Aug 9 Sermon – Special Testimonials

This particular Sunday was special as 5 people chose to share what God was doing in their life and how they were dealing with life’s issues.
If you have any questions or comments then you can talk to these guys at church
Rob – Renewing the mind
Scripture Romans 12:2
Narina – Spiritual gifts
Scripture Romans 12:4-8
Daniel
Needing God
Scripture Psalms 2:7,8,9
David
Suffering
Scripture [...]

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Aug 2 Sermon James 3:9-12

Summary (apologies for the delay)
James points out to us the glaring inconsistencies between what we say we believe and what we say, and even what we believe. All of this is revealed by a tiny little thing called the tongue

The tongue reveals deep seated inconsistencies in the lives of every person.
The inconsistencies revealed by the [...]

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Sunday 26th Small group questions

This is the abridged version, there will be a copy available on the day.
Week 24: LOVE                                     For Sunday July 26, 2009
John 13:34 A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.
A. How well do we / you follow this command?
B. Is it easy to [...]

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Testimonial Service 9th August

This is a special service to give the opportunity for some of the congregation to share part of their life and how God is working through them while in Korea or from past experiences.  If you would like to participate, we require 5-7 people to share for approximately 5 mins.  All that we require is [...]

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Sermon 12th July James 3:1-2

James 3:1-2
Here in chapter three James calls our attention to the tongue as another example of authentic faith.
First, as believers we should be careful who we follow.

Second, as believers we should be careful of what we teach.
Third, we should be careful that our speech and actions match

1. Before a person can be a teacher, he [...]

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Communion on Sunday July 5

This Sunday, we will be having holy communion so prepare your hearts to receive and remember what the Lord has done for us. See you on Sunday.

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Sermon 28th June – James 2:21-26

James puts the issue of faith at the Christian life and its works, there are no Christians at birth because we must be born again in faith.  There are 2 examples of real faith, Abraham and Rahab (One is the father of faith and the other is a prostitute) which show that faith has nothing [...]

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Sermon 21st June – James 2:14-28

Authentic faith must be followed by deeds because if we claim to have faith, will that save us?  A false claim can be characterised by

being all talk

action-less
compassion-less

all knowledge

relies on orthodoxy
refuses to be taught

James says it takes more than words to show that you have faith – A poor person cannot just say “I’m rich” and [...]

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Sermon 14th June – James 2:8-13

Sin can disorientate us towards God and his law and we find ourselves sometimes on two extremes; for example, either being too lazy or being a workaholic and being super-organised versus being very messy.  The problem is God commands us to love one another and we as Christians feel like we are walking wobbly on [...]

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Sermon 7th June The work of the ministry Acts 17:22-30

The situation (They had a form of religion or an object of worship)
The solution (common ground)
The result
These days, people judge preachers by how much emotional feelings are generated when they listen ie. crying/laughing/elation
Two types of people
l  Epicureans – pursuit of pleasure and the avoidance of pain
l  Stoics – believed that God was there but didn’t [...]

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