This text is as well known and overused as Footprints. But it is powerful when understood in the context of God's love for his church.
Sermon Notes – 27 August 2017 – 1 Corinthians 13 – “Love That Lasts”
Sermon Notes – 20 August 2017 – 1 Corinthians 14:1-25 – “Godly, Gifted Gatherings”
Tongues, prophecy, women speaking in meetings. What could go wrong?
Sermon Notes – 6 August 2017 – 1 Corinthians 12:7-27 – “Brilliant Body”
Part 2 of our 5-week series in the Spiritual Gifts from 1 Corinthians.
Sermon Notes – The Call Conference – August 2017
This past weekend, I had the immense privilege of preaching twice at The Call Conference in Pretoria for my good friend Rory Dyer. It was a very special time and I am always so grateful and humbled that people would trust me enough to share at these sorts of things. On Friday night I spoke... Continue Reading →
Sermon Notes – 30 July 2017 – 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 – Naturally Supernatural
Week 1 in our series on Spiritual Gifts and how they are to be used in the church.
Messy Grace Blog – Sanctifying Singleness
A couple of weeks ago, we spoke about Singleness from 1 Corinthians 7 and how the church should do better at discipling singles in a sermon titled "It's Complicated" - Sanctifying Relationship Status. After this sermon, one of our congregants, Gareth Brady, emailed me and shared how he and his wife Robyn wanted to disciple singles in their community, as he... Continue Reading →
Sermon Notes – Messy Grace (1 Corinthians) – Part 20: Participating with Jesus
In week 20 of our study in 1 Corinthians, we have a look at Paul's powerful description of the ordinance of communion. What is this sacred meal? What benefit does it have for believers? How best should we prepare for it and live as a result of it? Messy Grace - Part 20 - Blog... Continue Reading →
Sermon Notes – Messy Grace (1 Corinthians), Part 1: Unstoppable
In week 1 we looked at how the church in Corinth got its start, and how that encourages us today to persevere in the work of making disciples and planting churches.
Sermon Notes – The Good Life, Part IV: Happy and Holy
In this sermon series we are taking time to examine a theology of joy, happiness and contentment in the life of the Christian. Why does Paul command us to rejoice? What are we supposed to rejoice in or about? How can our faith bring about a genuine gladness in God regardless of what we might... Continue Reading →
