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)
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
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.
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)
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
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.
Preached on Sunday 18th April 2021, by Peter Dickson.
A one-off sermon on Luke 7:36-50
Sermon Notes:
“Don’t be afraid” — why not?
1. Resolute purpose in the midst of chaos (4:38-44)
“That is why I was sent”
2. Revealed truth in the midst of life (5:1-11)
“Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man”
3. Reversal of death in a fallen world (5:12-16)
“Be clean!”
Preached on Sunday 11th April 2021, by Rupert Hunt-Taylor.
Psalms | Book 1: Christ's battle for the kingdom
Sermon Notes:
v1-3. The Good God:
God blesses those who share his care.
v4-10. The Good King:
The caring king, in need of a caring God.
v11-13. The Good News:
God delights in his king, and upholds him forever.
Preached on Easter Sunday 2021, by Rupert Hunt-Taylor.
Psalms | Book 1: Christ's battle for the kingdom
Sermon Notes:
Listening in to the New Creation…
- The One and the Many
- Call and Response
v1-10. Call: The Song of the Risen King
v11-17. Response: The Cry of His Still-Dying People
Preached on Sunday 28th March 2021, by Peter Dickson.
A one-off sermon on Luke 7:36-50
Preached on Sunday 21st March 2021, by Rupert Hunt-Taylor.
Psalms | Book 1: Christ's battle for the kingdom
Sermon Notes:
v1-3 He holds it in:
but bitterness burns under our tongue.
v4-6 He longs to learn:
how quickly life slips through our fingers
v7-13 He lets it out:
because forgiveness brings a smile to our face.
Preached on Sunday 14th March 2021, by Rupert Hunt-Taylor.
A one-off sermon on Luke 19:1-10
Sermon Notes:
On believing impossible things
Why include Zaccheaus?
v1-6: Christ breaks uninvited into our lives
— People in trees
v7-9: Our lives break open before a grumbling world
— People at tables
Preached on Sunday 7th March 2021, by Rupert Hunt-Taylor.
Psalms | Book 1: Christ's battle for the kingdom
Sermon Notes:
Can God be angry with Christians?
The bookends of the psalm: a basic plea (v1, 21-22)
The guts: a bitter lament
v2-8: Even under the cross of Christ,
God’s wrath is horrifying.
v9-20: Even under the stench of sin,
God’s redeemed are never alone.
Preached on 28th March 2021, by Rupert Hunt-Taylor.
Psalms | Book 1: Christ's battle for the kingdom
Sermon Notes:
When resentment gets your knickers in a twist…
Quiet trust can quell your heats (v1-8)
1. Trust God’s kindness over your eternity:
Lasting care, or a legacy in smoke? (v8-20)
2. Trust God’s kindness over your today:
Gracious giving, or grasping greed? (v21-40)
Preached on 14th February 2021 by Rupert Hunt-Taylor.
The sixteenth talk in the "How to win at Christianity" series.
Sermon Notes:
What made Paul’s heart beat? (v24-24, v31-11:1)
v25-27 An earth full of gifts
Two freedoms to enjoy…
v28-30 An earth full of souls
…and to gladly surrender….
v31-1 An earth to fill with glory
…for him who came to seek, serve and save.
Preached on 7th February 2021 by Rupert Hunt-Taylor.
The fifteenth talk in the "How to win at Christianity" series.
Sermon Notes:
v1-13 The warning: Blessed bodies bloating
v14-22 The lesson: Dumb demons dining