Kes Talks
Talks for our times from the Keswick Convention. Kes Talks are talks from God’s Word, given by a variety of speakers over the years at the Keswick Convention. We pray they will be particularly helpful to you at this time. They are available on iTunes and Spotify, as well as your on your Podcasting apps. You can also access whole talk series at the Keswick Ministries website.
Episodes
461 episodes
KesCon26 Week 3 - Seminar 21.2 - Carolyn Lacey - Extraordinary hospitality: Welcoming like Jesus without becoming weary - Reflecting God's welcome
Hospitality is a significant way in which God can work through our lives to bring life to others. But it can feel intimidating, exhausting and overwhelming. In this seminar, we will consider practical ways we can reflect God’s welcome to others...
KesCon26 Week 3 - Seminar 21.1 - Carolyn Lacey - Extraordinary hospitality: Welcoming like Jesus without becoming weary - Delighting in God's welcome
We welcome others because God first welcomed us. Throughout the Bible, our Triune God is shown to be extravagantly generous and wonderfully hospitable. In this seminar we’ll explore 7 characteristics of welcome we see in him. And we’ll see how ...
KesCon26 Week 3 - Seminar 20.2 - Nate Morgan Locke - Spiritual warfare in popular culture: Comfort watching and the deeper Christian story
Celebrity Traitors. The Great British Bake Off. Strictly Come Dancing. Or just bingeing a season of an old sitcom. Autumn is coming and that means snuggling up in front of the telly. Whether you prefer the tension of reality tv or an episode of...
KesCon26 Week 3 - Seminar 20.1 - Nate Morgan Locke - Spiritual warfare in popular culture: Epic narratives and the deeper Christian story
Lord of the Rings. Stranger Things. The Marvel Cinematic Universe. Harry Potter. Star Wars. Some stories seem so powerful that people appear to get swallowed up into them. It starts with a copy of the Extended DVDs and before you know it they’r...
KesCon26 Week 3 - Seminar 19.4 - Clare Heath-Whyte - Heroes & heroines from church history who stood firm in the battle - The breastplate of righteousness: Elizabeth Fry, the battle for public godliness…and the ordinary people it changed
Satan loves to corrupt what is good. In the 19th century God raised Elizabeth Fry to pursue righteousness in public life, wearing the “breastplate of righteousness” as she battled to transform prisons through the power of the gospel. We will lo...
KesCon26 Week 3 - Seminar 19.3 - Clare Heath-Whyte - Heroes & heroines from church history who stood firm in the battle - Feet fitted with gospel readiness: Wesley and Whitefield, the battle for the heart…and the ordinary lives it changed
Satan hates the gospel to be spread. In the 18th century God raised John Wesley and George Whitfield with "feet fitted with gospel readiness," travelling thousands of miles to share the gospel. We will see how their preaching changed nations as...
KesCon26 Week 3 - Seminar 19.2 - Clare Heath-Whyte - Heroes & heroines from church history who stood firm in the battle - The sword of the Spirit: William Tyndale, the battle for the Bible…and the ordinary lives it changed
Satan has been diverting people from God's word since Eden. In 1526 William Tyndale's New Testament was published in English, putting God's word, the "sword of the Spirit", into the hands of ordinary English people. We will look at that incredi...
KesCon26 Week 3 - Seminar 19.1 - Clare Heath-Whyte - Heroes & heroines from church history who stood firm in the battle - The helmet of salvation: Martin Luther, the fight for the gospel…and the ordinary lives it changed
Satan's aim has always been to prevent people being saved by Jesus. 500 years ago Martin Luther fought to spread the message of salvation through faith alone - "the helmet of salvation". We will see the impact on Luther's life as well as on the...
KesCon26 Week 3 - Seminar 17.2 - Helen Thorne-Allenson - Standing firm: Contending for your friends
How we long for our family and friends to be walking with God but sometimes they move towards ambivalence, anger or even active involvement in the occult instead. In our time together, we will be looking at the incredible difference quiet, humb...
KesCon26 Week 3 - Seminar 17.1 - Helen Thorne-Allenson - Standing firm: Contending for your heart
Living for Jesus is a battle. Even when we long to be faithful, the world, the flesh and the devil tempt us away and we can end up living for idols rather than Christ. In this seminar, we will look at what it means to put on the armour of God a...
KesCon26 Week 3 - Seminar 16.4 - Adrian Reynolds - Fight the good fight: Reading the Bible through the lens of spiritual warfare - And finally…
Jesus is returning. Satan will be defeated once and for all. But what power does he have now? How should Christians think of him and his army of evil demons. Can they possess us? Do they have influence over us? Can we be cursed? How do we stand...
