by Brendan McLaughlin | Sep 11, 2016 | Weekly News
The reason God commands his people to keep from graven images is to ensure God’s people only worship the creator, and not creation. It is wrong for created things such as animals (e.g. the Golden Calf), or humans (e.g. saints) to receive that which only God is worthy...
by Brendan McLaughlin | Sep 4, 2016 | Weekly News
There’s a clever saying that says; ‘God made man in his image. Man then returned the favour’. What this means is that humans like to think God is just like ‘me’; i.e. He has similar morals and beliefs to me, will let into heaven the people I think should be there, and...
by Brendan McLaughlin | Aug 28, 2016 | Weekly News
Our sermon series this term concludes with the famous Decalogue. Yet the role of the 10 Commandments has been widely misunderstood, with many believing they are Israel’s side of the Siniatic Covenant. Yet the Siniatic Covenant is NOT a bilateral (2-way) covenant in...
by Brendan McLaughlin | Aug 21, 2016 | Weekly News
Last week I discussed how God takes baptism seriously. This week I want to look at Communion. In 1 Cor 11:28-30 the Apostle Paul says some of the Corinthians have become sick, and even died, because they were partaking of the Lord’s Supper in an unworthy manner. So...
by Brendan McLaughlin | Aug 14, 2016 | Weekly News
Last week’s sermon included one of the Bible’s most bizarre passages, where God was about to kill Moses, as Moses was on his way back to Egypt (Ex 4:24-26). What is even more bizarre is God’s motive; that Moses hadn’t circumcised his son. What this episode shows is...
by Brendan McLaughlin | Aug 7, 2016 | Weekly News
The Bible says there is nothing humans can do to earn salvation; for justification is by grace alone. But what about after we’ve been saved? Should the Christian life consist of hard work; or are we sanctified (grow in Christian maturity) by grace as well. The answer...
