Living Rock Podcast

In the final part of this New Year message, we consider what it means to be a church that’s ‘kingdom advancing’.  We discover that it is to be joined with Jesus in the eternal purpose of God, the reason for which mankind was made, and the focus of our great commission!  We also discover that outworking our mission in the 21st century is no harder than it was  in the first, and that if we’re Spirit-filled and Bible-believing we have all we need to succeed!…

As we continue to discover more about our identity as followers of Christ, now that we are new creations, we see that thankfulness is something that we can now have, and can see more of, in our lives. Colossians 2:6-7 tells us that thankfulness is actively grateful language, an act of worship, and something that can overflow in our lives, in order that we come into the fulness of Jesus! In this message Benj unpacks this and highlights 7 things that thankfulness does in our lives.  

God doesn't want us to be barely alive - He wants us to be “fully” alive. We read in Colossians 2:13, you were dead because of your sins and because your sinful nature was not yet cut away. Then God made you alive with Christ, for he forgave all our sins. We can achieve this by Let (ting) your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness. (Colossians 2:7)Are you alive this morning? We don't need to, and must not keep having “an event” to be barely alive  - an occasional shot in the arm, the occasional defib! God doesn't want us to be “roller Coaster Christians. But instead to put on your new nature, and be renewed “as you learn” to know your Creator and become like him. (Colossians 3:10) “As we learn - it is a process and a journey, to become better, stronger, faster

In part 2 of our focus on vital hallmarks of the church at such a time as this, we consider what it means to be “Bible-believing”.  What does this really mean?  What do we believe about the Bible and - therefore - what do we believe because of the Bible?  And how does this help us navigate the spirit of the age, the challenges to God’s Word and the compassion-filled mission we’ve been called to fulfil?…

At the start of this significant year, we take a look at three vital hallmarks of the church; characteristics that will be essential if we are to fulfil all the good things God has planned for us.  The first of these is that we are “filled with the Spirit” (Ephesians 5:18).  What does this really mean? What difference will it make? How does the Holy Spirit help the church? And how do we make these things our reality this year?!…

Together around tables we take a further look at the ‘envelope’ and start of Paul’s letter to the Colossians, uncovering some of the heart of the author and the nature of this young church; seeing that we too are a holy family, in Market Harborough, in Christ, set apart for God and specially useful to Him for such a time as this. We are qualified by the Father, secured in the Son and equipped and empowered by the Holy Spirit!

Tune in at 10am on Christmas Day to hear from David as he shares with us his thoughts at the end off 2022 and the start of 2023.

At the end of a year dominated by bad news, we are reminded that the message of Christmas is only good news to all people everywhere.About Living Rock Church:Living Rock Church is a vibrant, growing, family church in 4 locations across the Midlands and multiple locations in Kenya. We believe Church should be fun, relevant and full of life and full of Jesus!

As part of our series ‘For Such a Time as This’, we consider the first generation of Christians. In Acts 1, Luke tells us that as the risen Jesus prepares to return to His Father, He shows them what the Kingdom of God means, He tells them to do nothing without the Holy Spirit, and it quickly becomes apparent that every single one of their small number was necessary for the Mission which lay ahead. As our world today finds itself in a state of ‘permacrisis’, God’s unshakeable Kingdom arises, and He is calling us to embrace the moment for which He has shaped us!  About Living Rock Church:Living Rock Church is a vibrant, growing, family church in 4 locations across the Midlands and multiple locations in Kenya. We believe Church should be fun, relevant and full of life and full of Jesus!

In Colossians 1:27 we read that God wants everyone to know an amazing secret - if we choose to follow Jesus, He comes to live inside us and comes to transform us so that we are more like him every day. In this message we look at what it means for Christ to live in us; the same Jesus Christ who was there at the very beginning of the bible, the Jesus who is God and desires to be with us! We look at how he raises us to life and how we can experience his presence, his purpose, his provision, his peace and his power.About Living Rock Church:Living Rock Church is a vibrant, growing, family church in 4 locations across the Midlands and multiple locations in Kenya. We believe Church should be fun, relevant and full of life and full of Jesus!

As we kick off a new series looking at the books of Colossians and Ephesians, Stephen takes time to read through the 4 chapters of Colossians. We look at the major themes that we find in the book and discover some of the things that will help shape our lives as we dive deeper into the series!About Living Rock Church:Living Rock Church is a vibrant, growing, family church in 4 locations across the Midlands and multiple locations in Kenya. We believe Church should be fun, relevant and full of life and full of Jesus!

We're delighted to have our good friend Arne Skagen with us sharing the Sunday message. Arne shares about how we can all live life in The Spirit and tells stories of people who have encountered Jesus and experienced the new life he brings.About Living Rock Church:Living Rock Church is a vibrant, growing, family church in 4 locations across the Midlands and multiple locations in Kenya. We believe Church should be fun, relevant and full of life and full of Jesus!

In the latest Meet The Family message Steve shares all about his journey to finding Jesus and how he has discovered his true identity as a child of God.

In this podcast, Phil gives some personal reflections on what it is about the church that should make our hearts beat a little faster and fill us with a genuine sense of excitement every time we gather!

Jesus promised He would build His Church (Matthew 16:18) and in Acts 2-3 we get the first wonderful glimpses of what it looks like!  Here too we discover the kind of church that must arise in the nations “at such a time as this”.  It’s secure, relational, generous, exciting, simple, powerful and miraculous!  And it’s growing every day, because its members take the blessings they enjoy out into the world around them. The call to the church (our church, your church, His church!) at a time of gathering gloom for so many is to “arise and shine” (Isaiah 60:1) - and in this message we consider what that means for us in practice...

This all-age gathering is all about the rainbow and how whenever we see ‘God’s bow in the sky’ we can be reminded of His faithfulness to us in many ways.

Today four families share their wisdom and experience about raising children with additional needs. They talk about how faith has impacted their families and how we can show the love of Jesus to those around us who have additional needs.

Being a Christian means being a part of the body of Christ. Its like the human body in that each part is important and needs the other parts to function effectively and well. We all need each other to grow and this can be demonstrated in our sharing of the Covenant Meal.

‘Such a child’ is often used as an insult, but when we come into the family of God, they are some of the best three words we can hear. As children of God our pasts have lost their power, we have nothing to prove and we are completely, unconditionally loved by our Heavenly Father. If we can love one another in the same way we’re onto a winner!

In this message we continue our Meet The Family series and get to know Pete & Jenni. We hear about how they met, their upbringing in Christian households, and their passion for mums and dads in our local community.