Mike leads the teaching ministry and staff team, and directs the overall strategy for the church. Raised an atheist, Mike was surprised when he became persuaded of the rational, historical basis for the claims of Jesus Christ, and the compelling beauty of the Christian story.

Talks of this speaker

Easter Sunday (Mark 16:1-7, Luke 24:13-35, Revelation 19:6-9)

04/04/2024

The Work of the King (Mark 14:1-42)

24/03/2024

The Victory of the King (Mark 4:35-5:20)

25/02/2024

The Call of The King (Mark 1:1-20, Psalm 2)

04/02/2024

GREAT COURAGE: Corrie Ten Boom (Matthew 18:12-25)

30/01/2024

GREAT LOVE: Hudson Taylor (Psalm 22:25-31, Romans 15:20-24)

09/01/2024 faithMission

GREAT JUSTICE: Rosa Parks (Psalm 103)

02/01/2024 Godworld

Christmas Day 2023: Behold the King of Kings (Isaiah 7)

25/12/2023 ChristmasIsaiah

The Consolation of Israel (Luke 2)

03/12/2023 Luke

The God who Freely Pardons (come you who are empty and be filled – Isaiah 54-55)

14/11/2023 faithIsaiah

Isaiah 52:13-53:12

29/10/2023 Isaiah

Isaiah 44:1-28

22/10/2023 Isaiah

IJM Sunday (Genesis 1:26-27, Ecclesiastes 2:1-11)

03/10/2023 EcclesiastesSlavery

A Final Pastoral Plea (2 Corinthians 12:11-13:14)

26/09/2023 2 Corinthians

Where Real Generosity Comes From (2 Corinthians 8:1-9:15)

03/09/2023 2 Corinthians

The New Covenant

06/08/2023 2 CorinthianscovenantHoly SpiritMosespaulpromise

Marriage, Divorce & Abuse (Matthew 19:1-12)

28/05/2023 AbuseDivorceFamilyLoveMarriageMatthew

Sheep and Goats (Matthew 25:31-26:16)

14/05/2023 KingdomMatthewMoney

Seek First the Kingdom (Matthew 6:19-34)

30/04/2023 anxietyHopeKingdomMatthewMental HealthMoney

The Women and the Downcast (Luke 24:1-27)

09/04/2023 EasterLuke

The Banquet (Luke 14:1-24)

19/03/2023 Luke

The Demon-Possessed Man (Luke 8:26-39)

12/03/2023 Luke

The Sinful Women (Luke 7:36-50)

05/03/2023 Lukesin

Levi sinners and tax collectors (Luke 5:27-32)

25/02/2023 Lukesin

Mary (Luke 1:26-56)

05/02/2023

The man with leprosy and the paralysed man (luke 5:12-26)

02/02/2023 faithLuke

Somebody’s Land (Psalm 116:12)

22/01/2023

Never Too Little Mark (10:13-16)

15/01/2023

The Best Thing to Do (Luke 10:38-42)

08/01/2023

Christmas Day (John 14:1-9)

25/12/2022 Christmas

Renew (Ezra 10)

11/12/2022

Rejoice (Ezra 5-6)

13/11/2022

Return (Ezra 1)

23/10/2022

The Perfected Kingdom (Revelation 21)

18/09/2022

The Present Kingdom (Luke 1)

04/09/2022

The Partial Kingdom (part 1 – Exodus 19-20)

14/08/2022

The Perished Kingdom (Genesis 3:4-11)

31/07/2022

The Pattern of the Kingdom (Genesis 1-2)

24/07/2022

Paul’s Last Command (Acts 20:13-38)

10/07/2022

A God who will Do It (1 Thessalonians 5)

03/07/2022

Destined for Trouble (1 Thessalonians 2:17-3:13 )

12/06/2022

Word at Work (1 Thessalonians 2:13-16)

05/06/2022

True Believers (1 Thessalonians 1)

22/05/2022

One in Christ (Lord’s Supper – 1 Corinthians 11:17-34)

08/05/2022 Church

Death and New Life (Baptism – Acts 2:36-38)

01/05/2022

The Saving King

17/04/2022 Easter

The rich, sad young ruler (Matthew 19:13-30)

23/03/2022

The Pearl of Great Price (Matthew 13:44-58)

13/03/2022

The Deceitfulness of Wealth (Matthew 13:1-23)

06/03/2022 Money

Good News to the Poor (Matthew 11)

27/02/2022 Money

Blessed are the Poor in Spirit (Matthew 5:1-12)

