"This is the Main Event" is a celebration of the mundane and an affirmation that the life we long for is hidden in the life we have. Through conversations and homilies, poetry and essay readings, join Joshua Luke Smith as he explores and celebrates the nuances, absurdities and beauty of our everyday. joshualukesmith.com
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Joshua Luke Smith Podcasts
King’s Cross Church
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The weekly message from Gas Street, we are a church with a vision to be ‘Light for the city and beyond’. Lead pastors Tim and Rachel Hughes.
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A radical relevant church that empowers people to express God’s heart, fulfil their dreams and change the world. To find out more, visit www.lifechurchbath.com
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A podcast series discussing the themes of fatherlessness. This podcast acts as a collection of conversations by a variety of guests and myself, a 27-year-old raised by a single mother, sharing insights that would have been gold dust for my younger self. Fatherless homes are on the rise, and while I know my podcast won’t be the solution, my prayer is that anyone journeying through the complexities of a fatherless life will find hope in the stories of the people I’ll be interviewing.
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Joshua Luke Smith shares on how we’ve been reconciled to God through Christ and now we too are to be reconcilers in the world around us.By Joshua Luke Smith
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Ken Costa shares on how we flourish when we unfollow the ways of the world and follow the ways of Jesus.By Ken Costa
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I am the Gate · The Word Made Flesh · Pete Hughes · 30th November 2025
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39:01Pete continues our series, looking how Jesus healing the paralytic parallels with Jesus saying that he is the gate.By King's Cross Church
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I am the Resurrection and the Life · The Word Made Flesh · Jamie Brayford · 23rd November 2025
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34:28Jamie continues our series, looking at Jesus raising Lazarus in John’s Gospel.By King's Cross Church
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Ali Herbert shares a message on what it looks like to plant our lives so that others can experience the gospel! Chris Mitton also joins her to share on how comfortability can get in the way of us experiencing Jesus in a new way.By Ali Herbert
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I am the Bread of Life · The Word Made Flesh · Pete Hughes · 16th November 2025
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35:47Pete continues our series going through John’s Gospel. Looking at the feeding of the five thousand, he explores how Jesus is the Bread of Life.By King's Cross Church
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Rachel Hughes shares from Mark 10, on the story of the rich young ruler, explaining that when we recognise all that we have is God’s, our perspective on giving changes. We can be generous because He has been generous to us.By Rachel Hughes
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I am the Way, the Truth and the Life · The Word Made Flesh · Kath Brayford · 9th November 2025
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31:28Kath continues our series, looking at how knowing who Jesus is, and his mission shapes who we are, and our mission.By King's Cross Church
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Tim Hughes shares on some of the vision for Gas Street Church going forward into 2026.By Tim Hughes
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I am the true vine · The Word Made Flesh · Emma Heddle · 2nd November 2025
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35:51Emma continues our series, looking at how Jesus’ sign of turning water into wine reflects how he is the true vine.By King's Cross Church
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Tebo shares from James 3, speaking on the power of the tongue, how our words can build or destroy, and how Jesus can redeem our speech for His glory.By Tebo Mpanza
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John’s Gospel · The Word Made Flesh · Pete Hughes · 26th October 2025
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32:57Pete starts our new talk series, The Word Made Flesh, going through the Gospel of John. He explores how we can find who we are by first looking at who God is.By King's Cross Church
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All In · Part 2 · Tim May · 19th October 2025
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44:18Tim continues with All In · Part 2, diving deeper into what it means to come, belong, serve and give to be All In at KXC. For more info, check out: https://kxc.org.uk/all-inBy King's Cross Church
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Mike unpacks how to combat the doubting Thomas within us, and encourages us to lean confidently on Jesus’ truth.By Mike Darbandi
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All In · Part 1 · Pete Hughes · 12th October 2025
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48:27Pete shares what God has been doing at KXC and the wider church, where God is calling us next, and invites us into an All In spirituality. For more info, check out: https://kxc.org.uk/all-inBy King's Cross Church
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Tim Hughes interviews the Bishop of Aston, Bishop Esther Prior.By Tim Hughes & Bishop Esther Prior
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By Tim & Rachel Hughes
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Courage · Jamie Brayford · 3rd October 2025
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30:03From Revelation 12:10-11, Jamie looks at how Jesus calls us follow him, in living in courage.By King's Cross Church
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We are all “dying to be great.” Human history—and our own lives—show the endless desire to climb higher, to be seen, to be in control. Whether in ancient towers, social media followings, or career ladders, the lie is the same: the higher you go, the greater you are. Nick explores what Scripture reveals through the story of King Nebuchadnezzar who e…
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The Ministry of Reconciliation · Joshua Luke Smith · 28th September 2025
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32:14From 2 Corinthians 5:14-21, Joshua explores what being a new creation looks like, and how we are called to the ministry of reconciliation.By King's Cross Church
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Kookie explores how greed whispers that Jesus isn’t enough, distracting us with the restless desire for more and leaving our hearts unsettled. Through the story of Mary pouring out her costly perfume, we see that surrendering what we hold most tightly at the feet of Jesus reveals devotion and blesses those around us. This talk unpacks how true free…
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Pray for the Rain · Tim May · 21st September 2025
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36:08Tim explores what standing firm in the Cross looks like in our current cultural moment, and encourages us to pray for the rain.By King's Cross Church
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Tim Hughes begins our new series, War of Desires. Looking at the desire of love and what happens when we choose to put our love in other places over God.By Tim Hughes
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Tongues · Eagerly Desire · Pete Hughes · 14th September 2025
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42:16Pete Hughes finishes our 2-part series, unpacking the gift of speaking and singing in Tongues from the Bible, and explores how it is helpful for our relationship with God.By King's Cross Church
