Saved by grace.
Galatians Chapter 1 We are saved by grace alone; freedom from being bound by laws/religiosity/ritual. Introduction to series and ‘centred-set’ approach to church life.
Sermons by Dr. David Law
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Accept the Lord’s timing.
Exodus 3:1 – 4:17; Jeremiah 29:10-13. When Moses responded to what he saw, he found himself in the presence of God, heard the voice of God, and experienced a new move of God in his life. God set not only the life Moses in a new direction, but also those who he would lead. Compassion, […]
Moulding culture.
Matthew 5: 13-16. The call to the Old Testament people of God had always been that they were to be those who would represent God’s plan for the whole world. They would be different not for the sake of difference, but that they might reveal God’s plan for the whole world. It’s no surprise that […]
Connecting with God, Unshakeable Holy Spirit: The Spirit equips.
1 Corinthians 12. The Apostle Paul is keen to make sure that the people of God don’t remain uninformed about the gifts of the Holy Spirit through which we are equipped. He sets that out in three distinct, yet intertwined, ways as he shows us: The purpose of the gifts (vs. 1-3): to bring glory […]
Connecting with God, Redeeming Son: Included and loved.
John 4:1-42. The example John uses in this chapter shows us a Samaritan woman who was on the edges of society, pushed out, and vulnerable. That doesn’t matter to Jesus. He sees beyond all of that, to a lost soul who needed to know that she was loved. Without that happening, living the redeemed life […]
Is the waiting over?
Luke 1: 5 – 25, 57 – 80. After more than 500 years of waiting – the first special angel-announced birth – is this the Messiah? In fact the angel announces that this baby will “make ready a people prepared for the Lord”.
Growing to deepen.
1 Thessalonians. Paul had previously visited Thessalonica, but his stay was cut short (see Acts 17:1-9). His letter sought to addresses those things that he had not previously spoken about, but were very much needed. One of Paul’s concerns was that those who had recently come to faith, and discovered their place of belonging within […]
Growing together.
1 and 2 Corinthians. When Paul wrote his 2 letters to the Corinthians, was he correcting (rebooting!) the ways that things were done, or the ways that people thought? We can’t really separate out the two and still read a fully coherent letter. In 1 Corinthians Paul is mostly interested in problem solving to make […]
Living distinctively.
Matthew 5:13-16, John 15, Philippians 2:13-15, 1 Peter 2:11-12, Colossians 4:2,5-6. One of the last things that Jesus said was “Go and make disciples in my name” (Matthew 28:19). So where do we start? How do we go about bringing God-flavours and God-colours to the world? An earlier teaching series helped us to consider where […]
What a friend.
Daniel 2: 17-23; 6:10; Esther 4:16 What a motivation to pray. As we turn our hearts once more towards Pentecost we are reminded that prayer connects us to a God who wants to change the world. If we are to see revival in our town and nation then we need to be investing time in prayer: […]