13/02/2022

The Centre and the Fringe (Matthew 2:1-12)

3 John

23/01/2022

Why We Still Sing (Psalm 96)

07/12/2021

My pandemic is worse than yours: dealing with envy and bitterness (Proverbs 14:30)

24/11/2021

Christians, church and government in a pandemic (Acts 5:12-42)

14/11/2021 Church

Loving our neighbours atm (Mark 12:28-34)

09/11/2021 Love

Knowing what to believe and who to trust (2 Timothy 1:6-12)

19/10/2021

What we learn about the good life in a pandemic (Psalm 16)

12/10/2021

Before Abraham Was, I Am (John 8:48-59)

15/09/2021

I Am The Way and The Truth and The Life (John 14)

01/09/2021

I Am The Good Shepherd (John 10:11-21)

18/08/2021

I Am The Light of the World (John 8:12-20)

04/08/2021

I Am Who I Am (Exodus 3:1-20)

28/07/2021

How the Church Grows in Suffering and Weakness (Acts 11:19-30, 13:1-3)

ChurchSuffering

Coming Back to God (James 4:1-12)

29/06/2021 Prayer

Faith Works (James 2:14-26)

More than Listening (James 1:19-27)

Joys in Trials (James 1:1-8)

Suffering

Prayers that Change Things (James 5:13-20)

27/06/2021 Prayer

How to Pray (Matthew 6:5-13)

20/04/2021 Prayer

How Not to Pray (Luke 18:9-14)

14/04/2021 Prayer

The Rising God (Easter Sunday – John 20)

07/04/2021 Easter

The Suffering God (Gethsemane – Matthew 26:36-46)

30/03/2021 EasterSuffering

The Joyful God (Matthew 22:2-14)

23/03/2021

The Fulfilling God (John 4:6-14)

09/03/2021

The Liberating God (Matthew 11:27-30)

02/03/2021

The Generous God (Luke 19:1-10)

24/02/2021

The Trustworthy God (Genesis 3:1-6)

17/02/2021 Easter

The Trustworthy God (Genesis 3:1-6)

The Good God (Psalm 19:1-10)

10/02/2021

How to Apologise (Matthew 5:21-26)

02/02/2021

The Power of Words (Matthew 12:33-37)

01/02/2021

Christ: Our New Master (Colossians 3:18-4:1)

23/11/2020

Christ: Realities, Not Rules (Colossians 2:6-23)

09/11/2020

Christ: Our Foundation and Our Future (Colossians 1:1-14)

20/10/2020

The King’s Sacrifice (2 Samuel 24)

29/09/2020

David and Bathsheba (2 Samuel 11)

08/09/2020

Israel United (2 Samuel 3)

11/08/2020

Must The Sword Devour Forever? (2 Samuel 2:1-3:1)

05/08/2020

The King’s King (2 Samuel 1)

29/07/2020

Church as Intergenerational Family (Mark 10:13-16)

14/07/2020 Church

What will happen to the church in the future? (Revelation 21:1-5)

06/07/2020 Church

How do Churches Love One Another and Other People? (John 13:1-17, 34)

23/06/2020 ChurchLove

There’s Lots of Churches – How do I know Where to Go? (2 Timothy 4:1-4)

09/06/2020 Church

What should a Church Believe? (2 Timothy 2:1-19)

01/06/2020 Church

What Should Church Look Like? (Acts 2:42-47)

25/05/2020 Church

Where is The Church? (Acts 9:1-22)

11/05/2020 Church

Why is There Church? (Revelation 21:1-4)

04/05/2020 Church

Why You Cannot Make Church from the Outside In (Acts 2:38-4)

27/04/2020 Church

Jesus is Still Ruling Through His Church (Acts 1:1-8)

20/04/2020 Church

Why did Jesus earnestly desire this meal? (Luke 22:7-23)

14/04/2020 Easter

Why did the elder brother refuse to eat the fattened calf? (Luke 15)

01/04/2020

Why would anyone refuse Jesus’ invitation? (Luke 14:1-24)

24/03/2020

Why would Jesus throw people out of his feast? (Luke 13:22-30)

15/03/2020

Why didn’t Jesus wash his hands? (Luke 11:27-54)

08/03/2020

Why didn’t Jesus send the crowds away? (Luke 9:1-27)

01/03/2020

Why did Jesus eat with a sinful woman? (Luke 7:36-50)

16/02/2020

Why did Jesus feast and not fast? (Luke 6:1-11, Exodus 20:8-11)

09/02/2020

Why Levi left everything and still had a banquet (Luke 5:17-39)

