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King's Church DarlingtonGUEST SPEAKER: Is What the Bible Says about Sex Good News? - Andrew BuntIn this talk, author, theologian and friend of King's Andrew Bunt speaks about current cultural attitudes towards sex and sexuality and he contrasts them with what the Bible teaches. Is the biblical view on human sexuality even viable in a society that so fundamentally disagrees with it? How does God's word fit with our deepest longings?
4 May 2025.2025-05-0435 min
King's Church DarlingtonBEFORE THE CROSS: The Day of Atonement - John LambertLeviticus 16.6-30.
Another amazing prefiguring of the cross occurs in the book of Leviticus. A goat whose blood is shed to forgive guilt, and a goat who dies outside the city wall to remove shame. Both point to Jesus and his perfect sacrifice, making atonement, once for all.
16 March 2025.2025-03-1632 min
King's Church DarlingtonBEFORE THE CROSS: The Blood of the Passover Lamb - Michael ColtmanExodus 12.1-13.
In our second Old Testament passage foreshadowing the sufferings of Christ, we look at the Passover; where the blood of an innocent lamb without defect, on vertical and horizontal pieces of wood, protects those inside from judgement and death. This central celebration of the old covenant points to Christ and all he did on the cross to bring in a new and everlasting covenant.
9 March 2025.2025-03-0934 min
King's Church DarlingtonBEFORE THE CROSS: The Sacrifice of a Beloved Son - Michael ColtmanGenesis 22.1-18.
Genesis 22 opens with a strange and traumatic story about God testing a man by calling him to offer his beloved son on an altar of sacrifice. But God provides an alternative and the whole event points forward to Jesus' perfect offering of himself, once for all, on the same mountain centuries later.
2 March 2025.2025-03-0233 min
King's Church DarlingtonMATTHEW: The Sheep and the Goats - John LambertMatthew 25.31-46.
Jesus concludes three parables concerning the Last Things with the metaphor of a shepherd separating his sheep from his goats, symbolising the Lord's sorting the entire human race into two groups at the last judgement, defined by what they did or failed to do. How does this agree with justification by faith alone? How should we respond to the message of this story?
23 February 2025.2025-02-2331 min
King's Church DarlingtonMATTHEW: The Parable of the Talents - Michael ColtmanMatthew 25.14-30.
In this series of three parables in Matthew 25, Jesus shows us what faith must look like. In v1-13, he tells us faith must be ready. In v31-46, he says faith must be generous. But in this parable, he tells us faith must be active. Active faith will be multiplied and rewarded at the final judgement, but inactivity and self-centred idleness will have terrible consequences.
16 February 2025.2025-02-1641 minKing's Church DarlingtonMATTHEW: The Parable of the Ten Bridesmaids- Davy RichardsonMatthew 25.1-13.
In Matthew 25, Jesus tells three parables to his disciples about the need to be ready and expectant for his return in glory. This is the first of them. This is no time to be sleeping on the job! Are you awake? Are you ready? Do you know the Lord?
9 February 2025.2025-02-0929 min
King's Church DarlingtonMATTHEW: Signs of the End - John LambertMatthew 24.29-51.
In the second part of chapter 24, having spoken at length about AD 70 (which was then fulfilled in remarkable detail), Jesus mostly focuses on the end of the age when he will return. What should we expect, and how should we prepare for this event, which will happen as surely in the future as Jesus' words about the destruction of the temple were fulfilled in the past?
2 February 2025.2025-02-0234 min
King's Church DarlingtonMATTHEW: Signs of the Times - John LambertMatthew 24.1-28.
In Matthew 24, Jesus gives his disciples a sweeping overview of the future. Some of it was fulfilled about 40 years later in AD 70, when the Roman Empire crushed a Jewish revolt and destroyed Jerusalem and its temple. But some of it is yet to be fulfilled. In part I of a two-part exploration of this chapter, we can see why the events of AD 70 are so relevant to us nearly two centuries later.
26 January 2025.2025-01-2634 minKing's Church DarlingtonMATTHEW: Seven Woes - Paul DavisonMatthew 23.13-39.
Jesus concludes his sparring match with the clergy of his time with a devastating series of curses on their dismal organised religion. They have shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people's faces and have not entered it themselves. It's over for them. Oh, that we would put to death the Pharisee that so quickly rises up in us.
19 January 2025.2025-01-1935 minKing's Church DarlingtonMATTHEW: Jesus Warns Against Hypocrisy - Michael ColtmanMatthew 23.1-12.
Jesus warns his disciples against religious hypocrisy, which was a strong feature of the Pharisees' way of life. Always concerned to look good and be treated with deference by the common people, Jesus says that these are the very opposite of the Kingdom of God he is inaugurating. Apologies: the first few minutes of this sermon are missing due to a technical issue.
