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Mary is sometimes held up as a super-spiritual saint, but in fact hers is the story of an ordinary girl being used by an extraordinary God.

When we discover how valuable the kingdom of heaven is, everything we thought was important loses its significance.

The kingdom of heaven begun like a mustard seed in the life of Jesus, but has grown to permeate many aspects of human society. How do we participate in this ongoing work of God in the world?

As Christians, how do we respond to the challenges of living life surrounded by those who don't share our faith?

How can we cultivate deep spiritual roots in our lives and avoid thorns that choke our faith, so we can bear fruit for God’s kingdom?

Christianity has transformed all aspects of human life for the better. Without God, the world would be a miserable place, the presence of His church has had a profound and beneficial impact on cultures, countries and countless lives.

In the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Goldilocks finds a bowl of porridge that is neither too hot nor too cold but 'just right'. Astronomers have discovered that Earth is a rare 'just right' planet, positioned uniquely to support complex life. How probable is it that this could occur by mere chance?

Did the universe have a beginning? In the early part of the twentieth-century scientists emphatically believed NO! However, amazing discoveries over a fifty-year period overturned this position and led many thinkers not only to believe that universe had a beginning but that 'the cause' of the universe must be non-spacial, non-material, outside of time and immensely powerful.

Belief in God is declining in many western countries, in part because of the mistaken assumption - stridently proclaimed by the 'new atheists' (Dawkins, Harris et al) - that science and reason have killed God. In spite of the critics' claims, REAL FAITH is not blind and we are always to be 'prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that...

Communion is a remembrance of Christ's death, an anticipation of Christ's return, and an encounter with Chris's love in the present.

 How can we engage more deeply with the preaching we receive, and become doers, not just hearers, of God’s Word?

 Why do we sing songs in church every week?

 As we finish our series in 2 Corinthians, we look at Paul’s call to spiritual self-examination, in regard to God, ourselves and others. 

We tend to cover up and try to hide our weaknesses, but the gospel points toward a different way of living, in which our weaknesses can be our greatest strength.

Meekness is something we usually associate with being weak, fragile and timid. But the biblical portrait of this virtue is quite different.

The law of sowing and reaping is a biblical principle but often misinterpreted. How does it actually apply to our lives?

 Being a generous person outwardly begins by cultivating a generous heart inwardly.

In our therapeutic culture we value feeling good above almost everything else. Yet the passage calls us to rediscover a godly sorrow that is healthy for our soul. 

The Bible's command to not be unequally yoked is challenging and confronting in our modern world. This message explores the biblical background and contemporary application of this controversial passage.  

At the heart of the biblical story is reconciliation and at the heart of reconciliation is the cross.