What happens when God calls again? Jonah has run from God, been pursued by grace, rescued from the depths and given a second chance. Now the word of the Lord comes to him again: “Arise, go to Nineveh.” This time, Jonah responds. But the greatest surprise in Jonah 3 is not the prophet’s obedience. It is what God does through one reluctant and imperfect messenger. The people of Nineveh, from the least to the greatest, believe God, turn from their evil ways and cry out for mercy. And God relents. In this message, Matt Hadfield explores a chapter full of second chances, unlikely repentance and extraordinary mercy. We discover that God delights to use imperfect people to reach unlikely people, and that our ability, our capacity and even our past failures do not discount us from joining His mission. In this sermon: • Why God gives Jonah a second call • What true repentance looks like • The real miracle at the heart of Jonah • Why no one is beyond the reach of God’s mercy • How God uses imperfect people for His glory • Why obedience means trusting God with our safety, security and comfort • How Jonah points us to Jesus, the true and better missionary The Lord delights in pursuing stiff-necked people. He delights in second chances. He delights in saving unlikely people. And He delights in sending imperfect people to bless others. So go. Trust that God is already at work in the people and places He is calling you towards.

Have you ever reached the end of yourself? Jonah has. After running from God's call, Jonah finds himself in the belly of a great fish. It's dark, hopeless and completely beyond his control. Yet it is there, in the depths, that Jonah discovers one of the greatest truths in the Bible: "Salvation belongs to the LORD." (Jonah 2:9) In this message we discover that before God works through His people, He often works deeply within them. Sometimes the storms and seasons we would never choose become God's school of grace, teaching us that His mercy reaches deeper than our failures. Whether you're weary, struggling, or simply wondering what God is doing in your life, Jonah 2 reminds us that God hears the cry of desperate sinners and delights to rescue those who call on Him. In this sermon: • Why God sometimes works on the messenger before the mission • What Jonah discovers about grace in the depths • The idols that keep us from experiencing God's mercy • Why "Salvation belongs to the LORD" is the heartbeat of Jonah • How Jonah points us to Jesus, the greater and better Jonah

Jonah isn't primarily about a fish. It's about a relentlessly merciful God. When God calls Jonah to take His message to Nineveh, Jonah heads in the opposite direction. Yet even in Jonah's rebellion, God refuses to let him go. Through storms, pagan sailors and a great fish, we see that God's mercy is always moving towards people who are moving away from Him. In this opening sermon of our Jonah series, we discover: • Why mission begins with God, not us. • How comfort can quietly become an idol. • Why God's storms are often acts of mercy. • How Jesus is the true and better Jonah. • Why we can go with confidence, knowing God is already at work. Before Jonah ever reached Nineveh, God's mercy was already moving. And before we speak to our neighbours, friends and family, God's mercy is already moving there too.

After thirteen weeks of journeying through Paul's letter to the Galatians, we arrive at his final words, and they take us to the very heart of the Christian faith. Paul's conclusion is wonderfully simple: boast in nothing except the cross of Jesus Christ. In a world that tells us to build our identity on performance, success, reputation, or even our own religious efforts, the gospel invites us to find our confidence in Christ alone. In this sermon we explore: 📖 Why Paul takes the pen himself at the end of the letter ✝️ Why the cross stands at the centre of the Christian life ❤️ The subtle danger of legalism and self-righteousness 🌱 What it means to become a new creation in Christ 🙌 How the grace of God frees us from striving and leads us into joyful obedience As Martin Luther said of Galatians: ”This is the truth of the gospel... It is most necessary that we should know this article well, teach it to others, and beat it into their heads continually.” Our prayer is that this series has done exactly that, fixing our eyes once again on Jesus Christ, His finished work, and the freedom that belongs to all who trust in Him. ”But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.” (Galatians 6:14)

What do you do when you genuinely love Jesus… and yet still feel the pull of sin? In Galatians 5, Paul reminds us that the Christian life involves a real war between the flesh and the Spirit. But the struggle itself is not proof that God has abandoned you, it is often evidence that the Spirit is at work within you. In this sermon we explore: 
• The battle every believer feels
 • Why legalism and rebellion both lead back into slavery • What it means to “walk by the Spirit”
 • Mortification and vivification, putting sin to death and coming alive to God
 • The fruit the Spirit grows in those who abide in Jesus The Christian life is not about trying harder to earn God’s love. It's learning to live from the love already given to us in Christ.

