Tag: Sermon
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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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Exploring the Significance of Rest and Compassion and the Opportunities of Interruption (Mark 630-34)
Introduction Mark’s Gospel is rapid; he wastes no time with unnecessary words or extra details for the main point of each passage and the overarching point of the entire Gospel – The Kingdom of God’s inauguration has begun in the person of Jesus Christ. Make waste no time on detail because he is trying to…
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Seeking the Mind of Christ (Philippians 2:5-11)
What do you think about it? Or what do you think about it? On Average, the scientists will tell us that you will have 60,000 thoughts per day! So think about what you think; think again about all those thoughts that have passed through your head. How many do you remember? How many started there…
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Are You Listening? (1 Samuel 3:1-10)
“Are you listening to me!” How many of us have memories of that ringing in our ears over the years as parents or teachers sought to ensure we were focused on what they might have been saying or teaching us? “Are you listening to Me!” It might have rung even louder in our ears if…
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Atr Irwin 