The Kingdom of Heaven has come near - and it's the grace of God that leads to repentance. Repentance means turning around and living under the rule of a new King! When we repent and receive this new rulership we are challenged to live in a Godly way and oppose evil. But how exactly do you do that, how do you oppose evil in a Godly way? What can you learn from the way God acts when kingdoms are in contention?

In the first talk of our new series based around the Gosepl of Matthew, Mark Kelly gives us the answer to the question, 'who is the King?' ... and it aint Elvis! The 'That's My King Video', featured at the end of this talk, can be found at: vimeo.com/1916473

In the first talk of our new series based around the Gosepl of Matthew, Mark Kelly gives us the answer to the question, 'who is the King?' ... and it aint Elvis! The 'That's My King Video', featured at the end of this talk, can be found at: vimeo.com/1916473

John Casey presents the next in our series of Big Questions and tackles the hard subject of suffering.

Kate reminds us to take time and remember our first love - Jesus.

When it comes to debating with people about creation, realise that it’s the devil we need to overcome, not scientific theories. Know your stuff and be able to give answers, for sure. But it’s the Gospel that is the power for salvation, and intelligent design or whatever arguments for God’s creative work you share - they are only useful if they point to Jesus, glorify the Father who sent him and challenge people to put their faith in the death and resurrection of Christ.

We all set priorities and this is where each one of us is challenged the most. If our priorities are not in order, then our lives will not be in order. If our priorities are not right, we won't be right. We don't have to pray about what our number one priority in life ought to be. We shouldn't really have to think about it. We don't have to discuss it. We don't have to do some soul searching for it. We don't have to go on a pilgrimage to find it. We just have to do it, because Jesus has already told us what our first priority ought to be, "Seek the Kingdom of God above ALL else."

In this final week a combined message from Mark & Kathi open up aspects of the final chapter of James, focusing in on the 'stressors' of trial and adversity and that to 'bust' these we must be patient, persevere and pray!

The Horsforth Life Group continued our exploration of James (this week chapter 4) through this short talk which was followed by discussion and feedback.

How easy it is to insensitively offend others with our words. This raises two issues: How can we best avoid using destructive words, and if we fail, how can we handle the hurt we have caused?