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Welcome to City on a Hill sermon podcast where Pastor Peter Anderson and others share powerful and inspiring messages straight from the heart of Edinburgh and the Lothians. Join us each week as we dive into the Word, providing practical insights and timeless truths that resonate with your daily life.
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To stay connected and explore more, visit our website at www.cityonahill.org.uk. Don't forget to subscribe to our podcast to receive the latest teachings and updates. If you'd like to give toward the ongoing work at City on a Hill, you can do so at www.cityonahill.org.uk/giving.
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Pastors Adedoyin and Duncan sit down to reflect on the meaning of Christmas — from personal traditions and quick-fire questions to deeper reflections on the birth of Jesus, the incarnation, and what it means for our lives today. Together, they explore why Christmas matters, how it shapes our faith, and how we can respond with hope, joy, and trust in Jesus this season.
John’s Gospel opens not with a manger but with a bold declaration – the eternal Word who was with God and was God had stepped into the world. Pastor Pete shows how John, having witnessed Jesus’ life, death and resurrection, realised that He was truly God. This message invites us to engage with the great truths of Christmas as John presents them in Chapter 1 – the Word became flesh and the wonder of Jesus’ life and mission.
Isaiah 9 speaks of external threats to Israel and the internal corruption of their hearts. These are challenges that mirror the worries and concerns of the world we live in and the darkness in people’s souls today. Pastor Pete shows how the coming of Jesus brings hope. The darkness of our hearts can only be overcome when we connect and stay connected with Him.
Pastor Pete reminds us that God not only sees the future but has already secured it. From Romans 8, he unpacks the golden chain of salvation – those God foreknew, He predestined, called, justified, and glorified. Though glorification is still ahead of us, Scripture speaks of it as already done, assuring us it is guaranteed.
The heart of Pastor Pete’s message is that God saved us to bring us into His family, choosing us to become His children. It emphasises the incredible truth that adoption was always God’s plan A – through Jesus Christ, we are made sons and daughters and co-heirs with Christ.
In this message, Pastor Adedoyin dives into the incredible truth that although humanity’s relationship with God was shattered by sin, Jesus came to restore it fully. Through His perfect life, death, and resurrection, we become a new creation – brought back into God’s presence and freed from the sin that once separated us. As people reconciled to God, we’re invited not only to believe this good news for ourselves, but to share it boldly with others as ambassadors of His love and restoration.
Pastor Pete’s message unpacks the meaning of justification. Through the Cross, Jesus took our guilt, not only declaring us justified, but also crediting us with His righteousness – this is a gift we receive when we place our faith in Him. Our eternal standing is secured, and we are welcomed into heaven not by what we have done, but by what He has done for us.
In Part two of ‘The best news ever’ series, Pastor Paul look at the biblical theme of ‘Redemption’ - what it means, what it looks like and the freedom it brings us.
How can God’s justice and love meet? At the heart of Pastor Pete’s message is that propitiation is the act by which Jesus, through His sacrifice on the Cross, bore God’s righteous anger against sin and evil. In that moment, God’s justice was fully satisfied and His wrath turned away, allowing His love and mercy to be shown towards mankind.
Pastor Jessica highlights the importance of the Apostles’ teaching in the early Church and encourages us to be fully devoted to Jesus, and to be wholehearted in our commitment to His Great Commission and Great Commandment.
Jesus has given us a clear vision to love God, love people and to make disciples. Join us as we unpack this vision – it sets out our destination for the next season. We also include an important finance update from the past year.
In Part 1 of our Vision series, Pastor Pete shares ‘We are City on a Hill’ – a message exploring the meaning behind our name, drawn from Matthew 5, and our calling to shine brightly as a welcoming church. We celebrate how God has worked through us in the last few years, shaping our influence and preparing us for what’s ahead.
Pastor Pete unpacks 1 Samuel 31, where God’s rejection of Saul and his death left the nation of Israel in mourning and despair. Yet, God had already prepared a new king in David, pointing us forward to the greater King, Jesus, whose kingdom is coming and who brings true hope to our dark and despairing world.
How did David get through the worst day of his life? Pastor Jude shows us how David’s response can guide us when we face our own hardest moments and how we too can find strength, hope and faith in God in the darkest of times.
David, out of fear, fell into compromise, trapped in enemy territory and by his own choices. But, as Pastor Pete pointed out, God in His mercy rescued him from himself – not because David was right, but because He is good and He delivers us even from the snares of our own hearts.
When Saul faced silence from God, desperation drove him to seek guidance from a forbidden source – a medium at Endor. His compromise exposed his contradictions and led to a devastating word of judgement. Pastor Sammy reminds us that in our own desperation, we must resist harmful solutions and instead run to the Living God. True freedom and lasting hope are found not in the occult or human schemes, but in repentance, trust, and the grace of Jesus.
In this special dedication message, Pastor Pete reflects on the purposes behind our owning The Diadem. First, the plan of the building is in the shape of the Cross and God’s plan from the beginning is the Cross - the centre of everything we do. Second, its name points to Isaiah’s words that we are a “royal diadem” in God’s hand, a testimony of His grace in display. Third, it was originally named after St Aidan, whose apostolic legacy of training and sending out church planters calls us to be a hub too, for equipping and sending out in our own generation.
What happens when fear shapes our thinking? In 1 Samuel 27, David’s fear led to a season of compromise and costly decisions. But Pastor Pete calls us to guard our thoughts, to reject fear-driven decisions and to hold fast to God’s Word, trusting His promises above our fears.
Through all the turmoil of his life at the hands of Saul, David still chooses to honour, bless and forgive the king who curses him. The challenge to us is – how do we bless those who curse us?
Today, Pastor Pete unpacks the story of David, Nabal and Abigail – a lesson on folly, wisdom, and the ability to listen. Nabal refuses to hear but David owns his folly and responds to Abigail’s wisdom, showing that true wisdom is a heart willing to listen and to be taught.
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