Yesterday: Only Christians go to Heaven A Christian is promised a place in God's House How to describe heaven? Jesus is in heaven Christians will be in heaven because they…
Introduction We cannot escape recent events (the Hurricane in America) Is this an act of God or an act of man? God is in full control of nature In some…
Introduction A very important and informative parable cf 19:30 'Many who are first will be last' and 20:16 'the last will be first' Cryptic words and difficult to understand We…
Introduction Concentrating on v14-21 Calvin's Institutes: A knowledge of God A knowledge of ourselves The Scriptures are about Christ/God - this is our first priority Then incidentally about ourselves The…
Introduction The word may appeal to 'big picture' people Everything we see in this letter is on the grandest possible scale Is the greatest mission of the church to see…
There is something in this passage that everybody wants v16 - "we do not lose heart" When bad things are happening to me - I do not lose heart The…
Introduction The subject of forgiveness Examples A potentially painful and sensitive subject Example A liberating and very joyful subject Knowing that God has had such mercy and love towards us…
It can be easy to get lost in the details of the Old Testament Examples It is good to look at the Bible in detail Sometimes we can miss the…
Introduction READING & PRAYER Coming to the fourth discourse (there are five discourses) Parable is in the context of v1-14 A recurrent theme: We must become as little children (v3,…