This week we are returning to our study of the gospel of Matthew. Having finished the Sermon on the Mount, we now begin Matthew’s detailed account of Jesus’ healing ministry. Jesus’ teaching and healing ministries work together. His miracles demonstrate the power of his gospel. This week we are considering Jesus’ healing of the leper…
We come to Genesis 22 and the story of God’s great test of Abraham’s faith. What God asked of Abraham is the greatest test of faith imaginable. And it seems to work against his promise. Abraham passed that test and God showed his faithfulness through it. We will consider these four points: 1. The great…
We continue in the series of The Heavenly-minded Church. Paul now describes what a heavenly-minded church looks like on the earth. The true heavenly-minded church is not bound together by cultural things, but by the reality of Christ who dwells among us. We will consider what it is that we share together and how we…
We continue in the story of Abraham. We come to Genesis 21 and the fulfillment of God’s promise of a son. This passage describes two responses to this promised child. We will consider how Paul applies this story to the New Testament church in Galatians 4. We will consider these four points; 1. The laughter…
This is the second sermon in the series The Heavenly-minded Church. We are looking at Colossians 3 where Paul gives, what I think is, one of the greatest descriptions of the Christian life in the New Testament. And it follows from that first imperative to Seek the things above where Christ is. Yet this is…