“Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.” — Matthew 5:4

What does Jesus mean? How can mourning possibly be blessed?

In this Oak Hill College Chapel message, Vaughan Roberts opens the second Beatitude and explores what it truly means to grieve over sin — our own, the church’s, and the world’s — and how that mourning leads to the deep comfort of the gospel.

This is a searching message about repentance, shame, confession, and the astonishing comfort found in Christ.

📖 Passage: Matthew 5:4 📍 Oak Hill College Chapel 🎙 Speaker: Vaughan Roberts

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What does a healthy church look like?

In this Oak Hill College Chapel message, we explore the “spiritual DNA” of the church at Antioch in Acts of the Apostles 11–13. Antioch was a diverse, strategic, international church — and a model of gospel health.

From this passage we see that:

Jesus plants his church

Jesus grows his church

Jesus uses his church

Through ordinary believers, encouragement, faithful teaching, generous giving, and strategic sending, God builds and advances his kingdom.

What would it look like for that same DNA to be visible in our churches today?

📖 Passage: Acts 11:19–26; 13:1–3

📍 Oak Hill College Chapel

🎙 Speaker: John Percival

John Percival is Senior Pastor of Eden Baptist Church. He previously served in pastoral ministry in London and Hong Kong, and has a longstanding commitment to expository preaching, church health, and training leaders for gospel ministry. In this message, John speaks at Oak Hill College Chapel, opening up Acts 11–13 and reflecting on the spiritual DNA of a healthy church.

00:00 – Introduction: Spiritual DNA

01:20 – Jesus Plants His Church (Acts 11:19–21)

03:45 – Antioch: A Strategic City

06:45 – Jesus Grows His Church

07:20 – Barnabas: The Ministry of Encouragement

09:45 – Teaching and Identity: “Called Christians”

12:00 – The Power of Encouragement

15:10 – Generous Giving Across Cultures

17:10 – Sending the Best: Acts 13

19:30 – The Grace Behind It All

21:30 – Prayer

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What if pride is the hidden root beneath so many of our struggles?

In this Oak Hill College Chapel talk, we explore Daniel 5 and the fall of Belshazzar — a king whose pride looked obvious and foolish. But pride isn’t always loud or boastful. More often, it hides behind perfectionism, prayerlessness, anxiety, carelessness, even ministry.

Daniel 5 shines a light on the foolishness of pride. But it doesn’t just tell us to “try harder” or “be more humble.” Instead, it points us to the Most High God — and ultimately to King Jesus, who uses all his power in a posture of humility for a purpose of love.

The gospel doesn’t just expose pride. It frees us from it.

“Turn from foolish pride by trusting the humble King.”

📖 Passage: Daniel 5

📍 Oak Hill College Chapel

🎙 Speaker: Rob Hudson

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In this sermon, Chris Wright @LanghamPartnershipUKI explores one of the most searching biblical questions: what does it really mean to know God?

Drawing from Jeremiah 9:23–24, Wright challenges the common assumption that knowing God is primarily about knowledge, experience, or spiritual privilege. Instead, Scripture defines knowing God as sharing in what God Himself delights in — steadfast love, justice, and righteousness.

Wisdom, strength, and wealth are all good gifts from God — yet Jeremiah warns against boasting in them. True boasting, Wright argues, belongs only in this: understanding and knowing the Lord, expressed in lives marked by mercy, justice, and integrity.

This sermon is especially relevant for:

Christian leaders and pastors

Students of theology and ministry

Anyone wrestling with the relationship between faith, justice, and discipleship

📖 Key Texts: Jeremiah 9:23–24; Jeremiah 22; Deuteronomy 8; James 1; Micah 6:8

🎤 Speaker: Chris Wright

🏛️ Affiliation: Langham Partnership

“To know God is to delight in what delights Him.”

00:00 – Introduction: What Does It Mean to Know God?

01:45 – Jeremiah’s Vision of Knowing God

04:30 – Wisdom, Strength, and Wealth: Good Gifts, Dangerous Boasts

07:15 – When Strength Becomes Oppression

09:00 – What God Delights In: Love, Justice, Righteousness

11:45 – Knowing God and the Mission of the Church

14:30 – Trusting God for Wisdom, Strength, and Provision

15:50 – Final Challenge and Prayer

Experience this powerful chapel sermon from James Robson at Oak Hill College, exploring Luke 2 and the message spoken to shepherds in the darkness: “Do not be afraid.”

Through story, scripture, and reflection, James unpacks what good news really means, why joy defeats fear, and how the birth of Jesus brings hope today.

📌 Topics covered:

• Luke 2 and the shepherds

• The meaning of Christian joy

• Why angels say “Do not be afraid”

• The uniqueness of Jesus as Saviour, Christ & Lord

• How the gospel transforms real human emotion

Whether you are preparing for Christmas, studying Luke’s Gospel, or looking for encouragement in dark seasons—this message will bless you. 🙏

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00:00 – Opening Story: Fear in the Dark

02:05 – Shepherds in the Darkness

03:17 – “Do Not Be Afraid”

05:22 – Good News of Great Joy

10:03 – Christ the Lord in a Manger

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In this Oak Hill College chapel sermon, theologian and minister Justyn Terry opens Matthew 1 and shows how Jesus is introduced as the Son of Abraham, the Son of David, and ultimately the Son of God. Through genealogy, Scripture, and history, Terry reveals how Jesus fulfils covenant promises, brings blessing to the nations, and conquers every spiritual enemy.

