by Brendan McLaughlin | Feb 16, 2020 | Weekly News
This term we’re looking at the letter of 1 Timothy, in which the Apostle Paul outlines for Timothy (and us) what a healthy church looks like. This series will look at things such as worship (Ch 2), leadership (Ch 3), ministry (Ch 4), social justice (Ch 5) and the...
by Brendan McLaughlin | Feb 9, 2020 | Weekly News
Last week was Vision Sunday, where we look at what we want to focus on for the coming year. For 2020 we want to get serious about revival. We heard that revivals historically grow out of a crisis, such as serious sin infecting the church, apathy among Christians, a...
by Brendan McLaughlin | Feb 2, 2020 | Weekly News
Last week’s bulletin asked us to put a repeating note in our digital calendars to pray for revival every Saturday night. It’s the least we can do towards growing our church both upwardly (in godliness) and outwardly (in number). However, revivals have NEVER begun...
by Brendan McLaughlin | Jan 26, 2020 | Weekly News
Last week’s sermon passage looked at one of the few revivals in the Bible; Nehemiah 8. We heard how God awakened in the people (i) a hunger FOR God’s word, (ii) a response TO God’s word (grieving, joy and conviction), and (iii) a delight IN God’s word. Yet...
by Brendan McLaughlin | Jan 19, 2020 | Weekly News
One of the common charges laid against the current generation is that we lack resilience. New phrases such as ‘snowflake’ (one who ‘melts’ under slight heat) and ‘triggered’ (one who get angry over minor infractions) show we no longer cope with discomfort This stems...
by Brendan McLaughlin | Dec 15, 2019 | Weekly News
Rom 3:21-26 is the climax of Paul’s gospel presentation, which began in Rom 1:1. In Rom 1:17 Paul declared that the gospel reveals ‘the righteousness of God’; a phrase which means that God does what it right. Since then Paul has been outlining how God has always...