12 January 2025.2025-01-1235 minKing's Church DarlingtonMATTHEW: The Greatest Commandment - Michael ColtmanMatthew 22.34-46.
At the end of a series of tests and traps from Israel's religious leaders, an expert in the Law is sent to test him one last time with a question about the greatest commandment of the 613 stipulations in the Law of Moses. Jesus answers with not one, but two commandments that summarise the entire Old Testament, before making his detractors look like mugs yet again with a question of his own, after which nobody dares ask him any more questions.
5 January 2025.2025-01-0534 min
King's Church DarlingtonCHRISTMAS: Have You Been Good This Year? - John LambertWhat child does not relish the chance to see Santa in his grotto? But the question he asks is a bit problematic. Have you been good this year? How good is good enough to get a present? Isn't grace about receiving gifts because we're loved?2024-12-2215 minKing's Church DarlingtonCHRISTMAS: How Jesus Changed My Life - Mel and JackAt Our Christmas at King's service, two people who became Christians in the last twelve months share how Christmas is going to be a whole lot different for them this year.
22 December 2024.2024-12-2208 minKing's Church DarlingtonCHRISTMAS: He Made Himself Nothing - John LambertPhilippians 2.5-11.
One of the most stunning passages in the Bible on the Christmas miracle describes the majestic, omnipotent Son of God humbled himself to become a defenceless spec, smaller than half a grain of sand, to become one of us, and save us. John opens up the passage and points out some of the implications for us.
8 December 2024.2024-12-0832 minKing's Church DarlingtonMATTHEW: Jesus Replies to Two Trap Questions - Phil HillsdonMatthew 22.15-33.
In the week before his death, several different groups (not friendly among themselves but united in their hostility towards Jesus) approach him trying to catch him out. In this passage, religious hardliners, liberals and politicians alike all fail to trap him as each time, Jesus amazes them with his brilliant response.
1 December 2024.2024-12-0131 minKing's Church DarlingtonMATTHEW: The Parable of the Wedding Feast - Michael ColtmanMatthew 22.1-14.
In this parable, God is a father arranging the wedding of his son. But some snub the father with lame excuses. So, Plan B, the father sends servants out all over town to fill the hall. Then, in another twist, one of the guests is not dressed for the occasion and is ejected from the feast. What can it all possibly mean?
24 November 2024.2024-11-2434 minKing's Church DarlingtonMATTHEW: The Parable of the Tenants - Brandon LunaMatthew 21.33-46.
It's Tuesday of Passover week. Jesus is three days away from his death and he speaks to the religious authorities about it in the form of a story showing how the Old Testament prophets were constantly rejected by faithless Israel. Jesus will be the latest (and greatest) in this long line. But like dispensing with a foundation, making the building collapse and crush anyone inside, it will turn out to be catastrophic for all those who reject him.
17 November 2024.2024-11-1730 minKing's Church DarlingtonMATTHEW: Questioning Christ's Authority - Michael ColtmanMatthew 21.23-32.
Annoyed by Jesus' incendiary behaviour the previous day, the temple leadership approach Jesus when they find him teaching publicly and ask him what right he has to be doing that. Jesus responds with a simple question which perfectly exposes their evil intentions before telling a story which shows that repentant sinners are more righteous than finely dressed clergy with unbelieving hearts.
10 November 2024.2024-11-1029 minKing's Church DarlingtonMATTHEW: Clearing the Temple and Cursing the Fig Tree - John LambertMatthew 21.12-22.
In the week leading up to the cross, the tension between Jesus and the religious authorities grows and grows. Not least because Jesus' behaviour is increasingly confrontational. He causes a right old disturbance in the temple and then curses a perfectly healthy-looking fig tree, making it wither and die. What is going on? What did it mean for those watching these extraordinary scenes and what does it mean for us today?
3 November 2024.2024-11-0332 minKing's Church DarlingtonMATTHEW: Jesus Is Acclaimed as Humble King - Naomi PeachMatthew 21.1-11.
At the beginning of the week that will end in his death, Jesus enters Jerusalem humbly, on a donkey, triggering a fulfilment of Old Testament prophecy about the Messiah. What will people make of it? Will they welcome him as king of their nation? And will we welcome him as king of our lives?
27 October 2024.2024-10-2722 minKing's Church DarlingtonMATTHEW: Two Requests on the Way to Jerusalem - Paul DavisonMatthew 20.17-34.
On Jesus’ way to Jerusalem he predicts his death for the third and final time before being met with two very different requests; one for honour and the other for healing. In this sermon, we are invited to join Jesus on the road and to explore why he responded in the way he did to each request.
20 October 2024.2024-10-2134 minKing's Church DarlingtonMATTHEW: The Parable of the Workers In the Vineyard - Michael ColtmanMatthew 20.1-16.
