King's Church London

Guest speaker Tope Koleoso, lead Pastor at Jubilee Church London, has a powerful message for all of us on this crucial subject, which is part of our ongoing response to awareness around race. The message is thoroughly Biblical and full of grace, with a challenge at the end for all of us to be missionaries to the world, demonstrating the love of God.

We all have a need for connection and community – it’s how we were created. And throughout the New Testament there are encouragements to gather together, encourage one another and pray with/for each other. In this Zoom conversation, Phil Varley, our Senior Associate Pastor, together with Cindy, Annie and Charles (current/former Pastors at King’s), discuss these importance subjects, which are the focus of this term’s Ephesians groups. We’d encourage and invite everyone to be part of a group at King’s this term. Find out more and sign up at kingschurchlondon.org/groups.

After thirty-five chapters of human answers to the problem of evil, God finally speaks. But instead of providing the expected answers, he gives a series of totally unexpected questions – and there is huge comfort for us in that.

Pain and suffering inevitably come to us all, and why we suffer is a question that has baffled theologians over the years. There are ultimately no easy answers, and rather than spending our lives trying to discover why we are suffering, let’s spend it getting to know the God who knows.

The book of Job takes us behind the scenes to the darker side of suffering where Satan, the adversary, is at work. The good news is that despite his efforts, Satan remains on a leash, God’s wisdom reigns supreme and Christ, as the wisdom of God, walks with us through our suffering and allows us to live victorious lives.

In some ways, human philosophy involves a continuous cycle of order and chaos. In the final chapter of Ecclesiastes, Solomon speaks into this cycle, and points us to the power of speaking and keeping the words of God.

We live in a world where we need time – it helps with our rhythms of life in this world but we also need eternity, because God has placed it in our hearts, and it reflects the fact that we know we are not ultimately destined for this life alone, and nothing points to that more than the God of eternity who stepped into time, at just the right time.

Wisdom is not just about how to make good decisions in our everyday lives. It also involves thinking clearly about the big questions of life, death, time, eternity, order, chaos, suffering and hope. Ecclesiastes hits these issues head on, and it begins by reminding us that everything is “vapour”, and that life under the sun is just shepherding the wind.

As humans made in the image of God, we will always place our trust in something. God’s wisdom in Proverbs 3, however, calls us to trust in the Lord always with all of our heart. Moses looks at what that means in practice and how the Lord Jesus is our ultimate hope in achieving this.

Senior Associate Pastor Phil Varley delves into Proverbs 4:23, emphasizing the importance of guarding our hearts. He discusses valuing, attending to, and surrendering our hearts for strength and acceptance. The podcast explores the impact of internal beliefs, self-care, and surrendering to God for peace and growth.