Introduction The Cost of Christmas Statistics The financial cost, but also stress Christmas can be lonely, especially for the homeless The cost of the first Christmas The Cost to Joseph…
Introduction Starting a new series in Luke The angel spoke to Zacharias The appearance of Angels in the bible is a rare event No angel sent for 500 years The…
Introduction v9-11 Last week we thought of the theology of Christmas Recap Tonight: The Exaltation of Christ A wonderful and important truth Every knee will bow - some with great…
Introduction Church attendance is on the decline The vast majority have no idea of the worship of God Of those that attend, how many are true believers or nominal Christians?…
Introduction Starting a mini-series Looking at v5-8 tonight A common theme: v1-4 – be lowly and humble v5-8 – the model of humility (the Lord Jesus Christ) Explanation Looking at…
Introduction v19-21 Days of rejoicing - a baptism and a wedding My heart wants to continue in the theme of rejoicing Compelled to preach on v19-21 Not an easy text…
Introduction The Servant King Disunity amongst the disciples - Jesus said the need to be united, to serve one another When we put others first, there is a strong bond…
Introduction Welcome 'Do you want to be made well?' This might seem a silly question When the man obeyed Jesus' word he was made well Example of stripping wallpaper to…
Context Naomi has been stirred (v6) She heard God afresh We see the effect that a restored Christian has on her family Naomi is preparing to return back to Bethlehem…
Introduction A great book Consider Naomi this morning and Orpah and Ruth this evening Speaking to 'saints' (believers) in the morning and sinners (unbelievers) in the evening A backslidden Christian…