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This week in our “The Practical Christian” series we take a look at delighting in God’s word. Pastor Tim Neale unpacks the book of Philemon while giving us very useful tools for engaging with scripture in a meaningful way. We trust that brand new Bible readers and long time students will alike be richly blessed.

The Apostle Peter had a lot of important wisdom for married couples. Unfortunately, much of his instruction has been misunderstood over the ages, and this has resulted in much harm. This week we take a look at Peter’s words within their context and in light of Christ’s beautiful kingdom ideal for marriage.

What does it mean when we say that the Lord is our portion? It’s one of those expressions that we often use but many don’t understand the full richness of its meaning. Check out this sermon as we discover that the Lord is all we need.

Why does Peter insist on submission and non-retaliation? In this difficult passage we see that Peter is not prescribing how society should be but describing how Christians should respond to unjust suffering. Just as Jesus suffering brought healing to us. So our suffering, if done rightly, can bring healing to others.

God asks us to honour our authorities for his name's sake. It's not a matter of whether we like them, support them, or will gain any personal benefit from them. In fact, it's when we choose to honour, in the face of great evil and injustice, that the power of the gospel is truly put on display and people will come to know Jesus as Lord.

In this week's sermon we continue our series in 1 Peter. We find out that God is building himself a temple but not with rock or human effort. He's building his temple with us... as living stones.

Want to learn more about how to practically live out your Christian faith as it relates Stewardship and Generosity? Check out this week’s sermon and Q&A

This week we continue our series in 1 Peter where Peter turns his attention to helping shape the way God’s family is suppose to live while strangers in the world. How should we view ourselves? How should we view our suffering? Where should we set our ultimate hope?

Sometimes we take Jesus for granted. But did you know there was a time that God's people had no idea who the Messiah would be and longed for the day that they would see Him? We live in that time now. We have the blessing of knowing Jesus. We have the blessing of having His Holy Spirit with us. We have the blessing of seeing his kingdom break into the earth even in our day.

Intercession, the act of standing between, is an instrument available to every believer, and which houses the ability to create change.