Colossians 1 – the transforming gospel
Yesterday I spoke on Colossians 1:3-8. This passage focuses on Pauls thanksgiving for the Colossians who he’d never seen and on the reason he gave thanks for them. His reasoning was based on the hope that they had in Christ which had given them a love for all the saints. This hope had come through the “word of truth, the gospel” through which they had “heard and understood the grace of God in truth”. (more…)
Our need to see our sin
In my last post I mentioned that we need to have a greater understanding of our own sin and depravity. Its only when we see this that we will see our need for salvation, but it also will illuminate the depth of Gods grace and may lead us to a deeper worship of God. (more…)
Wisdom – it requires your mind
We have just finished preaching thematically through proverbs. I was fortunate enough to be able to participate in this series, and was asked to speak on Intellectual Wisdom. For the record other sermons in the series include practical wisdom, workplace wisdom, relationship wisdom, etc. (more…)
John 16
A couple of months ago, I got to speak on John 16 in our congregation. While it is possible to preach on the whole chapter, I generally prefer to select a smaller selection from the chapter and preach on that. (more…)
Psalm 32
A few months ago, I began memorizing scripture – I started with Psalm 32. Today, I had the opportunity to take what I’ve learned from memorizing and meditating on this Psalm and share it in a sermon. (more…)
David, Bathsheba and adultery
The story of David and Bathsheba is well known, but not known well enough. We will often read it and not really check our own hearts as we ought and so we dont always take out everything that we can. (more…)
Leadership starts with you
Last weekend I spoke on leadership. The main point that I wanted everyone to understand was that while we might not all be called to leadership positions at work, church or even home, we are all called to display the characteristics of leadership. (more…)
Managing desires
One of the key differences between popular culture today and biblical Christianity is how we respond to our desires.
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Jesus Christ – the God man
Yesterday, I spoke in our series on Christ on the topic of Christ the man.
I began by exploring things that demonstrated that Jesus is human (which I think should be reasonably clear upon a straight forward reading of the gospels). We also looked at some of the points that demonstrated the deity of Jesus. Then we looked at why Jesus came and what Jesus accomplished. (more…)
Bearing with one another
Last weekend I had the privilege of again speaking from the pulpit and spoke on Ephesians 4:1-3 with the theme of bearing with one another. (more…)
Patrick Sookhdeo – distress, trust, love and hope
This is a sermon that was recorded at our church recently during the tour of New Zealand by Patrick Sookhdeo of the Barnabas Fund. It is published here with Dr Sookhdeo's permission. (more…)
The promise of the Holy Spirit
This morning I did my second sermon this year. I was given this opportunity a couple of weeks ago (I only had one other sermon scheduled this year), so I'm thankful for this opportunity. (more…)
Developing an attitude of trust
This is an older sermon from November 2006, but given I've just uploaded it to the server, and added an inline MP3 player to the site, I thought I'd post a link to it anyway. (more…)
Ruth – a character study
A couple of weeks ago I preached on Ruth. I've only just uploaded it as I have been waiting on a copy of SoundBooth to arrive. (more…)
