It was not only the persecutors who made trouble in Thessalonica, but also false teachers. Here the Apostle Paul points out their errors and corrects their false teaching. Paul encourages them to hold to his orthodox teaching, and not be deceived.
Read the text – 2 Thessalonians 1:1-12
In Thessalonica, the church is being battered and bruised… how should they respond? Paul writes 1 and 2 Thessalonians to encourage the church to stand firm in the good news of Jesus. Today, the world remains full of uncertainties and hostile to the presence of the church. What can we learn? We can be challenged to likewise stand firm as we await Jesus’ return.
This sermon investigates the motive and manner behind Paul’s – and what should be ours – work as a gospel messenger. Sharing the gospel for God’s glory – not our own – and sharing it like a mother, a father and a herald.
Read the text – 1 Thessalonians 2:1-20
The Letter to the Romans is a rich treasure trove for an Christian. In this talk we come to the end of the letter. Good theology has been put into practice. So to close the letter, the Apostle Paul wants the church in Rome (and by extension, Christians to today) to be ministers of Christ Jesus – in prayer, in partnership, in proclaiming the gospel where it is not known.
Christians have ever reason to boldly live out the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Read the Bible text – Romans 15:13-16:27
Watch this talk – here
– Dave Swan
How good it would be to have 20/20 vision? So many opportunities open up to you when you can see with clarity. Colossians helps the Christians person to see clearly. And as Colossians is written to a church, the gathering of disciples, it helps to set our sights on what we might be able to do in ministry and mission for the cause of the gospel. The core business of an assembled group of Christians is to fulfil the commission which our Lord gave us – to go out and make disciples.
Read the Bible text – Colossians 1:15-2:7
Watch the Video – here
‘Faith’ is the Christian calling. And one could ask: ‘How do I know my faith is real?’ or ‘Does doubt mean I have a shallow faith?’. Yet, you don’t need to be Christian to have questions about ‘faith’: ‘How do I get faith?’ or ‘What does faith achieve?’.
This talk, the second in a series on ‘Faith’, looks how faith comes to a person.
Read the Bible Text – Hebrews 11:1-39 Joshua 2:1-24
Talk Outline – Hebrews 11 and Acts 10
– Ken Noakes
Sermon series on ‘Reaching The Ends Of The Earth’.
Sermon by Ken Noakes on ‘Holy Spirit Mission’ from Acts 13:4-52 – video or audio – here
Read the Bible text: http://bit.ly/2jDvqz6
Full Text and Workings for this Sermon – Acts 13:4-52
Download the English Support Document: http://bit.ly/2jDCYlp
On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, a Partridge in a Pear Tree.
Now seriously, what good is that? Everyone knows that turkey goes much better than partridge for Christmas dinner!
On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, 2 Turtle Doves…
Now come on, if a Partridge is no use, then there is no chance two turtle doves will make the grade!
On the third day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, 3 French Hens…
Okay, now we’re getting somewhere – at least you can eat chicken – shame it has to be French!
Colonel Robert Torrens (1780 – 1864)
An army officer, an economist, media owner (The Globe newspaper) and served politically in the House of Commons (in London) from 1826 to 1835. More importantly he was a Christian.
Captain Charles Sturt (1795-1869)
South Australia is unique in Australia’s history as the only state settled by a group of Christians not aligned to the Church of England! It was settled by a group of Christians often called the Dissenters who held the founding principle that there should be no state aid offered to any religious group (to avoid Christianity being controlled by the State).
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