St Martins C3 Church

One of the major barriers to growing in church community is the pull of our culture towards our individual wants and needs. As we understand what is happening in our culture we can choose to go against the flow and purposefully involve ourselves in Christian community.

When Jesus called His first disciples, He called them into a discipling community. In this message Warren shares what it means to follow this call to discipleship in the way God meant for us.

In Matthew 20 Jesus tells a story of workers being paid the same full days wage, despite some having only worked half the day or even less. In this message, Pastor Warren brings this parable to life for us today with a clear description of God's grace. 

Jesus tells this story to let people know they should persistently pray for the full coming of His Kingdom. Listen to discover how Jesus reveals we can pray in a way that makes a difference.

In this message from Fraser Scott, we explore a parable that challenges us to remain humble in our understanding of the Gospel and the saving work of Jesus. 

In this series, we look at some of the Parables of Jesus and discover the Kingdom life He is hoping to grow in us and how we can take hold of it.  In this message, we explore the parable of the mustard seed and ask what Kingdom seeds God has planted in us this year. This message includes the audio from "Parables of Jesus" by the Bible Project, which can be viewed here .

When Jesus sat down to teach he often began with the phrase, "Let me tell you a story." As he taught he unveiled the truth of the Kingdom of God and how we might access it. In this message, we explore the parable of the sower and how we can be the good soil that grows a crop that will produce much fruit.

In this message from Warren Gouman, we hear of how Jesus brought life that overcame, sickness, evil and suffering. Our challenge is living in a tension where we have access to the life God has for us, but we still live in a fallen world. 

In the first of our Christmas messages, Warren Gouman explores the topic of Jesus Christ as the 'light of the world'.

As we finish our 'Knowing God' series, David Sampson, Tom Cocks and Danella Redepenning take turns to share about a name of God that means something to each of them. In this three part message we hear about God as our Father, our provider and the one who sees.

Knowing God is essential, if we misunderstand who He is then we miss the impact He wants for our lives. Once we know God then we must respond by trusting Him more than we trust in any other thing.

In this message Warren Gouman helps to gives us guidance on how to develop a relationship with God where we are likely to experience more of Him?

In this message from Chris Hurst we hear how God is the unchanging one. Even in a world full of change, and as we discover new aspects of His character, God's unchanging nature is key anchor point for our Christian lives. 

We will all be judged by God one day. In this message, we explore what God's justice looks like and whether a just God can send people to hell.

Scripture declares that God is love. In this message, we celebrate God's active, exuberant and personal love and discover how we can experience it for ourselves. 

God is holy, but what does that mean? It is better seen than described. In this message, Jonty traces the theme of fire to show how God’s holiness brings us both terror and hope.

As we come to know God, understanding him as three in one, as the Holy Trinity, is both important and powerful for our lives as Christians. 

In this message from Warren Gouman, we explore what it means to approach God with humility and allow him to change who we are, discovering who God truly is. We begin to know God in a personal way when we acknowledge that He is the rightful Lord of our lives and we acknowledge His sovereignty.

In this new series, Knowing God, we seek to know more about God. In doing so we see how we can know Him for ourselves and put our trust wholly in Him. In this message, we explore God's transcendence and immanence seeing how amazing it is that God is great and He is near. 

In this message we explore the importance of forgiveness. Forgiving others is one of the highest values in the Christian faith because forgiveness comes from what Jesus did on the cross for us, which is at the very centre of our faith. It is because Jesus forgave us that we have a reconciled life with Him.

Taking a look at Matthew 18, Warren shares from Jesus' teaching on relationships, acknowledging that hurts do happen, people do sin and giving God's guidance for how to respond. 

Dads are known as wise guys; they always have a witty response for the situation they are in. In this message, we explore how they (and all of us) can show the other side of wisdom – knowing the right path to walk down and walking it.

One of the most difficult things for us to do is to have difficult conversations, where we resolve hurt and communicate expectations, with the people who matter to us. In this message, we explore why these conversations are an essential part of the life of God’s people and how we can do them well.

In this message from St Martins C3 worship pastor Phil Parkes, we explore the way that God moves in our worship and are encouraged to make our singing on Sundays more than just a song but a genuine offer of worship to God.  Please note, due to technical difficulties a short section in the middle of the sermon is somewhat distorted.

Throughout the gospels we see Jesus set clear expectations for those who chose to follow him. In this message Warren takes a look at how we too can set clear expectations in the relationships in our lives.