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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...