Martyn Iles - At the Crux

Many people sense that something is wrong with the world and wonder whether anything truly governs the chaos. Real power directs history. Clarity in confusing times comes from recognising the steady reality at work beneath the noise — even when events appear unstable.
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Pressure is not a sign that God’s Kingdom is failing. It is often the proof that it is advancing. Cultural decline, opposition, and hardship do not threaten Christ’s reign, but expose false hopes and misplaced trust. As worldly systems fail, believers are called to patient endurance — trusting not in power or politics, but in the eternal Kingdom that grows, reigns, and will never end.
 
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Everyone wants freedom. Few want the cost that comes with it. This episode discovers love powerful enough to break bondage — not by affirming us where we are, but by sacrificing itself to change us. It’s a love that rules history, confronts sin, and restores dignity. If love never challenges us, it can not bring freedom.
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Human life is among the most important things in the world – getting it wrong has devastating consequences. This message reveals three principles of wisdom, forgotten by our culture, that reflect the truth about human life. The hidden cost of getting these truths wrong is exposed, and the answers are revealed – even if they are being sought from the darkest places.Discover more resources and what’s coming next: www.atthecrux.comPartner with us in sharing truth and equipping believers.Give or support here: www.atthecrux.com/#partner

Change, chaos, suffering, and tribulation are real. Scripture never denies that. But Revelation pulls back the curtain to show what governs it all: a sovereign God who stands above history, from Alpha to Omega. This episode explains why history isn’t random, why suffering isn’t wasted, and why the future is not out of control.Discover more resources and what’s coming next: www.atthecrux.comPartner with us in sharing truth and equipping believers.Give or support here: www.atthecrux.com/#partner

This episode proves that love always costs something. The cost of God’s love is the price of our freedom, and confronting truth is the loving thing to do. You could say it’s a Christmas message stripped of sentimentality.Discover more resources and what’s coming next: www.atthecrux.comPartner with us in sharing truth and equipping believers.Give or support here: www.atthecrux.com/#partner

Life in this world is unstable. Circumstances shift, expectations collapse, and evil intrudes. Revelation names this reality honestly, including the sobering truth that tribulation is part of the Christian calling. John identifies it as central to our partnership in Christ (Rev 1:9).But into this unsettled world, Revelation declares a daring truth: Christ reigns.So, these troubles are not signs of His absence, but they are realities taken up into His sovereign purposes. John is invited to "come up here" (Rev 4:1) and see history from heaven's perspective. From this vantage point, tribulation is reinterpreted - it is not meaningless or wasted, but transfigured. It prepares God's people for glory, and prepares God's world for redemption.Discover more resources and what’s coming next: www.atthecrux.comPartner with us in sharing truth and equipping believers.Give or support here: www.atthecrux.com/#partner

Before the visions begin, God gives you grace and peace. John overwhelms us with the vastness of Christ: the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, the ruler of kings. This episode explores how grace flows from God’s endless fullness and peace from His nearness. These truths anchor believers before Revelation unveils the deep and shocking realities of spiritual warfare, suffering, and glory.Discover more resources and what’s coming next: www.atthecrux.comPartner with us in sharing truth and equipping believers.Give or support here: www.atthecrux.com/#partner

Revelation is not distant — it is addressed to you. This episode shows why Revelation speaks directly to Christians under pressure today. Discover why the book insists its message is near, urgent, and personal — and why blessing is promised not to speculators, but to those who hear and obey. Discover more resources and what’s coming next: www.atthecrux.comPartner with us in sharing truth and equipping believers.Give or support here: www.atthecrux.com/#partner

The future has a name — and it’s Jesus Christ. Revelation opens not with a puzzle, but with a Person. Episode 1 explores how Jesus fulfils His promise to reveal “the things that are to come,” why He alone conquered the world, and how His victory over sin, Satan, and death makes Him the rightful ruler of history. A call to see our lives — and the future — through the lens of Christ’s conquering power.Discover more resources and what’s coming next: www.atthecrux.comPartner with us in sharing truth and equipping believers.Give or support here: www.atthecrux.com/#partner