Seven Deadly Sins – Greed Part 1
One of the audiobooks I listened to last year was the book Affluenza How overconsumption is killing us and how to fight back. Here is how one reviewer summarizes the problem being addressed in this...
Jeremiah 2:1-3:25 Sin and Forgiveness
We live in the age of deconstruction, where long understood concepts and ideas are being redefined and overturned. Marriage, justice, a man, a woman, truth, beauty, goodness, these were all once understood. Two of the...
Seven Deadly Sins – Drunkenness
1 in every 5 NZ adults has a hazardous drinking pattern. ‘Note: ‘Hazardous drinking’ refers to an established alcohol drinking pattern that carries a risk of harming the drinker’s physical or mental health or having...
in Psalms
Psalm 67
I will not be with you at New Year so I would like to preach to you today, my New Year Sermon. We are looking at Psalm 67, what is otherwise known as the missionary...
Seven Deadly Sins – Gluttony
The deadly sin we want to consider today is the sin of gluttony. This comes from the Latin word which means to swallow or gulp down. The idea of there being 7 deadly sins is...
Colossians 2 20-23
Legalism, one of our best dressed but most dangerous sins. It is one of the two paths to hell, one is antinomianism/law breaking; the other is legalism. Our relationship with law is a very uneasy...
in Luke
Luke 24:48-49: Empowered Witnesses
When I say the word witness what comes to mind? Maybe at first it is the Jehovah’s Witnesses. Or maybe you think of evangelism and witnessing. Perhaps you think of the Great Commission and recognize...
Envy- Part 2- Proverbs 24:19-20
The bible often surprises us when it addresses our sin. We often dress it down, underestimate it, and make out that it is a failing of the weak. The Bible exposes each one of us...
in Luke
Luke 24:44-49: Commissioned as Witnesses
Each of the four gospels end with the great commission, and it is reissued again in Acts. 5 times in all we have Christ appearing to His disciples and telling them what to do now...
Envy- Part 1 – Proverbs 23:17-24:2
What is envy? Envy is a sin of the heart. It is strongly associated with the sin of coveting and the tenth commandment, that is illicit longing; as well as jealousy, longing to have what...
in Luke
Luke 24:36-43: Jesus the Firstborn from the Dead
We live in a world that is fixated on the here and now. We live in what Charles Taylor called an Immanent Frame, a view of existence that is cut off from any sense of...
1689 Baptist Confession Chapter 2: Paragraph 3: The Trinity: Part Five
OUTLINE Union Communion INTRODUCTION Today we want to conclude our look at the doctrine of the Trinity. There are many aspects of the doctrine we have not explored. This is indeed one of the deepest...
Elders- Alfie Orr Induction
Apologies- there is no audio available for this sermon Today we have had the privilege of inducting Alfie into the eldership. This is a solemn occasion and has been done publicly with the exchanging...
1689 Baptist Confession Chap. 2: Para. 3: The Trinity: Part Four
OUTLINE The name of the Son The Begotten-ness of the Son The descriptions of the Son INTRODUCTION As we are coming to grips with the confessions teaching on the Trinity, we have had to go...
in Luke
Luke 24:13-35: The Road to Emmaus
OUTLINE The loss of hope The return of hope The response of hope INTRODUCTION I have been thinking a lot about hope lately. In part because of the three funerals that we have recently had,...
Chap. 2: Para: 3: The Trinity: Part Three
OUTLINE Nicea Constantinople INTRODUCTION For those who suffer from technologophobia (the fear of technical terms); or those those who suffer from disconeologophobia (the fear of learning new words); or who have Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia (the fear of...