Teaching
Teachings from Stairway’s Sunday services are uploaded here each week. It’s our prayer that these bless and supplement, rather than replace, your presence in your own local church and your submission to the leaders that God has placed around you for your spiritual growth. You can subscribe to the Stairway podcast on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, and access past series below.
Latest Series—Psalms of Ascent
A long obedience in the same direction / songs of transition
The Psalms of Ascent (Psalms 120-134) were sung by the people of Israel as they made the pilgrimage up to Jerusalem for the great annual festivals. They were songs for travellers-songs of longing, trust, worship, waiting, perseverance, humility, and hope.
These psalms reminded them, and us, that the journey was about more than reaching a destination. God was using the journey itself to shape them into His people. Following Jesus is not simply about arriving at a destination but about being transformed along the way. Scripture describes followers of Jesus as sojourners, exiles, and pilgrims whose true home is found in His kingdom. As His followers, we are learning day by day what it means to trust Christ, love one another, and live faithfully in the world while longing for the New Heavens and New Earth.
The Psalms of Ascent show that the way up is often the way down-it is a path of humility, dependence, repentance, worship, and community. As we journey through these Psalms, we will see how God uses seasons of joy and sorrow, work and rest, waiting and worship, to conform us more fully to the image of Christ.
Each week marks another stage in the pilgrimage-from the first awakening of holy longing to the final invitation to live lives of continual worship and blessing. The goal of the Christian life is not simply to know more about God, but to become people whose lives increasingly reflect the character of Jesus.
Sermons
Past Teachings
Building Legacy
Life by the Spirit
The Gift of Being Human in a Dehumanising World
Livestream
If you would like to watch our services live, jump over to our live page on Sunday morning. The livestream begins at 9:40am, followed by a time of worship and a message.
Stairway Podcasts
If you would like to catch up on our sermons while on the move, our sermons are uploaded as podcasts weekly. Listen to them on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.
Sarah Hudson—Psalm 122 is not simply a psalm about my individual faith or my personal pilgrimage. It is about OUR faith and OUR pilgrimage as the people of God. When God's people gather, we aren’t simply a collection of individuals who are in the same room. We gather around a shared story; the story of what He has done, what He has promised, and WHO He has made us to be. The challenge isn't individual identity or personal freedom, but rather when we begin to think that our lives belong to us alone.
Resources—Study Guide