King's Church Edinburgh

A Living Hope at Work -

Peter encourages us to respect and honour our earthly bosses even when they mistreat us (1 Peter 2: 18–25). We should imitate Christ’s example by bearing up and not letting sin gain a foothold in our lives.

A Living Hope in Public -

God calls us to live out our lives like Jesus, who perfectly demonstrated our need to live as sojourners and subjects. As we do this, God uses us, and draws people to put their trust in Him.

Jesus our Rock of Hope -

We’re living in times that can feel uncertain, unpredictable and unstable. As Christians, even if the world is falling apart around us we’re to be those who are characterised by hope.

A Living Hope means Non-Conformity -

Verse 13 of 1 Peter 1 starts with the word therefore. Peter instructs us that our behavior and conduct needs to be fashioned by Christ and his values, rather than this present world; but to do this we need to be very aware of the truths he has outlined in the preceding verses.

A Living Hope -

In 1 Peter 1: 1–12, Peter begins his letter by describing the hope that all Christians have, in a jumble of phrases which reference eternity past, the Old Testament, the life of Jesus, and the future. It’s a big picture that’s meant to stir our praise to God and our gratitude to Jesus for doing all this for us.

Isaiah 6: A Hope and a Calling -

The Gift of Prophecy Today -

The Bible tells all of us to expect God to speak today through prophecy, and shows us what this looked like in the life of the apostle Paul and the first Christians.

Isaiah 42: What does a prophet look like? -

What does a prophet look like and what do they do? Isaiah 42 shows us that they are both radically loving and radically truthful. This is an unusual combination but Jesus lived this way and enables us to do so too.

Lamentations: The least-read book of the Bible? -

Lamentations is perhaps the least read book of the Bible. It was written at the time of the exile of Judah. The author, probably the prophet Jeremiah, personifies the nation of Judah as a grieving woman throughout the book.

Jonah: Shaped By Mercy -

The book of Jonah is prophetic not because of the words Jonah speaks (only one sentence of his is recorded), but because his story speaks prophetically to us as the church today that we are to be people shaped by God’s mercy. If God can work with people like Jonah and use them, he can certainly use you and me.

4. Overcoming Intimidation -

We closed our fantastic Together for Scotland conference weekend in 2016 with this message from Dave Holden on the Sunday morning.

3. Gospel-Centred Discipleship -

2. A Vision For Church Planting and How It Might Work! -

1. Churches That Impact Their Communities -

Hosea: Lessons in Faithfulness -

The book of Hosea, although it tells the strange story of a man marrying an adulterous woman, is ultimately about God’s love for his people. Today, it calls us to respond wholeheartedly to God.

Total Provision -

What happens when we give to God’s Kingdom? Paul finished his letter to the Philippians with a description of six things that God does when we give. Comprehending all of these helps us to give with faith and joy.

Total Contentment -

Christians can be content whatever the circumstances, according to Paul. We can see how this is possible and what it looks like in Philippians 4:10–14.

Total Joy -

Being joyful isn’t an option for Christians – it is commanded! But more than just commanding this, God enables us to be joyful by sharing Himself with us. Luke explores how we can rejoice in the Lord always.

Safe Families For Children Launch -

Jen Rawson shared about the opportunity for us as a church to partner with Safe Families for Children, helping share God’s love with vulnerable families in our community. Dan briefly explained how the Bible teaches how we’re to respond to the many needs in our world we come across as Christians.

Total Imitation -

Christians are not meant to be original. In Philippians 3: 17–21, Paul encourages his readers to imitate people who are following Jesus. This is different to how most of us think but it is part of God’s great plan to make us like Jesus.

Total Righteousness -

Everything that Paul once considered to be in his ‘credit’ column, he now counted as loss compared to his righteousness in Christ. Through this passage in Philippians 3, Dan Hudson shows us that a relationship with God is our greatest possession, our greatest experience, and our greatest purpose.

Easter Day 2016 -

Through looking at the story of the disciples on the road to Emmaus, Matt Clifton-Brown invites us to encounter the risen Jesus.

Total Confidence -

Everyone puts their confidence in something. Paul says that anything other than Jesus, however good it may be, is total rubbish in comparison to Him, so we must make sure that we put our trust in Him only.

Stories of Hope -

Following another morning of hearing about the hope that Jesus offers, Andy Wall concludes by looking at the story of the Samaritan woman at the well in John chapter 4.

Stories of Hope -

Following another morning of hearing about the hope that Jesus offers, Andy Wall concludes by looking at the story of the Samaritan woman at the well in John chapter 4.

Mothers’ Day -

This Mothers’ Day, Ann Clifton-Brown looked at three different mothers in the Bible, and what we can learn from their stories.

