Read the text – Psalm 119.145-176
In the sermon series, ‘Listening to God’, Lower Mountains Anglican Church has explored the ambiguous points of the bible in Christian faith, including the authority of the Word, its historical reliability and its clarity of message. In this final sermon, Ken Noakes will talk on the Bible’s sufficiency in providing us God’s truth and guidance.
Read the text – Psalm 119:121-144
In this sermon, Ken Noakes tackles the controversy of whether the Bible is ‘clear and accessible’ to the world.
Read the text – Psalm 119:97-120
In this sermon of ‘Listening to God’, Ken Noakes tackles the historical validity and implications of the Bible.
Read the text – 2 Timothy 3:16-4:5
In this sermon of ‘Listening to God’, Ken Noakes tackles the historical validity and implications of the Bible as the spoken Word of God. The Bible is the Christian’s starting point in everything.
Jesus’ disciples ask of Jesus: ‘Tell us… what will be the sign of your coming and the end of the age?’ (Mt 24:3). His answer to the first part of the question (his coming) was answered in the rest of Chapter (see last post), the answer to the second part of the question (the end of the age) is found in Matthew 25.
Here are two Bible Talks looking at the whole of Matthew 25. Whilst both start the same way – the content of each looks at the chapter in two parts.
Talk 1 – Matthew 25:1-30. The Parable of the Bridegroom & the 10 Virgins + The Parable of the Master and the 3 Servants.
Read the text – Matthew 25:1-30
Talk 2 – Matthew 25:31-46. The Shepherd King & the Sheep and the Goats.
Read the text – Matthew 25:31-46
What Jesus teaches as recorded in Matthew 25 is not complicated, but it can be very hard to hear. What will the end of the age look like? The answer will involve a division. In these two Bible talks Ken Noakes unpacks this extraordinary chapter – to help us hear what can be very hard to hear.
In this sermon, Ken Noakes tackles Jesus Christ’s words on marriage and divorce. In Matthew chapter 19, Jesus is asked, ‘can someone get divorced for any reason?’ Ken talks about the meaning behind marriage and what it means to get divorced through how Jesus answers this contentious question, which remains relevant to this day.
Read the text – Jude 1-4, 17-25
Jude is a short little letter which packs a punch. It is written to those who know what faith in Jesus is about – and urges them to ‘contend for the faith’ in the face of what are known challenges. This letter is as valuable today as it would have been for those who originally received it and will help equip believers to persevere as we walk in Jesus.
In this sermon, Ken Noakes encourages us to “be in it to win it”, because there is an urgent, pressing need that we fight for our faith. But we aren’t left to our own devices: we have the firm foundation of God’s word, and we have the power of the Holy Trinity behind us, so we can be built up by God’s word, pray in the Holy Spirit, keep in God’s love and wait on the Lord Jesus.
Read the text – Jude 1-16
Jude is a short little letter which packs a punch. It is written to those who know what faith in Jesus is about – and urges them to ‘contend for the faith’ in the face of what are known challenges. This letter is as valuable today as it would have been for those who originally received it and will help equip believers to persevere as we walk in Jesus.
In this sermon, Ken Noakes explains that the call to be Christian comes with challenges, and we need to be ready to walk with God, especially when the challenges are targeted at the faith we profess.
Read the text – Mark 10:32-52
We have many avenues to find the most genuine version of yourself, but in this sermon, Ken Noakes argues that there is only one way to be truly authentic through chapter 10 of Mark.
Read the text – Mark 8:22-9:1
How do we identify ourselves? Is it our looks, hobbies, gender, social standing? In this sermon, Ken Noakes talks on what we use to identify ourselves (and in our individualistic society, there are many different ways we can identify ourselves), and whether it would be better to lose yourself in order to find yourself.
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