John 7:53-8:11: How Did We Get the New Testament and How Can We Know Its Reliable?
Special thanks to Joe Fleener for preaching today. Joe is the pastor at Rolleston Baptist Church.
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John 6: An Overview
Special thanks to Joe Fleener for preaching today. Joe is the pastor at Rolleston Baptist Church.
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John 1:1-18: The Word Became Flesh
Theme The People Say that Jesus is Elijah …? John’s Introduction to the Gospel Introduction Who do the Jews say that Jesus is? Who do non-Jews say that Jesus is? Who do people today say that Jesus is? Body Who does John say Jesus is? The Word The Greeks The Jews Brief Exegesis Verses 3-14 The Word Became Flesh Conclusion Jesus is Fully God and Fully Man
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Easter Sunday: John 18:1-11: The Arrest of Christ
INTRODUCTION: I had a completely different sermon planned for this one, but in my meditations this week I was drawn to the passage where Jesus is arrested in John 18:1-11. John’s gospel is unique among the four gospels and tends to focus our attention on the glory of Christ as the Son of God. For this reason we see John not lingering on the garden of Gethsemane when Jesus was toiling in His weakness to submit Himself to God’s wrath for our sins. No, instead we see John brushes over that in v1-2, ‘When Jesus had spoken these words, he...
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Christmas Message: John 1:14-18: Have You Seen the Glory?
Introduction: Are you bored of Christmas? Does it seem repetitive to sing the same carols for a month every year? Have you felt your heart grow hardened to the incarnation of Christ? In September this year, I went on a road trip with an English family from church to the outskirts of Nashville, Tennessee to see an eclipse. One of the members of our company had become entirely obsessed with it, so, he went on Nasa’s website and found us GPS coordinates for a carpark where we could view the eclipse with 100% totality. The whole process of the...
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Easter Sunday: The Resurrection Mandate
Thanks to Jeremy Kendall for preaching this afternoon; he is from Shore Baptist in Auckland, and is completing an internship at both Shore Baptist and Bays Baptist. Read John 20 Online
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John 20:19-23: Resurrection Sunday Sermon
Thanks to Ryan Vinten for preaching this afternoon. Ryan is an Associate Pastor at Gracenet Community Church in Wellington. John 20:19-23: Jesus Appears to the Disciples 19 On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” 20 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. 21 Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you....
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John 19:28-30: Good Friday Sermon
Thanks to Ryan Vinten for preaching this afternoon. Ryan is an Associate Pastor at Gracenet Community Church in Wellington. John 19:28-30: The Death of Jesus 28 After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfil the Scripture), “I thirst.” 29 A jar full of sour wine stood there, so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it to his mouth. 30 When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
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John 14:1-11
John 14:1-11 14 “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. 2 In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. 4 And you know the way to where I am going.” 5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can...
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Homosexual Marriage 3: Compassionate Engagement
Outline Compassion Truth Introduction One good thing about the latest homosexual marriage legislation is…. We can now put away politics and get on with Evangelism. The homosexual contingent of society has been pushed into a ghetto around which we have wanted to build a fence, and all of our engagement with them is one of militant legislation and a media shouting match. This has hindered the gospel to an extremely broken and needy people group. I am not happy about the legalisation of homosexual marriage, it is my duty as a Christian to be a prophetic voice that tells...
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