What does real Christian freedom actually look like? In Galatians 5, Paul reminds the church that Jesus did not save us so that we would return to slavery, whether through legalism or self-rule. We have been set free by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone. But freedom in Christ is not freedom to live however we want. It is freedom to walk with Jesus, love one another, and live by the Spirit. In this sermon we explore: 
• The danger of adding to the gospel
 • Legalism vs licentiousness
 • What it means to truly walk in freedom 
• Why grace leads to love and obedience
 • The battle between the flesh and the Spirit
 • How the gospel transforms us from the inside out JESUS + NOTHING = EVERYTHING

In this sermon from Galatians 4:8–31, we explore Paul’s loving but urgent plea to believers who were drifting back into slavery after being set free by the gospel. The Galatians had begun believing that salvation was not simply Jesus alone, but Jesus plus performance, law, religion, and rule-keeping. Paul reminds them, and us, that in Christ we are no longer slaves, but sons and daughters adopted into the family of God. This passage exposes the “little g gods” we still run to for identity, comfort, control, and approval, and calls us back to the freedom, joy, and security found in knowing God and being known by Him. Through the story of Hagar and Sarah, Ishmael and Isaac, Paul contrasts two ways of living:
 ‣ slavery or freedom,
 ‣ flesh or promise,
 ‣ performance or grace.

Do you know who you are? In Galatians 3:23–4:7, Paul takes us from life under the law to life as sons of God. Once we were captive, held under the law, unable to make ourselves right. But through Jesus, everything has changed. Christ has redeemed us. The debt has been paid. And now, through faith, we are no longer slaves… but sons. In this sermon we explore: • The purpose of the law and why it cannot save • What it means to be redeemed by Christ • The difference between living as a slave and living as a son • How we drift into performance and forget the gospel • What it means to cry, “Abba, Father” We don’t earn our place in God’s family. We receive it. The Christian life isn’t about trying harder, it’s about trusting what Christ has already finished.

From Duty to Joy | Galatians 3:1–26
 | Galatians – Set Free Series What does the Christian life actually look like? In Galatians 3:1–26, Paul confronts a subtle but dangerous drift, moving from faith in Christ to relying on our own effort. The Galatians hadn’t abandoned Jesus, but they had begun to believe that spiritual growth came through performance rather than dependence on the Spirit. This passage exposes the weight of self-reliance and points us back to the freedom of the gospel. In this sermon we explore: 
• Why living by the law becomes an unbearable burden
 • How Christ redeems us by becoming a curse for us
 • Why we never move on from the gospel
 • The unshakeable identity we receive as sons through faith 
• How the Spirit transforms duty into joyful, love-filled obedience The Christian life is not about trying harder, it’s about trusting deeper. From striving to resting. 
From duty to joy.
 From self-reliance to faith in Christ.

What does it actually mean to “act like men”? In a culture that swings between harsh dominance and passive avoidance, the Bible gives us something far better. In this sermon, we look at Paul’s words in 1 Corinthians 16:13–14 and see that biblical masculinity is not defined by culture, but by Christ. Not loud.
 Not self-serving.
 Not absent. But men who are: • Watchful
 • Steady 
• Strong (in Christ)
 • And shaped by love Alongside this, we turn to Matthew 20:17–28, where Jesus completely redefines strength, not as power and position, but as service, sacrifice, and laying your life down for others. This is a call not just for men, but for the whole church. Because when men are formed in Christ like this, 
brothers are strengthened,
sisters are honoured,
and the lost are pursued. And at the centre of it all is Jesus,
the true man,
who stood firm when we wavered
and gave His life so that we could be made new. This sermon is part of our Virtue series, exploring what it looks like to be formed in Christ as men and women for the glory of God and the good of His church.