<![CDATA[claytoncon.i2ic.com Highlights]]> <![CDATA[Things that hinder and sins that entangle - with Dominic Steele]]> "The Pastor’s Heart - A word to our heart from Dominic Steele In a Pastor’s Heart special, Dominic Steele speaks to our hearts today as we engage in the battle of the Christian life. We get a call today to perseverance and resilience. Dominic addresses, not just pastors, but young and old; healthy and unfit; wealthy and poor; busy and quiet; husbands, singles, divorcees and widowers; fertile and infertile, straight or experiencing same sex attraction; or struggling in addictions. Calling out to God: God what are you doing? Why am I stuck in this? What is going on? Why is it so hard? http://thepastorsheart.net/podcast/things-that-hinder-sins-that-entangle"

]]> <![CDATA[Matthew 2: 13-18 - Escape to Egypt - Kids' Bible Talks]]> 3 Jan '21 Dan McBride - God had been promising for thousands of years that his chosen king would come. But as we open Matthew chapter 2 we find that, not long after he was born, he's running for his life! Has something gone wrong with God's plan? No: Jesus is his chosen king and nothing is going to stop that. The question is: will we let him be king?

Andy and Dan's team have provided worksheet to go along with these Bible talks. Just click here and select the date above!

]]> <![CDATA[Luke 2: 21-40 - Simeon & Anna - Kids' Bible Talks]]> 27 Dec '20 Andy Gawn - Old people love babies right, so what's so special about how Simeon and Anna react to the baby Jesus in the temple? Andy tells how Simeon and Anna had been waiting, not just to cuddle any baby, but to meet God's son.

Andy and Dan's team have provided worksheet to go along with these Bible talks. Just click here and select the date above!

]]> <![CDATA[Luke 1: 26-38 - Don't Be Afraid Joseph - Kids' Bible Talks - Clayton TV]]> 20 Dec '20 Andy Gawn - It's not every day God descides the new baby's name its usually the baby's parent's job isn't it! Andy tells us about how Joseph reacted to finding out mary was pregnant and what happened when the angel visited him too.

Andy and Dan's team have provided worksheet to go along with these Bible talks. Just click here and select the date above!

]]> <![CDATA[Carols by Candlelight 4pm 13 Dec '20 - A Festival of Light and Sound ]]> Join us for a festival of light and sound to celebrate Jesus' birth with music from King's College Cambridge, dramatic Bible readings by David Suchet and specially edited moving images to help us celebrate Jesus' birth.

Rod Earnshaw, Senior Minster of Holy Trinity Gateshead also looks back on the strange year that has been 2020 and leads us to ask 'What if you had a hope that meant you weren't afraid of death?' and finds answers in the baby in the manger 2000 years ago.

Throughout the Coronavirus outbreak Clayton TV will be live streaming 3 weekly services. All our services will still include music, prayers and Bible teaching and graphics to help you participate from home.

This is the permament link to our upcoming/latest 9.30am Virtual Family Church - our short interactive service.

This is the permanent link to our upcoming/latest 10.30am Jesmond Parish service live stream.

This is the permanent link to our upcoming/latest 6.30pm Jesmond Parish service live stream.

]]> <![CDATA[Carols by Candlelight 6.30pm 13 Dec '20 with Jesmond Parish Church, Newcastle UK]]> This evening will be an online version of our Carols by Candlelight with traditional carols from Kings College Choir Cambridge, Bible readings from the Jesmond Parish Church Congregation. David Holloway will be preaching on ‘The Angels' First Sermon’ from Luke 2: 10-11 - Christmas is a great time to think about where we stand with God. David looks at what the Angels said about Jesus on that first Christmas to explore how “...unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, the Lord.”

Throughout the Coronavirus outbreak Clayton TV will be live streaming 3 weekly services. All our services will still include music, prayers and Bible teaching and graphics to help you participate from home.

This is the permament link to our upcoming/latest 9.30am Virtual Family Church - our short interactive service.

This is the permanent link to our upcoming/latest 10.30am Jesmond Parish service live stream.

This is the permanent link to our upcoming/latest 6.30pm Jesmond Parish service live stream.

The 10.30am morning and 6.30pm evening service is filmed remotely with Jesmond Parish Church, Newcastle UK and using pre-filmed music from the Keswick Convention.

For information about how to film your own services go to to www.clayton.tv and click on 'Corona Live' to find out more.

