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Lets Pray Introduction: Good morning church family! If you have your Bibles let me invite you to open with me to the book of Acts chapter 11. That may be a little surprising to you If you have been attending our church for any length of time. We have been working through the gospel of Mark verse by verse…

Kia ora e te whanau I bring you a combo job of Co-Criest in Charge report and chance to look forward, as well as taking a peek at the gospel reading. And this gospel reading is such an encouragement for where we are as a parish at the moment: Jesus appears to his friends, he proves he really is alive.…

St. Paul was once called Saul of Tarsus, the young man at whose feet were laid the clothes of those who stoned Stephen. Saul gave approval to his being stoned to death for the crime of preaching Christ ( Acts 7:58 ). Once the Pharisee of Pharisees, the blasphemer and the persecutor of the Church ( Phil…

Sunday 26th December

Review From sermon last week, this week, and next week, are ways for us to consider how we might resist our enemy , living courageous holy lives for Christ, who is the victor over our enemies! Last week, we look at a few observations about our enemy and observations about being faithful under attack.…

In a post Brexit COVID 19 world, the catch cries of Freedom of Movement and open borders seems like a distant memory. The allure of globalisation, free trade and almost effortless international travel has been curtailed somewhat. Who you can see, where you can go - those who are in and those who are…

Intro; Throughout this entire message that Jesus is preaching there is one theme that we should have already recognized, “That followers of Christ are to be different than the world!” We are different because we are no longer dead in trespass and sin but have been made alive in Christ! We are different…

Introduce new section from Rev 1:19 rev 1:19 Johns Revelation Dispensations Church age Close up Peaks of Prophecy 1st and second comings not seen as distinct events 6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: And the government shall be upon his shoulder: And his name shall be called Wonderful,…

Introduction This next chapter is a difficult one for me. How are we as Christians to respond to it. Do we celebrate with the Jews? This is a chapter that is exciting for the Jews but what are we to do with it? Esther 9 :1-5 1 In the twelfth month, that is the month of Adar, on the thirteenth day, on…

THE END TIME – Sermon #17 Revelation 6:9-17 Intro : As we continue our journey through the book of Revelation, we are just beginning to deal with the events related to the Tribulation. As we understand it, this period of terror and judgment will not begin until the church has been removed from the world…

INTRODUCTION As we begin the month of October, we are going to look at the men and events that led to the Protestant Reformation on October 31, 1517. To do that we must understand what the pre-reformers and reformers were up against, manly the Roman Catholic Church The Roman Catholic Church controlled…

Good morning and welcome to Dishman Baptist Church. Please take your Bibles and turn in them with me to Ephesians 4 , Ephesians 4 . We are legitimately going to finish this chapter this morning - and what a finish it is gong to be. Paul started this section of Ephesians - the practical portion of the…

Introduction: If you have your Bibles let me invite you to open with me To the book of Acts. We are pausing from our longer journey through the gospel of Mark for a mini series where we are looking at the church at Antioch and reminding ourselves of why we exist as a local church. Last week we looked…

Good morning, Gateway Chapel! Scripture Prayer Intro I think a universal experience in life is walking in a room…looking around, and asking, “Why am I here?” Maybe it happens more when you’re older and you’ve got more things on your mind. I don’t remember that ever happening as a kid, but as we get older…

Good Morning! We are continuing our sermon series 9 Fruit 1 Flavor on the Fruit of the Spirit listed in Gal 5:22-23 . The the Fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience kindness, goodness, FAITHFULNESS. What is faithfulness? Faithfulness speaks of dependability and reliability. . … We sometimes…

Appreciation of the Mystery This pericope is broken into three very specific sections; The Invocation, the petition and the benediction. In these three very specific sections are like a life’s mystery that Paul is revealing to the church in Ephesus. This passage is second of two prayers recorded in Ephesians,…

Why did Jesus come to this world? This is a question that theologians have wrestled with for centuries… (and we are ALL theologians) Why did Jesus step out of Heaven and onto this earth? What was the purpose of the Incarnation? (Go ahead, give me your answers) Jesus answers the question directly: 10…