Sermon – Kingdom Coming: Fish out of Water! (Matthew 14:1-36)

Read the text – Matthew 14:1-36

In this Bible Talk, Ken Noakes considers some very well-known passages: the beheading of John the Baptist, the feeding of 5000, and Jesus walking on water. In each of these accounts the question we as readers are effectively asked is ‘who do you think Jesus is?’ Herod gave his conclusion, the crowds made their approach, the disciples got a firsthand view of Jesus in action. The question: who sees Jesus as ‘truly… the Son of God’?

Sermon – Kingdom Coming: More than a Prophet (Matthew 11:1-19)

Read the text – Matthew 11:1-19

In this Bible Talk series, we cover a large block of the teaching from Jesus about the coming Kingdom of Heaven – chapters 11 through to 18. There is much to learn about the King and what it will mean for those who live in this kingdom. Knowing about this King and this kingdom is different to living for this King and Kingdom.

In this talk, Dave Swan reacquaints us with the gospel of Matthew as a historical and reliable source of knowing Jesus. And we, along with John the Baptist we ask the question: ‘Are you [Jesus] the one who is to come to save us?’