Matthew starts his account of Jesus’ public ministry with an introductory summary to give us a flavor of what’s coming. He shows us that Jesus came to reclaim God’s position as king over all and calls us to repent and come under the reign of God.

Jesus challenges a man who had been freed from an evil spirit to go back to his family and tell them what the Lord had done for him. He heeds Jesus' call and begins to tell his story. When we put our faith in the risen Lord and saviour Jesus Christ, we are changed, our lives are never the same. We stand forgiven and free. Our experience of how we got saved becomes our Jesus story and he calls us to let the world know of his love and mercy for all who would believe.

God with Us - Not just on Christmas Day but every day by King's Church Hastings

Christmas is a story of finding love in a surprising place: we find the love of the God who made us being revealed in the birth of a baby in Bethlehem 2000 years ago. At the first Christmas, God went public with his love by sending his son to be born on earth that he might die to give us life.

The Christmas Story is all about Jesus. He came with a purpose to solve the problem of sin. Within this preach we look to understand the problems sin causes and how Jesus solves it through being Emmanuel God with us.

Materialism is rife in our culture. While we might like to think we're immune from it, there's a danger that the love of money and possessions has crept into our hearts too. As followers of Jesus, we need to ask ourselves if it has, and then be rich in gratitude and rich in generosity as two antidotes to materialism.

In Psalm 23, we see that God is the only place in which we can find restoration for our souls, guidance for our daily lives and a hope beyond the grave. However, we are only able to sing the truths of Psalm 23, because Jesus experienced the pain of Psalm 22. Jesus is the good, good shepherd.

We are busy. Busyness is affecting our work, our health and our relationships. But the problem is not just in our diaries; it’s in our hearts. We feel unhealthily busy when we try to do more than God expects us to do, and we try to do more than God expects us to do because we believe lies about God and ourselves. To begin to tackle the busyness in our diaries, we first have to tackle the busyness in our hearts.

Beginning of Life and Abortion by King's Church Hastings

Do we ever have the right to end a human life? Many people in the UK believe that in cases of extreme suffering or life-limiting illness or injury, individuals should be able to request and receive help to end their lives. How does this fit with what God says in the Bible? What should our response as Christians be to cases of extreme suffering and life-limiting conditions?