When Jesus returns, there will be a day of reckoning. He will judge all the people of the Earth. This message studies the reality, finality, personality, visibility, and universality of that judgement, and how we find safety on that day: Jesus.Av Dan Hudson

The return of Jesus was the central hope of the New Testament Christians, but this is often not the case in churches today. Luke explores why this is the case, and how we can have a better understanding of what is going to happen, when it’s going to happen, and why it is such good news.Av Luke Davydaitis

Our starting point for this series looking at the return of Jesus is to study the Ascension. The Ascension isn’t simply the end point for Jesus’ earthly ministry, but the start of His heavenly ministry on behalf of His people.Av Dan Hudson

On Easter Sunday 2024 we heard from Dr Kenneth David-West from the African and Carribbean Christian Fellowship from Glasgow.Av Kenneth David-West

Dan gives an update on church finances and then encourages us to give generously and live contentedly from Paul’s final words in his letter to the Philippians.Av Dan Hudson

How do we grow as disciples of Jesus? Paul gives the Philippian believers advice about what and who to think about and learn from.Av Luke Davydaitis

Raphael continues our series in the Letter to the Philippians, looking at Philippians 4: 4–7.Av Raphael Mrode

Our greatest goal as followers of Jesus must be to get to know Jesus better. Christian maturity correlates to devotion to Christ. In these verses, Paul helps us see Jesus as better than religion, more valuable than anything we can know and worthy of our greatest pursuit.Av Dan Hudson

God changes people’s lives, and in this passage we can see how He changed the lives of Paul, Timothy, and Epaphroditus, and how He used them to bless each other and others.Av Stephen Chittick

Growing in godliness starts with meeting Jesus, receiving His grace, knowing His love, and experiencing His power at work in our lives. But each of us have a responsibility to diligently nurture the seed God has planted in our lives through obedient action.Av Chris Rawson

Luke tries to help us see a bit more of the glory of Christ in His humble obedience, and challenges us to think how this should shape how we respond to the people around us.Av Luke Davydaitis

On Vision Sunday the elders shared from Isaiah 61. God has called King’s church to be a “Planting of the Lord for the display of his splendour”, growing in maturity and fruitfulness here in Edinburgh and planting out new churches and congregations across Scotland and the world.Av Dan Hudson and Luke Davydaitis and Chris Rawson

What does it mean to live a life worthy of the gospel, as a citizen of God’s Kingdom? Karen shows us the power of unity in Christ, the importance of supporting one another, and the surprising truth about suffering for Jesus.Av Karen Capon

Paul makes several statements in Philippians 1:12-26 that might seem strange to us. Luke looks at what these are and why Paul thought that way, and challenges us to imitate Paul as he imitated Jesus.Av Luke Davydaitis

Dan looked at the themes of partnership and prayer in Philippians 1:1–11Av Dan Hudson

Mary’s encounter with the Angel Gabriel gives us a wonderful insight into the good news of the gospel. The news is surprising, lifechanging, freely given. And it invites a response from us.Av Dan Hudson

One of the many prophecies about Jesus in the Old Testament starts with a hopeless scene of fallen trees. What does this have to do with Christmas? Listen here to find out.Av Luke Davydaitis

Chris brought The Better Story series to a close by looking at Sabbath rest. God himself modelled rest, and part of our purpose as humans is to enjoy rest with Him. Jesus came to lead us back into eternal rest with God in the future and to give us a taste of true Sabbath rest now.Av Chris Rawson

God made the world, sustains the world, and has a plan to recreate the world as a home for his family forever. How should we live in the present in a way that cares for God’s creation?Av Dan Hudson

The Bible tells us that creation speaks of God’s glory, and that God will speak to us through His creation. Luke explores why we are sometimes hard of hearing, and how we can remedy this.Av Luke Davydaitis

The Bible describes the church as being like the family of God, which is more than a nice metaphor – it should have a practical and spiritual impact on your life.Av King's Church

God made men and women to display His image and live in dependent harmony with each other, but sin has ruined this. Jen shows us the poetry of God’s design, and the hope of redemption that Jesus brings.Av Jen Rawson

Marriage in our culture has many different meanings. What does Jesus mean by marriage and why does it matter that all Christians know what he teaches?Av Dan Hudson

Work is not a result of the fall but a key way in which humans live as the image of God. Raphael helps us to see the truth of this and consider how we can do work to God’s glory.Av Raphael Mrode

Adrian Holloway visited us and share a message of hope and healing.Av Adrian Holloway

