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When we see the radiance of the sun, we meet warmth, and light, and life. Jesus is the radiance of the glory of God. A God who does not need to take from us, but loves to give and give himself.

One of the gifts in the church that we see in the pages of the New Testament that is so vitally needed today and neglected—we don’t talk about it much—is the ministry of encouragement.

Jesus promised his disciples that he would one day return to bring them to a place that he prepared for them. It is a place where all things are made new, free of sin and sorrow. As Christians, we seek not fame or fortune but a heavenly city whose builder and maker is God.

Friends, humility is the only soil in which unity will grow. Only when Christ is more precious to us than our reputations, will we give up our petty rivalries and personal agendas. Only when his glory eclipses all else in our eyes will we live for him and not for another purpose. The peace and unity we so desperately need will be, friends, the fruit of a fresh humbling before the glory of Christ. It is only the gospel, the good news of Christ our saviour, that creates true peace. The gospel creates peace, and the gospel defines peace.

The following recordings were given for the European Leadership Forum on Steffen Jenkins’ new book Imprecations in the Psalms: Love for Enemies in Hard Places.

Peter Williams presents the case that the biblical Gospels are historically reliable and examines the relationships between them. 

Steffen Jenkins considers the nature of conversion from Esther 5. 

Peter Williams asks whether the Gospels are reliable based on their dating, the external evidence, their contents, the geography, and compares them with other 'gospels'. 

Steffen Jenkins explains how we see Christ and the gospel in the ceremonial law of the Old Testament. 

Mike Reeves' talk at New Frontiers' Mobilise conference in 2013 introduces us to the delight Jesus has in his Bride, the Church.