Why is life so unfair? Why has he got more than I have? Why is she prettier than me? Constant comparisons with others can lead to life becoming quite miserable. Jesus tells a parable to his quick-to-compare disciples to show them that in the Kingdom of God, the values are not the same.
13 October 2024.2024-10-1332 minKing's Church DarlingtonMATTHEW: The Rich Young Ruler - Joe IancuMatthew 19.16-26.
A wealthy young individual, confident in his impeccable record of good works, approaches Jesus and asks what he needs to do in order to inherit eternal life. Jesus' reply leaves him crestfallen and the disciples greatly astonished.
6 October 2024.2024-10-0628 minKing's Church DarlingtonMATTHEW: Let the Children Come to Me - John LambertMatthew 19.13-15.
On a day when the disciples are rebuking parents for bringing their little ones to Jesus in the hope that he will bless them, Jesus - as usual - turns the world's values upside down and orders that they be allowed to come to him. But why does he then say that the kingdom of heaven belong to those who are like children? In our children-oriented society the answer may not be at all obvious to us.
29 September 2024.2024-09-2929 minKing's Church DarlingtonMATTHEW: Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage - John LambertMatthew 19.1-12.
The Pharisees approach Jesus with an apparently random question about marriage and divorce. As so often with the Pharisees, it's a trap. What is Jesus going to say about how God views divorce in a society where ditching your wife was as easy as signing your autograph? Jesus, as usual, gives a startling reply.
22 September 2024.2024-09-2234 minKing's Church DarlingtonMATTHEW: The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant - Michael ColtmanMatthew 18.21-35.
Jesus' words about dealing with sin in the local church (Matthew 18.15-20) prompt a question in the mind of Simon Peter. How many times should we forgive people who have wronged us? Jesus' reply is more than Peter bargained for. Apologies: the first few minutes of this recording including the Bible reading was lost due to a technical problem.
15 September 2024.2024-09-1531 minKing's Church DarlingtonMATTHEW: Resolving Conflict in Church - John LambertMatthew 18.15-20.
Sometimes, relationships in even the best local churches can turn sour. How should we go about repairing broken fellowship, and what should we do if, despite all our best efforts, things don't improve? Jesus anticipates that church life would not always be sweetness and light, so he gives us a simple process and a superb promise for when things go wrong.
8 September 2024.2024-09-0829 minKing's Church DarlingtonMATTHEW: Kingdom Greatness - Michael ColtmanMatthew 18.1-14.
Jesus uses a child to explain what greatness looks like in the Kingdom of Heaven. Why does he respond to the disciples' question about greatness by pointing to a child?
1 September 2024.2024-09-0132 minKing's Church DarlingtonMATTHEW: Death and Taxes - John LambertMatthew 17.22-27.
Following Jesus' second prediction of his death, there is an unusual episode about the temple tax, where Jesus has a decidedly novel idea for payment - finding the sum for two people's annual liability in the mouth of a fish. What's all this about? John walks us through this surprising story.
25 August 2024.2024-08-2529 minKing's Church DarlingtonMATTHEW: Faith the Size of a Mustard Seed - Phil HillsdonMatthew 17.14-21.
A short while after hitting the heights of the mountaintop with Jesus and his transfiguration, we are back in the valley with lack of faith and lack of power. Phil Hillsdon takes us through that experience of knowing there's more of heaven's power available for us but of just feeling inadequate. How do we grow in faith and authority?
18 August 2024.2024-08-1827 minKing's Church DarlingtonMATTHEW: The Transfiguration - Michael ColtmanMatthew 17.1-13.
The transfiguration on the mountain is not just a moment in the Gospel but an event in history. Jesus choosing to become man veiled his heavenly glory, but in this moment he chooses to reveal it to three of his disciples. A truly awesome event that God still wants to speak to us through today.
11 August 2024.2024-08-1235 minKing's Church DarlingtonMATTHEW: He Will Suffer Many Terrible Things - John LambertMatthew 16.21-28.
Following his spectacular revelation of Jesus' true identity, Peter goes from hero to zero by anxiously appealing to Jesus not to go to the cross. The Lord said that Peter was “blessed” to have had the revelation that Jesus is the Messiah and the Son of God, but now Jesus sees the work of the devil in him. What, for Peter, sounded like a calamity, is for us a glorious testament to how much the Lord loves us – that he would willingly “suffer many terrible things” to save us from a fate worse than death.
4th August 2024.2024-08-0431 minKing's Church DarlingtonMATTHEW: Who Do You Say I Am? - John LambertMatthew 16.13-20.
In chapter 16 of Matthew's Gospel, Jesus asks his disciples one of the most important questions anyone can face: 'Who do you say I am?' Peter's inspired response triggers Jesus setting out his great and glorious vision statement - one that is still in operation today, and one we all have a part in.
