Preached on Sunday 15th May 2022, by Rupert Hunt-Taylor
The ninth sermon of our series in the Gospel of John: From the Father’s Heart
Listen for the wedding bells…
The shocking bride: From heaven he came and sought her
The shocking gift: …to be his holy bride!
So how wide is Jesus’ great ‘whoever’? (3:16)
The scandalous bride Christ loves and redeems:
Discarded
Disgraced
Disinterested
Desperate
Dirty
Water that brings beauty out of brokenness (Ezek 47:1-12)
Preached on Sunday 8th May 2022 by Rob Cardew
The fifth sermon in an occasional series on the book of James: No Direction Home
Sermon Notes:
Love Born of desire shows partiality (1-7)
Love born of mercy shows mercy (8-13)
Preached on Sunday 1st May 2022 by Rob Cardew
The fourth sermon in an occasional series on the book of James: No Direction Home
Sermon Notes:
1.God’s word leads to living in purity and truth (19-21)
2. God’s word leads to a special selfless love (22-27)
Preached on Sunday 24th April 2022, by Rupert Hunt-Taylor
The eighth sermon of our series in the Gospel of John: From the Father’s Heart
1. Rejoice when only Jesus gets the Bride (22-30)
2. Rejoice in what only Jesus can give her (31-36)
Preached on Easter Sunday, 17th April 2022, by Rupert Hunt Taylor
1. Hope Buried: 15-18
When God is angry, human hope is stifled in the grave
2. Hope Remembered 19-24
Because God is God, hope can always be found in Him
3. Hope Shared 25-27
Because Jesus rose, we can trust God’s goodness to us
Preached on Palm Sunday, 10th April 2022, by Rupert Hunt Taylor
A soundtrack to the suffering of exile
1. The Crimson Stain
• Lonely isolation
• Shameful degradation
• Bitter realisation
“Is there any sorrow like my sorrow?” (v12)
2. The Crucified Saviour
• Departed majesty
• Desecrated temple
• Deriding foes
Preached on Sunday 3rd April 2022, by Rupert Hunt-Taylor
The seventh sermon of our series in the Gospel of John: From the Father’s Heart
1. “For” | The shocking result of God’s love (16a)
The giving over to death of his only Son
2.“World” | The shocking reach of God’s love (16a)
This entire, dark, God-hating world
3. “Whoever” | The shocking reason for God’s love (16b-17)
The salvation of anyone… who looks with faith at the cross
• A very moral man? (3:1-15)
• A very immoral woman? (4:7-42)
4. “Loved” | The shocking response to God’s love (18-21)
The rejection of goodness, or the embrace of exposure
Preached on Sunday 27th March 2022, by Rupert Hunt-Taylor
The sixth sermon of our series in the Gospel of John: From the Father’s Heart
1. Whoever we are, the night claims us 2:23 – 3:3
Our heart, mind and will are darker than we know
2. Only Christ’s Spirit can change us 3:4-8
We cannot give birth to our own spiritual life
3. So cry to the one sent to save us 3:9-15
Jesus alone knows the way to new life, and makes it possible
• Guide
• Guarantee