October 11, 2020
Communing with God (by the Spirit) - the Holy Spirit joins us to Jesus so that we can receive Gods gracious communication of himself to us, and we can couple that with our own joyful response to him.
May 12, 2019
The world will hate the church and religious people will hate the church. The Holy Spirit's is in us, will guide us and point us to follow Jesus.
April 14, 2019
The Holy Spirit teaches us what Jesus has taught us and remind us and convict us of those truths. With God in us, we are not alone or weak. We have everything we need to go and do Jesus' work.
October 7, 2018
The people of God's Kingdom exist to reflect His glory and it is our character through which God works - our character matters.
October 9, 2016
Following the outbreak of persecution, including the stoning of Stephen (Acts 7), many Christians were scattered from Jerusalem, near and far. It seemed disastrous. Despite this, the gospel of Jesus spread rapidly. Philip, one of Stephen's fellow 'deacons', went to Samaria and proclaimed the gospel with great effect. The Jerusalem church responded by 'enlarging their circle' as they sent Peter and John to confirm the new believers in the Holy Spirit. (Please note, bible study questions relating to the sermon can be accessed by clicking on the paperclip icon, found on the right).
October 2, 2016
Throughout Acts 3-5 we read of the remarkable growth of the Christian church, so clearly empowered by the Spirit of God that many responded with awe. See Acts 4:32-35. But at the beginning of Acts 6 we hear the first discordant threat to the unity of the church: the hellenistic widows are being neglected in the daily distribution of food. The way that the church responds to this problem provides us with some important principles of church leadership and organisation, along with a great example of gospel driven social justice. (Please note, bible study questions relating to the sermon can be accessed by clicking on the paperclip icon, found on the right).
September 25, 2016
The giving of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost launches the mission Jesus gave to his disciples in Acts 1:8. His work in and through every believer, empowering them for their role in the mission, marked the beginning of the last days.' After Peter's sermon, three thousand were saved. But this success is not credited to Peter's skill as a preacher. Rather, salvation is always the work of the Holy Spirit in response to the hearing of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
September 25, 2016
The giving of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost launches the mission Jesus gave to his disciples in Acts 1:8. His work in and through every believer, empowering them for their role in the mission, marked the beginning of the last days. After Peters sermon, three thousand were saved. But this success is not credited to Peters skill as a preacher. Rather, salvation is always the work of the Holy Spirit in response to the hearing of the gospel of Jesus Christ.(Please note, bible study questions relating to the sermon can be accessed by clicking on the paperclip icon, found on the right).
September 13, 2015
This sermon explains the role of the Holy Spirit in animating the Christian life. (Please note, bible study questions relating to the sermon can be accessed by clicking on the paperclip icon, found on the right).