28 July 2024.2024-07-2834 minKing's Church DarlingtonMATTHEW: The Yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees - Michael ColtmanMatthew 16.1-12.
Jesus gave many warnings during his ministry but one of the most curious was to avoid the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees. What did he mean? Michael unpacks this for us and shows how it is a warning we have to take seriously in our day too.
21 July 2024.2024-07-2133 minKing's Church DarlingtonMATTHEW: Bread for Everyone - John LambertMatthew 15.21-39.
Matthew 15 contains one of the most puzzling passages in the four Gospels; Jesus' encounter with a Canaanite woman, whose daughter is in desperate need. Jesus' response to her appears cold - even rude. What is going on? John explores this passage and then walks with us through another slightly strange story which follows it - the feeding of the 4,000. Coming so soon after feeding 5,000, it feels bizarrely (for an amazing miracle) almost like an anticlimax. But it contains a highly relevant challenge for us all.
14 July 2024.2024-07-1434 minKing's Church DarlingtonMATTHEW: Washed Hands or Clean Hearts - Michael ColtmanMatthew 15.1-20.
A delegation of Pharisees and teachers of the law arrive from Jerusalem to confront Jesus about the way he is carrying on. But Jesus replies that he is simply disregarding their man-made traditions, while they are finding ever-more ingenious ways of avoiding obedience to holy scripture. Despite Jesus being crystal clear on this matter, Michael shows us how the Church down the years has, at times, been just as guilty of elevating churchy rules above God's word.
7 July 2024.2024-07-0731 minKing's Church DarlingtonMATTHEW: Walking on Water - John LambertMatthew 14.22-36.
Jesus approaches his disciples, who have been rowing hard for nine hours, walking on the water. It scares the living daylights out of them but this passage is quite important for helping us understand the dynamics of fear and faith in our own hearts.
30 June 2024.2024-06-3033 minKing's Church DarlingtonMATTHEW: The Feeding of the 5,000 - Michael ColtmanMatthew 14.13-21.
As Jesus seeks a bit of solitude to digest the awful news of his cousin John the Baptist's death, large crowds flock around him and, filled with compassion, he tends to their needs. In particular, their need for nourishment. But there's a problem; a totally inadequate supply that cannot meet the demand. Michael explains how, for Jesus, 'impossible is nothing.'
23 June 2024.2024-06-2329 minKing's Church DarlingtonMATTHEW: The Beheading of John the Baptist - John LambertMatthew 13.53 - 14.12.
After almost thirteen full chapters of Jesus' amazing and popular ministry, we get an abrupt change of mood, with Jesus' own home town turning against him and John the Baptist meeting his gruesome and untimely death. Why? Where is God when everything goes wrong? John Lambert explores some of the questions that arise when faith is shaken.
16 June 2024.2024-06-1633 minKing's Church DarlingtonMATTHEW: Parables of the Treasure, the Pearl and the Net - Paul DavisonMatthew 13.44-58.
Paul opens up the end of the third main block of teaching in Matthew's Gospel which contains three more short stories to illustrate what the kingdom of heaven is like. Hidden treasure. A pearl that is worth more than all others put together. And a net that gathers a great catch of fish.
9 June 2024.2024-06-0935 minKing's Church DarlingtonMATTHEW: Parables of the Wheat, Weeds, Yeast and Mustard Seed - Michael ColtmanMatthew 13.24-43. Jesus' series of stories on what the kingdom of God is like continues with parables about wheat and weeds, yeast and mustard seeds.
2 June 2024.2024-06-0330 minKing's Church DarlingtonA Diverse Church - Chris FrostEphesians 2.11-18.
This week we are joined by guest speaker Chris Frost as he speaks to us about a Father, Son and Spirit vision for a diverse church
. At the end we have left in the special prayers from some of the nations represented in our church.
26 May 2024.2024-05-2637 minKing's Church DarlingtonMATTHEW: Parable of the Sower - Andrew BuntMatthew 13.1-23.
Jesus often speaks in parables to communicate with His followers. This week, our special guest, Andrew Bunt, opens up the well-known Parable of the Sower.
19 May 2024.2024-05-2037 minKing's Church DarlingtonMATTHEW: The Sign of Jonah - John LambertMatthew 12.38-50.
Jesus' thorny relationship with the Pharisees continues to get worse and it brings tension into his own family relationships as well. How is he going to respond to criticism and friction on two fronts?
12 May 2024.2024-05-1232 minKing's Church DarlingtonMATTHEW: Good Tree, Good Fruit - Phil HillsdonMatthew 12.22-37.
As Jesus' relationship with the jealous religious authorities continues to polarise, they accuse him of being an agent of the devil. Phil Hillsdon explains how Jesus' response to them contains a challenge for all of us.
