Sermons
What difference does Jesus make when there is disagreement and conflict? As we return to Acts, the record of what Jesus continued to do through the earliest believers, we see how conflict doesn’t stop Christ’s mission but is an opportunity to glorify God. Outline A Sharp Dispute! (15:36-41) Cutting Compromise? (16:1-5) (Note: the first minute wasn’t recorded during the service and has been re-recorded afterwards.)
It’s been a long time since Jesus died and rose again—is he ever coming back? In this message from 2 Peter 3 we hear the good news that God isn’t slow, but patient—and how this changes everything. Outline The Scoffers (vv1-4) …have forgotten (vv5-10) How then should we live? (vv11-18)
How can we know true or false teachers? In this message from 2 Peter 2, we hear the warning of false teachers and are encouraged to be discerning. Outline A Perennial Problem (vv1-3) God will judge and save (vv4-10) Seeing the Truth (vv10-22)
Can we trust the Bible? Outline Trust the eyewitnesses (vv16-18) Trust God’s Word (vv19-21)
Are you coasting in the Christian life? In this message from 2 Peter, we hear the Apostle urge believers to make every effort to have fruitful faith. Outline Peter’s Last Words (vv1-2, 12-15) Making Every Effort (vv3-11)
At Christmas, we celebrate two sendings of God—the sending of the Son and the Spirit ‘when the set time had fully come’.
What is legalism a problem? Outline What causes false teaching? (vv11-13) What keeps us true to Christ? (vv14-18)
The good news of Jesus brings freedom; freedom to ‘do good to all’. Outline Doing good to the person caught in sin (vv1-5) Doing good to teachers (v6) Do good, without giving up (vv7-10)
How do people change? Outline Led to change (vv16-18) Don’t walk by the Flesh (vv19-21) Walk by the Spirit (vv22-26)
What is true freedom? How do our cultural stories of freedom relate to the freedom Jesus brings? Outline Christ frees from the law (vv1-6) Running true (vv7-12) Christ frees to love (vv13-15)