We delve into Mark Chapter 5, where Jesus crosses the Sea of Galilee to confront spiritual darkness in the most unlikely place: a graveyard. We encounter the terrifying reality of the Gerasene demoniac, a man utterly lost and chained, illustrating a truth for all of us: when human interventions fail, Jesus steps in.

This sermon explores the power of Jesus over forces that isolate and destroy, symbolised by the "Legion" of demons. We discuss the townspeople's fear of Jesus's transformative power, preferring their valuable, illegal pigs (their "contraband") over the life and freedom Jesus offers.

Special Challenge: Matt invites you to identify the "pigs" in your own life—the areas you desperately hold back from God—and surrender them to the unmatched power of Jesus Christ.

0:00 Welcome, Unlimited Church Vision & Mark Series Overview

1:35 Reading: Mark 5:1-43 (The Demoniac, Jairus's Daughter, and the Woman with Bleeding)

6:49 Personal Connection to the Text

7:46 Essential FAQs: Real Event, Demons, and Jesus's Power

8:33 Jesus Heads to the Graveyard, Not the Market (Seeking the Unspectacular)

10:13 Where Jesus's Presence is Most Apparent (In the Struggle)

10:38 The Demoniac: When Human Interventions Fail

11:51 Irony: The World's Method vs. Jesus's Freedom

13:28 The Lack of Hope from Human Words vs. Jesus's Restoration

15:45 Golgotha (The Place of the Skull) is Jesus's Specialty

16:45 Breakout Question: Fixing things in our own strength vs. Jesus's Freedom

17:39 Focusing on the Legion (Power & Nature of the Demon)

18:22 The Significance of Demanding a Name (Nature)

18:50 The Roman Legion: A Terrifying, Unmatched Force

20:12 The Unfairly Matched Scales (Our Fight vs. Evil)

22:12 The Vast Gulf: The Effect that Good has on Evil

23:37 The Pigs Drown (Economic Loss vs. Salvation)

24:32 The People Beg Jesus to Leave (The Power of Contraband)

25:12 What are your Pigs? (Areas we hold back from God)

26:39 The Pig Challenge: A Visual Cue of Surrender

28:01 Conclusion: No Power Greater Than Jesus

28:13 Graveyard vs. Garden (Life Restoration)

29:19 Slaughter Those Pigs That Hold You Back

29:27 Invitation to Pray and Act of Confession

32:57 Launch the Pigs! (Act of Release and Absolution)

#JesusInTheGraveyard #Mark5 #Exorcism #Legion #SpiritualWarfare #Sermon #JesusHeals #MarkSeries #Demoniac #SpiritualFreedom #Surrender #ChurchOnline

TimestampsHashtags

We continue our series in the Gospel of Mark by diving into the dramatic account of Jesus calming the storm on the Sea of Galilee (Mark 4:35-41). This passage directly challenges our constant struggle with control and our tendency to give in to fear when life gets difficult.

Discover how this miracle reveals Jesus's true identity as the one who is in complete control, possessing all power and might. We explore why storms often happen in the 'evening' of our lives, the simplicity of desperate prayer, and the eternal security found in Christ—our ultimate refuge in the chaos.

This sermon challenges us to transfer control from ourselves to Jesus and trust in the providence of God, realising that even the wind and the waves obey him.

Timestamps

0:00 Introduction: The Struggle with Control

0:43 Reading: Mark 4:35-41 (Jesus Calms the Storm)

1:40 Why We Struggle with Control (Avoiding Pain & Self-Mastery)

3:57 The Reality of Following Jesus

5:27 The Storm in the "Evening" (2:00 AM Problems)

6:41 Jesus's Command: "Quiet, Be Still" (The Greek 'Shut Up')

7:48 Jonah as a Foretaste of Jesus

8:27 Faith in God's Provident Care & Jesus's Presence

9:05 Discussion Questions9:54 Jesus's True Identity: The One in Control

10:33 The Importance of Jesus Commanding the Journey

11:57 Why Jesus Allows the Storm

12:43 Diet Bonhoeffer: God is Closest When He Seems Most Distant

13:46 Fear Blinds Us to God's Omnipotence

15:15 Relying on the Sovereignty of God

16:22 The Church as a Resource Against Fear

17:10 The Cry: "Jesus, Don't You Care?"