Being made in the image of God is the incredible privilege of every human being. Luke shows us what that means for our identity and purpose, and we see how Jesus is the ultimate image-bearer who transforms His people into His likeness despite their sin.Av Luke Davydaitis

God wants nothing less for His people than that they be filled with His fullness! Dan explains how it’s the work of the Holy Spirit today to give us intimate access to God, creativity, boldness, and strength.Av Dan Hudson

The Church is the fulfilment of God’s plan to have a people from every tribe and tongue and nation, with whom He dwells. Chris shows us how this plan starts right at the beginning of the Bible, and encourages us to value what God values.Av Chris Rawson

Dave Holden was visiting us again this week, and he shared what Jesus shows us about being people who are full of both grace and truth.Av Dave Holden

We start our new preaching series by looking at the four parts of the biblical story: creation, rebellion, redemption, new creation.Av Luke Davydaitis

We finish our series on Joshua by thinking about how God told Israel to remember His faithfulness as they looked forward to conquering the land – and then we do the same by sharing some of the events we have planned for the term ahead. You can find out more about our autumn events here.Av Dan Hudson and Luke Davydaitis and Chris Rawson

Karen showed us how God’s faithfulness means that He keeps His promises and gives His people rest, no matter how long it takes.Av Karen Capon

In Joshua 15 verse 63, we learn that Jerusalem had not yet been captured, which is very significant given how important Jerusalem became. Here Luke speaks about how David achieved this much later (2 Samuel 5:6:7), and how we can learn from David’s faith as we face strongholds today. (The recording starts a little after Luke began speaking, which ma…

Stephen continues our series in Joshua with the story of the tribe of Joseph; a people asking for more but then struggling to believe and take hold of what God has promised them. Stephen shares his own experience of believing God and taking ground, and encourages us to have faith for where God can take us.…

Dan continues our series in Joshua with a look at Caleb; an example of persevering faith, a refusal to give up believing God and a determination to be involved in what God is doing.During the preach, Dan quoted from Jerry Bridges on “How to preach the gospel to yourself every day”. If you’d like to pray through the scriptures he references, this bl…

Raphael continues our series in the book of Joshua looking at the role of Israel as a nation then, and the role of the church now, in fulfilling God’s purposes.Av Raphael Mrode

On Sunday, Lydia continued our preaching series on More Than Conquerers talking about The Daughters of Zelophehad, how they took hold of their inheritance and what we can learn from them.Av Lydia Simpson

Our series from the book of Joshua continues on the power of sin and why disobedience matters so much to God.Av King's Church

The Ark of the Covenant was at the heart of everything in the life of ancient Israel, including the conquest of Jericho. In the same way, we must prioritise and cherish the presence of God in our lives.The reading list that Luke mentions is available here, and more information about Running Partners can be found here.…

We’re all on a journey of faith as individuals and as a church family together. In the story of Rahab in Joshua 2, we see that the journey of faith begins with God’s invitation to unexpected people, that it is grounded in who God is and what He’s done, and that it requires a radical response from us.…

God’s people always face opposition, but Jesus overcame so that we could overcome. Mike McLeister shows us how God gave Nehemiah grace to do this.Av Mike McLeister

Israel’s conquest of the Promised Land makes for difficult reading, so it’s important that we know what really happened and why. Along with explaining this, Luke looks at the parallels and differences between the mission Joshua was given, and the one that we have been given.Av Luke Davydaitis

Dan starts our new series by focusing on the character of Joshua, and the lessons God taught him in preparation for the key role he had to play.Av Dan Hudson

Phil and Sarah Varley round off our 2023 Weekend Away with this message.Av Phil Varley and Sarah Varley

Our 2023 Weekend Away began with this talk from Sarah Varley.Av Sarah Varley

Here’s the talk from the Saturday night of our 2023 Weekend Away, with Phil Varley.Av Phil Varley

Dan wraps up our People of Praise series looking at being baptised in the Spirit means, and how the work of the Holy Spirit fuels our praise.Av Dan Hudson

Psalm 95 is a great encouragement to us to be a people of praise. Dara looks at what we can learn from it, and apply this in our times of worship together and by ourselves.Av Dara Oyewole

God has called us to be a people who joyfully praise him. God is a joyful God, and the gospel is joyful good news! God’s word directs us to deliberately find joy in God, and the Holy Spirit gives us joy when we lack it. Therefore scripture encourages us to express outwardly the joy he gives with our hearts and hands and voices.…

This is the first session of the Grow Together course from Saturday 29th April, with Peter Anderson speaking on `Leadership Faith’.Av Peter Anderson