St Thomas’ Anglican Church, Cranebrook

A sermon on 2 Corinthians 4:7-5:10 by Michael Gange at Morning Church and Night Church on the 16th of August 2009.

Sermon outline:

1. God’s power is made obvious through human weakness (4:7)
   • It’s always been this way:
     • Moses
     • Paul
     • Jesus
   • ‘Weak’ does not mean ‘useless’
2. God’s power is made obvious through deliverance from hardship (4:8-9)
   • It has to be this way (4:10-11)
   • ‘Impressive’ does not mean ‘effective’
3. Persevere by valuing:
   • The spiritual over the physical (4:16)
   • The future over the present (4:17)
   • The invisible over the visible (4:18)

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A Sermon on Acts 15 by Michael Gange at Morning Church and Night Church on the 24th of May 2009.

Sermon outline:

• Intro - The World Wide Church
• The “Gospel plus” attitude (15:1)
• Three Speeches
  • Peter (15:7-11) Do not reject what God has accepted
  • Paul (15:12) We have seen God do it
  • James (15:13-21) It’s always been the plan
• “Gospel plus” should be “Gospel minus” (15:22-29)

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A Sermon on Genesis 4:1-26 by Michael Gange at Morning Church and Night Church on the 15th of March 2009.

Sermon Outline:

• Intro - Optimist or Pessimist
• Sin has entered the world (Genesis 3)
• Sin continues in Cain (4:1-8)
• Sin continues in following generations (4:23-11:9)
• We are like Cain
• Judgement and Grace = Commitment (4:9-16)
• Judgement and Gracae = The Cross (4:25-26)
• Call on the Lord

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A Sermon on John 3:16-18 and 31-36 by Michael Gange at Morning Church and Night Church on the 4th of January 2009.

Sermon Outline:

• Intro - Bad habits
• I believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary.
• I believe in Jesus Christ
  • Jesus is God
  • Jesus is man
• I believe Jesus is God’s only Son
  • A unique relationship
  • The Son makes the Father known
• I believe Jesus is born of the Holy Spirit and the virgin Mary
  • From God apart from man
  • A new beginning
• A new beginning for all

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A Sermon on Romans 3:19-31 by Michael Gange at Morning Church and Night Church on the 16th of November 2008.

Sermon Outline:

• Intro - Martin Luther
• We can’t do the law (v20)
• Justification apart from works (v21-22)
• Salvation - achieved and received
• Faith is…
• Faith means:
  • No boasting
  • Equality
  • New obedience

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A Sermon on 1 Timothy 5:1-6:2 by Michael Gange at Morning Church and Night Church on the 5th of October 2008.

Sermon Outline:

• Churches have problems
• The way to treat people (v1-2)
• Potential Problem 1 - Misuse of church resources
• Relatives are to look after their own family members (v3-4, 8, 16)
• Have a system of checks (v9-10)
• Encourage alternative arrangements (v11-15)
• Potential Problem 2 - Faithful leaders not being respected
• Pay your leaders (v17-18)
• Protect leaders from false accusation (v19-21)
• Potential Problem 3 - The appointment of unsuitable leaders
• Choose carefully with testing (v22-24)
• Potential Problem 4 - Bosses taken advantage of (6:1-2)
• Work hard and serve willingly

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A Sermon on Isaiah 7:1-17 by Michael Gange at Morning Church and Night Church on the 10th of August 2008.

Sermon Outline:

• Politics - Judah under attack (v1-2)
• Ahaz has to choose
• Through Isaiah God calls Ahaz to be faithful (v3-9)
• A remnant will return
• Syria/Ephraim will not succeed
• A sign offered
• Ahaz refuses to listen (v10-12)
• The Lord chooses (v14)
• A new king
• A new sign
• Who will you choose?

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A Sermon on Revelation 20 by Michael Gange at Morning Church and Night Church on the 8th of June 2008.

Sermon Outline:

• Who knows the future?
• The thousand years
• Satan bound (v1-3)
• The Saints reign (v4-6)
• Satan released to be destroyed (v7-10)
• Judgement for all (v11-15)
• Know your future

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A Sermon on Revelation 15:1-16:21 by Michael Gange at Morning Church and Night Church on the 4th of May 2008.

Sermon Outline:

• Unfinished business
• Wrath is coming (15:1)
• Reading Revelation
• Righteous wrath (15:5-8)
• Safe beside the sea (15:2-4)
• Just desserts (16:1-21)
• Will you be beside the sea?

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