18:00 Eternity as a String (Perspective on Storms)

19:34 Prayer: A Simple, Beautiful Example

21:20 Jesus Brings New Order into Being

23:31 A Great Calm: Reminiscent of Creation

24:37 Concluding Thoughts: Tracking the Goodness of God

Hashtags

#JesusCalmsTheStorm #Mark4 #Sermon #Control #Fear #FaithInJesus #BibleStudy #Christianity #StormsOfLife #Omnipotence #NewTestament #UnlimitedChurch

.Discover what Jesus teaches about faith, growth, and spiritual resilience in this message from Mark 4. Matt Clayton unpacks the Parable of the Sower, the mustard seed, and the lamp on a stand — showing how God plants seeds of faith in every heart, how light breaks into darkness, and how small beginnings can lead to extraordinary transformation.Expect practical insight, encouragement, and a fresh invitation to grow in faith wherever you’re starting from.

In this special vision Sunday message, Matt steps out of our Mark series to dive into Deuteronomy Chapter 6 and unpack the core "why" behind Unlimited Church's mission. We explore why we invest so much time, energy, and resources into the younger generations—kids, youth, students, and young adults.

Unlimited Church is not just a "youth church," but a multigenerational family on a mission to help people come alive as they encounter Jesus, with a unique calling to reach the rising generations. This talk challenges us to look at the scriptural mandate to teach the commands of God to our children "again and again," and to recognise the incredible opportunity we have today to share the ultimate hope of Jesus with a generation crying out for truth.

Discover the four pillars of our mission (Church, Community, Chaplaincy, and Culture) and be inspired by the staggering growth in young church attendance and the openness of youth culture to conversations about faith!

Timestamps:

0:00 Welcome & Introduction: Who is Unlimited Church?

1:35 The "Why" of Investing in Younger Generations

2:26 Unlimited Church's Core Vision Statement

2:56 The Four Pillars of Our Mission (Church, Community, Chaplaincy, Culture)

5:57 A Brief History of Unlimited Church

6:48 Being Known in the City (Coffee Trailer & Toasty Tuesdays)

8:07 What Makes Us Different?

8:52 Reading: Deuteronomy 6:1-9

10:59 The Mandate: "Repeat them again and again to your children"

12:22 Encouraging News: Recent Stats on Young People in Church (4x Return!)

13:42 Matt's Story: Being Thrown Out of Church as a Teenager

17:49 Finding Community and a Call to Ministry

18:57 The Grand Narrative of Scripture: Ruin, Rescue, and Renewal

21:23 Discussion Questions: Renewal in Our Community

22:20 More Staggering Youth Culture Stats (The Openness to Faith)

23:51 The Harshest Situations & God's Ultimate Peace

26:48 Young People Are the Church Today

29:05 Conclusion: Our Call to Be Like Jesus

30:29 How Jesus Treated His Younger Disciples

31:01 Final Vision Call

Hashtags: #ChurchVision #RisingGenerations #Deuteronomy6 #StudentMinistry #YouthCulture #ChurchMission #Multigenerational #ChurchGrowth #ChristianFaith #Sermon #UnlimitedChurch #ExeterChurch #RepeatThem

In this sermon on Mark 3:13-35, Peter explores two revolutionary themes: God's calling of ordinary, flawed people and Jesus's radical redefinition of family.

First, Peter looks at the list of the twelve disciples—a "mixed bag" of fishermen, a hated tax collector (Matthew), and unknowns. He argues that God deliberately calls imperfect and unappreciated people into His service, drawing a parallel to the vital, often marginalized professions of today, like taxi drivers and shelf stackers. Peter encourages listeners to embrace their unworthiness, as their worthiness comes solely from Jesus's sacrifice.

