We are joined by Pete Wynter as he talks on A Time to Cross. He talks about how in Genesis 32, Jacob questioned, struggled and had confrontation with God, but he still steps into his future and overcame his struggles. There have been moments over these last few months, like Jacob we have struggled, however in this new season, maybe like Jacob we have a decision to cross over into all that God calls us to.

Today Kira Taylor tells us the story of how she encountered the Holy Spirit for the first time and her life changed forever. In the following weeks, Kira worried she had wasted all those years when she had not known Jesus, but Kira reads 2 Corinthians 4- ‘Therefore do not loose heart. Though outwardly, we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day’. Nothing is wasted, He can redeem that time.

In today's HTB Bitesize, Nicky Lee talks about how in 2 Corinthians 2:4, Paul had to send a difficult letter to the Corinthian Church. Nicky shares how in the past he received some tricky letters and sometimes they have to be done. However similar to Paul, Nicky highlights that they must be done in the spirit of love.

In today’s Bible in One Year Jemima Adjei reads 2 Corinthians 1, about how Paul managed difficult conversations and circumstances in his life. Like Paul, we may receive criticism, and it may knock us down. But Paul reminds us that it is not the word of critics that define us, but the words of God.

In today’s Bitesize, George Watkinson tells us a story of when he experiences kidney stones - he thought when he got rid of them that his life would be without trouble, but low and behold when they were gone his life was not without trouble. Human life is not without trouble, but in 2 Corinthians 1: 3-4, Paul writes to a church in Corinth about his troubles and says ‘praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort.

Week 4 of Summer Nights 2020, in which Ruth May concludes our journey through the adventures of Joseph, exploring Genesis 42 in a talk titled ‘Joseph: Redemption’.

You can catch up on all our Summer Nights talks in previous episodes of the HTB Podcast.

In today’s Bible in One Year Bitesize, Pete Wynter talks to us about doors of opportunities that God might be opening for us.

In 1 Corinthians 16, Paul talks about ‘a great door for effective work’ that has opened to him, and that ‘there are many who oppose’ him. As he discusses this passage, Pete reminds us that opposition is not a reason to step through the door.

Today Katherine Chow reads to us Proverbs 20:27 - ‘the human spirit is the lamp of the Lord that sheds light on ones in most being’.

Katherine invites us to look at our external behaviours, as they inform us about what we value and they tell us what we are like on the interior. Turn your heart, your inmost being to God today, and invite him in.

Jonny was part of the planting team to St Peter’s Brighton and is now Associate Vicar there, with responsibilities for homeless and vulnerable adults, and teaching theology as part of the Leadership Development Year. Jonny talks to us about living in uncertain times and how God uses these times to bring our new things from within us.

Today Tash Kusi explains how King David wanted to live in a blameless way, an in a just way, so that he could reflect God’s heart. This was his heart for his government. We may think our own government may not reflect this same heart, however Tash encourages us to pray that our government are doing was God wants. "