Gateway Church - Sermon Podcast

Sam gives us a one off message with some personal reflections and questions surrounding the cultural we live in while looking back at God's people and their journey found in the book of Judges. 

David re visits our preaching series Simply Jesus and shares his heart by looking at what it means for Jesus to be our Great High Priest. 

Sam looks at the rich verses found in Colossians 1 v15 - 23 and focuses on the supremacy of Jesus and how we can trust in the hope of the gospel.

Chris begins the second part of our 3 part preaching series by zooming in on the story found in Numbers chapter 21 where we find God's people and Moses travelling to the promise land.

David looks at the parable of the Good Samaritan found in Luke chapter 10 then help us to consider some uncomfortable but life-giving truths for our own lives. 

Chris digs deep into Matthew chapter 10 and opens up the weighty topic of persecution found in these passages. 

Sam opens up Matthew chapter 18 and looks at what Jesus says about this challenging topic of confrontation and forgiveness.

Hannah gives an interactive and all age talk on the surprise of Jesus' death and resurrection.  

Sam starts our new preaching series 'Simply Jesus' and begins by opening up the book of Matthew chapter 4 and then leads on to ask this BIG question... 'What is the calling and purpose of your life?'

We welcome guest speaker Adam Price from Hope Church Harrogate who speaks about God the builder and the call to multiply as he commissioned us into Gateway's next chapter.

Sam looks at the life of Abraham and Sarah and leads us to think about how we can know God's faithfulness as we journey together.

Hannah kicks off our mini preaching series which focuses on 3 different heroes of Faith found in the bible and this week opens up the story of Noah from Genesis.

Chris Frost shares the vision and plans for our Sunday Gatherings going forward. 

This week John rounds up our mini series looking at the body of christ and this week focuses on how we can connect with Christ in challenging times.

This week Chris looks at our call to courageous Followership.

Sam speaks to us again with a message packed full of biblical principles and continuing on from last week's sermon about the Church in the New Testament. There are also lots of helpful questions throughout for you to think about and discuss in your groups. Enjoy!

Sam focuses on this letter to the Hebrews and asks the question - What is God doing? 

Our guest speaker Dr. Aaron Edwards, Lecturer at https://cliffcollege.ac.uk/, reads from 2 Timothy chapter 1 and helps us think about the power of the gospel at Christmas time.

Chris shows us how the storms of life which can suddenly come are ultimately there to serve you. 

Sam rounds up this fantastic preaching series in the book of Exodus and reveals here in chapter 34 how God is now beginning to describe himself.

Chris gives a summary of the Israelites journey so far of how God has rescued and freed them from slavery in Egypt but then goes on to look at how they are still struggling to rid completely the idolatry they had reveled in and experienced there.

Tim focuses in on two more characteristics of God revealed in the Exodus story; He is Patient & He is a Provider.

Hannah picks up the story in chapter 13 where we find the Israelites wandering through the desert in confusion but she reveals how God has gone ahead of them and has never left them. 

Jeremy Simpkins who leads our family of churches ChristCentral https://christcentralchurches.org/ brings a special message to us from the well known and precious verses in Matthew Chapter 5.

Hannah explains what happens next in the story of Exodus and how God sends 10 Plagues of Judgment on Pharaoh and the Egyptians to reveal his power and might.

Sam takes us through the story of Moses in chapter 3 and encourages us to seek God's voice when we find ourselves at crossroads or in moments of crises or calling.

Chris looks again at our church Vision & Values and asks the questions What is God saying to us at the moment? and What has God always been saying to us?

Sam draws out aspects of God's character we can trust from these first two chapter of Exodus.

Josh encourages us to seek to fulfil The Great Commission through the work of training the saved and saving the lost. He reminds us that we are called to make disciples of all nations.

ChristCentral leaders morning recording

Natalie opens Devoted 2021 with a vital message on the mercy of God and how that should impact every area of our lives.

John continues our summer series on the book of 1 Peter and this week focuses on chapter 1 and the topic of being 'born again'!

Chris introduces our summer preaching series on the letter of 1 Peter with this message of Hope in Suffering by giving an overview of Peter's life and his encounters with Jesus. 

Chris rounds off our mini series by giving insight to more of the messages our culture is saying and highlighting the bibles response to these.

Hannah challenges us to choose to believe God's promises and truth for us over how we may feel, think or what others might say. She asks the question... 'Where do we find our self worth and self value?'

Sam discusses the idea of Identity in our culture and how it can lead to confusion, fragility and Identity crisis. He explains how understanding our identity in Christ can lead to confidence and security.

In the final Episode on Genesis Pip, Joelle and Sam discuss the story of Joseph (Gen 37-50), including the challenging passage on Tamar, Joseph’s character issues, where we see Jesus, the echoes and patterns between Genesis and Exodus, and the importance of avoiding a ‘prosperity gospel’ interpretation. 

In this part 2 and final message from our Proverbs series Chris again unpacks chapter 3 v5-6 and the four step process for making good decisions - this week looking at...3: In all your ways acknowledge Him and 4: He will make your paths straight.

Tim brings an encouraging message from Proverbs chapter 4 on the topic of knowing and guarding our hearts. 

Pip, Joelle and Sam discuss Genesis 12-36 the story of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob with all it's twists, turns, brokenness, mess and yet God's faithfulness. They talk about finding the meaning and application in these challenging narratives and pitfalls to avoid.

Chris continues our series in Proverbs by looking at verse 7 in chapter 1 which focuses on our knowledge of God.

Sam leads us through the plans and vision of our new gatherings and talks about the gift of discernment looking at the 3 tests (Gold/Story/Fruit) we can use as we go on this adventure together.