05/02/2020

Praying (Luke 11:1-13)

19/01/2020 Prayer

Repentance (Luke 11:1-13)

29/12/2019 Heaven & Hell

Repentance (Matthew 28)

Light & Darkness (Isaiah 9:1-7)

22/12/2019

Be Prepared for the End (1 Peter 4:7-19)

01/12/2019 Heaven & Hell

Radical Submission (Part 2 – 1 Peter 2:11-3:7)

17/11/2019

When Jesus’ Soul was Troubled (John 12:12-36)

10/11/2019

Radical Submission (Part 1 – 1 Peter 2:11-25)

03/11/2019

A New Way of Life (1 Peter 1:13-2:3)

20/10/2019

Resurrection & Joy (John 21:1-25)

29/09/2019

Micah (Judges 17-18)

15/09/2019

Samson (Judges 16)

08/09/2019

Gideon (Judges 6:11-28)

02/09/2019

Deborah and Barak (Judges 4)

18/08/2019

Othniel and Ehud (Judges 3:7-30)

11/08/2019

Among the Gods (Judges 2:6-23)

04/08/2019

Made Mortal and Fragile (Genesis 3:8-24, Psalm 42:1-11)

23/06/2019

Made to be Saved (Genesis 2:8-25, 3:1-24)

16/06/2019

Made Complex (Ezekiel 36:24-36)

09/06/2019

Made as Men and Women? (living with and alongside the transgender experience – Genesis 1:24-28)

05/06/2019 LGBTQI+

Made to Know God (Psalm 139)

19/05/2019

Made as Both Body and Spirit (Genesis 2:1-7, 1 Corinthians 15:1-8, 35-49)

12/05/2019

Made in God’s Image (Genesis 1:24-28)

05/05/2019

Made and Loved by God (Genesis 1:1-31)

28/04/2019 Love

What Will You Do With The Empty Tomb? (Mark 16:1-8)

21/04/2019 Easter

Betrayed With A Kiss (Mark 14:1-46)

14/04/2019

Whose Wife Will She Be? (Mark 12:18-34)

07/04/2019

The Eye of the Needle (Mark 10:13-31)

31/03/2019

The Good News of Marriage & Divorce (Mark 10:1-12)

24/03/2019 Family

Heart Surgery (Mark 7:1-23)

10/03/2019

Healing, Fear and Faith (Mark 5:21-43)

03/03/2019

The Parable of The Seed (Mark 4:1-41)

24/02/2019

Being a Disciple (Mark 3:7-35)

17/02/2019 Family

What We Really Need (Mark 1:35 – 2:17)

10/02/2019

The Experience of Jesus’ Kingdom (Mark:1:16-34)

03/02/2019 Heaven & Hell

The Kingdom of God is Near (Mark 1:1-15)

27/01/2019 Heaven & Hell

On Kindness (Luke 14:1-14)

20/01/2019

The Woman Caught in Adultery (John 8:1-11)

13/01/2019

Thankfulness (Genesis 3)

30/12/2018

Truly Perfect (Matthew 5:17-48)

28/10/2018

Truly Fulfilled (Matthew 5:13-20)

21/10/2018

Guard the Deposit Entrusted to You (1 Timothy 6:20-21)

07/10/2018

A Word to the Wealthy (1 Timothy 6:17-19)

30/09/2018

On Contentment (1 Timothy 6:1-10)

09/09/2018

On Slaves (1 Timothy 6:1-10)

02/09/2018

The Reward of Elders (1 Timothy 5:17-25)

27/08/2018 Money

Concerning Widows (How the Church Cares – 1 Timothy 5:1-16)

19/08/2018 Family

The Life and Ministry of a Pastor (1 Timothy 4:11-16)

13/08/2018

I Have Many People in This City (Acts 18:1-23)

08/08/2018

The Wilderness (Exodus 16:1-36)

22/07/2018

The Passover (Exodus 11-12:30)

08/07/2018

Moses & God (Exodus 3:1-15)

17/06/2018

How to Have Good Friendships (John 15:9-17)

10/06/2018

The Qualifications of Deacons and Overseers (1 Timothy 3:1-16)

20/05/2018

Christ is the Head of the Church (1 Timothy 3:1-7)

13/05/2018

Why You Should Give to This Church (Luke 5:17-26)

15/04/2018 ChurchMoney

Why You Shouldn’t Give to This Church (Malachi 3:6-18)

08/04/2018 ChurchMoney

Do Not Be Afraid (Matthew 28:1-20)

