12. Stand Strong Ephesians 6.10-20
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10. Stand Strong Ephesians 6.10-20
Last sermon preached at Christ the King Willetton on 15 February 2015
Misunderstanding the Struggle; Knowing the Defence; Calling for Back Up
If I could say one more thing... 15 Feb 15
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If I could say one more thing...
It would be that it is the Word of God that changes lives and grows the church. I could tell you this because I have seen it over a long time working in a variety of congregations in six quite diverse dioceses.
But that would be anecdotal evidence. Or perhaps testimony. Notoriously unreliable some would say.
I suppose I came to this belief from two foundations a long time ago. One foundation was my own experience of growing to know Christ. I know I grew as I read and heard the scriptures expounded. The other foundation was the scriptures themselves. They are not merely religious history, or a kind of Christian life manual. They tell us what God has done and said. And it is clear that a great deal of what he has done is a result of what he has said.
By his word he created the heavens and the earth. He spoke to Abraham and made promises which he fulfilled because he had said he would. He spoke through prophets and fulfilled those promises through his Son.
9. Infants or Grown Ups? Ephesians 4.14-16
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9. Infants or Grown Ups? Ephesians 4.14-16
Sermon preached at Christ the King Willetton on 8 February 2105
A church of infants looks like this... And is caused by this... But can grow up by this means... to be ...
If I could say one thing... 8 Feb 15
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If I could say one thing...
It would be a miracle. Preachers can rarely say just one thing. And the older they get the more they have to say and the more they repeat themselves and say the same things over again in different ways, so that you feel as though you have heard the same thing again and again – like a cracked record (do you remember cracked records?).
The one thing to say, about Christian ministry at least, is that it is all about Christ. Paul said, “For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.” (2 Cor 4.5). It is easy, in the church, to highlight many things because there are many important aspects of the Christian life which we share in the church. But all of the important ones depend on Christ. The church itself is Christ – not the organisation or the services, but the body of people who belong to Christ and who meet in his name.
8. Measuring up and Doing Credit to our Calling Ephesians 4.1-13
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8. Measuring up and Doing Credit to our Calling Ephesians 4.1-13
Sermon preached at Christ the King Willetton on 1 February 2015
Relationships with each other; keeping and strengthening and building up the body.
7. Filled with God Ephesians 3.14-21
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7. Filled with God Ephesians 3.14-21
Sermon preached at Christ the King Willetton on 25 January 2015
Prayer for..? Power for ...? And then...? Is it realistic?
Who am I? 1 Feb 15
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Who am I?
The church is obviously a mixing pot of all the different groups of people who live on the face of the earth. Although mixing pot may not be the best way to describe it. “Mixing pot” implies a kind of confused mess, a bit like the youth group game I heard of once where everyone brought a tin of food with the label removed (back in the days when there were removable labels). All these tins were opened and put into a single pot – baked beans, peaches, peas, beetroot, soup, apricots … and that was supper that night!
But each of us values the things that give us our identity. Perhaps it is our ethnic heritage, perhaps something in our family history, maybe our education, or experiences, or gender, where we live, or where we were born. There are many things that go to make up our identity.
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