Sermon title: Christ against Dead or Dying Religion. Main Points: Christ Confronts…dead or dying religion. Christ Conquers…it through love, light and mercy. Christ Commands…us to be filled with the Spirit and minister love, light and life.
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Becks from East Africa Update
Our missionaries in East Africa are back for a few months and share about the last few years of ministry and mission. This story is a full of terror and triumph as they share the events that have led them from South Sudan to Uganda.
Phillip Hocking’s Testimony
Phillip shares his moving testimony of how God rescued him from a life of addiction, homelessness and chaos through the simple acts of kindness of God’s people and the unrelenting love of Jesus. This is truly a wonderful story worth hearing.
Song of Songs: Sacred Sex
The Bible celebrate God’s gift of marital love and the joy and pleasure of our sexual lives. Sex is not the pinnacle of human experience. It’s not the only path to fulfilment or meaning. Being married doesn’t cristen you a saint and being a virgin doesn’t get you a better seat in heaven. In this […]
Song of Songs: Part 2
Who is this coming up from the wilderness? Who is has fought evil in the wasteland? Who has achieved victory where we have been defeated? Who has loved with a perfect love? Who has turned the dry and empty wasteland into a door of hope? Who has brought streams of living water to the barren […]
The Song of Songs: part 1
My Beloved: I propose today that the Song of Songs, is first and foremost a song to be sung by those caught mercilessly in the throes of Divine love. The Song’s words, like all scripture are Spirit breathed. They come from the mouth of God and all His words are spirit and life according to […]
Ecclesiastes and the Death of Meaning, God and Self: Part 4
I believe the last chapter of Ecclesiastes moves from the assumptions discussed to a conclusion that must be embraced in order to move through life under the Sun with an eternal perspective. This is the only way to discover true meaning in and among the meaninglessness of life. The Preacher closes with three admonitions: Remember […]
Ecclesiastes and the Death of Meaning, God and Self: Part 3
Wisdom and Relationships: “More bitter than death”…those words capture what only “the heart can know”. The experiences that the heart searches for can be more perilous than the hazards of the mind. The heart is an untamable world, a wild stallion of impulse, desires and demands. It can ascend to great heights and fall to […]
Ecclesiastes and the Death of Meaning, God and Self: Part 2
Wisdom and Religion: When the Preacher says, “Be not rash with your mouth, and let your heart not hurry to utter a word before God.” We are confronted with a command that is immensely important, especially in today’s fragmenting, disintegrating and prodigal religious culture. People are leaving the ‘church’ in alarming numbers and many are doing […]
Ecclesiastes and the Death of Meaning, God and Self: Part 1
Wisdom and meaning: What brings true and lasting meaning in life? This message will challenge you to look below the surface of things and discover what is truly worth living for.