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Forest Town Church UK

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Here you have a chance to listen to the sermons at Forest Town Church.
We are a local church based in St Albans and we trust that you will find these messages helpful and a true blessing to your life. Visit our website to find out more about us - www.foresttown.church. This podcast is managed by our Media Team at FTC. Please email us on [email protected] if you have any comments.

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Episodes

True Conversion

October 09, 2011 09:00 - 51 minutes - 20.7 MB

A message from Greg Downes (Director of the Centre for Missional Leadership) at Forest Town Church, St Albans (UK). Greg looks at the three-fold nature of true conversion - conversion to Christ; conversion to His community; and conversion to His cause.

Dignifying the New Man

October 02, 2011 09:00 - 44 minutes - 17.6 MB

A message from Ant Rist at Forest Town Church, St Albans (UK). Ant continues his series in James - Dazzling Christianity - and looks at James 1:21 and the fact that we are not perfect yet but put off the old man and choose the way of the new man.

Christ-centred Preaching

September 26, 2011 09:00 - 42 minutes - 18.8 MB

A message from Ant Rist at Forest Town Church, St Albans (UK). Ant continues to look at the theme of revival, and examines the role of Chirst-centred preaching in revival.

The Dance of God

September 21, 2011 19:00 - 58 minutes - 23.6 MB

A message from Mike Pilavachi of Soul Survivor at Forest Town Church, St Albans (UK). Mike challenges idolatry and particularly the idol of the individual

Armour Bearers in Prayer

September 18, 2011 09:00 - 44 minutes - 18.8 MB

A message from Ant Rist at Forest Town Church, St Albans (UK). Ant continues to look at the theme of revival, and examines how prayer and revival work together, asking whether we will be armour bearers for Jesus' church.

Eternity in our Hearts

September 11, 2011 09:00 - 46 minutes - 18.8 MB

A message from Ant Rist at Forest Town Church, St Albans (UK). Ant continues to look at the theme of revival, and challenges us to live with eternity in our hearts and in our minds - living differently from the world.

A Community Saturated with God

September 04, 2011 09:00 - 47 minutes - 18.9 MB

A message from Ant Rist at Forest Town Church, St Albans (UK). Ant continues to look at the theme of revival, contrasting a God-centred versus a man-centred view and looking at five characteristics of revival.

Renewing our minds

August 28, 2011 09:00 - 45 minutes - 18.3 MB

A message from Cobus Visagie at Forest Town Church, St Albans (UK). Cobus asks the question, 'What are you doing to renew your mind?' and examines how our mindsets affect our faith, challenging us to a view of us rather than me and to have a faith that is more focused on others than on ourselves.

Revival: Why we need it

August 21, 2011 09:00 - 49 minutes - 19.7 MB

A message from Ant Rist at Forest Town Church, St Albans (UK). Ant begins an exploration of the theme of revival by asking the question, "Why do we need revival?" and looking at what the first century church looked like.

Knowing God

August 14, 2011 09:00 - 50 minutes - 20.4 MB

A message from Toks Oraeki at Forest Town Church, St Albans (UK). Toks looks at what it mean to really know God and prayer in the context of that knowing.

Thinking before Speaking

July 24, 2011 09:00 - 36 minutes - 14.7 MB

A message from Ant Rist at Forest Town Church, St Albans (UK). Continuing his series 'Dazzling Christianity' Ant looks at James 1:19 and challenges us to be those that a quick to hear God, slow to speak and slow to anger.

Saving Grace

July 17, 2011 09:00 - 32 minutes - 13.2 MB

A message from Ant Rist at Forest Town Church, St Albans (UK). Continuing his series 'Dazzling Christianity' Ant looks at James 1:18 where the gospel is presented in one verse. Note: The first five minutes of the message where he introduces this theme is missing but the audio picks up on the issue of what it means to be born again.

Father of Lights

July 10, 2011 09:00 - 39 minutes - 15.7 MB

A message from Ant Rist at Forest Town Church, St Albans (UK). Continuing his series 'Dazzling Christianity' Ant looks again at James 1:17 and looks at what is meant by the phrase 'Father of lights'.

Work & Career (Part 3)

July 09, 2011 10:30 - 54 minutes - 22 MB

A message from Greg Haslam at Forest Town Church, St Albans (UK). In this series of three messages Greg establishes a biblical perspective of work. In part 3 he looks at the what went wrong with our concept of work, repercussions of the fall and concludes with a renewed gospel-centred perspective on work.

Work & Career (Part 2)

July 09, 2011 09:00 - 53 minutes - 21.3 MB

A message from Greg Haslam at Forest Town Church, St Albans (UK). In this series of three messages Greg establishes a biblical perspective of work. In part 2 he continues to examine our mission in life and looks at a theological foundation for work.

Work & Career (Part 1)

July 08, 2011 19:00 - 58 minutes - 23.2 MB

A message from Greg Haslam at Forest Town Church, St Albans (UK). In this series of three messages Greg establishes a biblical perspective of work. In part 1 he examines the idea of our calling or mission in life.

