St Thomas’ Anglican Church, Cranebrook

A sermon on Ecclesiastes 2 by Cameron Griffiths at Morning Church and Night Church on the 15th of November 2009.

Sermon outline:

• James Packer
• Solomon wants to get to the bottom of life
• This is what he does:
  • Laughter and wine (v2-3)
  • Great projects (v4-9)
  • His conclusion (v11)
• How are we to view work, wealth and possessions?
  1. We will be forgotten
  2. We must pass it on to others
  3. It wrecks our lives
  4. We never have enough
• Two things Jesus taught

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A sermon on Ecclesiastes 1 by Jim South at Morning Church and Night Church on the 8th of November 2009.

Sermon outline:

• Intro
• Meet “Qohelleth”
• Key Phrases
  • “Vanity” (breath or vapour)
  • Time
  • Value
  • Eternity
• “Under the sun”
  • The Generational Parade
  • The Circle of Life
  • Life Satisfaction
  • Sameness
  • Remembrance
• Conclusion
• Qohelleth - right… so far as he goes

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A sermon on 2 Peter 3 by Cameron Griffiths at Morning Church on the 18th of October 2009.

Sermon outline:

• The scoffers
• v1-2: Remember the scriptures
• v3-4: The scoffers scoff
• v5-6: But they deliberately forgot
• v8: Don’t YOU forget
• Application:
  • Holy living
  • Remember
  • Wait
  • Speak

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A sermon on 1 Corinthians 7 by Cameron Griffiths at Night Church on the 11th of October 2009.

Sermon outline:

• Sexual immorality
• The Corinthians’ blasé attitude
• Four reasons sexual immorality is such a big issue
  1. Sexual immorality won’t get you to heaven
  2. Sexual immorality is a thing of the past
  3. Sexual immorality is slavery
  4. Your body is not for immorality but for the Lord
• Marry if you must, stay single if you can
• Finding a partner or finding contentedness?
• Four difficult things
  1. Lust
  2. Masturbation
  3. Boundaries
  4. Pornography (OpenDNS, Safe Eyes, Covenant Eyes, X3watch)
• One great thing
  1. Forgiveness

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A sermon on 2 Peter 2 by Jim South at Morning Church on the 11th of October 2009.

Sermon outline:

• Intro
• False words
• Awesome words
• Dry and empty words
• Wise words
• Conclusion

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A sermon on 2 Peter 3 by Cameron Griffiths at Morning Church on the 18th of October 2009.

Sermon outline:

• The scoffers
• v1-2: Remember the scriptures
• v3-4: The scoffers scoff
• v5-6: But they deliberately forgot
• v8: Don’t YOU forget
• Application
  • Holy Living
  • Remember
  • Wait
  • Speak

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A sermon on Genesis 2:15-25 by Cameron Griffiths at Night Church on the 4th of October 2009.

Sermon outline:

• Turning to the Designer’s purposes
• Genesis 1-3
• Implications
  • It is good
  • It is for procreation
  • It is for uniting
• The great aphrodisiac: trust
• The challenge to serve
• Christ and the church
• The best sex you’ll ever get!

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A sermon on 2 Peter 1:12-21 and 3:1-4, 15-16 by Les Henley at Morning Church on the 4th of October 2009.

Sermon outline:

• Introduction
  • Looking forward to holidays
• Exhortation to Remember (1:12-21)
  • What the ‘therefore’ is there for – qualities to be reminded of
  • Eyewitness testimony not equal to the testimony of God’s promises
  • Jeremiah 23: 5-6 (Romans 10:4)
  • Micah 5:2
  • Isaiah 7:14
  • Isaiah 49:1-6
  • Psalm 2:7
  • Isaiah 52:13-15
  • Isaiah 53:3-6
  • Jeremiah 31:31-33
• Exhortation to Stand Firm in the Faith (3:1-4)
  • Remember the prophets
  • God’s promise of Jesus’ second coming
• Exhortation to Trust God’s Timing (3:15-16)
  • 3:15 count the patience of our Lord as salvation…

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A sermon on Romans 1:18-33 by Cameron Griffiths at Night Church on the 27th of September 2009.

Sermon outline:

• Like a Coke bottle in the Kalahari
• Living in a sex-soaked society
  • Our children
  • Our view of marriage
• How did we get here?
  • The sexual revolution of the 60s
  • The Victorian era
  • Four children and their secrets…
• Pascal: “The heart has its reasons which the mind knows nothing of”
• Where are we going to look for our understanding of pure sex?

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A sermon on 2 Peter 1:1-11 by Steve Judd at Morning Church on the 27th of September 2009.

Sermon outline:

• Florence Chadwick
• The importance of knowledge
• v1-2: Peter - the servant and apostle
  • Authority
  • He is writing to Christians
  • Grace is a gift from God
• v3-4: God has given us everything we need
  • And our response is…
• v5: For this very reason we should…
  • Goodness
  • Knowledge
  • Self-control
  • Perseverance
  • Godliness
  • Brotherly kindness
  • Love
• v9: A powerful reminder
• How’s your eyesight?
• Be eager
• A reminder and a challenge

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