Genesis 10:6-11 — As Steve continues our study through the Table of Nations, we come to a very interesting character – a son of Cush named Nimrod. The genealogical sequence is broken for a few verses and we are given some information about this man and his exploits. …What we see in the life of…
Luke 2:25-35 — When Joseph & Mary came to the Temple with the child Jesus they had a fascinating encounter with an elderly man named Simeon. Simeon had been faithfully waiting for Messiah and had received a promise from the Lord that he would see Messiah before his death. When it finally happened in the Temple…
Esther 3:7-15 — Haman, having devised a plan to exterminate the Jews, only had one hurdle to jump over in order to make his plan a reality and that was winning the King’s approval. In this study, Brendan takes us through Haman’s manipulative and persuasive pitch to King Xerxes.
Romans 14:1-12 — Christians everywhere acknowledge the supreme authority of Scripture in all matters of faith and practice. Christians also acknowledge the sufficiency of Scripture, so what then are “matters of conscience?” This is an important question when it comes to understanding our Christian liberty. In this sermon we consider how exactly the Bible applies…
Luke 2:21-24 — Luke records three rituals that Mary & Joseph performed in accordance with the Law of Moses. Jesus was circumcised, Mary was purified and Jesus was presented to the Lord. Are these merely minor historical details? Or is there some deeper significance? …In this sermon we discover how these details lie at the very…
Colossians 2:3 — This is perhaps the greatest text in the Bible about Jesus. All that Paul has said in chapter one about the Person and Work of Christ has been leading up to this incredible claim. This is what the Colossians desperately needed to understand and to acknowledge and so do Christians everywhere! Christ…
Romans 14:1-4 — It is inevitable that when Christians come together in the church there will be differences of opinion over matters of conscience. Wherever the Bible is not prescriptive the Christian has liberty to come to their own conclusions and this is why these differences arise. Thankfully this is not a new phenomenon! The…
I Corinthians 9:1-23 — There were some in the church at Corinth who questioned Paul’s motives. They accused him of ministering only for material gain. In his answer to these accusations, Paul provides us with some powerful lessons concerning the use and surrender of our Christian liberty. He tells us what it means to really…
Esther 3:1-6 — Right from the Garden of Eden, Satan had endeavoured to destroy the Messianic line, the “seed of the woman” who would one day crush his head. …The first two chapters of Esther have set the scene, the opening verses in chapter three reveal yet another episode in Satan’s war against God’s plan…
Proverbs 1:10-19 — With sad regularity we hear reports of young people committing serious crimes in groups. No doubt some instigate these crimes while many others are pressured or drawn into doing things they never planned to do. …In this passage, Solomon addresses this issue directly. He explains how the call to sin comes, the false…