 

]]> <![CDATA[John 1: 14-18 - Jesus Came to Reveal to us What God is Like - Jesmond Parish - Sermon - Clayton TV]]> 13 Dec '20 Ramzi Adcock - God describes himself to Moses as "merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness". What Moses was told, Jesus came to show. Jesus had come to reveal to us fully and finally, exactly what God is like. Ramzi Adcock starts off the Christmas sermon series with John chapter 1, "The Word became flesh and dwelt among us... No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known."

]]> <![CDATA[Luke 2: 10-11 - The Angels' Christmas Sermon - Jesmond Parish - Sermon]]> 13 Dec '20 David Holloway - Christmas is a great time to think about where we stand with God. David looks at what the Angels said about Jesus on that first Christmas to explore how “...unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, the Lord.”

]]> <![CDATA[Luke 1: 26-38 - Don't Be Afraid Mary! - Kids' Bible Talks - Clayton TV]]> 13 Dec '20 Andy Gawn - What's so scary about the Lord being with you? Andy tells us all about the angel's message to Mary when he tells her that her baby boy will be the God's son.

Andy and Dan's team have provided worksheet to go along with these Bible talks. Just click here and select the date above!

]]> <![CDATA[John 1: 14-18 - Jesus Came to Reveal to us What God is Like - Holy Trinity Gateshead - Sermon]]> 13 Dec '20 Ramzi Adcock - God describes himself to Moses as "merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness". What Moses was told, Jesus came to show. Jesus had come to reveal to us fully and finally, exactly what God is like. Ramzi Adcock starts off the Christmas sermon series with John chapter 1, "The Word became flesh and dwelt among us... No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known."

]]> <![CDATA[20s & 30s Conference '20: Talk 2 The Power of Cross-shaped Love with Santosh Thomas]]> How can we be a force of good in the world? Santosh Thomas opens up John 13: 31-38 and explores how Jesus' first disciples are taught to love one another as Jesus has loved them and how we an do that as churches in a world full of darkness.

Talk Outline:

1. Jesus was heading for glory! v31-33

2. Disciples are called to love one another as Jesus has loved us! v34-35

3. Even the strongest disciple will fail Jesus v36-38

 

Discussion Questions:

1. What do we naturally think will attract our friends and neighbours to Jesus?

2. How does Jesus’ command in v34-35 challenge or inspire you?

3. What are some of the dangers of interpreting ‘love one another’ just to suit our personal or desires or cultural norms? How does ‘as I have loved you’ clarify what this really means?

4. How practically can we love one another in this Christlike cross-shaped way at the moment? What might be some of the barrier in our hearts and minds?

5. How does the example of Peter (v36-38) challenge or encourage us? Given how tough the past few months have been, how might we encourage one another when we fail and let Jesus down? Are our relationships deep enough to do this honestly?

6. What one thing would we like to take away and put into practice from this weekend. How practically will we encourage one another to be do-ers and not just hearers of the word? "

]]> <![CDATA[20s & 30s Conference '20: Talk 1 The Paradox of the Cross with Santosh Thomas]]> What might look weak and pathertic, shines brightly into a dark world! Santosh Thomas opens up John 12: 13-26 to encourage us that even in this needy, broken, COVID 19 world, where death comes to us all, the way to glory comes through Jesus death on the cross.

Talk Outline:

1. Jesus’ death was NECESSARY to give life to the world v20-26

2. Jesus’ death was POWERFUL to overcome evil and draw all people to himself v27-33

3. Jesus’ death is URGENT to respond while there’s still time v34-36

 

Discussion questions

1. How does this passage encourage us at this time? Reflect together on what these verses show us about the effectiveness and result of Christ’s death. What difference might this make for us today?

2. How might this challenge our understanding of the Christian life? Is it really correct to expect that “the Christian life, which is the best life, looks and feels like death”? (v24-26)

3. What might ‘dying to self’ or ‘the way of the cross’ look like practically for us, individually and collectively, during this season? How can we encourage one another that this really is the best life?

4. Do we share Jesus’ urgency in v35-36? What would that look like realistically in practice?

]]> <![CDATA[Morning Service 10.45am 8 Dec '19 from Jesmond Parish Church, Newcastle UK]]> Today Jonathan Redfearn will be preaching on 'Christ Hates Hypocrisy' from Luke 20: 41-47.