5 May 2024.2024-05-0526 minKing's Church DarlingtonMATTHEW: Lord of the Sabbath - Raj SahaMatthew 12.1-21.
Jesus clashes with religious leaders over the question of the sabbath. For Jesus, it is not legalistic suffocation, it's an opportunity to enjoy the grace of God. Guest speaker Raj Saha explains how this works.
28 April 2024.2024-04-2935 minKing's Church DarlingtonMATTHEW: Come to Jesus All Who Are Weary and Burdened - John LambertMatthew 11.20-30.
Following Jesus' sending out of the twelve on mission in Matthew 10, Jesus comments on the apathetic response of the towns he visited and where he did many signs and wonders, before giving an invitation to those who were weighed down with fatigue and anxiety.
21 April 2024.2024-04-2128 minKing's Church DarlingtonChurch Planting in Cambodia - Abi LittleWhen Abi and Sam Little and their two daughters joined us at King's, Abi gave us a brief update of their work, planting a new Word and Spirit local church in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
14 April 2024.2024-04-1817 minKing's Church DarlingtonSpreading the Gospel - Sam LittleActs 8.26-40.
Sam Little, who with wife Abi and family, is planting a church in Siem Reap, Cambodia, shares about cross-cultural mission from Acts 8, where the evangelist Philip has a divine encounter with an Ethiopian official.
14 April 2024.2024-04-1638 minKing's Church DarlingtonMATTHEW: The Great Commission - Davy RichardsonMatthew 28.16-20.
After being raised from the dead, Jesus gathers his disciples and gives them some final instructions. What will he leave them with? What will their response to him be? What about ours?
7 April 2024.2024-04-0726 minKing's Church DarlingtonMATTHEW: The Resurrection - Michael ColtmanMatthew 28.1-15.
On the third day, he rose again from the dead, according to the scriptures. On Easter Sunday, Michael shares about how the first disciples, initially sceptical and fearful, began to be certain of Jesus' resurrection from the dead.
31 March 2024.2024-03-3112 minKing's Church DarlingtonMATTHEW: Jesus Dies and Is Buried - Paul DavisonMatthew 27.45-66.
And so, after a judicial scandal, a severe flogging, mocking laughter and agonising crucifixion, we reach the moment when Jesus takes his last breath. What did that mean for him? What does it mean for us? What are the monumental implications of what Jesus did for us on the cross?
24 March 2024.2024-03-2432 minKing's Church DarlingtonMATTHEW: Jesus Mocked and Crucified - Michael ColtmanMatthew 27.27-44.
Having had the death sentence passed by Pontius Pilate, Jesus is handed over to be crucified and is mocked by Roman soldiers before he is led off. Michael explains what crucifixion was like and what it all means for us.
17 March 2024.2024-03-1735 minKing's Church DarlingtonMATTHEW: Jesus Before Pilate - Alan BellMatthew 27.11-26.
Guest speaker Alan Bell from Emmanuel Church Durham continues opening up the story of Christ's passion. The ruling religious council send Jesus to the Roman governor Pontius Pilate, hoping to secure the death penalty of a man they know is innocent of any crime.
10 March 2024.2024-03-1132 minKing's Church DarlingtonMATTHEW: Judas' Despair and Suicide - John LambertMatthew 27.1-10.
The story of Christ's passion continues with the tragic and troubling episode of Judas' despair and suicide. It raises so many questions. Was Judas ever saved? If so, did he lose his salvation? Is that even possible? Was this all part of God's plan? If so, how can Judas have been responsible? And what does this passage have to say to us in our own walk with God?
3 March 2024.2024-03-0330 minKing's Church DarlingtonMATTHEW: Jesus' Trial and Peter's Denial - John LambertMatthew 26.57-75.
Moving on from Gethsamene, we follow Jesus into the home of the high priest, where he is interrogated by the chief priests and elders who seek an opportunity to condemn him to death. Following closely behind is Peter, anxious and desperate to listen in on proceedings.
25 February 2024.2024-02-2529 minKing's Church DarlingtonMATTHEW: Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane - Michael ColtmanMatthew 26.36-56.
Continuing the narrative of the events of Jesus’ last week, Matthew describes the agony and stress Jesus experienced just before his arrest as his disciples all fall asleep and then run off.
18 February 2024.2024-02-1834 minKing's Church DarlingtonMATTHEW: The Last Supper - Paul DavisonMatthew 26.17-30.
What can we say about the last meal Jesus ate with His disciples before his death? The scene seems quiet, understated and easily passed over. But in this simple Passover meal Jesus reveals a truth that shook the world and continues to do so today.
11 February 2024.2024-02-1131 minKing's Church DarlingtonMATTHEW: The Visit of the Magi - Michael ColtmanMatthew 2.1-12.
Strange visitors from the east are led by unusual phenomena in the night sky to seek out a new king in the land of Israel. But the evil Herod is disturbed by these developments that he fears will rival his reign.
