Sunday Sermons - Reality Church London

As Paul begins his letter he does so with gratitude and joy for the church in Philippi. Joy should be one of the main characteristics that mark the people of God, even asthey partner together to serve God in their city. The cross of Christ brings about anew family (cf. Eph 2). That new family works together to advance the gospel, all inanticipation of Christ’s return (1:6).

The love of Jesus for his people is so certain, so secure, so strong, that nothing in all the cosmos can threaten it. To be infallibly loved by an infinitely good saviour? There’s nothing more we could need.

Our passage today does not say everything that happens is good. It says that God works all things for good for his people, culminating in their glorification — safe with him in his kingdom forever as their truest selves. To know deep down that God is working all things for good provides hope and peace even as we walk through the fiercest storms

Paul never minimises the sufferings Christians experience, but he does say that those sufferings pale in comparison to the coming glory. So, Christians are those who wait with hope. Waiting is hard (waiting rooms are the worst places in the world to be), but having hope in the waiting changes everything. As we wait in hope, we rest in the reality that the Spirit is interceding for us, pleading to...

The Spirit helps Christians experience their adoption. The doctrine of adoption means we are members of God’s family, his sons and daughters. What the Spirit does is take that objective reality and help us experience in subjective ways. Knowing by experience that we are God’s children gives us courage to face anything

Today Pastor Girma preaches a special sermon on the topic of gratitude. We focus on the abundant generosity of the God whom we worship and look at our response to this. Particularly we look at how we can instill practices of gratitude in our daily lives.

In our final sermon in the series of Jonah, we take a step back and look at the big picture of the book.

Chapter 4 is the climax of Jonah’s story, as we see Jonah’s heart contrasted with God’s heart. Jonah wants to see Nineveh destroyed. God, by contrast, has compassion for the great city, and longs to pour out mercy. As we wrestle with the Jonah story, we’re meant to turn the mirror on ourselves, to ask: how do we view our city? Jesus, the anti-Jonah, is the incarnation of God’s compassion for the c...

Here in Jonah 3 we see three kinds of ‘repentance’. Jonah (even if begrudgingly) fulfils God’s call to preach in Nineveh. The Ninevites repented at Jonah’s preaching. And God ‘relents’ from destroying the city. Here in this chapter, we learn something important about repentance, and how repentance is always first and foremost a fruit of God’s work in a person’s (or a community’s) life (cf 2 Timoth...

‘There is no sin so great that Christ’s grace is not greater still’. ThoughJonah deserved judgment, God gave him mercy. God’s never-endinglove comes to Jonah in the provision of a great fish, which savesJonah’s life and brings him back to the pathway of obedience. Whilstin the fish’s belly, Jonah experiences the reality of faith and prayer ina new way. The final line of his prayer reveals the hear...

In this RCL conversation Ed sits down with Charlie Cleverly, who ministered for over 40 years, in London, Paris, and Oxford. Charlie has a deep passion for prayer for teaching, encouraging, and equipping others in their daily pursuit for communion with God. In this interview Charlie discusses some practical features we can use to aid us on in our journeys to know and love God more and more each da...

Commencing a four-part sermon series reflecting on the book of Jonah, we explore how despite Jonah's own prejudices and failings, God is relentless in pursuing him. Because even as the prophet runs, the Lord sends Jonah severe mercies in the form of a great wind, pagan sailors, and a huge fish, all designed to bring Jonah back to God.

Today, Pastor Girma taught us from the Gospel of Luke, showing how Christ's pursuit of us changes and transforms us from conditional followers to unconditional ones. In this passage, we see four features of Jesus' pursuit that caused Peter to repent and follow ever after Jesus.

The resurrection of Jesus is a ground-breaking, game-changing, reality that happened 2000 years ago. Yet, God didn't just leave it there. Indeed, in Ephesians 1, Paul writes that the same power that rose Christ Jesus from the dead is still at work, at work within the lives of Christians. Listen today as Bijan unpacks the implications of this truth.

Luke in Ch 18:9-14, Jesus tells a story about two people hoping to be justified. One a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. They both however have very different arguments for the justification. Join us as we see how this story is both practical and relevant to our daily lives.

Another essential ingredient in gospel repentance is the confession of sin. Both the Old and the New Testaments highlight the importance of confession as a regular practice for the people of God. Today we learn something about the heart of true confession and why confession is such an essential part of the Christian life, both for individuals and for the church family.

After exploring the practice of repentance last week, this week we look at one of the ways we wrestle with biblical repentance through experiencing godly sorrow for sin. Paul, in 2 Corinthians, distinguishes godly sorrow from worldly sorrow and shows us how godly sorrow is not only good but is a fruit of the gospel’s work in our life.

In his famous 95 theses, Martin Luther remarked that the entirety of the Christian life is one of repentance. This is fitting, for when Jesus’ begins his public ministry and announces his kingdom, the invitation Jesus gives is one of repentance. In this sermon we’ll be exploring what repentance is (and isn’t!), why it’s so important in the Christian life, and how to practise repentance.

Sooner or later, spiritual dryness is a condition that will come upon anyone who is engaged in any kind of spiritual journey. In seasons of spiritual dryness, God seems absent, distant, and far away. Psalm 42 shows us what spiritual dryness feels like, what are some of the factors that contribute to it, and most importantly, how to use the resources of the gospel as spiritual medicine in those dry...

We may often ask ourselves, where is God? What is God really like? In today's sermon, we explore a glorious truth found in John's account. That on the night Jesus was betrayed, he reminded his disciples that Jesus was going to the Father and that he is ever praying for and interceding for his people.

Moses was aware that there is pleasure in sin, but it’s a fleeting pleasure. Faith enables a person to see that fleeting pleasure and say no because they know there is a reward (v26), the lasting pleasure that comes from God in Christ. Faith here is not the will-power of self-control, but robust confidence that God’s word is true, and that no eye has seen nor ear heard the glorious things God has...

Continuing with our Faith Stories series, we look at the life of Joseph. Exploring how his faith in God enabled him to endure during times of great trial and suffering. And how we, when tracing the hand of God is difficult, can always trust his heart.

In our second sermon exploring the lives of faith in Hebrews 11. We look at Abraham's example of faith, in believing the future promises of God. We explore how our assurance of the future is the great grounds for our hope and usefulness in the present.

Today we start our new sermon series by looking at the true nature of faith and what it means to live and walk by it. Doing so by exploring the stories of faith found in Hebrews Chapter 11. Join us today as we begin by looking at what faith is not, what faith is, and where faith comes from.

In our final sermon of our series looking at the beginning of John's Gospel account. Pastor Girma looks at the at the lessons we can learn from Jesus cleansing of the temple, and how the radical claim of Jesus that He Himself is the true temple fundamentally transforms our life of prayer and communion with God.