This message encourages believers preparing for ministry and reminds us that God calls, equips, and works through ordinary people to bring His kingdom into the world.

Whether you are studying theology, preparing for preaching, or exploring the genealogy of Jesus, this sermon offers rich biblical insight and warm pastoral encouragement.

Justyn Terry is the Vice-Principal and Academic Dean at Wycliffe Hall. He previously served as Dean/President (Principal) of Trinity School for Ministry, Pittsburgh, USA, where he was also Professor of Systematic Theology. Before moving to the United States, Justyn was Curate of St John’s Hyde Park, and Vicar of St Helen’s, North Kensington. Prior to ordination, Justyn was a Physics teacher and then an International Marketing Manager in the Electronics Industry.

His academic interests are in the areas of the doctrine of atonement and of Anglican theology, especially as it applies to ministerial practice.

Justyn is married to Cathy, and they have two daughters. For relaxation, he plays jazz trumpet and trombone.

00:00 – Introducing the Genealogy of Jesus

03:06 – Abraham: Obedient Faith & Blessing to the Nations

07:58 – David: Royal Line & Defeating God’s Enemies

12:39 – Jesus: Son of God & Inauguration of the Kingdom

16:48 – Conclusion & Prayer

In this powerful sermon on Haggai 1, Jonty Rhodes explores how busyness can mask spiritual drift, why God’s people in Haggai’s day stopped building the temple, and how God’s zeal for His people is the ultimate antidote to our apathy.

Jonty draws connections across Scripture — from the return from exile, to the Great Commission, to Christ as the true Temple — showing how God’s desire to dwell with His people fuels the mission of the church today.

Whether you're a pastor, student, ministry leader or Christian seeking renewal, this sermon will help you examine your priorities and rediscover zeal for the glory and pleasure of God.

Topics include:

Why busyness is not the opposite of apathy

Haggai’s call to rebuild and its relevance for the church

God’s zeal vs. our apathy

Christ as the true and better Temple

How to move from spiritual weariness to joyful mission

⛪ About the Speaker Jonty Rhodes is the minister of @christchurchcentralleeds Jonty is married to Georgina, and they have four girls and a boy. He trained for ministry at Oak Hill Theological College in London, and has served as Assistant Minister at St. Alkmund’s Church in Duffield, and Minister at Christ Church Derby.

00:00 – Opening Prayer

00:28 – The Missing Deadly Sin: Acedia

02:09 – The Desert Fathers and the Noonday Demon

03:13 – Context of Haggai 1 & Israel’s Apathy

09:54 – Busy but Building the Wrong Thing

14:14 – God’s Zeal vs. Our Apathy

19:05 – Christ the True Temple

22:14 – From Apathy to Zeal: The Call of Haggai

23:12 – Closing Prayer

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Communicating the Beauty of Christ to our Culture

A message from Rosie Woodbridge at Find Your Voice 2025. In this warm, hope-filled Christmas talk, Rosie helps us slow down, breathe, and rediscover the breathtaking beauty of Jesus — Emmanuel, God with us, and Jesus, the One who saves His people from their sins. Through the story of Joseph and Mary, the humility of the incarnation, and the ache of human longing, Rosie shows how the Christmas story speaks powerfully into our culture’s deepest desires for peace, joy, connection, safety, hope, and love.

Whether you’re preparing a Christmas talk, supporting others in ministry, or simply seeking encouragement, this message will help you:

✨ Re-awaken your wonder at the incarnation

✨ Understand how Jesus meets us in weakness and suffering

✨ Communicate Christ in a world longing for meaning

✨ Connect the Christmas story to the longings of your friends and community

✨ See why Emmanuel — God with us — is the hope our culture truly needs

Find Your Voice exists to equip women to communicate Jesus with clarity, confidence, and joy.

📌 Key Themes

• Emmanuel — God with us

• Jesus — the One who saves

• The incarnation and vulnerability

• How the Christmas story answers cultural longings

• Communicating faith in a modern context

• Hope, suffering, weakness, and God’s presence

• The beauty of Christ in the manger and on the cross

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• Find Your Voice: Training & resources to help you speak about Jesus

• Subscribe for more talks, workshops, and encouragement

• Share this talk with someone who needs hope this Christmas

✂️ Chapter Timestamps

00:00 — Opening & The Reel of Life

01:18 — Longings of Our Hearts & Culture

03:59 — Reading the Christmas Story (Matthew 1)

04:38 — Joseph, Mary & the Scandal of Christmas

06:41 — Two Names: Emmanuel & Jesus

07:04 — Emmanuel: God With Us

13:38 — A God Who Understands Our Suffering

16:43 — Jesus: The One Who Saves 19:19 — Mary, the Manger & the Cross

21:08 — Why Jesus Came: Love, Rescue & Hope

22:14 — The Hope of Christ for Our World

23:28 — Closing Prayer

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