Sermons

Sermons

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Unity and Diversity in the Body

27 January 2019 Text:  1 Corinthians 12:12-31a Well, as I mentioned earlier, it’s good to be back, after a relaxing break. The only negative for me was that on Monday, just as I was preparing to return, I came down with a summer cold – and then lost my voice for a few days! Thankfully, it’s back today – and I hope will last for the rest of this service! While I was on…

Love is..

3 February 2019 Text:  1 Corinthians 13:1-13   Introduce symbol of a heart.    I’d like to begin by recapping last week’s message We’ve been reading Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians Image of the body Like the convoy in the TDU There are much more than bicycles to make a Tour Down Under! Each of the support vehicles, doctors, police, officials, and so on are an…

Resurrection Life!

17 February 2019 Text:  1 Corinthians 15:12-20 This is our last week working through Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians. We’ve talked about unity in diversity – we are one body with many gifts. We’ve talked about agape love, modelled by Jesus. And we’ve talked about the Good News! Today, as you might have guessed, we’re talking about resurrection life. Next week:…

Good News!

10 February 2019 Text:  1 Corinthians 15:1-11 We’ve been reading Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians We had the image of the body of Christ – with many parts – Each with their own unique role, with their own unique gifts .  Every one of those gifts, a gift of the Spirit – not for the good of the individual – but for the good of the whole body. Last week was all…