Our God reigns!

30Oct09

BIll James said some challenging things in his sermon a couple of weeks ago:
If you truly understood the sovereignty of God you would never worry.
If you truly understood the love of God you would never be lonely.
We need to remember the sovereignty of Christ – not because we have nothing to fear, but because our [...]

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Tags: love, Mark Driscoll, christ, sovereignty of God, anxiety, worries, burden, challenging, lonely

The God who blesses all

05Oct08

God causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous – Matthew 5:45
Bill James did a great sermon on this verse a couple of weeks back at Emmanuel Church and here is my attempt to relay some of the points he made.
The generosity of [...]

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Tags: blessings, Emmanuel, God, grace, Jesus, matthew, prosperity, Richard Dawkins

God’s wake up call to the world

22Jun08

Reading: Amos 4:6 – 5:17
Background: This is a prophesy from about 2,800 years ago but is still relevant for our society today. To put it in context – the Israelites have strayed from God and only have time for him one day a week. Amos sees hypocrites, false teachings, corruption and materialism in Israel. The [...]

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Tags: Amos, complacency, culture, current events, God, Israel, Jesus, Life, society, suffering, World & Culture

We’re old enough to feed ourselves

27Apr08

Today’s service at Westwood was part of their AGM so the sermon was quite focused on the church. The reading was John 1:14, 16-17. Two points from Peter’s sermon in particular stood out for me:
1. We are called without exception to be followers of Jesus. God is always doing new things therefore we should always [...]

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Tags: Isaiah, John, Westwood