Second, the talk dissects Jesus's striking statement, "Anyone who does what God wants is my brother or sister or mother." This challenges our conventional understanding of biological family, expanding kinship to a spiritual family defined by doing God's will. It’s a message that offers inclusion and belonging to all who accept God's free gift of salvation.

In this message, Matt dives into Mark 3:1-12, exploring the dramatic moment Jesus heals a man with a withered hand in the synagogue on the Sabbath. This story is more than a miracle; it's a direct confrontation between Jesus's radical compassion and the stubborn, rule-bound hearts of the religious elite (the Pharisees).Matt challenges us to adopt the an expectation that Jesus is about to act—but with a different motive: to expect healing, restoration, and life in our everyday interactions. He connects the "hardening of hearts" in the passage to the biblical concept of stubborn resistance to God's purpose, contrasting it with the simple act of stretching out a hand to receive life.The talk concludes with a powerful challenge to resist cultural assimilation, recognizing that following Jesus means standing apart and being a part of God's spiritual war to bring renewal to the world.TIMESTAMPS:0:00 - Introduction & Mission of the Community 0:49 - Prayer for the Current Moment 1:05 - Introduction to the Book of Mark 1:47 - Scripture Reading: Jesus Heals the Withered Hand (Mark 3:1-12)3:33 - Discussion Prompt: First Impressions of the Passage 4:01 - The Pharisees were Watching Jesus Closely 5:37 - Their motive: Legal Charges and Ruining His Reputation 6:13 - The Sabbath Law and Exceptions 6:44 - Jesus's Question: Do Good or Do Evil on the Sabbath? 7:26 - A Challenge: Expecting Jesus to Act Today 8:41 - Jesus Advances to Fulfill the Law 9:18 - Jesus's Promise of Renewal and Victory 10:30 - The Church's Moral Decisions vs. The World's 11:15 - John 17: In the World, But Not of the World 12:25 - The Lie of Cultural Assimilation 13:45 - Jesus's Anger at Stubborn Hearts 15:16 - Post-Discussion Reflection 15:52 - Hardness of Heart in Scripture (Pharaoh Parallel) 17:14 - Defining Hardness of Heart (Stubborn Resistance) 18:20 - The Hand Stretched Away vs. The Hand Stretched Towards God 19:40 - People Fighting to Touch Jesus (Missio Dei) 20:12 - Testimony of Spiritual Breakthrough in the Community 23:17 - The Spiritual War We Are In 23:41 - The Unique Claim of Jesus 25:12 - Evil Submits to Jesus 26:00 - Conclusion & Final Call to PrayerHASHTAGS: #Mark3 #Sabbath #JesusHeals #WitheredHand #Pharisees #BibleStudy #ChristianLiving #CulturalAssimilation #SpiritualWarfare #Sermon #UNLTDchurch #GospelOfMark

Matt unpacks three confrontational encounters Jesus has with the religious elite, highlighting a consistent pattern:

Jesus acts, gets opposed, and reveals something beautiful about the Kingdom of God.

We dive into the scandalous dinner with Levi (who becomes Matthew) the tax collector, the controversy over fasting, and the challenge to the Sabbath law. Discover why Jesus is unafraid of your "baggage" and how the new life he offers—the "new wine"—is meant to transform not just your spirit, but your entire life and the structures around it.

#MarksGospel #NewWineNewSkins #JesusActs #BibleStudy #ChristianSermon #MarkChapter2 #Forgiveness #NewLifeInChrist #LeviTheTaxCollector #TheGospel

The Cost of Love | Mark's Gospel Series

In this sermon, Matt continues the series on Mark's Gospel by exploring what it means to love like Jesus. He challenges the audience to have a love that is costly and uncalculating, just like the woman who anoints Jesus with expensive perfume. The message delves into the biblical and practical meaning of love, urging believers to be a multi-generational family on a mission to show Jesus's love to a world that desperately needs it.

