The King's Church International Audio Podcast

This past Friday marked a special date that changed the future of Britain, Europe and countless other nations. On June 6, 1944, the D-Day landings of Allied troops on Normandy’s beaches turned the tide of World War 2. Both the Germans and the British and Americans and other allies had known this day was coming. But when it came, it came suddenly and dramatically. At the start of what Field Marshal...

We continue our series on ‘Bringing your friends and family to Jesus’ by looking at how God moved in an unexpected way in one man’s home. When God works, he works fast (Isaiah 60:22).      Acts 10 is where the life changing and world changing good news of Jesus moves from the world of Jewish believers to Gentile or non-Jewish believers, when Christianity broke out from being a sub-culture of Judai...

Do you like going to parties? Did you know that Jesus loved a party? Parties are a big theme in the Gospels, and the Bible tells us of many events and celebrations that Jesus attended and spoke about with His disciples (Luke 15:22-24; John 2:1-11; Luke 7:37; Luke 14:15-24).    Being a Christian is so much fun: hopefully this is not a fresh revelation to you but to some it may be (John 10:10). One...

Sharing the good news of Jesus is the privilege and responsibility of every Christian. And that should start with connecting your friends and family to Jesus. But that’s only the beginning. For God loves the whole world, so whole towns, cities and nations need to see what real Christianity is all about. And you don’t have to be perfect to play your part in this.    An entire community turned to Go...

The good news of Christianity is that we can all have hope no matter how bad or sad life and the world may be. ‘Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all the darkness,’ said Desmond Tutu, one of the leading opponents of Apartheid in South Africa.      Pastor Wes Richards’ first book called ‘Hope and a Future: a story of love, loss and living again’ tells how his family was restored...

God wants the whole world to know His love. First, He sent His only Son Jesus to live and die and rise again to bring us new life. Next, He sent His disciples to spread the good news everywhere. And today that remains the challenge and calling for every Christian. But first we need to start much closer to home by doing all we can to connect the people we know the best with Jesus. So we start a new...

There have been many notable conquests in history, and outstanding conquests in the worlds of science, medicine, business and sport where life changing discoveries have been made and records broken. But by far the greatest conquest of all time, as related in the Bible and confirmed in the lives of billions of Christians through the ages, is the conquest of the Easter story. This conquest changed e...

Palm Sunday is one of the major events of Easter week which is celebrated by many millions of Christians all over the world. The moment, nearly 2000 years ago, when huge crowds lined the streets of Jerusalem to welcome Jesus continues to mark history.     All four gospels tell how the ancient city of David was packed for the great Jewish celebration of Passover. As Jesus came into Jerusalem riding...

It has been said that ‘all you need is love’. But what if you can’t find love in life and, even worse, what if people who are supposed to love you don’t love you? Well you can still succeed in life when you don’t feel love. This is relevant to women and men, old and young and for people of every culture and nation.      There was a lady who has been called the most unloved person in the Bible. She...

Everyone in life comes to defining moments when they can’t go back, and they don’t know how to go forward. How do you react in such moments? How can you overcome panic and pressure? How can you move into a better future, the best future, when a bad past threatens to undermine you?      These were issues faced by one of the most famous characters in the Bible. There was a moment in Jacob’s life whe...

A real Christian is not someone who simply says they know about Jesus but is someone who has a personal experience of Jesus. There is a very big difference to being a Christian in name and being a Christian in reality. And that is the big theme that the apostle John focusses on in the five chapters of 1 John.      John writes about many ‘anti-Christs who have come’ (1 John 2:18) so he wants people...

Confidence is one of the greatest keys to success in life. A top goal scorer in football will be confident that they should take the penalties because for sure they will beat the goalkeeper. A business person must be confident that they will make money no matter what the state of the economy. An architect must be confident that they can build the best buildings. At any level of life, confidence is...

In today’s world where there is so much fake news and so many false narratives, we are discovering in just five chapters, some of the clearest proofs of whether someone is or is not a genuine disciple of Jesus. For someone known as the apostle of love, John is very direct. And today we look at some other hard-hitting teachings of John that will leave us in no doubt as to whether someone is a real...

If you want to know how to spot a real Christian, it’s actually very simple. A real Christian will truly love and care for their fellow Christians no matter how imperfect they may be. A real Christian must love other Christians.      Unity is a sign of the real love for fellow Christians that Jesus declared was a mark of true discipleship, saying ‘By this everyone will know that you are my discipl...

What matters most to us in life? What do we really value and love the most? Jesus told a story about a rich man who planned to be even more successful (Luke 12:18-20). Now John is known as the disciple of love, and he focused much of his writings on the love of God and Jesus’s teachings about real love. In 1 John 2, he says that one of the distinctive signs of a real Christian is that they are not...

As we continue with our series from the book of 1 John on “How to spot a real Christian,” we see one of the greatest secrets to knowing the blessing of God. It’s also one of the clearest signs that someone is a son or daughter of God. Very simply, it is obedience.     Obedience brings blessings. Disobedience brings pain, separation from God, and curses, just as Adam and Eve experienced. Living a l...

Today we begin our new series called “How to spot a real Christian” looking at the book of 1 John. We live in a world where there is so much fake news, false stories, political ‘spin doctors’ and Artificial Intelligence. In the Bible we are warned against false prophets and those who distort the gospel, and Jesus Himself warned about the increase of false prophets in the end times (Matthew 24:10-1...

We have before us a fresh opportunity to play our part in the re-evangelism of our own nation and other nations. Each one of us, each individual, couple, family, and church, can make a big difference for God in this generation and for the good of generations to come. This is a time for us to unblock the wells and discover once more the life-giving waters of the Holy Spirit, which have so often flo...

The Bible is often called The Book of Books because no other book can compare with it. It is the Word of God (Matthew 4:4). Over 100million copies are sold annually, with parts of the Bible having been translated into nearly 3600 languages, and the full Bible to over 724 languages. The YouVersion Bible app has been downloaded over 500million times globally.       It should be our goal and priority...

God has great plans for you and your family. God can do more IN your family, FOR your family and THROUGH your family than you can imagine. A family that knows God and chooses to serve Him wholeheartedly has exponential potential to influence not only churches and communities but also nations and generations for good and for God.     We live in a world today that is so self-centred, and even Christ...

Today is a new day and a new year to receive new dreams for your life. This is a year for dreaming the dreams of God and for seeing the dreams of God fulfilled. Dreams are amazingly powerful. Martin Luther King’s dream of racial de-segregation helped change America and many other nations, like South Africa. The Jewish dream of becoming a nation again after 2000 years became a reality in 1948. Shim...

What is the best way to enter this year? Well Psalm 100:4 shows us how. It says: “Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.”    No matter how many fireworks parties we may have attended in the countdown to another year, and no matter how many good resolutions we may make, by far the best way to start this year, is to be full of thanks to...

This week we took a look back at God’s faithfulness this past year to King’s Church International in Windsor and Westminster, UK, and in Robertson, South Africa. There’s so much to be thankful for! Watch the online service to receive personal encouragement, and a blessing from Senior Pastors Wes and Adriana Richards for the new year.

London’s Christmas lights are world famous. In 1935 Harry Selfridge, owner of the Oxford Street department store, first put on an illuminated Christmas display that attracted great crowds. In 1954, to show that post War London did not have to look drab and boring, Christmas lights went up along the length of Regent Street for the first time, and a tradition was born. Spectacular festive displays c...