Holding firmly. Rev Jim Thompson looks at three words - mother, mentor and master - to help illustrate how God is holding us firmly.

James 1:1-12. Having joy in times of trial, and how to find wisdom when we are unsure what God's purpose is for us when we face those trials.

We continue our journey through Matthew as we look at Matthew 7 verses 1-12 as Jesus teaches us to see how we might be judging others.

In Matthew 6.25-34 Jesus speaks about worry in the light of what he has been saying. We can only "not worry" if something greater has taken hold of our hearts.

Matthew 6.19-24 continues with Jesus' teaching about Kingdom living through the images of your treasure, your eye and your master.

Matthew 6:1-15. Rearranging the ashes or living for God's glory. Stephen looks at Jesus' teaching on giving and praying.

Matthew 5:38-48. Continuing our journey through Matthew’s account of the sermon on the mount, we come to Jesus teaching on loving our enemies. Stephen demonstrates that Jesus wants us to be a servant to anyone and a friend to everyone.

Matthew 5:33-36. Why should we tell the truth? Stephen shows us that truthfulness answers the questions about what it means to believe in God, what it means to be human and what it means to love Jesus.

Matthew 5:27-32. As we continue to work through Matthew's gospel, Stephen looks at what Jesus has to say about marriage and divorce.

Matthew 5:20-26. Stephen looks at another section of Jesus' teaching from Matthew's gospel and contrasts our notions of righteousness with Kingdom righteousness.