Preached on Sunday 3rd December 2023 by Matt Baines, a member of our congregation.
The first sermon in a four sermon advent series.
Q. Why Christmas?
Q. Who is Jesus?
1. The Eternal Word (1-2)
2. The Source of Being (3)
3. The Source of Life and Light (4-5)
✴ Investigate Jesus
✴ Receive Jesus
✴ Proclaim Jesus
Preached on Sunday 26th November 2023 by Rob Cardew, our minister in training.
The fourteenth sermon in an occasional series in Ephesians.
1. Stand together
2. Stay alert
Five things the Devil wants to destroy:
i. The Word of God and its reliability
ii. The character of God and his generosity
iii. The righteousness of God and his absolute dependability
iv. The enjoyment of God and its abundant pleasures
v. The fellowship of the people of God and its harmony and unity
3. Put on God’s armour
4. Pray for each other
Preached on Sunday 19th November 2023 by Rob Cardew, our minister in training.
The thirteenth sermon in an occasional series in Ephesians.
1. A New Attitude of Submission
2. A New Motivation of Love
3. A New Perspective of Equality
Preached on Sunday 12th November 2023 by Rob Cardew, our minister in training.
The twelfth sermon in an occasional series in Ephesians.
1. Being a Christian in your family
2. Being joined to Jesus transforms your family role
i. Tenderness
ii. Discipline
iii. Instruction
1. Be involved in verbally instructing our children (keep talking to them).
2. Regularly leading them in family devotions and prayer (minister to the family).
3. Monitor and take responsibility for the input that enters their impressionable
minds.
4. Taking responsibility to help assure that church is a meaningful experience.
5. Be an example. We must make sure that the open book of our lives—our
example—demonstrates the reality of our instruction, for in watching us they
will learn the most.
3. Being a family that shares and serves Jesus
Preached on Sunday 5th November 2023 by Pete Dickson, one of our elders. A one-off sermon
1. We praise the God who has forgiven us (1-3)
2. Because his words and his works are one (4-11)
3. And he rules over all things (10-19)
Preached on Sunday 29th October 2023 by Gavin McGrath, a member of our congregation.
The third of a three sermon series: The Church in Acts: what, who and why?
1. The storms of human events cannot stop the Lord Jesus growing his church!
i. Storms of every kind (vv.11-13)
ii. Yet there are ‘brothers and sisters’ already (vv.14-16)
iii. Rejection by some, acceptance by others (vv.17-29)
2. The church of Jesus both subverts and answers the longings of Rome
i. A welcome (v.30)
ii. A message (v.31)
3. The church of Jesus has not stopped with Rome
iii. Luke’s brevity and Luke’s point
iv. The ongoing story…including us
Preached on Sunday 22nd October 2023 by Gavin McGrath, a member of our congregation.
The second of a three sermon series: The Church in Acts: what, who and why?
1. The church is attacked but attacks never ultimately win (11:19-21)
2. The church is strengthened by the grace of God (11:22-30)
3. The church is a wonderfully diverse people - even if this is complicated
(13:1-5; 15:1-5)
4. The church sends out people in the Spirit with the gospel (13:2-3)
For us at ENC now:
• …Let’s look for unexpected opportunities even in hard times
• …Let’s pray we increasingly be a grace-filled church
• …Let’s ask questions about our ‘culture’ and if we are welcoming outsiders
• …Let’s continue to be a sending out church
Preached on Sunday 15th October 2023 by Gavin McGrath, a member of our congregation.
The first of a three sermon series: The Church in Acts: what, who and why?
1. The church is built upon the Apostles’ witness to Jesus (1:1-11)
2. The church receives the faithful fulfilment of God’s promises (2:1-40)
3. The church is the people of God (2:41-47)
4. The church shares Jesus’ sufferings and resurrection (Acts 3-8)
For us at ENC now:
• Do we know what time we’re in right now?
• Do we long for a Spirit-enabled community life?
• Will we make the apostles’ witness and teaching central to everything we do?
• Do we know how to read the times in which live — this point in history?