Paul's Podcast

Last time in Hebrews, we looked at the Dangers of Spiritual Immaturity. We saw just how dangerous it is, but what we didn't do is get any guidance on how to avoid it. We got the warning, but not the instructions. Today, we get the instructions. Here come three essential steps for spiritual growth and, as we cover them, we'll see a valuable truth: that getting older is guaranteed, but gro...

Dipping into Titus 1 just for this week for Father's Day, we see the following historical application: these are the qualifications of an elder/bishop, i.e. pastor. Our Father’s Day inspirational application is this: this is a description of the kind of man that the mission needs. If you would like to be the kind of man the mission needs, listen up... Find out more about us here - crossroadsl...

Babies are cute and we all start out as babies... but that doesn’t mean anyone wants us to stay a baby. We have some funny pictures up here today to make you smile and make this message memorable, but in reality this is not a laughing matter. In fact, the sermon in a sentence today is this: spiritual immaturity is dangerous. So let’s be thankful that Paul brings spiritual immaturity into the light...

Our very special guest, Jonathan Henderson from Decatur Baptist Church, walks us through the account of Lazarus' resurrection in John 11. Here we see a picture that teaches us about our resurrection, and we also get a reminder about the very mission of our lives... Find out more about us here - crossroadslondon.org

Last week, we took a look at the compassion of our great high priest - that is how willing he is to help. This week, we see the qualifications of our great high priest - that is how able he is to help. What we will conclude is that Christ is more than qualified to help. As Spurgeon put it: “I have a great need for Christ: I have a great Christ for my need.” He was exactly right... Find out more ab...

We start a new section today where we’ll learn for a couple of weeks about the Better Help available in Christ. We have seen already that he is better than prophets, angels, Moses, David and Joshua. We have seen how he gives us a Better House and a Better Heart, now we will see how offers us Better Help. What we will see is that he doesn’t just ‘do the job’ of a high priest, he does it better. It...

A global ‘sleep survey’ conducted by Dutch company Philips concluded that '60% of adults don’t sleep as well as they would like to.' That's physical rest, how about mental rest?  Almost every measure and study suggests people are in short supply of that too. Sadly, indicators are that the same can be said of spiritual rest as well. How about you? In your home and in your own life, d...

Solomon's wisdom from Ecclesiastes 1 and 2 provides us with a choice: do we want to live a haunted life or a happy life? Listen to find out more... Find out more about us here - crossroadslondon.org

There are a lot of things we do each day, for example: brush our teeth, look in the mirror, check social media, eat. Some of those things are important, some not so much. What we'll see today is  the Apostle Paul adding something to our daily to-do list... and this one is very important... Find out more about us here - crossroadslondon.org

The sinking of the Titanic is a very well-known disaster… but did you know that the ship actually received multiple warnings about the dangers before it ever got close to hitting the ice-berg? Some of these warnings even reached the command team of the Titanic.  The warnings were heard, they just weren’t listened to. See, hearing is one thing, listening is another. It is for this reason that I wan...

The human heart is so important for our health and survival, that any issues with it can lead to a wide range of problems: shortness of breath, swelling, nausea, confusion. It is also pretty important mentally. We often say things like ‘his heart just isn’t in it’. The sentiment behind that is, even though someone might have the skill necessary for a task, if their heart isn’t in it they will just...

Talk about going for the big guns: Paul has comprehensively explained how Jesus is better than angels; now he turns his attention to Moses.  Moses was awesome, but Jesus is better. On the surface of it, Jesus being better than Moses sounds cool but seems obvious and, truth be told, a little irrelevant. How should Jesus being better than Moses actually affect my life today? Let's find out... F...

In the late 1800s, a renowned medical company believed they had solved a serious medical issue sweeping lots of the Western world. They went to market with their solution: a drug called Diacetylmorphine. Their studies had shown that this was a safer, non-addictive alternative to morphine... the reality proved that they were wrong. This drug, better known today by its easier to pronounce name, Hero...

1 Corinthians 15:58 is a popular verse that tells us we have to be steadfast, unmoveable, and always abounding in the work...  But what is The Work, exactly? And are we up for the job? Find out more about us here - crossroadslondon.org

Last month a 13 year old boy made the news for a seemingly super human endeavour. He got into trouble on a paddle board off the coast of Western Australia, swam 4k to shore, ran 2k to the nearest phone... all despite the fact he'd failed his 350m swimming badge shortly before. What was it that inspired this remarkable display of strength, determination and endurance? The answer: his family we...

Picture a man: a first class young man, a good man, an attractive man, a man better, taller and stronger than his peers… This is Saul in 1 Samuel 9. His story started well, but it ended in tragedy. Like Saul's story, the story of mankind is a tragedy too. How can we make sure our lives have a different narrative? Find out more about us here - crossroadslondon.org

'The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, and sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come... they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise...' What does it mean to make light of what God has called us to do? And more importantly, what will help us make...

You know those huge, big red double decker buses in London? My fiend’s sister got hit by one. (She has made a full recovery now, thankfully.) She didn’t look to the right when crossing the road and stepped out and boom. It is important to look the right way; it is dangerous to look the wrong way. I wonder if our problem might be the same? I wonder how our difficulty in holding fast might be affect...

W. Shakespeare wrote “What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet;”  The suggestion is that the name one gives to something doesn’t actually matter that much. I’d have to disagree! I think names are really important. Do you know the name of Jesus? And, more importantly, do you know how excellent it is? Find out more about us here - crossroadslondon.org

“We were right. We just weren’t listened to.” These were the heartbreaking reflections of the engineer who knew the danger that the Space Shuttle Challenger was heading into. The tragedy is now taught in various forums as an illustration of what happens when we don't listen to the right voice. That truth applies to us today: if we don't listen to the right voice, our lives are at risk to...

Christ is better. That is the most repeated message in the epistle to the Hebrews, and I would suggest that this is a message we really need to hear today. We really need to hear it today because every week, everywhere, us believers are making decisions that suggest we believe the opposite. The book of Hebrews is a book we really need, what a shame then that it is not written to us! How can we int...

One of the coolest guys in the bible has to be Eleazar... one of David’s mighty men, one of his top 3 guys, the man who fought so long and so hard that his hand clave to his sword. That is cool. What is even cooler, is when we see the picture: the sword today is our bible, and how well we wield that will determine our success. So how do we wield our sword well? We could do a lot worse than look at...

John Wesley was a minister in the Church of England. He was very devout; he was very disciplined; he was very knowledgable in the scripture; he prayed, preached and fasted regularly. There was only one problem: he was lost. When he was saved, from that day onwards, Wesley changed. As a way to sum up his ministry, people would say about him that he 'was set on fire by God and people would come...

We want to be fruitful in our labour for the Lord, but the idea of bearing fruit can often come with some weighty questions: How do I bear fruit? Am I being fruitful? Am I bearing enough fruit? Or a big one: if fruit doesn’t seem to be coming, is that because the Lord wants me to be patient, or because I’m doing something wrong? These are big questions to wrestle with, particularly as the entire p...

When the angel spoke to those shepherds all those years ago, they brought them good tidings of great joy. ('Good news of mega cheerfulness!') The good news about the good news is that it is very good news indeed. The bad news about the good news is that it can become old news, if we let it. How do we stop that happening? Find out more about us here - crossroadslondon.org