The True Vine

July 04, 2011 09:00 - 46 minutes - 18.7 MB

A message from Dennis Hylton at Forest Town Church, St Albans (UK). Looking at John 15:1-4, Dennis explored the fact there are areas in our lives where we are disconnected from God and how connectedness can be restored.

Every Good and Perfect Gift

June 26, 2011 09:00 - 47 minutes - 18.9 MB

A message from Ant Rist at Forest Town Church, St Albans (UK). Continuing his series 'Dazzling Christianity' Ant looks at James 1:17 and looks at what it means for every good and perfect gift to come from God, contrasting common grace with saving grace.

Resisting Temptation

June 19, 2011 09:00 - 45 minutes - 18.1 MB

A message from Ant Rist at Forest Town Church, St Albans (UK). Continuing his series 'Dazzling Christianity' Ant looks at James 1:13 and looks at temptation, challenging us to take it seriously.

Going for Gold

June 12, 2011 09:00 - 38 minutes - 15.5 MB

A message from Ant Rist at Forest Town Church, St Albans (UK). Continuing his series 'Dazzling Christianity' Ant looks at James 1:12 and examines what it means to receive the crown of life.

The Camel & the Eye of the Needle

June 05, 2011 09:00 - 42 minutes - 16.9 MB

A message from Ant Rist at Forest Town Church, St Albans (UK). Continuing his series 'Dazzling Christianity' Ant looks at James 1:9-11 and examines what the Bible says about poverty and wealth.

Presumptious Christianity

May 29, 2011 09:00 - 1 hour - 25.3 MB

A message from Cobus Visagie at Forest Town Church, St Albans (UK).

Faith: the mirror of our hearts

May 22, 2011 09:00 - 41 minutes - 16.8 MB

A message from Ant Rist at Forest Town Church, St Albans (UK). Continuing his series 'Dazzling Christianity' Ant looks at James 1:6-8 and challenges us to look at the mirror of faith and whether we are double-minded in our faith.

Martha's Journey of Faith

May 15, 2011 09:00 - 50 minutes - 20.3 MB

A message from Dave Rigby at Forest Town Church, St Albans (UK). Dave expounds the journey of faith that Martha takes in John 11:17-44 and draws parallels and principles for our own journeys.

Leadership (part 2)

May 14, 2011 11:00 - 55 minutes - 22.2 MB

A message from Peter Howard-Browne at Forest Town Church, St Albans (UK). Pete continues to look at principles of leadership and in part two looks at the context of, lubricant for and opposition to leadership, concluding with a picture of leadership from Isaiah 32.

Leadership (part 1)

May 14, 2011 09:00 - 1 hour - 28.3 MB

A message from Peter Howard-Browne at Forest Town Church, St Albans (UK). Pete takes a look at principles of leadership and in part one looks at the areas of tone, goal and means of leadership.

Wisdom from Heaven (James 1:5)

May 08, 2011 09:00 - 51 minutes - 20.8 MB

A message from Ant Rist at Forest Town Church, St Albans (UK). Ant continues his series on James entitled 'Dazzling Christianity', by looking at the gift of wisdom that is available to us.

The pathway to maturity (James 1:2-4)

May 01, 2011 09:00 - 46 minutes - 18.8 MB

A message from Ant Rist at Forest Town Church, St Albans (UK). Ant continues his series on James entitled 'Dazzling Christianity', by looking at the role of patience in our lives in bringing us to maturity.

God's Invitation

April 24, 2011 09:00 - 53 minutes - 21.3 MB

An Easter message from Ant Rist at Forest Town Church, St Albans (UK). Richard Foster shares something of his journey as he celebrates his first Easter as a Christian. Ant then looks at God's invitation to come to Him for salvation and to go deeper with Him in our walks.

I know it's tough but hang in there (James 1:1-2)

April 10, 2011 09:00 - 54 minutes - 21.7 MB

A message from Ant Rist at Forest Town Church, St Albans (UK). Ant begins a series on James entitled 'Dazzling Christianity', by introducing James and the context and looking at the reality of trials in our lives.

Doctrine of Man Part 2

April 03, 2011 12:08 - 58 minutes - 23.3 MB

Session 3 of the Rich Man Poor Man conference at Forest Town Church. Michael Eaton continues his series on the doctrine of man.

Doctrine of Man Part 3

April 03, 2011 09:00 - 54 minutes - 21.6 MB

Session 6 of the Rich Man Poor Man conference at Forest Town Church. Michael Eaton continues his series on the doctrine of man by looking at Romans 12:1-2.

Faith

April 02, 2011 18:00 - 1 hour - 35.3 MB

Session 5 of the Rich Man Poor Man conference at Forest Town Church. RT Kendall speaks on the theme of faith from the book of James, after which Michael Eaton shares some of his perspectives from James 2, particularly verse 5 - God has chosen the poor.

