St Basil's Church

Pete James continues our series on the Holy Spirit by diving into Galatians to understand how the Holy Spirit bears fruit in our lives. Contrasting to works of the flesh, Pete encourages us to stop working harder and harder to change and instead become "gardeners" who make our lives a great habitat for the fruit of the Spirit to grow: to fashion our lives into one big "yes" to the Holy Spirit.

In the second talk of the series, Dan encourages us that the Spirit will empower us to witness to Jesus and be obedient to the Father when we seek to keep in step with Him in an ongoing trusting relationship.

Becky kicks off our new series, "Our Life, Filled with His Life: A Living, Breathing Theology of the Holy Spirit”, with an overview of the Holy Spirit’s role throughout the biblical narrative, focusing on the promise of His presence in light of Jesus’ resurrection and the sending of the Spirit. Becky then explores how the Holy Spirit brings revelation into our lives by examining the story of John the Baptist—how the Spirit revealed the coming Messiah to him, and how John partnered with the Spirit to steward that revelation and proclaim it to the world. 

Through the story of Lazarus, Dan explores how Jesus grows our faith in him when we choose to trust him in times of hardship. As we ask that even now he would bring life out of death we are formed into Easter people in a Good Friday world.

"Tim May, visiting from KXC in London, concludes our series by looking at the power and importance of forgiveness: both receiving it and extending it. He exhorts us to become a church famous for our forgiveness"

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Pete James

Guest preacher, Joshua Luke Smith, continues our series "Behind Closed Doors". He looks at how Jesus drew strength from times in the wilderness and encouraged us all to find our own 'daily desert'.

On Mothering Sunday, Jonah shares a New Testament understanding of motherhood. He looks at how Jesus exemplifies honouring his mother on the cross, instituting a new family marked by subversive relationships and how this act inspired and energised the early church social ethics. Jonah ends with how our material longings and fractured relationships will be made whole in the New Jerusalem. 
Please note the first few seconds are missing. Jonah is reading from John 19 v 25

Dan continues our series by encouraging us to cultivate hearts that want what God wants. Fruitfulness comes from abiding in God - here we cultivate a desire to see his will come into fruition, and grow in trust that when we follow his will for us we will be fed, formed and able to participate in what he is doing.

Pete James kicks off our Lent Series "Behind Closed Doors".  Looking at Jesus in Gethsemane, Pete invites us to strengthen our inner lives in the Lord so they are robust enough for our outer lives.

Pete James closes out our series on the life of Josiah by encouraging us as a church to a spiritual defiance embodied in practices that help us live in the story of God and not let our hearts be won over by idols.