KesCon26 Week 3 - Seminar 16.3 - Adrian Reynolds - Fight the good fight: Reading the Bible through the lens of spiritual warfare - The victory of calvary
The coming of Jesus – and especially his death and resurrection – mark a turning point in the fight against the evil forces. What actually was achieved at Calvary and how does it make a difference today to our worship, to our fight against temp...
KesCon26 Week 3 - Seminar 16.2 - Adrian Reynolds - Fight the good fight: Reading the Bible through the lens of spiritual warfare - Who is on the Lord's side?
We often wonder whether God is on our side. But the Bible question turns things around. It asks whether we are on the Lord’s side! God is both a fighter and a victor. Much of the Old Testament depicts this truth, not just in abstract terms, but...
KesCon26 Week 3 - Seminar 16.1 - Adrian Reynolds - Fight the good fight: Reading the Bible through the lens of spiritual warfare - In the beginning…
We're a bit embarrassed by all the fighting in the Bible. Yet the Lord reveals himself as the Lord of Armies ('Hosts'). Reading the Bible through the lens of spiritual warfare will unlock its deep realities, helping us: pursue holiness; deepen ...
KesCon26 Week 3 - Seminar 15.4 - Rico Tice - Mobilising the local church for evangelism: The Bible in six boxes
At a Scripture Union camp in 1987 I was shown a six box outline of the Bible. Box 1 - Creation, Box 2 - Sin, Box 3 - Judgement, Box 4 - The Cross, Box 5 - The Resurrection and Box 6 - The Choice. That outline gave me a wonderful framework for s...
KesCon26 Week 3 - Seminar 15.3 - Rico Tice - Mobilising the local church for evangelism: Teaching Mark's gospel in three words
What does it mean to let the gospel tell the gospel? There are so many ways of doing evangelism and talking about Jesus, but surely the best way is to go through the books God has given us about his Son. Amazingly in Mark's Gospel three words g...
KesCon26 Week 3 - Seminar 15.2 - Rico Tice - Mobilising the local church for evangelism: Our part and God's part in evangelism
I think 2 Corinthians 4 verses 1 to 6 is the most important passage on evangelism in the Bible. As we look at it, it will become evident why it gives us what we need for Biblically balanced evangelism. We must understand what God calls us to do...
KesCon26 Week 3 - Seminar 15.1 - Rico Tice - Mobilising the local church for evangelism: What stops us telling others?
The Bible teaches us that telling others the gospel is both joyful and hard. How do we keep our motivation personally and corporately high, so that evangelism doesn't slip off the agenda? So it's how we keep the great truths of grace, godliness...
KesCon26 Week 3 - Lecture - Peter Lynas - Faithful living in an age of division
In our culture and around the world, there is increasing polarisation. It’s hard to find the middle ground. People find their identity in strongly held views, and we only listen to people we already agree with. Debate has become a shouting matc...
KesCon26 Week 3 - Evening Celebration 7/7 - Mark Ellis - Exodus: Defeating the strong man - God’s people sing
Songs help our hearts re- tell the victory our God won for us (v1-12). We look back and sing that we had a dreaded enemy but our warrior God fought for us and won a complete victory. (cf Heb 2.14-15, Col 2.15). But the song points forward to wh...
KesCon26 Week 3 - Evening Celebration 6/7 - Rico Tice - Exodus: Defeating the strong man - Our God fights for us
If the Exodus were ‘only’ the Passover, would the people ever feel safe or fear Pharaoh’s power to reach out and snatch them back? God guides even though we may find his ways perplexing; God is present (here very visibly in the cloud) even when...
KesCon26 Week 3 - Evening Celebration 5/7 - Jason Roach - Exodus: Defeating the strong man - Our Passover lamb
As promised, God will judge the gods of Egypt (12.12) and the people who worship them; but Israel are not innocent (cf Josh 24.14). He is saving his own firstborn son (4.22-23), but no one is ever automatically safe. They are saved from God by ...
KesCon26 Week 3 - Evening Celebration 4/7 - Helen Miller - Exodus: Defeating the strong man - Know that God is God
The plagues demonstrate God’s power over his creation, and over the so-called gods of Egypt (cf Deut 32.17, Ps 106.36-37 false gods or ‘demons’ ESV). His judgement. But also his mercy: each plague is limited in scope and time, and he is graciou...
KesCon26 Week 3 - Evening Celebration 3/7 - Martin Ayers - Exodus: Defeating the strong man - From slavery to sonship
God’s rescue is never merely from slavery to freedom, but to Sonship. Moses is still fearful as he sets out to obey God’s command. And God tells him how hard things will get for his children, and the terrible cost to release slaves and make thi...
KesCon26 Week 3 - Evening Celebration 2/7 - Peter Dray - Exodus: Defeating the strong man - God’s attractive holiness
God is not someone fallen sinners can approach. But this is a God who comes to his creatures and reveals himself personally: calling Moses by name; disclosing his name/character; his faithfulness to his promises to/relationship with the patriar...