The Strength of the Lord -

At our Women’s Breakfast, Susanne McLeister of Hope Church Borders spoke about the strength and courage of the Lord, from Habakkuk 3: 19 and the story of Gideon.

Total Trust -

We live in a world devoid of trust. Our lives our built around routines of distrust, from locking our doors to carrying ID cards. Worldly thinking at it’s extremes might say “trust no-one”, because no-one is trustworthy. But God’s intention is for us to completely trust in Jesus (the only fully trustworthy person to have ever lived) and also to grow in relationships of trust within marriage, friendship and church community.

Total Obedience -

Philippians 2 shows us what Christ’s obedience looks like: total obedience means not just doing what God says, but delighting in doing it. How can we do this? Note: The first 10 minutes of this message is missing; we apologise for any confusion this causes.

Total Victory -

Paul takes us on Jesus’ journey from heaven to earth and back again, showing His eternal divinity and incredible humility and looking forward to the glorious certain hope to come. God’s victory is total and we can share in it, even in our daily lives.

Total Humility -

At the centre of the Christian faith is a saviour who took on the confines of humanity, served them and died on their behalf. Christians joyfully follow Jesus in his attitude towards others.

Vision Preach 2016 -

God is calling us to glorify him in our city, and reflect the multifaceted nature of God to our city. In this message Matt outlines God’s vision for us in our city, and challenges us to mix it with faith as we move into the year ahead.

Total Commitment -

The Gospel calls its recipients into a new life with God, pleasing him and serving others. In this passage Paul teaches that the calling on every Christian is to “conduct yourself in a manner worthy of the gospel”, and that by the Spirit’s help we’re enabled to live that way.

Total Focus -

Paul makes three crazy-seeming statements in Philippians 1:12–26, which only make sense if we understand his total focus on the gospel. God wants us to see things the same way.

Total Unity -

Nathanael Smith kicks off our new series in the book of Philippians. Before that, Luke introduces, ‘Nothing Less’.

Simply Time -

The Christmas story, like the whole of the Bible, shows us that God is in charge of time. This frees us from seeing time as a tyrant and we can instead use it as a tool. Luke gives four ways we can do this.

Simply Family -

We can see family gatherings as something to be put up with, or a great opportunity to bring grace to people that you’re connected to.

Simply Friendship -

Christmas is a time that focuses our attention on what matters. Friendship is a key ingredient of what makes us tick as human beings. This message aims to help us evaluate the simplicity of what friendship is.

Rediscovering purpose -

Why had Nehemiah gone to so much trouble to rebuild Jerusalem’s walls? We get the answer here in a vision of God’s purpose for His people: “the joy of Jerusalem was heard far away.” This is what God has called us all to do, declare His greatness to the world.

Rediscovering the way it’s meant to be -

We can all identify with the experience of rediscovering something that we’d forgotten about or lost. Often times that brings with it an emotional response. In chapter 8 of Nehemiah we read about 4 rediscoveries that the people of Israel made, producing a strong emotional response of public weeping! When God works with us he does it at the very deepest level, including our emotions.

New Creation -

After an exciting evening of baptisms and testimonies, Dan Hudson showed us that, in Christ, we leave behind the old and are reborn into the new.

Tents, olive branches, and living waters -

In this episode, Nehemiah and the Jews celebrate the feast of booths, remembering God’s goodness. But this was never meant to be mere nostalgia, and one day Jesus would give it a whole new meaning.

The Enemy Within -

Nehemiah 5 shows us people messing up, and God graciously fixing them. It warns us that we are a threat to the advance of God’s Kingdom but also offers us the amazing hope of the saving power of Jesus.

Trusting God under Fire -

When God is using us to build something great, opposition can be expected. In this message, Matt gives us a series of helpful things we can learn from Nehemiah’s courage under fire.

Get In God’s Team -

Great things are accomplished through team. Nehemiah realised that to get God’s mission accomplished, he needed more than a heart, more than promises they he prayed about fervently. He needed other people.

Introducing Alpha -

Phil Ford from Hope Church, Glasgow, joined us to launch our Autumn Alpha Course.

Who is Jesus? -

If we are to live the life God called us to, and join with Him in building His Kingdom, then we need to know who He is. Preaching here from John 1:1-3, Dave Holden helps us see how Jesus does this for us.

Getting God’s Promises -

Nehemiah was deeply rooted in the promises of God. This meant that when he received terrible news he was able to respond with a prayer packed full of promises. God wants us to be able to do the same.

Getting God’s Heart -

Nehemiah lived in 445 BC. He was: an immigrant, a person of great influence and responsibility, and mightily used by God. But the main point from this passage is that he was a man who was deeply sensitive to the heart of God.

Wisdom in Worship -