Read the Bible passage Sermon outline Love’s joy and anguish at ‘Kiah Ridge’ CONTEXT: Love’s joy and anguish at Thessalonica … Paul’s ‘love letter’ defence against deceivers … (‘you know’ … 1:5, 2:1, 2, 4-5, 7-8, 9, 10, 11) 1) Love’s anguish with no news (2:17-20) 2) Love’s disruption to find out news (3:1-5) 3)…
Read the Bible passage Sermon outline An attitude of gratitude Grace and peace (v1) Gospel-shaped gratitude (v2-10) The fruit of the gospel (v3) Gospel assurance (v4) The coming of the gospel (v5a) Gospel imitation (v5b-6) Gospel modeling (v7) The going out of the gospel (v8-9a) Lives transformed by the gospel (v9b-10) Greater gratitude, expressed in…
Read the Bible passage Sermon outline Pomp and ceremony The Conquering King: who triumphs on a donkey (12-19) The Conquering King: who gives life through death (20-26) The Conquering King: who conquers through a cross (27-36) “We died before we came here”
Read the Bible passage Sermon outline What do you give the person who has (given you) everything? Mary’s grace-soaked gift (v. 1-3) Judas’ self-soaked piety (v. 4-6) Jesus’ cross-soaked priority (v. 7-8) Lazarus’ Jesus-soaked witness (v. 9-11) Giving as receivers
Read the Bible passage Sermon outline Learning to live die well Life and death in John 11 Jesus meets anxious news: a puzzling reaction (v. 1-16) Jesus meets Martha: the resurrection and the life (v. 17-27) Jesus meets Mary: the God who weeps (v. 28-37) Jesus meets the Dead Man: the Word who speaks life (v.…
Read the Bible passage Sermon outline Did Jesus actually exist? Josephus (Jewish Pharisee), c. AD90, Antiquities “ … a man named James, the brother of Jesus who was called the Christ” Tacitus (Roman Historian), c. AD110, Annals of Imperial Rome “ … Nero fastened the guilt and inflicted the most exquisite tortures on a class…
Read the Bible passage Sermon outline Order of Service Item Hallelujah! What a Saviour Reading Isaiah 53:4-6 Song How Deep the Father’s Love for Us Reading Matthew 26:1-30 Prayer & Silence Song My Song is Love Unknown v. 1 – 3 Reading Mathew 26:31-56 Prayer & Silence Song My Song is Love Unknown v. 4-6…
Read the Bible passage Sermon outline Another festival, another stoning… (John 10:22-39) A charged question Those who don’t believe Those who do believe The calm before the storm (John 10:40-42) Being lead by the Good Shepherd
Read the Bible passage Sermon outline Shepherds & Sheep Jesus the Good Shepherd A shepherd who… – Knows us – Cares for us – Calls us – Dies for us Jesus the Gate A Mixed Response
Read the Bible passage Sermon outline Ignorance comes in different forms Ignorance about Jesus? 1. An amazing Miracle (v1-7) 2. What does the miracle ‘Signify’ ? Blindness and sin (v1, 34) Spiritual implications When the blind man sees… 3. Responding to the light a) The parents b) The Pharisees c) The blind man The enlightened…