Timestamps

0:00 - Introduction and Welcome

0:11 - Series on Mark's Gospel

0:26 - About Unlimited: a Family on a Mission

1:33 - Today's Topic: Love

2:01 - Scripture Reading: Mark 14:1-9

3:50 - Group Discussion Prompt

4:26 - The Cost of Love

5:09 - "We love because He first loved us"

5:40 - What Love Is (and isn't)

6:56 - Imagine a World Shaped by This Love

7:34 - Three Types of Love

8:12 - 1. Love like Mary: Uncalculated Devotion

11:47 - Jesus's Uncalculated Devotion

12:51 - 2. Love like Jesus: Full of Grace and Truth

15:21 - Loving the Difficult People

16:34 - Questions for Reflection

17:08 - 3. A Compelling Love

17:55 - Jesus's Shocking Love

18:56 - Love Resists Fear

20:20 - Love is the Poison of Reason

22:00 - The Story of Derek Black

27:02 - Final Questions and Call to Action

27:58 - Closing Prayer

#Sermon #MarkGospel #LoveLikeJesus #Christianity #TheCostOfLove #Mark14 #BiblicalLove #UncalculatedDevotion #Jesus #UnlimitedChurch

Hashtags

In this sermon, Matt talks about the importance of finding time for retreat, receiving, and renewal in your life, just as Jesus did. Drawing from the book of Mark, he explores the two incredible stories of Jesus healing a paralysed man & Jesus's retreat to a solitary place to pray.

Matt emphasises that we, too, must make space to receive from God in order to be a part of the world's renewal.

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

1:18 - Mark Bible Reading

5:08 - The cycle of Retreat, Receive, Renew

5:43 - A closer look at Jesus retreating to pray

8:05 - Being led by the Holy Spirit8:51 - The disciples' frustrated search for Jesus

13:16 - The spiritual reason for Jesus's retreat

16:00 - A question for the congregation: How do you retreat?

16:50 - The story of the paralysed man and his friends

18:12 - A deeper look at the crowd's questions

19:40 - The incredible faith of the friends22:56 - Jesus's unpredictable response

23:56 - Jesus addresses the soul's need

25:12 - Jesus heals the man and praises God

26:56 - The theological significance of Jesus's declaration

27:37 - Final thoughts on retreating to advance

Hashtags#RetreatReceiveRenew #ChristianSermon #MarkSeries #BiblicalTeaching #SpiritualGrowth #FaithJourney #JesusChrist #unlimitedchurch

Join UNLTD as Matt as he delves into Mark, exploring three key themes: new people, new preaching, and new power. We'll look at Jesus's radical approach to ministry, from calling ordinary fishermen to his mission to preaching with unparalleled authority. Learn what it means to repent, believe, and follow Jesus, surrendering our lives to him for eternal victory.This message will challenge and inspire you to see your everyday life as a mission field where God's transformative power can break through.Timestamps:0:00 Introduction to UNLTD0:42 The mission of the church: Reaching the new generation.1:10 Bible reading4:53 Three key themes: New People, New Preaching, and New Power.5:55 Diving into "New People": Repent and Believe.9:24 The 'boldness' of Jesus's message.11:00 Waging war against temptation.12:56 Christ's victory: A surrendered human heart.13:35 The life-changing commission.15:21 Your faith triumphs over your occupation.16:08 Smith Wigglesworth: A plumber with anointing.17:02 The Christian faith is not a 'bolt-on.'18:17 "New Preaching": Jesus's authority.20:11 Jesus uses ordinary people.21:08 "New Power"22:12 The miraculous life Jesus provides.23:38 Conclusion: New people, new preaching, new power.Hashtags#Sermon #Mark #NewPeopleNewPreachingNewPower #BibleStudy #Christianity #Jesus #Faith #RepentAndBelieve #Discipleship #UnlimitedChurch