Some of Jesus' most condemning words in the gospels are addressed to hypocrites; the scribes and the Pharisees. Reading this exchange between Jesus and the Scribes in Luke 20 must make us examine our own faith: are we genuinely submitting to Jesus as Lord or rather just making a show of religion and continuing to be Lord ourselves. There is a stark warning for those who continue to ignore Jesus' Lordship and act in a falsely pious way.

Join us live every week for our Sunday evening service to praise God with music, talk to him in prayer and listen to his word explained.

]]> <![CDATA[Philippians 1: 21-24 - What is Your Tagline? - Jesmond Parish Church, Newcastle Sermon]]> 24 Nov '19 Martin Morrison - What do you do with someone like Paul, if he lives, he lives for Jesus, if he dies he gets to be with Jesus. Martin Morrison explores what is is to be a follower of Jesus through Paul's example and asks us to consider where we will be one minute after we die.

]]> <![CDATA[1 Peter 4: 1-11 - Trust God and Do Good - Village Church - Sermon]]> 24 Nov '19 Dominic Steele - "I remember where I was when she said it to me, 'That's not a very Christian thing to do.' She was right. I was wrong." So how are we to live as Jesus' people? Particularly when there's pressure from people around us to live like the world.

]]> <![CDATA[1 Peter 2: 4-10 - A Royal Priesthood, Holy Nation - St John's Hull - Sermon]]> 24 Nov '19 Melvin Tinker - The apostle Peter faces the reality of the persecution of Christians. He reminds them of the reality they have in Christ: Christians are united to him, the Cornerstone, who was also rejected but is precious to God, and urges them on in their task of being a witness to Christ with their lips and their lives.

]]> <![CDATA[Luke 15: 1-10 What Am I Worth? - St Helen's Bishopsgate - Guest Event]]> 11 Nov' 19 - David Jensen, a former soldier in the Australian army, is interviewed about his 'prodigal son' conversion journey as part of a special guest event at St Helen's Bishopsgate. The interview is followed by a talk on Luke 15: 1-10 by William Taylor.

]]> <![CDATA[JB Gill - IDENTITY: What's Yours? - Testimony]]> Dave Bemment interviews JB Gill about his time in JLS, how that affected his faith and what he's up to now.

JB Gill found worldwide fame as a member of boyband JLS after appearing on The X Factor in 2008. They went on to have 5 number-one singles and sold over 10 million records. Since his time in the group he has continued his high-profile career, taking part in shows like Strictly Come Dancing, Celebrity Masterchef and most recently presenting BBC’s Songs of Praise. A committed Christian, he’s said “My faith is a part of me and encompasses everything I do.” Come along and hear how he found living life for Jesus in the spotlight.

This testimony is part of the 'IDENTITY: What's Yours?' Events.

]]> <![CDATA[Top 5 Books in 60s... on Prayer]]> 5 Top Books on Prayer for Christians- in only a minute. Great ideas for gifts or to read yourself and revive your spiritual life. So get praying!
Please check out our other 'Top 5 Books' videos. 

Rod Earnshaw is the Senior Minister of Holy Trinity Gateshead, UK and has spent the last few months studying the topic of prayer for a set of conference talks.

Here are 5 top books on prayer:

1 Prayer and the Voice of God by Phillip Jensen and Tony Payne. A great introduction to the topic with clear biblical teaching. 

2 A Simple way to Pray by Martin Luther:  Luther gives a simple model for a renewed prayer life that reflects the apostles’ pattern of being set apart for prayer and the ministry of the word. 

3 Do you Pray?  by JC Ryle. Ryle is always immensely motivating and this is an impassioned call to live out our faith in constant prayer. It’s practical and deeply encouraging.

4 Prayer  by Tim Keller.  A more wide ranging study in classic Keller style. Mixes sustained reflection on the topic with very practical and helpful suggestions.  

And 5 A Call to Spiritual Reformation  by Don Carson. Another classic, both theological and practical - Carson calls us to go back to the Bible to learn how to pray by following the prayers of scripture.  

So there you are – 5 books to get you started on prayer that’ll help you walk with God as you live by faith.  

]]> <![CDATA[A Somali Story: I Against My Brother]]> A moving short film based on a true story: 'I am a Somali Christian, a contradiction.' One muslim woman's journey of faith that challenges her ideas about what it means to be a Christian, and drives her to a decision that could cost her everything she has ever known.

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