Wisdom

April 02, 2011 11:00 - 52 minutes - 21.2 MB

Session 4 of the Rich Man Poor Man conference at Forest Town Church. RT Kendall speaks on the theme of wisdom from the book of James

Joy

April 02, 2011 08:00 - 52 minutes - 21.2 MB

Session 2 of the Rich Man Poor Man conference at Forest Town Church. RT Kendall speaks on the theme of Joy from the book of James

Doctrine of Man Part 1

April 01, 2011 19:00 - 1 hour - 24.6 MB

Session 1 of the Rich Man Poor Man conference at Forest Town Church. Michael Eaton introduces the doctrine of man.

Prayer (Ephesians 3:18-20)

March 27, 2011 09:00 - 35 minutes - 14.9 MB

A message from Helen Rist at Forest Town Church, St Albans (UK). Continuing the series in Ephesians, Helen looks at prayer in the light of the gospel and the attitudes with which we should come into the place of prayer.

The Armour of God

March 20, 2011 10:00 - 37 minutes - 14.9 MB

A message from Petri Anderson at Forest Town Church, St Albans (UK). Continuing the series in Ephesians, Petri looks at the armour of God and spiritual warfare out of Ephesians 6:10-18.

Our Preferred Future

March 13, 2011 10:00 - 51 minutes - 14.1 MB

A message from Ant Rist at Forest Town Church, St Albans (UK). God has a future for this church and in this message Ant powerfully challenges us to do what it takes to see that future become a reality.

Grace for Parenting & Relationships (Ephesians 6:1-9)

March 06, 2011 10:00 - 42 minutes - 16.9 MB

A message from Ant Rist at Forest Town Church, St Albans (UK). Continuing his series in Ephesians, Ant looks at Paul's instructions to children and parents, as well as to slaves and masters.

Grace for Marriage (Ephesians 5:20-26)

February 20, 2011 10:00 - 51 minutes - 20.6 MB

A message from Ant Rist at Forest Town Church, St Albans (UK). Continuing his series in Ephesians, Ant looks at Paul's instructions to husbands and wives in the context of all that he has shared before.

Arise and Shine (Ephesians 5:13-21)

February 13, 2011 10:00 - 30 minutes - 12.4 MB

A message from Ant Rist at Forest Town Church, St Albans (UK). Continuing his series in Ephesians, Ant looks at how we are to shine as searchlights into the world and we are to be filled eith the Spirit.

Walk as Children of the Light (Ephesians 5:1-10)

February 06, 2011 10:00 - 33 minutes - 13.4 MB

A message from Ant Rist at Forest Town Church, St Albans (UK). Continuing his series in Ephesians, Ant looks at how Paul says we need to live - as children of the light.

Not the way you learned Jesus (Ephesians 4:17-32)

January 30, 2011 10:00 - 47 minutes - 19.1 MB

A message from Ant Rist at Forest Town Church, St Albans (UK). Continuing his series in Ephesians, Ant looks at how Paul describes the lifestyle of a supernatural community - what it is not and what it is.

Gifts of the Spirit

January 23, 2011 10:00 - 52 minutes - 21.1 MB

A message from Ant Rist at Forest Town Church, St Albans (UK). Expanding from his series in Ephesians, where he has looked at the grace gifts of Ephesians 4, Ant takes at the other key passages around the gifts of the Spirit - Romans 12 and 1 Corinthians 12.

The Holy Spirit

January 16, 2011 10:00 - 44 minutes - 18 MB

A message from Ant Rist at Forest Town Church, St Albans (UK). Before continuing his series in Ephesians, Ant takes a look at the person and work of the Holy Spirit

God's Grace Gifts to the Church (Ephesians 4:1-12)

January 09, 2011 10:00 - 48 minutes - 20.9 MB

A message from Ant Rist at Forest Town Church, St Albans (UK). Continuing the series in Ephesians, Ant moves into chapter 4 and looks at the grace gifts that God his given to the church.

Roots and Shoots (Ephesians 3:18-19)

January 02, 2011 10:00 - 48 minutes - 19.5 MB

A message from Ant Rist at Forest Town Church, St Albans (UK). Continuing the series in Ephesians, Ant looks at the love of Christ and how we know God.Christmas spirit might actually look like

Though He was rich for your sake He became poor

December 26, 2010 10:00 - 31 minutes - 12.5 MB

A message from Ant Rist at Forest Town Church, St Albans (UK). Ant looks at the incarnation of Christ and what the Christmas spirit might actually look like

The Hidden Person of the Heart (Ephesians 3:14-21)

December 12, 2010 10:00 - 38 minutes - 15.5 MB

A message from Ant Rist at Forest Town Church, St Albans (UK). Continuing the series in Ephesians, Ant looks at the hidden person of the heart and Paul's prayer for the strengthening of the believers in their inner person by the Holy Spirit.

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