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Prophecy · Eagerly Desire · Pete Hughes · 7th September 2025
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43:58From 1 Corinthians 13:8-14:5, Pete starts our 2-week series on The Gifts of the Spirit by looking at how Paul talks about Prophecy in the Bible, and how we can practise using this gift.By King's Cross Church
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Nick ends out our series on the question Jesus asks in Luke 12 “why do you worry’. He explores how God provides in the pursuit of Kingdom goals and how we can trust in the goodness of the Father.By Nick Drake
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Pete Norris explores Jesus’ invitation to his disciples to die to themselves in Luke 9:23-25. Whilst this can sound uncomfortable, it’s only as we die to ourselves that we discover true life in Jesus.By Pete Norris
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Joy · Planted by Streams · Cath Carter · 31st August 2025
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33:10Cath explores what it means to have joy from the Spirit, and how we are called to a people of unexplainable joy.By King's Cross Church
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Reuben Williams unpacks the account of the woman with the issue of blood. We learn that our issues are not an issue for Jesus; rather, Jesus is an issue for our issues. He has the power to heal, to liberate, and to restore us to who we were always made to be - children of God.By Reuben Williams
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Living Water · Planted by Streams · Kath Brayford · 24th August 2025
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25:54From John 4:1-42, Kath shares how God wants to give us his living water, to flow in us and through us, and explores how we can often turn to false comforts instead.By King's Cross Church
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Ali Herbert shares a message on how often our vision of Jesus can be clouded by our own mind, and if we shift these things, it can change everything.By Ali Herbert
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How to let Jesus be Jesus · Planted by Streams · Britt White · 17th August 2025
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33:48Britt White unpacks Proverbs 3:5-6 with a powerful challenge: Will we let Jesus truly be Jesus in our lives?By King's Cross Church
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We’re all building something, but what are we building on? This week Mike unpacked the tension we all face between building on the shifting sands the world has to offer or the solid rock that is Jesus.By Mike Darbandi
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Recentering on Jesus · Planted by Streams · Benji Jackson · 10th August 2025
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30:38Benji encourages us to look past distractions, and focus on Jesus, who is calling us into depth in our relationship with Him.By King's Cross Church
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Fixing our eyes on things unseen · Planted by Streams · Emma Heddle · 10th August 2025
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31:52Emma asks if our inner life with Jesus strong enough to deal with the pressure our outer life? From 2 Corinthians 4:7-18, she explores how Paul’s inner strength comes from God, not ourselves.By King's Cross Church
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Ronia Jamera begins our new series "questions jesus asked" by unpacking how we can be about our fathers business.By Ronia Jamera
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When Grace Shows Up · Interview with Tich and Joan Smith · 3rd August 2025
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46:20Pete interviews Tich and Joan Smith, who are mission partners with KXC. They share how God called them from a place from rock bottom, to serve orphans in South Africa.By King's Cross Church
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There Must Be More · Ruth May · 3rd August 2025
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23:40Passage: John 5:1-9aBy King's Cross Church
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The Wilderness · Tim May · 27th July 2025
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35:20Tim explores what we can learn from examples of being in the wilderness in the Bible, looking at Mark 1:1-15 and Isaiah 35:1-2.By King's Cross Church
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Journey to Redemption · Baptism of Honesty · Feruza · 20th July 2025
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44:36Rounding up our Baptism of Honesty series, Pete interviews Feruza as she shares her experience of losing family from the Grenfell Tower fire. With our ‘Baptism of Honesty’ series, we have looked at how the Psalms shows that God wants us to be raw and honest with him, and we have heard stories of how people from our community have experienced this f…
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Why is baptism so important to be mentioned in Jesus’ final instructions in Mathew 28.18-20? Nick Drake explores the inner renewal that happens when we allow God to do a deep clean of our lives.By Kookie Mudere
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Journey to Redemption · Baptism of Honesty · Sara-Louise · 20th July 2025
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45:57Interviewed by Pete, Sara-Louise shares how she was given the opportunity to step into healing, after her father was killed by the IRA. With our ‘Baptism of Honesty’ series, we have looked at how the Psalms shows that God wants us to be raw and honest with him, and we have heard stories of how people from our community have experienced this first h…
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Kookie Mudere shares a message on the significance of long standing relationships. That although they can be difficult at times, being committed to one another brings growth.By Kookie Mudere
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Processing Grief · Baptism of Honesty · Joshua Luke and Kara Smith · 13th July 2025
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47:05Joshua Luke Smith and Kara Smith share how they met with God, during their experience of a close friend’s death from cancer.By King's Cross Church
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From our 5pm Baptism service, Emma unpacks why we baptise.By King's Cross Church
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Mike Darbandi shares on the importance of vulnerability and openness within relationships and how they can bring intimacy and growth.By Mike Darbandi
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Tebo Mpanza shares a message on how we can have difficult conversations with one another in a loving way and how that can bring growth to us and those around us.By Tebo Mpanza
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Baptism of Honesty · Pete Hughes · 29th June 2025
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44:00Pete kicks off our next talk series, looking at how the Psalms show we can bring everything to God, the good, the bad and the ugly. Over the next few weeks, we will be hearing from some people at KXC how they have met God with pain they have experienced.By King's Cross Church
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Meg Lambert shares a message on the power of forgiveness.By Meg Lambert
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The Fear of the Lord · Lois Tackie-Oblie · 22nd June 2025
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30:22Lois unpacks how the Fear of the Lord means being in awe of God, rather than being afraid, and explores what this unlocks in our lives.By King's Cross Church
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