New Life Church Teesside Podcast

New Life Church Teesside

Sermons and teaching from New Life Church, Teesside

  1. Sep 22

    Unstoppable: Barriers Fall Down - Pastor Luke Taylor

    What happens when God challenges the boundaries of who we think can be reached by the Gospel? In this powerful message from the Book of Acts, Pastor Luke Taylor explores the story of Peter and Cornelius in Acts 10–11—one of the most significant turning points in the early Church. Through Peter’s vision, Cornelius’ encounter with God, and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the Gentiles, we see God tear down a barrier that would change the course of Christianity forever. Peter discovers a truth that followers of Jesus still need to remember today: the Gospel of Jesus Christ is for everyone. No nation, background, social group, reputation or circumstance places someone beyond the reach of God’s grace. But this message goes even deeper. Peter hadn’t simply rejected people like Cornelius—he had never imagined they were people God might send him to reach. His understanding of God’s mission had to become bigger. Pastor Luke challenges us to ask: Who is outside our circle? Who have we stopped praying for? And who have we never even considered reaching with the Gospel? Discover how God prepares people and circumstances long before we can see what He is doing, why obedience matters when God says “Go”, and how Jesus ultimately destroyed the greatest barrier of all—the separation between sinful humanity and a holy God through the cross. The same God who brought Peter and Cornelius together is still at work today, preparing hearts, opening doors and calling His Church to take the good news of Jesus beyond familiar boundaries.

    Unstoppable: Barriers Fall Down - Pastor Luke Taylor
  2. Sep 8

    Unstoppable: Enemy To Evangelist - Pastor Luke Taylor

    Is anyone beyond the grace of God? Can the person who seems furthest from Jesus become one of His greatest witnesses? In this message from the Unstoppable series, Pastor Luke Taylor explores the dramatic conversion of Saul of Tarsus on the road to Damascus in Acts 9:1–20. Saul begins the chapter as a feared persecutor of the early church, determined to arrest those who follow Jesus. But one encounter with the risen Christ changes everything. The enemy of the Gospel becomes an evangelist proclaiming that Jesus is the Son of God. But Saul’s conversion is only part of the story. This sermon also looks closely at Ananias, the ordinary disciple God calls to approach the very man Christians in Damascus are afraid of. His understandable hesitation raises an important challenge for every believer: have we decided that some people are simply too hostile, too broken, too sinful or too far gone for God to save? Through the story of Saul and Ananias, discover how God’s grace reaches the unlikely, the hostile and the written-off, and how God sometimes has to change not only the person receiving grace, but also the way His people see them. Pastor Luke explores: • Saul’s conversion on the road to Damascus • Why Saul was blinded for three days • Ananias’ fear and obedience to God • Why no one is beyond salvation • Sharing the Gospel with difficult or hostile people • Trusting God with people we think will never change • How God redirects passion for His Kingdom • What the conversion of Paul teaches Christians today • The power of obedience, evangelism and the grace of God Saul entered Damascus intending to arrest Christians. Instead, he was baptised, filled with the Holy Spirit, and immediately began preaching Jesus in the very synagogues he had intended to search for believers. His story is a powerful reminder that nobody is too far gone for God. The same Jesus who met Saul on the Damascus road is still able to transform lives today. And like Ananias, we are called not to ration grace according to who we think deserves it, but to trust what God can do with even the most unlikely person.

    Unstoppable: Enemy To Evangelist - Pastor Luke Taylor

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Sermons and teaching from New Life Church, Teesside