John encourages us to look and respond to God as we consider the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead; focusing on this old testament story from Joshua chapter 1 where God's people are getting ready to enter the land that He has promised them. 

Chris reveals some exciting new plans for Gateway as we look to gather in-person again!

Welcome to the NEW Gateway 'bible' podcast... Point & Purpose!

In this first episode Pip, Sam and Joelle introduce the podcast and discuss how we can begin to read the bible, what are the challenges we face? What are the pitfalls we can avoid and how?

Chris introduces this new series based on the book of Proverbs and gives us an overview. 

GATEWAY FAMILY PODCAST  ***New episode alert***

We are super excited this week to welcome the completely hilarious and humble man that is Aidan Schooley - if you don't already know him or if you do this is so worth a listen!

Here Joseph Mwilla from Zambia gives a message about the glory of God. 

The 3rd episode of our GATEWAY FAMILY PODCAST has arrived!

This week Amie and Joelle are in conversation with the radiant Libby Adams.

Really recommend listening in and getting to know Libby better as she shares stories and experiences of travelling, music, family and church life. 

We've reached the end!

Here is the final and concluding message from Chris as we finish this adventure and our Revelation series. 

Sam speaks from Revelation 21 and John's vision of the destiny of God's people

Gateway Family Podcast

Are you ready for the 2nd episode?

This week Amie and Alex welcome Alex Kelly to chat all things Cricket, Blackburn, Family, Faith and much much more!

Have a listen... 

As we approach the end of this book and our preaching series on Revelation Tim explains the series of 7 visions in John's letter and what is being revealed to the 7 churches and for us today. 

Hannah continues are series on Revelation with this powerful message and a provocation to examine our hearts.

Welcome to our brand NEW Gateway Family Podcast!

Every other week Amie and Alex will be having a chat with different members of our church family so we can get to know them better.

Here is  the lovely Joelle Osei to kick things off...

Chris unpacked some weighty verses in Revelation from chapters 14-16 looking at the wrath of God.

Chris rounds off our preaching series by looking at Paul's teaching in Ephesians on the spiritual battle we face and encourages us to keep wearing the armour of God at all times. 

David continues our preaching series in the second half of Ephesians and looks at how we can work out God's love in the world of work.

John addresses some of the teaching laid out in Ephesians 5 relating to our roles in family life.

Hannah shares from Ephesians 5 by describing this command given from God to us in the new testament. 

Chris unpacks God's heart and the instructions given in Ephesians chapter 5

Listen back to our Testimony morning with Pip, John, Tim and Antony sharing and bringing us encouragement. 

Sam's message has two parts which focus on the struggle and suffering of the Christmas story and then on the hope of Christmas.

Hannah brings a challenge; by drawing out from Ephesians ways Paul in his letter encourages us to live and highlighting God's spotlight on our heart attitudes. 

David speaks of the unity shown in Ephesians 4 v1-16 and how we can reflect this in our church body.

Chris unpacks Paul's prayer from Ephesians 3 v14-21 and asks the questions What does Christian love look like? and How is it different?

Sam looks at the bigger picture and respond to some of the issues raised around environmentalism and Christianity.

Chris rounds off our mini series on Spiritual Discipline by giving some really helpful teaching on the topic of 'getting some rest!'

Antony and then Faith share stories from their own experiences and encourage us from scripture of our calling to Prayer. 

Tim calls us to go deeper and explore this spiritual discipline to take us out of the shallows and into the depths so God can transform us.

Tim calls us to go deeper and explore this spiritual discipline to take us out of the shallows and into the depths so God can transform us.

Jeremy brings an update from our wider family of churches ChristCentral and speaks about being Christlike and a generous people.

John brings to us the final message of this preaching series and speaks about the importance of the church and our roles within it.

Tim looks at this passage from Ephesians 2:11-22 where Paul shows the Ephesians, and us, how the gospel impacts our relationships with each other.

Sam continues our preaching series from Ephesians and speaks about the God's great gift of grace.

Chris gives three reasons from Paul’s relationship with the Ephesians why we can be confident we know God.

In Revelation 8 and 9, Tim showed how there is a similar description of God’s judgement on the world to that in chapters 6 and 7, but with slightly different emphasis and detail.

Sam opens up chapter 7 of Revelation which gives a response to the suffering and questions raised in chapter 6.

Chris takes us back to the basics of the Christian message by looking at five characters in the Bible who encountered Jesus.

Tim reflects on the worldwide unrest following the death
of George Floyd in police custody.

We have reached chapter 6 of the Revelation preaching series and here John is bringing to light the dramatic picture of the final judgement which leads us to identify the reality in difficult times we face. 

Chris and Pip speak of the hope of Jesus from Revelation chapter 5.

Sam draws from chapter 4 of Revelation and speaks about how we can encounter God in lockdown

Tim explains another two of the letters written to the churches in Revelation which Jesus instructs John to write with a warning for repentance and change.

Chris continues our Revelation preaching series looking at Jesus' message to the battered church of Smyrna.

Chris finished our Resurrection series by looking at Thomas’ interaction with the risen Christ.

Sam starts off our new preaching series by opening up the book of Revelation and revealing its relevance for now. 

David brings to us the penultimate message from our resurrection series.

Tim and Amie continue our series on the Resurrection according to John's gospel. 

In John 18:1-14 Jesus goes to the garden of gethsemane with his disciples, and is arrested by the chief priests and Pharisees. Chris looked at two key people in this passage - Judas and Peter.

Josh encourages us to look for opportunities to eat, serve and love together. 

John looks at Jesus' final prayer and unity in the church.

"Let's continue to be ruined for that day when we meet him face to face"...Chris speaks about the place the father has prepared for us.

Hannah brings to light two messages from John 14 to bring us comfort.