25. The Lord of the Dead (1 Corinthians 15:1-11)

Preached on Sunday 19th September 2021 by Rupert Hunt-Taylor.

Our twenty-fifth sermon in the series "How to win at Christianity" .


Where does Jesus fit in the Corinthian picture of the Christian life?

Chapter 15: bigger on the inside

  • What is it actually about?

  • Why leave it till last?

1. What you received:
A once-dead Messiah, sacrificed for you (v1-7)

2. Who you believed:
A deathly Apostle, spent for you (v8-11)

24. For the Many (1 Corinthinans 14:20-40)

Preached on Sunday 12th September 2021 by Rupert Hunt-Taylor.

Our twenty-fourth sermon in the series "How to win at Christianity" .


1. Love teaches grownups to think of others (20-25)

2. Love teaches grownups to hold our tongues (26-35)

  • “tongues” (27-28)

  • Prophecy (29-33)

  • Questions (34-35)

3. Love teaches grownups how much we owe (36-40)

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

  1. Confession is Taking Responsibility for Disobedience v3-4

  2. Forgiveness is Receiving the Gift of Deliverance v5-7

  3. 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

  1. Faith Means Seeing God’s Power Over Death

  2. Faith Means Seeing God’s People as Family

  3. 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?

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)

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.