Adam Taylor speaks on 'When You Come Together - Do You Know the Love That Lasts?' (1 Corinthians 12:31-13:13) at Night Church on the 19th of November 2017.

Sermon outline:

• What do you desire? (12:31)
• I am nothing without love (13:1-3)
• Love is a many splendoured thing (13:4-7)
• Love that lasts forever (13:8-13)

Les Henley speaks on 'When You Come Together - Do You Know the Love That Lasts?' (1 Corinthians 12:31-13:13) at Morning Church on the 12th of November 2017.

Sermon outline:

• Recap and introduction
• What do YOU do?
• Love
  • This is not...
  • Nor is it...
  • Nor...
  • This love that Paul is encouraging us to is agape
• A still more excellent way
  • We love because God first loved us (1 John 4:16, 19)
• Putting it together as a part of the body of Christ
  • Jobs and roles – gifts of the Spirit will pass (v8)
  • But love (agape) never fails (v8)

Toby Campbell speaks on 'When You Come Together - Why is Everybody in Church Different?' (1 Corinthians 12:1-30) at Night Church on the 5th of November 2017.

Sermon outline:

• We are one, but we are many
• God given differences
• Purposeful differences
• Complementary differences
• We share a dream, and sing with one voice

Adam Taylor speaks on 'When You Come Together - Why is Everybody in Church Different?' (1 Corinthians 12:1-30) at Morning Church on the 5th of November 2017.

Sermon outline:

• God given differences
• Purposeful differences
• Complementary differences

Kristian Wren speaks on 'Why The Reformation Still Matters - What Difference Does God Make on Monday?' (1 Corinthians 1:26-31, 1 Peter 2:4-10) at Morning Church on the 22nd of October 2017.

Sermon outline:

• It's just another manic Monday
• Vocation: Ordinary ≠ Mediocre
• Good works = a life of service
• It's a new day

Jim South speaks on 'Why The Reformation Still Matters - Why Do We Take the Bread and the Wine?' (Luke 22:14-20, 1 Corinthians 11:17-34) at Morning Church on the 8th of October 2017.

Sermon outline:

• Pre-reformation
  • Transubstantiation
  • The sacrifice of the mass
• Reactions
  • Martin Luther
  • Ulrich Zwingli and the Swiss
  • John Calvin
  • All rejected sacrifice of mass and transubstantiation but with different conclusions
• Pre-reformation foundation
  • Power of ordination
  • Confession and absolution
  • Communion
  • Baptism
• Post reformation approaches to communion
  • Pre-reformation ideas – mechanical acceptance of priestly action
  • Consubstantiation – Christ actually received through bread and wine
  • Symbolistic – Bread and wine simply a reminder of Jesus
  • Calvin/Anglican – bread and wine – strong means of assurance for those with faith

Adam Taylor speaks on 'Defending the Gospel: Life: Defending Sex' (Romans 1:18-27, 1 Corinthians 7:1-9) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 26th of March 2017.

Sermon outline:

• A sexual revolution that continues to evolve
• A sexual revolution that suppresses the truth about God and people (Romans 1:18-27)
• A sexual revolution that liberates the truth about God and people (cf. Genesis 1-2, Romans 1:16-17, 1 Corinthians 6:9-20, Ephesians 5:21-33)
• A sexual counter-revolution: Exploring the implications (1 Corinthians 7:1-9)