01/04/2018 Easter

Fight the Battle Well (1 timothy 1:18-20)

25/03/2018

The Proper use of the Law (1 Tim 1:8-11)

11/03/2018

The Goal of Biblical Teaching (1 Corinthians 13; 1 Timothy 1:3-7)

04/03/2018

A True Child in Faith (1 Tim 1:1-2, Psalm 2, John 3:16-18)

25/02/2018

Family (Hebrews 13:1-3 Titus 2:1-8)

18/02/2018 Family

The Broken Heart of God (Hosea 1:1 – 2:13; Hosea 2:14 – 3:4)

11/02/2018

God’s Heart against Idolatrous Violence (Nahum 1:1 – 3:19)

04/02/2018

The People Walking In Darkness Have Seen A Great Light (Isaiah 9:1-7)

29/01/2018

How Jesus Brings You More Than You Ever Imagined (John 21:1-25)

31/12/2017

Stop Doubting and Believe (John 20:24-31)

17/12/2017

He Moved the Stone (John 20:24-31)

03/12/2017 Easter

Fear God Not Man (John 18:15-40)

19/11/2017

You Intended To Harm Me But God Intended It For Good (Genesis 25,37,50)

12/11/2017 Suffering

Jesus Prays (Morning Service – John 17:1-26)

30/10/2017 Prayer

Church: Love (Luke 6:27-35, Galatians 6:9-10)

22/10/2017 ChurchLove

Church: Mission (Matthew 28:1-20)

15/10/2017 Church

Church: Family (Mark 10: 1-31 and Ephesians 2:13-22)

08/10/2017 ChurchFamily

Jesus and the Postal Survey (Ephesians 2:11-22)

03/09/2017 LGBTQI+

Dealing With Doubt (John 20:19-30, James 1:1-8)

21/08/2017

When Jesus Soul Was Troubled (John 12:12-34)

06/08/2017

The Hidden Hand of God (Ruth 4:1-22)

23/07/2017

God is Kind (Ruth 2:1-23)

09/07/2017

Call Me Mara (Ruth 1:1-22)

02/07/2017

Gospel character (Galatians 5:16-6:5)

18/06/2017

Gospel freedom (Galatians 5:1-15)

11/06/2017

Grace to the Barren (Galatians 4:21-31)

28/05/2017

Children of God (Galatians 3:26-4:7)

14/05/2017

Joy & Jubilation (John 21:1-17)

16/04/2017 Easter

Unity In The Gospel (Galatians 2:1-10)

19/03/2017

Grace Changes Anyone. Grace Changes Everything. (Galatians 1:10-24)

12/03/2017 Heaven & Hell

The Uniqueness of the Gospel (Galatians 1:1-9)

05/03/2017

Choose Suffering (1 Peter 4:1-19)

05/02/2017 Suffering

The Fight For Grace (1 Peter 1:13-25)

08/01/2017

The Church and Family and Domestic Violence (Mark 10:32-45)

30/10/2016 ChurchFamily

A Church That Changes The Conversation (Luke 10:25-37)

23/10/2016 Church

Wait (Hebrews 11:1-16)

16/10/2016

The Fall of Saul (1 Samuel 13:1-14:14)

28/08/2016

What To Pray (Matthew 6:1-15)

17/07/2016 Prayer

Praying To The Heavenly Father (Matthew 6:1-15)

10/07/2016 Prayer

Teach Us to Pray Like Jesus 1 (Luke 11:1-13)

27/06/2016 Prayer

The Bread of Life (John 6:1-71)

29/05/2016

Seeking the Wrong Kind of Glory (John 5:19-47)

22/05/2016

Do Not Be Afraid!

27/03/2016

Church: Life for the world.

21/02/2016 Church

Church: Life for One Another

14/02/2016 Church

How to Change Your Budget

03/01/2016 Money

How to Forgive

27/12/2015

The Resurrection Body

23/11/2015 Heaven & Hell

The Grace of Giving

25/10/2015 Money

Fear makes fools of us all

18/10/2015

Real Spirituality

20/09/2015

The Lord’s Supper

14/09/2015 Church

The Lord’s Supper

Church

How to be truly free

16/08/2015

The Difference Between Knowledge and Love

09/08/2015

Singleness and the Marriage to Come

02/08/2015

Empowered to handle conflict

31/07/2015

Empowered to proclaim

Empowered to be the church

Empowered to repent

Empowered by Jesus

God Lifts up the Bowed Down

Christmas

The God who Keeps His Promises

Christmas

Our Story, Our City, Our Vision

That They May be One

This Changes Everything

Something (beautiful) from Nothing: the Holy Spirit in creation

Jesus’ Death

Jesus, Here and Now

Search and Rescue

Jesus: now and then

Mission

Wartime Living

Battle For Grace

Risen

Easter

Vision of the Christian Life

Wisdom

Strong and True

Friendship

The Pursuit of Glory

Work and the Glory of God

Rest and the Glory of God

1 Peter 1

1 Peter 2:11-3:7

The Mission of the Boy-God

Why Am I Here?

