St Peter’s Maidenhead Sunday Talks

Tim Stone talks about getting ready, not just for Christmas, by building a good character with Joseph as an example.

David Short looks at how our identity can shaped by either our popularity, possessions, pleasure and performance, or by our identity in Christ.

David Short talks about the parable of the Lost or Prodigal Son, and reveals that there was more than one son who was lost.

Geoff Yeung looks at the parable of the lost sheep as a motivation for Christians to seek people who are lost.

David introduces the theme 'On Mission', looking at the questions of what we are doing here, what is our life's purpose?

Geoff looks into the question posed by Jesus: 'Who do you say that I am?', and considers how the events preceding the passage provide signposts to who He is.

'Seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile.' David looks into the letter from Jeremiah to the exiles in Babylon, considering how we are to avoid the perils of either separation from the surrounding culture or being assimilated into the culture, instead working to be a blessing to our community.

David Short looks at integrating faith and work, looking at God's original plan for work in Eden and how we are motivated to work now in a secular world.

David Short speaks about the call for justice as a strong thread through all scripture and in particular from Jesus' teaching. This is motivated not by pride or shame but by following God.

David talks about the importance of community and sharing lives.

This is the first of a new series about the central beliefs of Christianity - the 'non-negotiables'. In this session David Short speaks about the Gospel and the need for it to be central to our lives, our hearts and minds.

Visiting speaker Jo Frost, director of communications and engagement at Evangelical Alliance, speaks about Abram meeting and being blessed by Melchizedek. This is the time that Abram learns a new name for God: the Lord Most High and acknowledges that God is his sole provider.

David looks at Paul's shipwreck on his way to Rome as a prisoner and discusses what trials can cause us to fall away, but also that even though God does not promise all shall be well, he does promise to stand with us.

Tim Stone talks about Joshua and how he responded to God's call to him to be 'strong and courageous'.

John Barringer speaks about Paul's testimony and witness to the rulers of Judea.

Geoff speaks about Moses and how God was able to take his limited resources, his fears and failures, and turn him into a faith hero.

David talks about Paul's arrest in Jerusalem after he travelled there knowing what lay ahead, and what it means to have courage.

David Short speaks about the four marks of the Christian message: courageous, compassionate, change-focussed and contested. Each of these was illustrated by Paul in his farewell to the church at Ephesus.

David Short looks at why people may have an irrational response to a rational gospel and looks at how Paul invested years using reason and persuasion to present the gospel.

David talks about Paul in Athens and how he reacted to the endemic idolatry. How did Paul respond when faced with all the idols? He went out into the public square, the place to find out what was happening. He challenged their basic premises and responded with the whole gospel.

Everyone is seeking something that can only be found with Jesus. David unpacks Acts 16 to show how three very different people, in three very different ways, each came to find what they longed for in Jesus.

Geoff talks about Abraham - the Father of Faith and how, like Abraham we are called to be a blessing to all nations.

John Barringer speaks about Noah who was a man standing against the evil of the surrounding culture, walking with God as a righteous man.

David talks about the third Person of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit, looking at how he is revealed in the first outpouring of the Spirit on the Church.