3 December 2024.2023-12-0433 minKing's Church DarlingtonEncourage One Another - Jeremy Simpkins1 Thessalonians 5.11.
Jeremy and Ann Simpkins came to Darlington to lay on hands for eldership, and Jeremy brought a word about encouraging one another as a vital feature of a healthy church. In fact, he exhorted us to put it into practice straight away and we have included here all the affirming words we had time for at the end of Jeremy's sermon.
26 November 2023.2023-11-2739 minKing's Church Darlington30TH ANNIVERSARY: What On Earth Are We Here For? - John GrovesOn the 30th anniversary of King's Church Darlington coming into being, our old friend John Groves who helped us at the beginning of our journey, comes back to share on what a New Testament local church should look like and challenges us as we look forward to the next 30 years.
5 November 2023.2023-11-0846 minKing's Church Darlington30TH ANNIVERSARY: Testimonies of God's Goodness - Phil Hillsdon, Alison Merrick and Tony ColthupPhil, Alison and Tony reflect on how the Lord has blessed us and led us over the last 30 years, from the very early days of King's existence to the present time, through challenges and exciting times alike.
29 October 2023.2023-11-0235 minKing's Church DarlingtonDEVOTED: Leaders Conference 2023 - Day 2Join us for day two at the Christ Central Leaders conference. In this episode we give you a feel of what is happening in and around the King's Centre on the second day, hearing from different people attending.2023-06-2824 minKing's Church DarlingtonDEVOTED: Leaders Conference 2023 - Day 1Join us for day one at the Christ Central Leaders conference. In this episode we give you a feel of what is happening in and around the King's Centre on the opening day, hearing from different people attending. We also sit down for an interview with Joseph and Lily from Zimbabwe and hear about the amazing work that they are doing.2023-06-2719 minKing's Church DarlingtonIn Conversation with Andrew BuntIn this special podcast we are join author of 'Finding your best Identity' and theologian Andrew Bunt. Jill sits down for a catch up with Andrew to find out about the important work he and the organisations he works for have been doing. Andrew will be joining us as a church this coming Sunday.2023-06-2425 min
King's Church DarlingtonKING DAVID: David & Jesus - Paul DavisonPaul Davison finishes our sermon series on the life of King David in which we have been looking at some of the most influential relationships. We finished off the series by looking at the relationship with King David and the King of kings - Jesus.
11 June 2023.2023-06-1129 minKing's Church DarlingtonKING DAVID: David & Absalom - Michael Coltman2 Samuel 13.23 - 19.8.
This week Michael continues our sermon series as he looks at the relationship between King David and his son Absalom. Absalom believes that he would do a better job than his father at leading the people and marches on the city of Jerusalem to take it by force, wanting to make himself king over Israel. What does God have to say to us today through both David and Absalom?
4 June 2023.2023-06-0438 minKing's Church DarlingtonKING DAVID: David & Bathsheba - John Lambert2 Samuel 11-12.
The trajectory of David's walk with God is ever upwards until a pleasant spring evening in Jerusalem after which things begin to unravel *very* badly. How can we learn from one of the Old Testament's greatest saints becoming one of its greatest sinners?
28 May 2023.2023-05-3135 minKing's Church DarlingtonKING DAVID: David & Jonathan - Paul Davison1 Samuel 18.1-4, 20.1-42
This week Paul takes a look at the friendship between David and Jonathan, the son of King Saul. Jonathan's support, friendship and care in one of David's most difficult moments points towards friendships we should see in the church today. How can we as a church create a culture of reaching out to others in friendship while we focus on the new covenant in Jesus?
21 May 2023.2023-05-1447 minKing's Church DarlingtonKING DAVID: David & Saul (Part II) - John Lambert1 Samuel 16.14 - 2 Samuel 1.27
This week is part 2, taking a look at the complex relationship between King Saul and David.
7 May 2023.2023-05-0830 minKing's Church DarlingtonKING DAVID: David & Saul (Part I) - John Lambert1 Samuel 8.1 - 15.31.
This week John opens up two weeks looking at the relationship and the differences between Saul, the first king of Isreal and David, his successor. As we focus more on King Saul, we hope you feel the challenge that is just as relevant now as it was then, that keeping up appearances means everything to this king. He is obsessed with what people think of him, and as a result fails to obey his God.
30 April 2023.2023-04-3027 minKing's Church DarlingtonKING DAVID: David & Goliath - Paul Davison1 Samuel 17.1-51.
This week we continue in our King David series talking about one of the best known moments in the Bible, David and Goliath. Paul challenges us by taking a look at this story in four parts. We hope that you feel God speak to you though this talk and understand that David was an image of the true King, Jesus.
