King's Church Lewes Podcast

No one likes being told they're wrong, especially about deeply personal areas of faith and belief. But does that mean we should accept everyone's beliefs as equally valid?

Why should I trust the bible and is it really reliable and accurate and true? Many people would say that you can't trust the bible, and so you can't trust the accounts of Jesus and therefore you can't trust Christianity! Well let's look at 9 big challenges to trusting the bible and see if we can get some answers to this tough question.

Some questions seem just too big to think about or too impossible to answer: 'Why am I here?', 'What's the point of my life?' Unfortunately ignoring them doesn't make them go away.

What is the single most significant thing you can do with your life? What can you invest all your time and energy into that will last forever? There is only one answer: but are you up to the challenge?

This is surely the most important question there is; but how close to a real answer can we really get? Isn't it all just a matter of personal opinion anyway? Is it ever possible to actually prove God is real or does the evidence tell us the exact the opposite?

There's lots of good stuff about Christmas, but sometimes we miss out because we don't think enough about 'That Christmas Guy'. Let's see if we can disentangle fact from fiction, and find out what the message of Christmas really is.

In this time of pantomimes, nativity scenes, peace and good will to all men, we are looking at the true meaning of Christmas. And I think you'll find the initial answer very surprising...

Everyone loves food don't they? What does your diet consist of and are you loving good food? Let's look at the Church in Acts and see how we can be a healthy church and what is Jesus' favourite food.

Many people think that faith is a personal and private thing, and that it's arrogant to go around telling people what to believe. However, serious followers of Jesus must take seriously the 'Great Commission' to tell everybody about him. The mission is just too big for us not to play our part.

The most controversial aspect of Christian faith is also the most important: Did Jesus really rise from the dead? How do we cope when asked to believe something impossible? Do we have to trade in our intellectual integrity for blind faith, or is there another way? Let's investigate....

The crucifixion of Jesus has turned the world upside down, dramatically affecting theology, culture, art and billions of lives around the globe. Let's look at six ways that the crucifixion itself is upside down.

Imagine spending 25 years in prison for a crime you didn't commit: The sense of powerless frustration and outrage could easily eat away at your soul. In this message we find Jesus calmly walking through the greatest miscarriage of justice the world has ever seen. As we look closer we discover there is more than meets the eye in this judicial tragedy.

Possibly the lowest moment of Peter's career as a follower of Jesus comes after Jesus is arrested. Peter disowns him three times, publically denying ever knowing him. We find this lowest point in the life of one of the early church's greatest leaders has much to teach us about our own fragility.

The last few hours of Jesus's freedom were less than pleasant; struggling in prayer and betrayed by a close friend. But surprisingly there's much we can learn about how we can please Jesus now.

More new arrivals at King's gives us another opportunity to thank God and pray for his blessing in their lives. We also pray for the parents and the challenges they will face, knowing that their children will one day need to make their own decisions about Jesus...

Most Christians want God's kingdom to be extended and his church to be build: however many are put off by the difficulty of praying persistently. However, given that there is no shortcut, how can we help ourselves to keep fighting in prayer and not giving up?

Despite many other differences one thing all Christians have in common is using bread & wine to remember Jesus death on the cross. Where does this idea come from and does it still have any meaning for us today? Let's go back to the very first time it happened and see what we can learn.

How would you describe yourself? Sporty or Skater, Cool or Nerdy, Goth or Pop, Good or Bad, In or Out, or someone Totally Different? Actually none of these things is who you really are: Bizarrely, to find your Real Self, you need to look back 2000 years to a barbaric execution on a Mediterranean hillside.

How can I really please God? Do I need to keep trying harder and harder to be good enough? Is he always looking for even more from me, never satisfied with my performance? Many Christians think so. The reality however is very different.....

Worshipping together is an essential part of what it means to be a church, but what exactly are we trying to do? How can we make sure that our worship times together are meaningful? And what should my personal expectation be when I take part in corporate worship?

Here we see David from the Old Testament lose everything. He goes from the highest heights and then, through no fault of his own, he plummets down to the deepest depths of despair. What does David feel in that time? How does David deal with this difficulty? What on earth can we learn from it all? And does this tell us anything about Jesus? Well, let's take a look and see...

Does God really speak to us today? If so, how does he do it and what should we do with what we hear?

Lots of the ways the Bible talks about God, us, and the church are based on family relationships. God is described as 'Our Father' and Christians are called 'brothers.' So why is it not true that being part of a church is a bit like being part of a family?