All Talks

This week at our Stockwell service, Andy looks at our value of ‘Formation’ with a teaching from Luke 13. We see how formation is slow and happens in the ‘manure’ — the messy, imperfect context of church community. Embracing this uncomfortable reality is a journey to the cross, the secret to finding resurrection power and achieving lasting transformation through the local church.

This week at our Mile End service, Lou taught on our value of ‘Mission’ based on 2 Timothy 1:3-14. We look at our call to embrace our mission as disciples by sharing the Gospel with confidence over fear. We see how Paul urges Timothy to ‘fan into flame the gift of God’, allowing the Spirit to provide power, love, and self-discipline. Sharing faith requires courage and obedience, taking the long view, and being fully dependent on God, not personal eloquence.

Eric and Erika Anderson and Jacques and Eby Corydon met with leaders from across our services, sharing more about what’s been happening in their lives and church in Copenhagen. Listen in to hear more about the importance of having a hunger for God’s presence, and how to steward the presence of God in our lives.

Concluding a nine-month series on Acts, this sermon calls the church to be "poured out for Christ, the lost, and the city." Drawing on the life of the Apostle Paul, the message emphasises that Jesus must be the starting point and goal. Paul's perseverance through suffering was fueled by his transformation and motivation by the crucified and risen Christ. The church is challenged to be a unified, holy, outward-facing community rooted in prayer and committed to mission, believing that the power seen in the early church can be experienced in London today.

The sermon concludes the book of Acts, arguing its abrupt ending is a commission for believers to continue spreading the gospel and seeking city renewal. It urges Christians to finish the race by embracing three principles from Paul's life: following the path of Jesus through rigorous spiritual disciplines (formation), trusting the unstoppable power of the Gospel (mission), and knowing the intimate presence of God (friendship) that brings strength and hope for the kingdom's renewal.

In a sermon based on Acts 28:30-31, the speaker, Ian, argues that the unhindered gospel flourishes through suffering and disappointment. He shares personal anecdotes, including his family’s move from the Philippines to London, to illustrate how God's presence and grace sustain believers. The message concludes by inviting the audience to continue the story of Acts, emphasizing that the gospel is a living mission that finds a way to spread through everyday life and the actions of ordinary people.

This sermon, inspired by the church in Antioch from Acts 11 and 13, teaches that the gospel flourishes through scattering and persecution. The speaker, who has worked with Turkish communities, highlights Turkey as one of the world's largest unreached people groups. The sermon emphasizes that the church must embrace diversity and be generous and responsive to those in need, as seen in the Antioch church's relief efforts during a famine. The ultimate challenge is to become a sending church, releasing its best people for global mission.

This sermon on Acts 11 and 13 examines the church in Antioch as a model for God's vision of a diverse and unified community. In a city deeply divided by ethnic and social barriers, early Christians, empowered by the Holy Spirit, broke down these walls to form a single, vibrant body. The speaker challenges the audience to participate in this mission by fostering awareness and relationships and committing to Jesus, the source of this unity.

Drawing from Acts 28, the sermon highlights three key takeaways from Paul's time on Malta: the importance of showing kindness to those who are "shipwrecked," the development of character and perseverance through life's snakes and trials, and the responsibility to bring hope to others. Paul's actions—gathering wood, shaking off a snake, and healing the sick—show how serving God's purpose involves getting hands-on, trusting God through adversity, and letting our transformed lives point people to Jesus.

In a sermon titled "Reflections on God's Closeness," Dan explains that God is not distant but is near and wants to be found. He outlines three core points: why we should seek God’s closeness (it’s available through Jesus, he is the greatest, and others need him), why we don’t always seek him (theological reasons, self-disqualification, and busyness), and what we can do to seek him (make time and space, engage deeply, and remember and testify).