King's Church London

Jesus often reached people by asking them questions. Andrew considers some from the start of John’s Gospel, and consider what they can teach us about reaching people today.

What does it mean to be a follower of Jesus? He makes it clear from the outset that it isn’t a passive thing but involves being caught up in his wonderful mission of reaching people. We see this in pattern in the way he calls the first disciples to follow him.

In the final week of the series on pray, we will be looing at the relationship between prayer and worship. Paul demonstrates this as he prays for the church in Ephesians (Eph 3:14-21) ending with a time of worship and praise. Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine.

Why do so many non-Christian’s pray? How do we respond to unanswered prayer? What’s the relationship between faith and unbelief? All these themes are dealt with in this short story from Mark 9.

Prayer and fasting is much less common in our world than it was in first century Israel, but if anything it has become even more important. In today’s passage, Jesus teaches his disciples how to fast – not just from food, but from the spiritual pride and human praise that we often seek.

Steve Tibbert, our Serior Pastor, starts our 21 Days of Prayer encouraging us to come boldly into God's presence as we start the new year in prayer and worship together as a church.

Paul calls the church “a pillar and buttress of the truth”: a structure that supports and lifts high the gospel of Jesus Christ. In our generation that means a number of challenges – and a number of opportunities.

The story of the magi, the wise men, calls us to look up and see Jesus – there we will find joy. Let’s not look down and get lost in the things we have to do, buy and cook at Christmas time but instead let’s see Jesus and worship him today.

Christmas is a time of call-and-response. Heaven sings, and invites the earth to join in.

This year we will be thinking about Christmas as the time when, as the hymn puts it, Heaven and Nature Sing. Andrew starts Advent by looking at the story of the Fall, and the curse that Jesus came to overcome: not just on human beings, but on creation as a whole.