Preached on Sunday 15th August 2021, by Terry McCutcheon
A one-off sermon in Mark
Blessed is The One Who is Forgiven (Psalm 32)
Preached on Sunday 15th August 2021, by Rob Cardew.
A one-off sermon in Psalm 32
Sermon Notes
Blessed is the One Who is Forgiven v1-2
Confession is Taking Responsibility for Disobedience v3-4
Forgiveness is Receiving the Gift of Deliverance v5-7
Obedience is Giving our Life to The Lord v8-10
Blessed is the One Who is Forgiven v11
Faith Shaped by The Reality of God (Hebrews 11:23-27)
Preached on Sunday 8th August 2021, by Rob Cardew.
A one-off sermon in Hebrews 11
Sermon Notes
Faith Means Seeing God’s Power Over Death
Faith Means Seeing God’s People as Family
Faith Means Seeing God’s Presence in Christ
How Does knowing the reality of God’s presence, power and promise shape the lives of these people?
Living in Joy (Isaiah 12)
Preached on Sunday 1st August 2021, by Sean Brennan.
A one-off sermon in Isaiah 12
Beware of deceit and dilution (Matthew 13: 24-52)
Preached on Sunday 25th July 2021, by Peter Dickson.
A one-off sermon in Matthew 13
Looking inward, outward and onwards (John 17:20-26)
Preached on Sunday 18th July 2021, by Stephen Ballingall.
The third of three summer sermons in John 17
Out of this World! (John 17:6-19)
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)
18. Beautiful (no matter what they say): 1 Corinthians 11:2-16
Preached on 2nd May 2021 by Rupert Hunt-Taylor.
Our second week digging into a tricky but profoundly helpful passage,
and our eighteenth talk in the "How to win at Christianity" series.
Men and Women have been created differently, with a relational order we should honour and visibly express — especially (but not only) when we worship before a watching cosmos.
1. Shame: What is beautiful can become ugly. (v3-6)
2. Glory: What seems ugly should be our beauty. (v7-12)
3. Decency: What feels arbitrary is often rooted in nature. (v13-16)
4. Deep and joyful obedience: what would it look like?
Outward display
Inward demeanour
17. On hats, hearts, and being human (1 Corinthians 11:2-16)
Preached on 25th April 2021 by Rupert Hunt-Taylor.
The seventeenth talk in the "How to win at Christianity" series.
Clearing the ground...
Communicative clothing
Complexity and clarity
Context: the glory of God
Recognising our assumptions...
Hats or hair?
Women or wives?
Church or world?
Lecturer or Lord?
Men and Women have been created differently, with a relational order we should honour and visibly express — especially (but not only) when we worship before a watching cosmos.