Sermons from September 2018
Confident prayer from the sick-bed of tears – Psalm 6
Psalm 6 Confident prayer from the sick-bed of tears Luther’s Tentatio It would’ve been around February. March. 2006. And a group of 25-30 students had just returned from their summer break to engage in their second year of classes at George Whitefield College. A Bible College located right on the beach at Muizenberg. In Cape Town, South Africa. As the students take their seats. And enjoy catching up on what each other had been up to over the holidays. The…
Hearts Filled With Thankfulness
90th Anniversary of Engadine Church Philippians 1:1-6 HEARTS FILLED WITH THANKFULNESS World events of 1928. Penicillin discovered. Kingsford-Smith flew across the Pacific. The Engadine Story – a church is born. The Philippi Story Acts 16, Philippians 1. God was at work there. He is still at work. What has been done at Engadine has been done by God. A mindset of thankfulness v1-4 Joyful thanks & prayer. Not always easy to be thankful! Paul the Apostle, a “serial offender” because…
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…
The Gate, the Shepherd and the Sheep
The Gate, the Shepherd, and the Sheep John 10 Leaders The figure of speech (vv. 1-6) The figure of speech expanded (vv 7-42) The gate (7-10) The shepherd (11-18) The sheep (19-42) Found: The Leader