23 April 2023.2023-04-2444 min
King's Church DarlingtonFOUNDATIONS: Mission - Michael Coltman & FriendsIn our final sermon of our 'Foundations' series, Mike spoke to us on 'Mission'.
What missions are we involved in and why do we feel mission is an important value at King's?
26 March 2023.2023-03-2742 min
King's Church DarlingtonFOUNDATIONS: Church Planting - John LambertThis week, John talked about church planting. Although its not a central aspect of King’s life to this point, it is an aspiration for our future. So what is it? And why should it be a cherished value at King’s?
19 April 2023.2023-03-2034 minKing's Church DarlingtonFOUNDATIONS: Generosity - Phil HillsdonThis week, Phil looked at the next foundational building block of 'Generosity’.
He asked the questions; why should we be generous? and also, how can we be, or become, or continue to be generous as King's church family and as individuals who love Jesus?
26 February 2023.2023-02-2731 minKing's Church DarlingtonFOUNDATIONS: Prayer - John LambertThis week, we continued our new series on our vision and values at King’s. John Lambert spoke on prayer. Most Christians know instinctively that prayer is important but research shows that many also find it difficult.
How can we advance in our praying so that we see more blessing and fruitfulness around us?
15 January 2023.2023-01-1634 min
King's Church DarlingtonCHRISTMAS: Christmas at King's - Paul DavisonThis week we held an our annual Christmas at King's carol service with guests Leyburn Band. Here is a short message from Paul Davison on the real meaning of Christmas.
Blessings x2022-12-1912 minKing's Church DarlingtonCompassion UK - Clare NelsonThis week you join us in discovering more about Compassion UK and the role King's Church Darlington has played in this charity, as we welcome Clare Nelson and special guest to speak to us about the wonderful work Compassion UK do.2022-11-2828 min
King's Church DarlingtonCOLOSSIANS: Finish Well - John LambertAs we conclude our series in Colossians this week, John will focus on two individuals in the list of names at the end of the letter whose discipleship journey and relationship with God went in completely opposite directions.
What does this have to say to us at King's and as individuals?2022-11-2130 minKing's Church DarlingtonRecommended Reading: John Lambert & Steve WardIn this episode of the King's Church Darlington podcast, Jill Jackson sits down with John Lambert and Steve Ward to discuss several influential books they have enjoyed and would highly recommend to you, the listener.
You can find these books and other books recommended by our Eldership team via the resources page on our website.
>> https://www.kingschurchdarlington.org
John's recommendations.
1 Straight to the Heart series by Phil Moore
2 The Jesus You Really Didn't Know: Rediscovering the Teaching Ministry of Jesus - Andy Angel
Steve's recommendations.
1 The Listening Life by Adam S. McHugh
2 Overpowering Nemo by Ginny Burgin
3 Sophie and the...2022-10-1934 minKing's Church DarlingtonIn Conversation with Peter Gibson MPA few weeks ago, we welcomed Peter Gibson MP to the podcast studio to have a chat about his life and work. We wanted to get to know the man who represents our town in parliament as well as understand some of the practical things we can do and pray for.
Please take a listen and share it amongst your friends and family...2022-09-2141 min
King's Church DarlingtonDavid and Goliath - Michael ColtmanThis week, Mike will be speaking to us about the famous story of David and Goliath. Perhaps one of the best known stories of the scriptures, a story of a shepherd boy, born in Bethlehem, conquering a fierce opponent that seemed unstoppable.
Where others looked and saw a scary opponent that could not be killed, David saw a defenceless man who was about to meet his fate.
Can we think of another who would be born in Bethlehem, the good shepherd, an unlikely king? He would go on to defeat the true enemy that would seem unstoppable to all others.2022-08-0738 min
King's Church DarlingtonACTS: Sermon Series RecapJoin us in this podcast as Jill and Mike look back at our sermon series in the book of Acts.
As a church we have been looking at the birth and the rise of the church asking what God would want to speak to us through these stories today. We hope that you enjoy recapping what has been a great series.2022-07-2127 minKing's Church DarlingtonDevoted Leaders Conference 2022 - Day 2On day two of the Devoted Leadership Conference podcast Jill has a chat with some of the guests speaking at this year’s conference. We start the podcast with Natalie Williams who is the CEO of Jubilee+, a Christian charity which was started by Newfrontiers. Then we're joined by Chris Frost and John Davy both from Gateway Church in Leeds. We also catch up with some of the delegates attending the conference and some of our own King’s staff and volunteers.2022-06-2936 minKing's Church DarlingtonDevoted Leaders Conference 2022 - Day 1Jill Jackson takes us directly to the heart of the Devoted Leadership Conference happening at the King’s Centre this week. The devoted leadership conference is a gathering of Church leaders from around the country to meet with God and fellowship with each other. Jill speaks with some of the delegates attending the conference, speakers and some of our own King’s staff and volunteers.2022-06-2822 minKing's Church DarlingtonDevoted Leaders Conference 2022 - PreviewJill Jackson previews the Devoted Leaders Conference 2022 which takes place in The King's Centre from June 28th-30th. We'll be bringing you daily podcasts throughout the week to give you a flavour of the types of things happening during the conference for those who can't make it.2022-06-2702 minKing's Church DarlingtonACTS: Out of God's Way - Michael ColtmanACTS: Out of God's Way - Michael Coltman by King's Church Darlington Podcast2022-06-2635 minKing's Church DarlingtonConversations from EuropeIn this special podcast, Jill Jackson sits down with two of her friends to discuss life, faith, and cultural differences. We hope these conversations will help us reflect on the importance of cross-border relationships with those who share the same continent. We're always better when we're together.
