North Street Church Podcasts

Why did two of Jesus' disciples decide to leave Jerusalem and walk towards the village of Emmaus? Today's Bible Passage: Luke 24:13-35

We begin this new series with a look at the temptation of Jesus in the wilderness and ask why should we read the Bible? Today's Bible Passage: Luke 4:1-13

In this, the final part of this series about making disciples, James asks whether there is any secret to be learnt. Today's Bible Passage: Luke 10-1:11

When we experience God's love and forgiveness for ourselves should we not tell others so that they can too? Today's Bible Passage: Acts 1:1-11

There are some passages in the Bible that are harder to understand and today's passage is one of them.  Today's Bible Passage: Luke 14:25-35

In our Bible reading this week we hear about Jesus' invitation to two fishermen to follow him.  What attributes are required to be a fisher of men? Today's Bible Passage: Matthew 4:18-22

The Acts 2 community was living out a divine commission given by Jesus to his first disciples: ​'Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you.' (Matthew 28:19–20) ​As followers of Jesus today, we share that commission. James begins this series by asking...

The beginning of the New Year provides an opportunity to renew our covenant with God and each other but what does this mean? Today's Bible Passage: Mark 14:22-25

We conclude this Advent series by considering the Wise Men and the Shepherds. Why did they feature in God's eternal plan of salvation and not the religious leaders of the time? Today's Bible Passage: Matthew 2:1-12, Luke 2:1-20

Who are Simeon and Anna and what can we learn from them? Today's Bible Passage: Luke 2:25-38

How would you describe Joseph, Mary's husband? Is he someone we could learn from? James takes a closer look. Today's Bible Passage: Matthew 1:16-25.

What brings you joy? On this second Sunday in Advent James considers what brought Mary joy. Today's Bible Passage: Luke 1:26-56

What can we glean from Zechariah and Elizabeth about hope as we enter Advent? Today's Bible Passage: Luke 1:5-25, 1:57-80

In this final talk of this series James considers the instruction of the apostle Peter in his first letter. Today's Bible passage: 1 Peter 4:7-11

In his letter to the church at Rome the apostle Paul exhorts his readers to present their bodies as a living sacrifice but what does this mean in practice? Today's Bible passage: Romans 12:1-3

This week James explains that we are created to worship God and serving others is part of that worship. Today's Bible passage: Luke 10:38-42

Holy Habits is an adventure in discipleship based upon Luke’s picture of the early church in Acts 2:42–47. It explores the practice of ten disciplines that Luke presents in the passage and is a resource from BRF. In this first week of the new series James considers the connection between serving and love. Today's Bible Reading passage: John 13:31-35

In the final talk of this series, James considers how our private times of quiet that we spend with God prepares us for our God-given mission. Today's Bible passage: Matthew 28:16-20

For the most part, Jesus spent his formative years out of public view before embarking on his three years of open ministry. Is there a place for hiddenness today in our journey of faith? Today's Bible passage: 1 Kings 17:1-7

This week James reflects upon Jacob's reaction to his encounter with God. Today's Bible passage: Genesis 28:10-22

In this second sermon of our series James stresses the value of regularly reading the Bible as a means of letting God 'speak' to us. Today's Bible passage: Psalm 119:97-112

This week we begin our new series reflecting upon the importance of regularly spending time in the secret place to allow God to communicate with us. Today's Bible Passage: Genesis 32:22-32

In the final part of our series on the Lord's Prayer James looks at Jesus' advice to his disciples. Today's Bible Passage: Matthew 6:5-13.

For our penultimate look at the Lord's Prayer James considers the different ways in which we might meet temptation. Today's Bible Passage: Matthew 6:5-13

This is week 5 of our reflections on the Lord's Prayer and James asks 'What is sin?' Today's Bible Passage: Matthew 6:5-15