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Guest speaker Francis joins us from India with an encouraging message about renewing our love for Jesus. Through the example of Mary of Bethany, he explores devotion, worship through trials, and sacrificial service, reminding us that God desires our presence more than our busyness.

Alan Scotland explores the spiritual significance of water baptism as a public declaration of faith. Drawing from Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch, he explains how immersion represents identification with the death and resurrection of Jesus, marking the burial of the old life and the beginning of a new one. This message is a clear call to prompt obedience, humility, and open commitment to Christ.

Ewen Robertson reflects on God's Fatherhood to his children, drawing on Romans 8:12-18, particularly how He has blessed us by adopting us as his children and making us co-heirs with Christ,  and that there will however be some hardships we need to endure on earth before we come into our full inheritance, but that he is for and with us as we walk with him in our lives.

In this episode, we explore Andrew Scotland’s sermon *A Nation Without Sense* from Deuteronomy 32. The discussion examines biblical wisdom, the consequences of turning away from God, and the challenges facing modern society. It also highlights the call for Christians to stand firm in faith, pursue repentance, and remain faithful to God’s truth in a changing culture.

In this message, we explore Deuteronomy 32 and Moses' prophetic warning about humanity's tendency to reject God's rule and pursue false idols. The sermon highlights the reality of spiritual opposition, our calling to live under God's authority, and the consequences of sin. Ultimately, it points to Jesus Christ as the fulfilment of God's redemptive plan, bringing victory, redemption, and hope to al...

In this episode, Ewen Robertson explores 1 Corinthians 14 to reveal the purpose behind the spiritual gifts of prophecy and speaking in tongues. Discover how tongues act as a private prayer language to build up the individual, while prophecy serves as an inspired message to strengthen, encourage, and comfort the entire congregation.

In this sermon, Andrew Scotland uses the life of John the Baptist and Matthew 11 to show that even faithful believers can experience doubt during difficult times. He argues that Christians must recognise spiritual challenges, stay within God’s protection, and trust in divine mercy before judgment. The sermon ultimately calls for complete commitment to Christ through both belief and action.

In this episode, Andrew Scotland calls believers to move beyond repentance and water baptism into the transforming fire of the Holy Spirit, based on Matthew 3:11. Drawing on the story of Israel in the wilderness, he presents Jesus as the one who leads a fully surrendered life. The message challenges lukewarm faith and invites listeners into a deeper relationship with the true Messiah. This relatio...

Ewen Robertson shares “Three Keys to Advancing the Kingdom” from Joshua 7–9: a single focus on God’s Kingdom (Achan’s sin, Joshua 7), sustained prayer that brings victory (the battle of Ai, Joshua 8), and submitting everything to the Lord in prayer (the Gibeonite deception, Joshua 9).

In this episode, Andrew Scotland explores Luke 1 and “the silence before the voice.” Through Zechariah’s story, it shows how waiting on God builds faith and prepares the way for His promises. The message highlights that God remembers, shows grace, and calls us to choose obedience so we can boldly live out His purpose.

This episode explores Alan Scotland’s sermon on Mark 14 and the woman who anointed Jesus with costly perfume. It highlights themes of brokenness, true worship, and spiritual insight, showing how Jesus values generosity and forgiveness over religious caution, and calling us to live open, surrendered, and authentic lives.

In this Easter Sunday message, Paul Callan explores Romans 8 to reveal how the physical resurrection of Jesus acts as a "movie trailer" guaranteeing the future renewal of our world and our physical bodies. He encourages listeners to let this sure and certain hope transform their daily lives with purity, joy, and the assurance that their earthly labour is never in vain.

Yasharn Smith explores Matthew 21:1–11, contrasting the crowd’s expectation of a political saviour with Jesus as the humble King who brings spiritual salvation. The episode highlights fulfilled prophecy, mixed reactions from the crowd and Pharisees, and challenges listeners to look beyond worldly concerns to the true hope found in Christ.

Ewen Robertson reflects on Moses’ character, especially in Numbers 16 and Exodus, highlighting his humility and close walk with God. He shows how Moses foreshadows Jesus Christ, who brings a better covenant and enables us to walk humbly with God and serve Him faithfully.

Join Andrew Scotland as he explores the spiritual contrast between the enemy sifting believers and the Holy Spirit refining them. Drawing from Luke and Old Testament threshing floors, this message reveals how true repentance and abandoning selfish ambition equips us to serve and strengthen others

In this episode, Alan Scotland explores the intimate "strategic partnership" available to every believer, challenging listeners to embrace the Holy Spirit as a personal, divine helper rather than a distant ghost. By tuning into the gentle whispers and promptings of God, the modern church can reawaken the active demonstration of spiritual gifts and experience an authentic, powerful revival in their...

In this episode, guest speaker Steve Smith shares his powerful personal testimony of overcoming a dysfunctional childhood and discovering profound transformation and healing through his faith journey. Drawing from the parable of the Prodigal Son in Luke 15, he then explores the boundless nature of God's unconditional love, the gift of free will, and how these divine lessons apply to extending grac...

Join Ewen Robertson as he explores the prophet Ezekiel's dramatic vision of the Valley of Dry Bones. Discover how God restores dead, hopeless situations using two essential elements: the truth of His Word to bring structure, and the breath of the Holy Spirit to bring true life and power. Tune in to learn how God is still transforming believers today into a vast, Spirit-filled army of ordinary peop...

Alan Scotland shares a simple message of hope from Psalm 34, reminding us that God sees, God hears, and God is near to the broken-hearted. Even in hardship, we are not abandoned. 

Andrew Scotland highlights how Jesus fulfills Old Testament shadows, specifically the Day of Atonement. He warns against deconstructing faith or following "counterfeit Jesuses" shaped by human desire. Instead, believers must embrace the New Covenant and Christ’s sacrifice.

Andrew Scotland reflects on John the Baptist’s warning in Matthew 3:5–9, challenging believers not to rely on spiritual heritage but on personal obedience. Drawing on the memorial stones at Gilgal, he emphasizes remembering God’s past faithfulness to strengthen faith for future challenges. Through personal stories, the message calls listeners to rediscover obedience and “roll away the stone” of di...

Ewen Robertson reviews the call of Gideon, to lead God's army against the enemies of God's people. We learn how God takes unworthy people like Gideon and us, and both calls and empowers them to do exploits for him, and how God leads and guides his army - the people of God - to victory. Finally, we learn from Gideon's example of lacking wholeheartedness to God in the  end, that God wants our hearts...

In this sermon, Andrew Scotland reflects on repentance and spiritual contentment through the account of John the Baptist in Matthew 3. He challenges listeners to move beyond surface-level religion and New Year resolutions, calling instead for a genuine, heart-level relationship with Jesus Christ. Warning against drifting through faith or prioritising comfort over biblical holiness, he highlights t...

In this episode, guest speaker Ron Oseji shares a hopeful New Year sermon reminding listeners that they are never alone. Drawing on the meaning of Emmanuel, God with us, he explores how personal value remains unchanged despite past mistakes or moments of rejection. Through vivid illustrations, including a well known football moment and a biblical story of healing, Ron emphasises that human worth i...

Be uplifted this New Year, as Alan Scotland explores how a new year represents far more than the passing of time; it is a blank page and a spiritual invitation to experience God’s presence in a fresh way. Drawing from Romans 15:13 and Deuteronomy 31:8, this message reminds us that we are never alone, for the Lord goes before us, stands beside us, and surrounds us with His active, sustaining presen...