Psalm 33: Praise for Presbyterians

Preached over lockdown on 31st May 2020, by Rupert Hunt-Taylor.

Psalms | Book 1: Christ's battle for the kingdom

Sermon Notes:

A song for the times that praise doesn’t come naturally.

Two places to see God’s trustworthiness:

1) Creation (v4-9)

  • You can trust God… because planets pour out of His mouth.

2) Providence (10-19)

  • You can trust God… because your heart is stuck in His eye.

Psalm 31: God's Grip

Preached over lockdown on 10th May 2020, by Rupert Hunt-Taylor.

Psalms | Book 1: Christ's battle for the kingdom

Sermon Notes:

- Two perspectives on a death

- What could God’s king see, that will help us respond with v23 & 24?

Three things that God holds in his hands:

  1. Heavy souls (v5)

  2. Human times (v15)

  3. Hidden treasure (v19)

Love | Loyalty | Life: Redemption in three cups

Preached on Easter Sunday 2020, by Rupert Hunt-Taylor

Lockdown reflections on the atonement, from Mark’s Gospel

Redemption in three cups:

  1. The cup we couldn’t drink (Mark 10:35-45)

  2. The cup he wouldn’t drink (Mark 15:22-39)

  3. The cup all heaven will drink (Mark 14:17-25)

“The Cross he Bore” by Frederick Leahy is published by the Banner of Truth Trust. This is a wonderful little book of Easter meditations drawn on (and quoted from) under Mark 14:23.

4. Three little pigs built a church... (1 Corinthians 3:5-23)

Preached on 15th March 2020 by Rupert Hunt-Taylor.

The fourth talk in the "How to win at Christianity" series.

Sermon Notes:

God owns his church, and will judge how we build:

How should we think of our ministers?

1. God’s little pigs are kindly put to work 5-9

What will become of our ministry?

2. God’s little pigs will answer for how they build 10-17

Who should we boast in and build for?

3. Our future comes from God, not his little pigs 18-23

All that glitters is not gold (2 Timothy 1)

Preached on 1st March 2020 by James Clark.

A one off sermon on 2 Timothy.

Sermon Notes

1. The gospel is what saves us, and is what we continue in v1-7

2. The gospel is nothing to be ashamed of, but we will be shamed for it v8-14

3. The gospel leads to different responses, which will mean loss and cost v15-18

2. Draining the cross of its power (1 Corinthians 1:10-2:5)

Preached on 23rd February 2020 by Rupert Hunt-Taylor.

The second talk in the "How to win at Christianity" series.

Sermon Notes:

God doesn’t need us to be clever people, only cross-people

1. The symptom: 1:10-17

Competitive Christianity

2. The disease: 1:18-25

Forgetting what the cross says about Christians

3. The remedy:

i. Remember how cross-people boast 1:26-31

ii. Remember how cross-people trust 2:1-5

The Growing Church (Colossians 1:1-14)

Preached on 16th February 2020 by Euan Dodds.

A one off sermon on Colossians 1.

Sermon Notes

1. Two promising reports (v1-8)

i. Their personal Godliness (v1-5, 8)

ii. The Power of the Gospel (v6-7)

2. Two Prayer Requests (v9-14)

i. For knowledge that they would please the Lord Jesus (v9-10)

ii. For strength that they would persevere with joy (v11-14)

1. Just like everyone else (1 Corinthians 1:1-9)

Preached on 26th January 2020 by Rupert Hunt-Taylor.

The first talk in the "How to win at Christianity" series,

Sermon Notes:

1. Just like everyone else 1 Cor 1:1-9

  • The most extraordinary of letters

  • The most ordinary of beginnings

Meet the Corinthians:

1. A church who saw each-other as winners and losers

2. …Who loved the things that made them feel like winners

3. …Who hated the things that made them feel like losers

  • A christian life focused on the future

  • Paul and his cross-shaped example

Which explains why Paul begins with:

1. You’re just like everyone else… v1-3

2. Everything that makes you special was a gift… v4-7a

3. And you got it all for a reason. v7b-9 Lessons for an ordinary church?