Ecclesiastes 3:1-11 — How should a Christian think about time? Our life unfolds as a series of events in linear succession. This movement from beginning to end is inescapable. We are, as it were, bound by time and yet we think about realities outside of time. Why is it that we have a sense of…
Various Texts — One of the beautiful things we see in the Gospels is Jesus’ great compassion. In this sermon, we consider five occasions where Jesus was moved with compassion in the course of His public ministry. We discover that the circumstances that touched His heart, are circumstances we all experience at some point in our…
Matthew 5:43-48 — Of all the things that Jesus calls us to do, loving our enemies is perhaps the hardest! It goes right against our natural desires. We want to repay the evil done to us with evil and not with good! At the same time Jesus gave us this command, He taught us that when…
Luke 6:12 — It is often difficult for us to receive teaching on the subject of prayer and that’s because it’s a part of the Christian life with which we struggle. Many of us know our prayer life is not what it should be, and yet if there is anything we need to do in…
John 3:16 — Giving gifts is a common practice in our culture at Christmas time. In fact it is often the case that no expense is spared when it comes to buying that perfect gift. Where does this custom come from? Many suggestions have been offered over the years, but in truth, giving gifts is the…
Genesis 32 — Jacob was alone, afraid and guilty. The next day he was going to meet the brother he had wronged many years before and he was terrified. Out of the darkness came a man and the two of them struggled until the first light of day. Who was this man? Why had he…
Jonah 3:1-10 — The story of Jonah is one we all know and love, however what many don’t recognise is that it’s not primarily about a man who was swallowed by a fish. Rather, it’s about a wicked city that God was going to destroy. In this short sermon we learn what this city was like…
Matthew 2:1-9, Luke 2:1-20 — Busy. Tired. Too many functions. Too much shopping. This is how we can feel at this time of year and sometimes we miss the point of it all. Even those who love and follow Jesus can get distracted from what Christmas is actually about. In this study Pastor Brendan takes us…
John 12:35-41, Isaiah 6:1-10 — In Part 1 we followed the Apostle John’s lead back into the Old Testament and to Isaiah’s famous vision “in the year that King Uzziah died.” We saw the first of four attributes of the pre-incarnate Christ that are powerfully communicated to us. In Part 2 we consider the next three…
John 12:35-41, Isaiah 6:1-10 — The response to Jesus’ public ministry of proclamation was generally one of unbelief. The people of Judea and Galilee did not believe that He was the Messiah, the Son of God. The Apostle John tells us that this response was in-keeping with what the prophet Isaiah had said some 700…