Sunday’s sermon ‘Listen To My Words’ (Job 32-37) by Ken Noakes is now available: http://bit.ly/1hFgtXd
‘A big danger when suffering is that you stop listening to God’ – Ken Noakes
Category Archives: Ken Noakes
Fear of the LORD
What does it mean to ‘fear the Lord’?
Job 28:28 is the first time Job hears the words of God in this long and heavy book. Job has suffered greatly, more than what most could imagine, and finally God speaks. And he says ‘The fear of the Lord – that is wisdom’. Thanks!
Sermon: ‘Where Is Wisdom?’ (Job 28-31)
Sunday’s sermon ‘Where Is Wisdom?’ (Job 28-31) by Ken Noakes is now available: http://bit.ly/1EgJenJ
‘In suffering, set your gaze away from the answer you may want and towards God whom you should seek.’ – Ken Noakes
‘Why do we seem more concerned by the same sex marriage debate, then the treatment of asylum seekers?’
Good question. And here is a brief answer that by no means considers all the ‘issues’.
Australia’s polices and treatment of asylum seekers is not good (although I can recognise it is not a simple issue). The way that we are handling this humanitarian crisis (in my view) is driven more by protecting our sovereign rights (mostly our level of wealth) than it is driven by compassion for those who are vulnerable – for the myriad of reasons that they are more vulnerable.
Sermon: ‘Squabbling Friends’ (Job 3-27)
Sunday’s sermon ‘Squabbling Friends’ (Job 3-27) by Ken D Noakes is now available: http://bit.ly/1HWO0kX
Sending and Psalm 4
It seems counter cultural to work really hard to call people to Christ, build them in faith, grow a body of believers – only to then send them away!
Over the last few weeks we have done both.
Scaring the hell out of you!
Part 3 on Hell! First we looked at why we should talk about hell. Next we looked at why we don’t. This week let’s consider what hell actually is!
Why even consider this topic? Please read on…
Hell is…
So what is hell?
Hell is not that difficult a concept to grasp – but definitely hard to stomach!
Hell is a place of eternal conscious punishment for the wicked.
Suffering and the Saint
In Job Chapters 1-2 we get to peak in on a conversation between God and Satan.
God: Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.
Satan (my paraphrase): Of course he is going to be blameless and upright – you protect him and his household and you bless him – if you weren’t so protective he would curse you to your face!
What a cynic. It is so easy to think the worse of someone instead of the best! (notably – a pattern we always see in Satan!)
But does he have a point?!
What the Hell!
Welcome to part 2 on Hell! Last week we looked at four reasons why we should talk about hell, so why don’t we?
This week, to continue this rosey topic, let’s consider four reasons why we don’t talk about hell!
1 . People don’t believe in it
When you look at the way our society presents the idea of hell – the idea is often mocked. Several episodes of the Simpsons poke fun. There are businesses which use little devils to market themselves. And the idea of hell is used to promote first world products or services – from ice cream to insurance.
Hell is a toothless idea – in the minds of many.
2. It is objectionable
We don’t talk about hell because it is objectionable. It is not polite, it is affronting.
O Hell!
Welcome to a super rosey edition of the 5pm Update. Let’s talk about Hell!
Over the next few weeks I want to spend some time talking about this unpopular subject.
Why talk about hell, I hear you ask?
