Jesus is the Word of God
Three Talks on Down to Earth Mission (for Student Leaders in Wales)
Down to Earth Saviour (including Matthew 3)
Down to Earth People (1 Peter)
Down to Earth Living (Philippians 2:5-18)
Three Talks on Colossians (for Student Leaders in the South West of England)
What do you picture when you picture God? (Colossians 1:15-23)
What do you picture when you picture Jesus? (Colossians 2:6-19)
What does God picture when He pictures you? (Colossians 2:20-3:11)
Yesterday at King's Church I preached as part of their Big Objections series:
"What sort of God would send good people of other faiths to hell?"
SERMON SCRIPT (much fuller than what I cover in the above video)
And here's me in different settings, tackling different aspects of that question:
Aren't all religions basically the same?
When the Sun of Righteousness rises to banish the darkness, He will have two distinct effects.
To those with an organic connection to Christ, it means warming, life-giving rays.
To those disconnected to Christ, it means their shriveling as the lifeless branches they are - making them fit only for the furnace.
Same Sun, two different effects.
To the believer it is the sunshine of eternal love. To the unbeliever it is the furnace of God's righteousness.
Therefore the whole world is summoned to find healing in Christ's wings.
Here's my sermon from Sunday night.
Just before I preached they showed our video: Christmas in Dark Places. That's essentially the theme of the sermon - Christ joins us in our darkness, to bring us His light. He joins our family to bring us into His.
At one point I also refer to WestJet's Christmas video which raises questions about the real spirit of Christmas (and the spirit of consumerism). Listen to hear more...
What is the true spirit of Christmas?
The spirit of Scrooge?
The spirit of Winterfest?
The spirit of Santa? Or
The Spirit of the Christ Child
PS - this sermon was the birth of the Anti-Santy Ranty.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJmhKeiRUSI
Here are three talks given recently for students in the south west. Taken from Colossians, they are shaped around three questions:
1. What do you think of when you think of God?
2. What do you think of when you think of Jesus?
3. What does God think of when He thinks of you?
If you could describe God with one word, what would it be?
If you could attach any adjective to the word God, how would you characterize God?
Maybe loving? Maybe powerful? Maybe holy?
Martin Luther once said that if he had only one adjective, he might choose “SPEAKING”. God is “The Speaking God.” Does that surprise you?...
"The Gospel"From 1 Corinthians 15 (also a baptism service)
Lost the first minute of recording where I talk about the things people do to find themselves: Travel, moving to the country, new hobbies, new diets... but they don't work.