Blessed listening x2022-06-2238 minKing's Church DarlingtonMoney - Jill Jackson & Lynnette SowerbyIn this episode, Jill Jackson is joined by Lynette Sowerby who along with her husband Mark look after the finances here at King’s.
Jill and Lynnette about discuss the topic of money and all that it comes with both good and bad. We hope that this podcast will answer any questions or concerns that you may have when it comes to such an important subject for us all.
Blessed listening 🎧2022-05-0626 minKing's Church DarlingtonIn Conversation with Steve McClarenIn the second of this week’s special podcasts; Mike sits down with friend of the Church and former Middlesbrough FC manager Steve McClaren. Steve has been part of King’s for several years and has attended as and when work allowed. Mike and Steve talk all things football, food, and faith. Happy Listening 🎧2022-04-2352 minKing's Church DarlingtonIn Conversation with Jeremy & Ann SimpkinsThis is an extra special podcast for us here at King’s. We sat down with Jeremy and Ann Simpkins, who are the Apostolic oversight for us here at King’s, to talk all things ChristCentral.
Jeremy has been involved in leading Newfrontiers churches for over 25 years now.
In 2011 when Terry Virgo multiplied Newfrontiers from one apostolic team to multiple teams, Jeremy started to lead ChristCentral.
In 2014 the team in Manchester appointed a local pastor to lead ChristCentral Manchester, releasing Jeremy to lead the ChristCentral team and travel amongst the churches which the team serves.2022-04-2132 minKing's Church DarlingtonKing's Church Family Meeting - February 2022What’s does have God for King’s? The Eldership share some of the things they’ve have felt God has been saying to us regarding the vision and direction of the church.
We also be an update outlining the churches finances, the effect of lockdown and the outlook for the year ahead.2022-02-241h 10King's Church DarlingtonTHE NAME: Prince of Peace - Steve WardThis week we continue our Christmas series 'The Name' based on Isaiah's prophecy about the coming Messiah. Steve looks at the fourth name mentioned in the passage Prince of Peace.
Join us next Sunday (19th) for the final part of our Christmas sermon series - we start in the King's Centre at 10:302021-12-1342 minKing's Church DarlingtonThe Walk of Life - Phil HillsdonAn extra special Sunday morning for us at King's as Phil Hillsdon gives his final sermon entitled 'The Walk of Life'.2021-09-2735 minKing's Church DarlingtonIn Conversation with Phil & Sally HillsdonIn this special episode of The King's Church Darlington podcast, we sit down and reflect on the last 13 years of Phil and Sally's leadership here at King's. They share some of the highs and the lows and some of the challenges of church leadership. We encourage you to keep them in your prayers as they now take time to rest and to see what God has for them in the future.2021-09-2630 minKing's Church DarlingtonMisson - Ken & Louise SniderIn this week's special edition of The King's Church Podcast, we talk mission. As his disciples, Jesus makes it very clear we're to take the gospel, and the compassion that comes with it, not just to our town but to look beyond the city walls. Ken and Louise Snider speak to us about their experiences in Nepal and Cambodia.2021-09-1532 minKing's Church DarlingtonTransition Sunday - Jeremy SimpkinsThis week marked the start of a new season here at King’s as we transition from Phil Hillsdon’s leadership to Mike Coltman’s. Our apostolic oversight, Jeremy Simpkins, was with us to mark the occasion2021-08-2314 minKing's Church DarlingtonIn Conversation with Albert Dicken MBEIn this episode of the King’s Church Darlington podcast we are joined by special guest Albert Dicken MBE. Albert a well-known figure, running family DIY chain Dickens, joins us to share his story of coming to know Jesus and how that has had an impact on every part of his extraordinary life.2021-05-131h 05King's Church DarlingtonIn Conversation with Jill JacksonIn this special podcast were joined by Jill Jackson, who shares her story of HOPE. Although at times tragic, Jill's story encourages us that Jesus will never leave us, even in our darkest moments.2021-04-071h 03