I Am…I Said, by Neil Diamond
But I got an emptiness deep inside And I've tried, but it won't let me go And I'm not a man who likes to swear But I never cared for the sound of being alone
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May 8, 2019
Seeing Faith: Apart from the Law (Romans 4:13-25)
Hi Everyone Last Sunday I had the privilege of teaching the flock in our Romans series: Seeing Faith: Apart from the Law (Romans 4:13-25). Audio is here, sermon notes below. Enjoy! Well, we’ve been trudging hard through this heavy book the past couple of months. But this is what we need to do, because the book of Romans is a foundational document of our faith. The Apostle Paul went to great lengths to ensure that there were no grey areas with respect to how the judgement, the mercy, and also the grace of God are all meted out. Therefore, it deserves the respect of being examined properly. So, we zoom into each nook and cranny. We dissect its’ form and function. We x-ray and scan the parts we can’t see. And we do all this so that we can be sure we get it right – because, if we get Romans wrong, we may get our salvation wrong. And if we get our salvation wrong, well, we get our eternity wrong, don’t we? So, what have we learnt so far in this sermon series? Well, that everyone knows who God is (God doesn’t believe in atheists) The immoral person is rejected by God, and given over to his pleasures The moral person is rejected by God, because he is a hypocrite and can’t keep the law himself The religious person is rejected by God, as God cares more for the heart than outward appearances We all fall into one of those categories, so everyone has sinned and fallen short of His standards Reconciling with God involves believing through faith that Christ paid the penalty for us And last week we read that the Apostle Paul uses the example of Abraham – who was considered the founding father of the Jewish faith -…
May 6, 2019
Gone Fishin’ April 2019 Newsletter
You don’t need a crucified and risen Saviour, if you can achieve perfection all by yourself. Take God out of the equation, and bingo, look how much you can do! Look how good you can be! You’re not that bad after all! Look how much guilt of the past you can cancel out!
April 17, 2019
Gone Fishin’ March 2019 Newsletter
The Christian is a strange fish indeed. As the Psalmist says, God gave Christians a law to follow, just like everyone else. But when we fail to keep it 100%, God still loves, forgives, and calls us blessed. How does that work? Aren’t statutes there to keep us in line, and punish us?
March 11, 2019
Gone Fishin’ February 2019 Newsletter
Sin is missing the mark. It is falling short of God’s perfect standard. No matter how much we try, we fall short of those standards. In summary, we can’t love God enough, and we can’t love our neighbour enough.
March 4, 2019
Gone Fishin’ December 2018 Newsletter
This month we celebrate the day hope finally came to this world! The world despised God, but He sent His Son anyway. Not because we deserved His kindness, or His gratitude. Not because we are anything special. Not because we did anything special to warrant such compassion. No, God sent His Son because of one reason: He loved us.
December 12, 2018
Gone Fishin’ November 2018 Newsletter
I would never say boo to a goose. In fact, I got out of my way not to be noticed, or stand out.But I force myself to do evangelism. I get very nervous - it doesn’t come naturally to me. But the dread of seeing people that will not inherit eternal life motivates me to do it.
December 5, 2018
Gone Fishin’ October 2018 Newsletter
There is only one reason the world say we Christians are idiots for believing in a higher being, and here it is: If there was a God, they would have to be accountable to someone for their actions. That would mean giving up doing the wicked things they enjoy so much – lying, stealing, fornicating, blaspheming, coveting, etc.
December 5, 2018
Gone Fishin’ September 2018 Newsletter
I asked him exactly how good he needed to be to make it to heaven. According to Jordan, all he needed to do was to treat people nicely, and try to do what was right.
September 12, 2018
Gone Fishin’ August 2018 Newsletter
I felt much better knowing that instead of trying to win an argument, I had instead planted a Gospel seed. Will it produce a harvest for the Kingdom? Only God knows – that part is out of my hands.
August 16, 2018