Category: Sermons
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The Church Victorious
Matthew 16:13-18 When Jesus asks the Twelve who they say He is, Peter responds for the group as a whole with a true profession about Christ. Jesus stakes that true profession to the promise of victory for the Church. This message explores the relationship between the meaning and promise of Peter’s profession.
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Communal Christian Living
1 Thessalonians 4:9-12 As Christians, we have a great role to play towards the Church and the world. Paul spells out that Christian calling by setting forth a series of actions which aim at blessing the whole of the community which we live in. This message explores the transformation Christianity brings through living out the…
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Spiritual Mercies for Children
Mark 10:13-16 In ancient society, children were not highly valued which seems to explain in part why the disciples are blocking off their access to Jesus. But Jesus didn’t share that same attitude; instead, He boiled over with anger toward His disciples and demanded that the babies be permitted to be brought unto Him. When…
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God’s Will For Sex
1 Thessalonians 4:3-8 Few passages speak more explicitly about God’s will than this: This is the will of God, your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality (v3). This moral imperative is subsequently reinforced in precept both positively and negatively and then by way of triple warning. In this message the duties and threats are…
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Love and Hope for Zion
Psalm 87 Calvin says that attending to the circumstances of this psalm will in no small degree contribute to a proper understanding its contents. The key to unlocking the circumstances is the word “foundations” (v1) and the focus upon “Zion.” Written to the post-exile generation, this psalm addressed those who were sick in heart due…