4. The Cross reconciles Sinners 2 Corinthians 5.14-21
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The Cross Reconciles Sinners 2 Corinthians 5.14-21
Sermon preached at Christ the King Willetton on 3 March 2013
For those who are a new creation in Christ they have a message and a ministry of reconciliation.
Afraid? 3 Mar 13
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Afraid?
Last Sunday at the 10am service we were asked what stops people in our congregation inviting their friends to church. A variety of answers was given, but the most frequent reply was fear.
Fear of rejection, fear of ridicule, fear of losing friendships and so on. These are good answers. Some fear comes from experience. Some comes from imagination. But fear is not necessarily bad. It may indicate that we are in the right place.
Michael Harvey said that fear is the boundary edge of the kingdom of God. It goes with God’s presence (and forms a nice tension with the comfort of God). Avoiding things that make us afraid is a natural (and often wise) human strategy.
Not everything can be avoided.
3. The Cross Saves Believers 1 Corinthians 1.18 - 2.5
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The Cross Saves Believers 1 Corinthians 1.18 - 2.5
Sermon preached at Christ the King Willetton on 24 February 2013
Why God ignores our suggestions and demands for improving Christianity and saves people through Christ's death.
Would you like to Upsize that? 24 Feb 13
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Would you like to Upsize that?
What will heaven be like? Part of the answer is that we will be with Christ. If that is the case what else would one want. Someone said, whoever has God and everything else has no more than the one who has God only.
That may be a way of thinking about heaven. What about life on earth. Does the same apply? God only, or God and everything else?
Actually it can appear sometimes the other way around when we talk to people who have everything already. Or if not everything, quite a lot. Enough to make them feel comfortable, and not really in need (except, of course, for those niggly things they wish they could afford).
Do they need God? How can we talk to them about God? One of the ways we are tempted to speak is to offer God as an Upsize. Would you like to Upsize your life by adding God to it? Sounds harmless, and even attractive.
Except that God doesn’t do Upsizes.
2. The cross brings Peace Isaiah 53.5-6, 1 Peter 2.24-25
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The cross brings Peace Isaiah 53.5-6, 1 Peter 2.24-25
Sermon preached at Christ the King Willetton on 17 Feb 2013
Bible readings: Isaiah 52.13 - 53.12; 1 Peter 2.24-25
How does it work and what does it mean that Christ bore our sins on the cross so that we could return to the Shepherd?
A bet both ways? 17 Feb 13
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A bet both ways?
The recent discussion of drugs in sport has produced a few surprises. Not least that we were surprised. Well not all of us were surprised. Drugs must have bulked up muscle in some codes of football. How else could men get to look like that – and indeed protect themselves from serious damage?
But another controversy has developed along with performance drugs. That is the rise of gambling advertising. The two issues are not entirely separate. If the players can make so much money out of sport why shouldn’t the spectators. Of course it is not the punter that makes the money out of gambling, it is the bookmakers.
Watching sports events on TV we no longer see the boundary ads telling us which cigarettes to kill ourselves with. Now we are told the websites of corporate gambling dens where we can bet online – even while the match is on.
And at least one News Channel (in prime time family viewing) before the sports report shows a regular ad for one of the big bookies.
So? Is this a bad thing?
1. The cross atones for sins Leviticus 16
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The cross atones for sins Leviticus 16
Sermon preached at Christ the King Willetton on Sunday 10 February 2013
Bible Readings: Leviticus 16, Hebrews 9 and 10, Matthew 3.13-17.
How the Day of Atonement pictures and helps explain the death of Christ, and how the death of Christ helps us come near to God.
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