Seeing Faith: Apart from the Law (Romans 4:13-25)

Hi Everyone

Last Sunday I had the privilege of teaching the flock in our Romans series:

Seeing Faith: Apart from the Law (Romans 4:13-25).

Audio is here, sermon notes below.

Enjoy!

Of Mongrels And Prodigals

"...your brother was dead and is alive again, and was lost and is found.' " (Luke 15:32)

We have all heard of the story of the Prodigal son in Luke's Gospel account.
 The younger brother who:

• shamed his father by demanding his inheritance there and then;
• flittered away this inheritance through sinful lust;
• came to repentance while wallowing in a pig sty;
• was restored by his father on his return home.

And - while the Pharisees listened to the story told by Jesus with grinding teeth, and murderous intentions - we all marvel at the unconditional love, forgiveness, and mercy poured out by the father.

But lurking all the while in the background was another prodigal... 

James 4:1-10: The Test of Worldly Indulgence

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Last Wednesday night I had the privilege of teaching the flock.

The title was "The Test of Worldly Indulgence".

Audio here  -filter by my name, IE works best.

Sermon notes below.

Blessings.

James 2:1-13: The Test of Impartial Love

Last night I had the privilege of teaching the flock.


Title was "The Test of Impartial Love", text James 2:1-13.


You can listen here (filter by my name, IE works best). Sermon notes below.


Blessings.



James 2:1-13 (NKJV)
²  For if there should come into your assembly a man with gold rings, in fine apparel, and there should also come in a poor man in filthy clothes,
³  and you pay attention to the one wearing the fine clothes and say to him, "You sit here in a good place," and say to the poor man, "You stand there," or, "Sit here at my footstool,"
⁴  have you not shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?
⁵  Listen, my beloved brethren: Has God not chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?
⁶  But you have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you and drag you into the courts?
⁷  Do they not blaspheme that noble name by which you are called?
⁸  If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you do well;
⁹  but if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
¹⁰  For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all.
¹¹  For He who said, "Do not commit adultery," also said, "Do not murder." Now if you do not commit adultery, but you do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.
¹²  So speak and so do as those who will be judged by the law of liberty.
¹³  For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment. 

The Woman at the Well - A Picture of Law and Gospel

Hi Everyone

Last Sunday (17 July 2016) I had the privilege of teaching the flock.

Text was John 4:1-42, the story of Jesus and the Woman at the Well.

You can hear it here (filter by my name - IE works best).

Sermon notes below.

Link to poem at the end of the sermon.

Blessings.

John 19:17-30

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On 1 June I had the pleasure of teaching our flock at the Wednesday evening service.

Text was from John 19:17-30.

You can here the sermon here - filter by my name and select. I think the flash player only works in IE.

Sermon notes below.

Blessings.

Gospel Nuggets - Christ, Our Redeemer And Hope (Psalm 40)

On Sunday 24 April I was privileged to teach the flock.


Text was the whole of Psalm 40. Sermon notes below.

Audio here. 


Blessings.

Two Thieves, And Two Eternities

Yesterday I had the privilege of teaching the flock.

Sermon title was "Two Thieves, And Two Eternities", as a build up to Resurrection Sunday. 

You can listen to the audio here. Filter by my name and you will see all my teachings. 

I've been told that I speak too softly and mumble a lot...hmmm... I'll try and fix that next time! 

Blessings.

Gospel Nuggets - Christ, Our Perfect Example Of Love (1 Cor 13)

Yesterday I had the privilege of teaching our flock.

You can hear it here. Sermon notes are below.

Enjoy!

Blessings

God Only Saves Bad People

My Pastor asked me to do the teaching yesterday...honoured to do so!!

Thought For The Season

 

Whom Shall I Fear? Pt 2

Hi Everyone

Last Sunday the Pastor was unavailable, so asked me if I could do the teaching that morning.
I was a bit hesitant to say yes, as I hadn't taught for over 10 years!

He said I could teach on whatever I wanted (brave man!). So I decided to expand on the post Whom Shall I Fear? I wrote last year.

If you want to listen, you can find the message here.

Please note that I was extremely nervous! I have not listened to the recording, as I don't like the sound of my own recorded voice.

Enjoy!

Blessings.

Gospel Nuggets - God is an Abomination!!! - ??? (Prov 17:15)

Prov 17:15:

He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just; both of them alike are an abomination to the Lord.

God's Beautiful Tapestry Of Life

I used to love watching those performers on television that could juggle plates. It was like they had 10 pairs of eyes that could dart between each plate, determining which ones were OK, and which ones needed a bit more of a spin.
I imagined God being like that - The Great Magician In The Sky, with all creation dancing to His tune like some great cosmic Pied Piper...

Gospel Nuggets - The Seed (Gen 3:14-16)

Hi Everyone

This month I'm starting a new series called "Gospel Nuggets".

Littered throughout scripture are seemingly mundane stories and statements that we scratch our head at and wonder "Why is that in the Bible?".

But when we do a bit of digging and scratching around, we can uncover precious Gospel nuggets, evidence of God's plan of salvation for mankind. 

Gen 3:15:
 "And I will put enmity between you and the woman,

And between your seed and her Seed;
He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.”

Whom Shall I Fear?

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?

(A study of Psalm 27:1-5)

In Awe

"The heavens declare the glory of God;
And the firmament shows His handiwork." (Psalm 19:1)

No matter where you go you cannot escape the glory of God.

It is even in those things we sometimes take for granted...