Category: Sermon
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Endurance and Grace: Lessons for Gospel Ministry (2 Timothy 2)
Introduction: Passing the Baton As the metaphorical page turns from Chapter One, where we have remembered the call to rekindle Gospel boldness, the blessing of gospel friendship, into Chapter 2, we see a great change in the thrust of Paul’s writing here. Timothy has been encouraged to rekindle the flame of his faith, stand firm…
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The Path to Glory: Jesus’ Journey to Jerusalem (Mark 10:32-45)
We are at this pinnacle moment in Mark’s account of the ministry and life of Jesus. Things have been building steadily for ten chapters as Mark sets us towards Jerusalem. This account has been building steadily towards something Gospel is moving towards something, and for ten chapters, we have been on the road slowly moving…
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Seeds and the Saviour (Mark 4:1-20)
I am so thankful for my childhood; I am grateful that it was filled with beautiful memories with my wonderful family over the years. We lived a simple life. I went to school 10 minutes down the road, and every afternoon, I was picked up by either my Granny or Granda, as they took us…
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The Beauty of Worship (1 Kings 8:12-21)
Last week, we considered the beginning of the pinnacle moment in the history of the nation of Israel. The people who were once stateless and enslaved to a world superpower had finally established their Kingdom as promised by God. Here they are after years of wandering in the wilderness, decades of lawlessness and anarchy in…
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The Wisdom of Worship: The Ark, the Temple, and the Joy of God’s Presence (1 Kings 81:-11)
Introduction It seems that one day, King David was sitting in the comfort and beauty of his Palace, surrounded by the splendour of Jerusalem, protected by her walls; it suddenly dawned on the King that while he was sitting in the splendour and comfort of his palace, the Ark of the Covenant – that Symbolised…
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Wisdom rooted in True Worship (1 Kings 2 3:3-14)
Introduction | Change is Coming There will come a point in our lives, or in the life of something we are part of, something we belong to, when everything will change. All that was beautiful about the familiarity, routine, and consistency of that space will, at some point, be confronted by change. Everything changes; we…
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Atr Irwin 