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…
Read the Bible passage Sermon outline Who do we think you are? A demon-possessed Samaritan! (v. 48-51) Who do you think you are!? Greater than Abraham? (v. 52-56) Older than Abraham!? (v. 57-58) The fall-out (v. 59) Water, light, truth, and life from the great I Am
Read the Bible passage Sermon outline Truth and freedom Truly free those who remain in the Son’s word (v.31-32) those set free by the Son (v. 33-38) those who belong to God as their Father (v. 39-47) A sobering warning and glorious promise