our final verse tells us that thankfulness is a key part of worship. Gratitude reminds us of the powerful truth that God is the source of life and every good gift, and he is eternally worthy of worship. Can we really give thanks always and for everything as Paul commands though? Our verse reminds us that we come to a loving Father who comforts us when life is hard and will ultimately heal and rede...

In Ephesians 5 Paul describes why the church sings and who they sing to, but the answer might not be exactly what you think. Tim also describes how we worship at King's Church and discusses why we value what we call ‘contributions’ so much.

This passage encourages us to go on being filled with the holy spirit, not settling for anything else that would counterfeit his presence in our lives, and finding true joy and fulfillment as we receive him. The more we know him, the more we'll be led to worship.

In Luke 4, we are introduced to Jesus’ mission on earth – to free people spiritually and physically. Through His mission, we get to understand God the Father’s heart for his people, particularly the poor and needy. Jesus’ mission is now the church’s mission to continue through the power of the Holy Spirit. We can receive the blessings of his mission and then share it with those around us. We see t...

In this passage we see the genius of Jesus’ teaching, as he helps a lawyer see what it really means to love your neighbour. Jesus shows how neighbourly love crosses social, cultural, and racial barriers and is generous to the point of overflowing. In this parable we see Jesus as the Great Samaritan who loves us (his enemies) with extravagant generosity. As we receive this truth only then can we go...

Jesus tells us we will be hated and persecuted for his sake. In this message we hear stories from the persecuted church today, and realise that we should fear God and not people. We should fix our eyes on Jesus and testify to his goodness to those around us.

Paul in his letter to the church that he set up In Corinth, declares that if anyone is in Christ, they are a new creation and automatically become an ambassador for Him. Paul shows us that as Christians who are now ambassadors for Christ, God has given us the ministry of reconciliation and sends us out to represent Him and to deliver His message to the world: Come and be reconciled to God through...

In the title “Why do you go?” going is a metaphor for doing any Christian activity, such as praying, worshipping, reading the Bible, going to church, serving on a team, etc. The question gets to the motivation of the individual for engaging (or not) in these activities. God is inviting us to re-evaluate our motivation for why we go and to pray that he would transform our motivation into something...

At the end of our relationships series you may find yourself left with the sense that while you know what God's design is for our relationships, you don't practically see how it works out. The answers are found in God's glorious Church.

The Trans* community are not an issue but a people to be loved! In this message we will look at how we should love and serve people whose experience of their gender doesn’t fit with their biological sex. Exploring the extravagant love of Jesus, we’ll look at how he identifies with all of us fully, honouring God’s good design in creation as well as coming for the hurting and marginalised. We are al...

You are forgiven, therefore do not hide from God; take refuge in God, be lead by God and rejoice in God.

The Christian teaching on sexuality has come under a lot of scrutiny in recent years, with our western culture viewing it as outdated or even potentially harmful. We want to take a look at what God actually says about sex and explore His grand design for our sexuality. Whether you are single or married, gay, straight, or other God has a plan for your life. He promises us that if we put Him first,...

Through this story, Jesus shows us how He is the bridegroom we’ve all been waiting for. He is the only one who can fulfil our deepest longings. The true husband the Samaritan woman has been searching for her whole life. If we grasp the truth that Jesus alone has living water to satisfy our souls, only then we can live satisfied lives. If we grasp this truth, then our earthly marriages will be tran...