Read the text – Isaiah 50:4-51:16, Isaiah 52:7-10
For the sermon series, ‘Will God help is People?’, we have been discussing what Isaiah says on Christian Hardship. Ken Noakes reminds us that Jesus knows our pain. His arms are a picture of suffering, yet with those arms he will gather in the nations, break the chains of the oppressor, and gently comfort all who come to him.
Read the text – Isaiah 49:1-26
For the sermon series, ‘Will God help is People?’, we have been discussing what Isaiah says on Christian Hardship, but did Jesus himself find hardship? Ken Noakes tells us that God’s global salvation comes through the suffering servant—Jesus, the true Israel—who speaks with divine authority, endures rejection, and brings light not just to God’s people, but to the ends of the earth. We need to see the goodness and power of Jesus as the one who speaks God’s word like a sharpened sword (Rev 1), who is a covenant between God and people, and who suffers as he brings salvation to the world.
Read the text – Psalm 139; Deuteronomy 30:11-20; Isaiah 65:17-25; Romans 14:1-9
God ends life. God is the author and sustainer of life – from conception to eternity. How does the Christian person live by his timing and determination until he brings you home. In this Bible Talk, Ken Noakes aims to help us think Christianly (Biblically) about the value of life under God’s hand when it comes to dying and death – especially as we live in a world where life can be quietly ended or painlessly prolonged. Our topic: Thinking Christianly about Euthanasia.
Read the text – 1 Peter 5:1-14
In this sermon series, ‘Stand Fast’, we dive into the realities of suffering and Christianity. This sermon, Ken Noakes will discuss the motivation we have for suffering well as Christians, and that the glory of God is worth what we have to face in life. Spoken at LMAP Glenbrook, the evening gathering, the final sermon of ‘Stand Fast’ is a call to hope and perseverance in the face of suffering.
Read the text – 1 Peter 4:1-19
Following on from ‘in Suffering’ of this sermon series, Nick Lindeback talks on what it means to Stand Fast in God through the suffering. We now go through 1 Peter 4.1-19, where we are called be alert and weather our suffering well, for from suffering, God brings glory.
Read the text – 1 Peter 3:8-22
Suffering is an unfortunate but common fact of life. And as Christians, we will at one point in our lives be confronted with suffering for our faith. In this sermon in the series ‘Stand Fast’, spoken at LMAP Glenbrook evening service, Nick Lindeback encourages use to fearlessly proclaim Christ, even with the prospect of the suffering that comes with it.
Read the text – 1 Peter 2:11-3:7
In this sermon of the ‘Stand Fast’ sermon series, David Swan speaks on the place of Christians in Society. He looks at the importance of living good lives in the face of persecution, with the goal of saving others as well as glorifying God.
Read the text – 1 Peter 1:1-12
God has given Christians a living hope of salvation through Jesus. In this first sermon of the sermon series ‘Stand Fast’, Ken Noakes speaks on 1 Peter 1:1-12, which shows that in a world full of suffering, this hope can fill us with joy even as we suffer in the present.
Read the text – Isaiah 33:2-35:10
The people of Judah face a number of crises from within (their own sin) and without (the alliance of Israel and Syria, the power of Assyria). Who will they trust to rescue them? Themselves? Foreign Nations? or God Almighty?
In this sermon, Dave Swan shows how God, after sending adversity and affliction on his people, will also provide bread and water for the righteous that will not fail. God will provide a highway in the wilderness, enabling the ransomed of the Lord to return to him. In God we have the ultimate provider and sustainer; he is our Rock, our foundation and giver of life.
Read the text – Isaiah 28:1-33:1
The people of Judah face a number of crises from within (their own sin) and without (the alliance of Israel and Syria, the power of Assyria). Who will they trust to rescue them? Themselves? Foreign Nations? or God Almighty?
In this sermon, Ken Noakes shows us how God’s punishes and saves Jerusalem – bringing them back to himself through the bread of adversity and water of affliction. This might not be the meal the people of Israel want, but it’s what they need. And even when his people are unfaithful, he is faithful. God will use both the good and the bad to bring about his plans, so we should trust God, even when things don’t seem good.
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