Sunday’s 9am sermon ‘Made Alive’ (Ephesians 2:1-10) by Ken Noakes is now available: http://bit.ly/1LK3g6X
‘It is to this world; dead, enslaved, condemned and ignorant that God shows his love, mercy, grace and kindness.’ – Ken Noakes
Category Archives: New Testament
Belong or Believe?
Why is it that we belong?
There is a tension often in Christian communities – the tension of wanting more and more people to feel comfortable and welcome so that they may enjoy a sense of belonging to a body which likes to be together. Yet on the other hand, being a people who believe and respond to the Word of God – when at times that Word challenges, or confronts, or asks something of the person which is not that comfortable.
Which comes first? Belonging or Belief?
Sermon: Gospel Pages (Mark 1:14-2:12)
Sunday evening’s sermon ‘Gossip Pages’ (Mark 1:14-2:12) by Bernie Leo is now available: http://bit.ly/1k3eugZ
A Thankful Thanks
It is a helpful to stop every so often and think about what God has been doing around us and for us. There is much to celebrate. Yet, I think I am often thankfully challenged! In other words, I often fail to be thankful for much.
Question: ‘What do you think is the biggest misconception unbelievers have about Jesus?’
How would you answer ?
Humbly, I am not sure I am the one to determine what the biggest misconception may be, but let me offer this thought. I wonder if a key misconception that unbelievers have about Jesus is that he is dead!
Sermon: Headline Act (Mark 1:1-15)
Sunday’s sermon ‘Headline Act’ by Conrad Cabral is now available: http://bit.ly/1L5g6xt
Christian Marriage (Part 5)
To be a Christian is to be someone who recognizes, more sharply and clearly than our world, that the creation story is not the end.
As early as Genesis 4 we are introduced to Lamech who took more than one wife, even the great Abraham had more than one wife and also had concubines.The Old Testament accounts report polygamy but they never hold it up as an example to be imitated. By the end of Genesis we’ve seen adultery, incest, rape, homosexual rape, prostitution – quite a bit more than we really were bargaining on.
The fall has damaged all of our relationships, especially and profoundly the marriage relationship.
Sermon: ‘Marriage: Will It Complete Me?’
‘Marriage: Will It Complete Me?’ by Geoff Lin is now available: http://bit.ly/1KtR10O
Question: What does Ephesians 5:21-33 say about how men should relate to other women who are not their wives?
Thanks for the question.
Your question however is not really answered by the passage. Notice that Ephesians 5:21-33 is using an exclusive relationship to illustrate a point for the whole church. This passage is not saying ‘Women, submit to Men’ or ‘Men, love Women’. It is saying ‘Wives, submit to the husband you have married’ (my paraphrase) or ‘Husbands, love the wife you have married’ (my paraphrase again).
Sermon: Hot Topic – Sexuality: Chance or Choice?
‘Sexuality: Chance Or Choice?’ (Genesis 1:26-28; Ephesians 2:1-10 & 1 Corinthians 6:7-20) by Geoff Lin is now available: http://bit.ly/1KMkmH5
‘No such thing as “straight”; we are all crooked!’ – Geoff Lin
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