Matthew 4:12-25. Stephen uses this passage to demonstrate that Jesus requires (a) allegiance to His person, (b) abandonment to His will and (c) acceptance of His mission.

Matthew 4:1-11. Directly after his baptism and Spirit-empowered anointing as the Messiah, why does Jesus go into the desert? Stephen examines this next episode in Matthew’s account of Jesus’ life.

Isaiah 40:1-5 and Matthew 3:1-17. Looking at Isaiah 40 and Matthew 3, Stephen shows how both passages answer the following questions: ‘who is coming?’ ‘what do we need to do?’ and ‘why is He coming?’. Stephen encourages us, as we step into 2020, to embrace humility, live in hope and live in the new life which Jesus offers.

Matthew 2:13-23. Jim Thompson looks at the account in Matthew’s gospel of the warning Joseph received about Herod’s intent to kill the Christ child, the escape to Egypt and the subsequent return to Israel.

Matthew 2:1-12. Stephen discusses Matthew’s account of the visit of the Magi, and demonstrates that Jesus is the king with all authority and He is the blessing to all nations.

Matthew 1:18-25. Stephen looks at Joseph's courage to face a hostile world after choosing to accept Mary as his wife, and then compares that with the courage needed by Christians today to accept Jesus and declare Him as king in a world that does not understand why He came.

Matthew 1. The genealogy of Jesus.

Luke 8:22-25. "Anything for an easy life" is a phrase we hear a lot. But, does having things easy always mean we are better off? When we face trouble and danger we often feel that God has abandoned us or that Jesus doesn't care. Kenneth uses the story of the disciples caught in a storm on a boat with Jesus in Luke 8 to show that there are positive elements to facing difficulties; that we can benefit and learn from them and that Jesus not only cares, but is with us in our hard times.

John 16:5-16. Stephen looks at two aspects of the work of the person of the Holy Spirit (part of the trinitarian Godhead) to show us how he can be not only a counsellor and advocate, but also a mentor to us and a means to point the way to, and glorify, Jesus.

John12:20-33. Stephen examines the significance of Christ's death on the cross and explores how and why this is a glorious event.