Worship is All of Life

See in the Baby the King

You are to call Him Salvation

A Heart Check

The Fall

Christmas Day

Christmas

Make Disciples

Promise (6 of 6)

Christmas

The Magi (5 of 6)

Christmas

Satisfy Your Sexuality in God

Jesus: Religious Revolutionary

The Bent Sword of God

The Kindness and Severity of God

Raising the Bar

Who’s Your Daddy?

The Hope of Can’t

Hope

God is Fair

Beyond the Nuclear Threat

Family

Cross Centred Church

Church

Big Church

Church

Love One Another

FamilyLove

God

You Don’t Have to Lose your Mind to Save your Soul

Recreation

Hope & Mercy

Hope

Humanity and Sex

FamilyLGBTQI+

You Are Not Crazy – Part 6

Self Control

Faithfulness

Treasure and the Heart

Two Masters

Here Comes the Bride

Family

Scorpion Sandwich, Anyone?

Family

Ambassadors

Ethics at the Beginning of Life: Abortion

The Search For Security

The Wonder and The Horror

The Last Supper

Baptism

The Inner Circle

Abundance

Prayer and Planning

Prayer

From Slaves to Saints

A new, new thing

Ethics at the End of Life: Euthanasia

The Beauty of Kindness

Church: Life together

The Justice of Kindness

Something Better Than We Had Hoped

The suffering servant

Suffering

Abundance (part 2)

Sword and Trowel

And in the darkness bind them

The fruitful seed

What would you do to truly live?

Mission: Life overflowing

Making Room

Fulfilment

Passions and Priorities

Abundance (part 3)

Vision and Values

And His Glory Appears

Mustard Seeds and Mountains

These Little Ones

Reconciliation

The Good News of Divorce

Family

Through dark times and people ordinary

The Christian Life

Sharing Our Hope

Hope

Heady, Ready, Steady

How To Get The Most Out Of Church

The Battle in Joyful Obedience

Imagine A Church Who Owns Each Other’s Growth

Church

Partnership: Life with vision

Long Walk With Jesus

The Battle in Backsliding and Rebuke

Why Religion is Loss

Upside Down World

Life in the Kingdom

Heaven & Hell

Has Science Killed God?

Thanksgiving Service

The Problem with Pluralism

Weakness (1 of 6)

Christmas

Unto us a child is born

Christmas

Use It or Lose It

Portrait 4: Meek, mild, as if – Jesus the Judge

Made Like One of Us (2 of 6)

Christmas

Swapped (3 of 6)

Christmas

Abortion – Love your Unborn Neighbour

Created

The Good News of Divorce

Family

Good Friday 8am

Easter

The Unknown God

Miracles

The Peace of God in Jesus Christ

You Need Not Fear

Humanity

Humanity and Gender

Empowered to Trust

13/09/2011

Empowered to be Humble

13/12/2010

Empowered to Leave Fear Behind

13/05/2010

Empowered by Grace

13/03/2008

Why you should leave your church

13/11/2005

1 Corinthians 3:21-4:17

14/10/2005

Making Your Way

13/04/2005

Money

14/12/2004 Money

1 Corinthians 15:50-58: Jesus rose! You can too!

14/05/2004

1 Corinthians 1:10-25: United Completely in the Gospel, United Only in the Gospel

14/08/2003

1 Corinthians 1:1-9: Ugly, Beautiful: The Church of God

14/01/2003

Deuteronomy 4:1-40: The Glory of the Talking God

14/08/2002

Deuteronomy 1-3: How to get under people’s skins.

14/01/2002

Empowered by the Word

14/04/2001

1 Corinthians 6:1-11

1 Corinthians 4:18-5:13

Jesus goes to the movies: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Empowered to Stand

Empowered to Give

Money

Empowered to be free

Gethsemane

Easter

Work

Work

Jesus goes to the Movies – Frozen: Love, Friendship & Vulnerability

Love

When love came down

ChristmasLove

How Jesus Makes it Possible to Love Your Enemy

Love

Empowered to Give

Money