Preached on Sunday 11th July 2021, by Stephen Ballingall.
The second of three summer sermons in John 17
The Immortal God's Bucket List (John 17:1-5)
Preached on Sunday 4th July 2021, by Stephen Ballingall.
The first of four summer sermons in John 17
23. Building Back Babel (1 Corinthians 14:1-19)
Preached on Sunday 27th June 2021 by Rupert Hunt-Taylor.
Our twenty-third sermon in the series "How to win at Christianity" .
On muskets and pikestaffs…
Divisive speech: pride, confusion and judgement
1. Two gifts, and two goals
“Tongues”
“Prophecy”
The heart of the matter (v4)
2. Self-Directed Worship: Building Babel
Lifeless (when we were made for life and meaning)
Alienating (when “barbarians” are meant to be brothers)
Elitist (when “idiots” are meant to be insiders)
The Cupbearer and the Covenant (Nehemiah 1)
Preached on Sunday 2oth June 2021, by James Clark.
A one-off sermon on Nehemiah 1
Sermon Notes:
1. Salvation and covenant:
God’s people and his plan for them are never forgotten
2.Devotion and discipleship:
The beauty of ordinary obedience in extraordinary times
22. Love, to the loveless shown (1 Corinthians 13)
Preached on Sunday 13th June 2021 by Rupert Hunt-Taylor.
Our twenty-second sermon in the series "How to win at Christianity" .
A beautiful insult…
The heart of Paul’s argument concerning gifts (Ch 12-14)
The heart of Paul’s argument with the Corinthians
1. “Giftedness" without love (v1-3)
2. “Love" without content (v4-7)
3. “Maturity” without Jesus (v8-13)
21. On love, value, and usefulness (1 Corinthians 12:12-31)
Preached on Sunday 6th May 2021 by Rupert Hunt-Taylor.
Our twenty-first sermon in the series "How to win at Christianity" .
Seeing things as they really are: v12-14
Think ‘We’, not ‘Me”
1. “They don’t need me” people: v15-20
God values you for more than your usefulness
2. “I don’t need them” people: v21-26
God’s work in you goes deeper than your usefulness
Learning to love God’s value system: v27-31
Be zealous for the things you have, that serve others
20. Informed Spirituality (1 Corinthians 12:1-11)
Preached on Sunday 30th May 2021 by Rupert Hunt-Taylor.
Our twentieth sermon in the series "How to win at Christianity" .
The secret to the Spiritual Realm?
What we want to talk about
What they wanted to talk about
What Paul wanted to talk about
True Spirituality shows…
1. …in what we confess about Jesus (v1-3)
Don’t confuse it with what dumb demons demand.
2. …not in the jobs we do for Jesus (v4-11)
Don’t confuse it with what proud people praise.
19. When church does more harm than good (1 Corinthians 11:17–34)
Preached on 9th May 2021 by Rupert Hunt-Taylor.
Our nineteenth sermon in the "How to win at Christianity" series.
1. The problem all could see: A church they’d despised (17-22)
2. The problem Paul could see: A death they’d forgotten (23-26)
3. The problem they should have seen: A body they’d defiled (27-32)
4. The answer Jesus gives: One family, gathered round the cross (33-34)