By Des Smith
This Sunday is ‘Bring-a-friend-to-church Sunday’. You may think, ‘Why didn’t I hear about this before? This wasn’t advertised!’ That’s because every Sunday is bring-a-friend-to-church Sunday. Next week’s will be too and the week after that. The fact is, one of the best and easiest ways we can share the gospel with friends and family is simply to invite them to church.
This is not often how we think.
The “pattern” in Judges of God appointing a “judge” to deliver Israel is broken by Abimelek who sets himself up as a king, who rules not for God but for himself – with disastrous consequences for all watch/listen to Des Smith as he uses this story to teach us some lessons for church leadership today.
Preacher: Des Smith
Read the Bible text – Judges 8:29 – 9:21 and Mark 10:35-37, 41-45
English Support Handout – Judges 8:29 – 9:21 and Mark 10:35-27 , 41-45
How do we honour God and how will God respond if we don’t? Des Smith looks at the result of a judge of Israel who fails to “trust and obey” the Lord God.
Preacher: Des Smith
What can we learn about our approach to evangelism in Adelaide today from some grim history that occurred over 2000 years ago in northern Palestine?
Preacher: Des Smith
Read the Bible text – Judges 3:7-31 and 2 Corinthians 4:1-6
English Support Handout – Judges 3:7-31 and 2 Corinthians 4:1-6
What can we learn from the way God deals with a disobedient Israel? The people of Israel had promised faithfulness to God but they repeatedly turned away to the idolatry of the surrounding nations, nations that were there because of their repeated failure to do what God had directed.
Preacher: Des Smith
What does the building of Israel’s great Temple have to do with us today? Listen to Des Smith as he explains why we should reflect on the faithfulness of King David and the people of Israel, as we think about our vision for 2019 and our preparedness to support this as we depend upon God to grow his kingdom.
Preacher: Des Smith
‘Sacrifice is at the heart of the Christian life because sacrifice was at the heart of Jesus’ life. So if we’re going to grow as a church, we’ve got to expect that we will have to sacrifice too.’ – Des Smith
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