Sermons on Truth
Finishing the Race
As this is a very visual message the video is the best option. However, the MP3 audio is here too. Finishing the Race – 2 Timothy chapter 4 John Akhwari and the Slow Marathon Badly injured, he kept going, finishing an hour after the others – “My country did not send me 11,000Km to start the Olympic Marathon. They send me here to finish it. Time 4 In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living…
God the Creator
God the Creator – Genesis chapter 1 verse1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1 New International Version – UK (NIVUK) Holy Bible, New International Version® Anglicized, NIV® Copyright © 1979, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. “Where do we come from?” is one of the most provocative questions anyone can ask. The answer to this question has far-reaching implications for our view of ourselves, of reality and of…
A Heart for God, A mind for Truth
A Heart for God, A mind for Truth – Ezra chapter 7 10 For Ezra had devoted himself to the study and observance of the Law of the Lord, and to teaching its decrees and laws in Israel. Ezra 7:10 New International Version – UK (NIVUK) Holy Bible, New International Version® Anglicized, NIV® Copyright © 1979, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. Heart and mind must march together – “Ezra was not a hermit-scholar, but…
Kids’ Spot – Spot’s Sad and Happy Day
Kids’ Spot – Spot’s Sad and Happy Day Click here to download a colouring sheet or the whole story
A Song for All Seasons – Worse Than Sticks and Stones – Psalm 12
Worse Than Sticks and Stones, Psalm 12 1 Help, Lord, for no one is faithful any more; those who are loyal have vanished from the human race.2 Everyone lies to their neighbour; they flatter with their lips but harbour deception in their hearts.3 May the Lord silence all flattering lips and every boastful tongue –4 those who say, ‘By our tongues we will prevail; our own lips will defend us – who is lord over us?’5 ‘Because the poor are…
The Unfinished Task 8 – Lies, Damned Lies
The Unfinished Task 8 – Lies, Damned Lies. Acts chapter 5, verses 1 to 12. The non-airbrushed church, warts and all. The Presenting Circumstances, verses 1 and 2. The Underlying Reality, verses 3 and 4. The Result, verses 5-12.
Guarding against what is false
What to do about false teachers: Titus chapter 1, verses 10-16 Little Red Riding Hood teaches us to beware of appearances – a wolf can appear in Grandma’s clothes! Paul’s strategy for Crete – that the Cretan believers be in the Cretan society, but not like it. Salt and light: lives showing the grace of the Gospel. Church leaders are to Silence false teachers by teaching the truth, verses 10-11 Encourage sound teaching and godly living, verses 12-14 Understand how…
Why Do Grace and Truth Matter?
Titus chapter 1, verses 1 to 4 Christ-centred living in a self-centred world. Why do Grace and Truth Matter? The Messenger of God; verse1 The Message of God verses; 1-4
The Grace Shaped Church
Titus chapter 1 A world of change. Faith in Jesus is in the margins. “I can live without God” is the common ethos. Information When? Where? How? Titus on Crete as the man of God. Cretans were in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost, when when Peter preached the first Christian sermon to thousands. Now some hear Paul describing what someone said of the Cretan character, and say “Yes, that’s what we were like!” Real people, real place, in real…
Sola 5 For God’s Glory Alone
1 Peter 4 God will not give His glory to another….. At the name of Jesus, every knee should bow in Heaven and on earth and under the earth and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father. Allow Scripture alone to point you to Christ alone, where you will see that it is through grace alone, by faith alone so that it might be to the glory of God alone.
Sola 4 Faith Alone
Romans 3 and 4 We come to the heart and centre of what the Reformation was all about…. “the doctrine by which the church stands or falls.”
Sola 3 Grace Alone
Ephesians 2 We live with a merit mentality rather than a grace mentality…… It will rob you of your joy like nothing else. Salvation comes to us, not on the basis of merit but by grace alone.
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