Sermons from January 2025
The Problem of Pain
The Problem of Pain The Problem of Pain Our days may come to seventy years, or eighty, if our strength endures;yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away. Psalm 90:10 The Objection All suffer, so God is either not Good, not Strong or not There! Pain is not always evil An attacker and a surgeon both use a sharp knife, one for evil, one for good. Pain is the result of human…
Come and Welcome to Jesus Christ
Come and Welcome to Jesus Christ – Matthew’s Gospel, chapter 11 How not to come: Offended 6 Blessed is anyone who does not stumble on account of me.’ Matthew 11:6 Looking to find fault 16 ‘To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the market-places and calling out to others: 17 ‘“We played the pipe for you, and you did not dance;we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.” 18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say,…
Parables of the Kingdom
Parables of the Kingdom – Matthew’s Gospel, chapter 13, verses 24 to 52 4 gospels, the heart of the Bible. What is a parable? A story that shows a particular truth. Jesus told many parables. Here He uses several to show what the Kingdom of God is like. The inevitable growth of the kingdom. 31 He told them another parable: ‘The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. 32 Though it is…
Growing in Grace-Fuelled Holiness, Part 1
Growing in Grace-Fuelled Holiness, Part 1 – 2 Peter chapter 1, verses 1 to 4 1 Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who through the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours: 2 Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. 3 His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him…