TOMS Anglican Churches

Adam Taylor speaks on 'The Holy Who?' (John 3:1-21) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 5th of June 2011. Sermon outline:

• Who is the Holy Spirit?
• What does the Holy Spirit do?
• How does the Holy Spirit operate?

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Adam Taylor speaks on 'On the Cross He Died' (Mark 15:21-41) at the Good Friday Service on the 22nd of April 2011. Sermon outline:

• Famous Last Words
• Abandoned (Ps 22:1-2)
• Mindful of the past (Ps 22:3-5)
• Insane? (Ps 22:6-8)
• Forsaken for the first time (Ps 22:9-21)
• Rescued (Ps 22:22-31)
• Famous LAST WORD

Adam Taylor speaks on 'On Trial' (Mark 15:1-20) at Church in the Park and Church in the Dark on the 17th of April 2011. Sermon outline:

• Galileo on trial
• Jesus on trial
• Trust, follow and serve Jesus as King
• The people at Jesus' trial
  • The religious leaders
  • Pilate
  • The crowd
  • Barabbas

Adam Taylor speaks on 'What's Going to Happen' (Mark 13) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 27th of March 2011. Sermon outline:

• Looking for a sign of a "New World Order" (vv. 1-8)
• Out With the Old (vv. 9-23)
  • (Old - the nation of Israel as the people of God)
  • Israel rejected Jesus and will reject his followers (vv. 9-13)
  • The thing that should not be! Israel reject their Messiah at the cross (v14)
  • God will reject Israel (v15)
• In With the New (vv. 24-31)
  • (New - those in all the world who follow Jesus)
  • The world's sins forgiven (vv 24-25 - Isaiah 13:9-11)
  • Jesus given authority over all the world (v26 - Daniel 7:13)
  • The world missions begins (v27ff)
• Keeping Watch... (vv. 32-37)

Adam Taylor speaks on 'Praying for Power' (Ephesians 3:14-21) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 20th of March 2011. Sermon outline:

• POWER for the asking
• Two POWER-ful Requests
  1. God: Strengthen us with POWER
  2. God: Give us POWER to grasp the limitless love of Christ
• One POWER-ful Purpose
  1. God may fill us with all his fullness
• Two POWER-ful Reasons
  1. God has set these priorities
  2. God our Father welcomes us
• A POWER-ful Perspective
  1. God is the POWER-ful one
  2. To Him be the glory

Adam Taylor speaks on 'United Nations in Christ' (Ephesians 2:11-22) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 6th of March 2011. Sermon outline:

• Remember: The hostility that divides (v11-13)
• Remember: Hostilities cease through Jesus our Peace (v14-18)
• Remember: Jesus unites people as the dwelling place of God (v19-22)
• Remember: A united household in Christ!

Adam Taylor speaks on 'God's Workmanship' (Ephesians 2:1-10) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 27th of February 2011. Sermon outline:

• The walk of the DEAD
• The DEAD made ALIVE
• The walk of the LIVING

Adam Taylor speaks on 'God's Spiritual Guarantee' (Ephesians 1:1-14) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 13th of February 2011. Sermon outline:

• We are secure because of our inclusion (v11-13a)
  • We are included in all the blessings
  • How are we included?
• We are secure because of our invulnerability (v13b)
  • We are invulnerable because we are sealed
  • We are invulnerable because we have received a promise
• We are secure because of our inheritance (v14)
  • Our inheritance is secure because of the Holy Spirit
  • Our inheritance is being possessed by God

Adam Taylor speaks on 'Spiritual Blessings in Christ' (Ephesians 1:1-14) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 6th of February 2011. Sermon outline:

• Who are you?
• Blessed with every spiritual blessing
• Plucked from obscurity
• Rooted in blood
• Together under Christ

Adam Taylor speaks on John 1:14-18 at the Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services on the 24th and 25th of December 2010. Sermon outline:

• God is invisible
• God revealed himself in the Law of Moses
• God became human
• In Jesus we see God
• God wants to be seen and known in His Son
• What is God like?
• God came to give us grace; we must receive it

Adam Taylor speaks on Mark 9-10 at Morning Church and Night Church on the 12th of December 2010. Sermon outline:

• The Kingdom of God
• The Kingdom's King
• The upside-down Kingdom
• Entering the Kingdom
• Greatness in the Kingdom

Adam Taylor speaks on Mark 7:24-8:38 at Morning Church and Night Church on the 5th of December 2010. Sermon outline:

• The joy of the blessing Jesus brings to all people
• Feeding on the blessing Jesus brings to all people
• Do you see clearly the one who brings blessing to all?

Adam Taylor speaks on Mark 4:35-41, 5:1-20, 5:21-43 and 6:1-6 at Morning Church and Night Church on the 21st of November 2010. Sermon outline:

• Scene 1: A violent storm (Mark 4:35-41)
  • Question:
• Scene 2: An uncontrollable man (Mark 5:1-20)
  • Question:
• Scene 3: A life cut short (Mark 5:2-43)
  • Question:
  • Question:
• Scene 4: Back at home (Mark 6:1-6)
  • Question:

A sermon by Adam Taylor at St Tom’s Big Weekend 12. This is the last in a series of four talks on the topic of 'Our Vision'. This talk is entitled '4 Christ' and was delivered on the 31st of October 2010.

All 4 Christ and His glory!

Sermon outline:

• Where we've been so far...
• Where we're going now (Philippians 1:12-21)
• Where we'll finish

A sermon by Adam Taylor at St Tom’s Big Weekend 12. This is the third in a series of four talks on the topic of 'Our Vision'. This talk is entitled 'Outreach and Serve' and was delivered on the 30th of October 2010.

With the result that under God TOMS will be multiplying discipline-making disciples who are:

• pursuing Mature-ity in Christ
• Serve-ing one another in love
• active in Outreach to their communities and beyond

Sermon outline:

• Remember... (Colossians 1:9-14)
• Pursuing Mature-ity in Christ (Colossians 1:28-29, 2:6-7)
• Serve-ing one another in love
• Active in Outreach to their communities and beyond

A sermon by Adam Taylor at St Tom’s Big Weekend 12. This is the second in a series of four talks on the topic of 'Our Vision'. This talk is entitled 'Mature' and was delivered on the 30th of October 2010.

We are prayerfully planning to: Mature people as faithful followers of Jesus, through the Word of God.

Sermon outline:

• God-dependent plans
• We plan to Mature faithful followers of Jesus (Matthew 28:16-19)
• We plan to Mature them through the Word of God (Matthew 28:20)

A sermon by Adam Taylor at St Tom’s Big Weekend 12. This is the first in a series of four talks on the topic of 'Our Vision'. This talk is entitled 'Together' and was delivered on the 29th of October 2010.

We believe: God is calling Together disciples for himself through the gospel of Christ

Sermon outline:

• The God who calls (1 Corinthians 1:9)
• God calls Together disciples (1 Corinthians 1:24-30)
• God calls through the gospel of Christ
• God has called us Together (1 Corinthians 12:4-7, 12, 18-20)

Adam Taylor speaks on Psalm 24 at Morning Church on the 24th of October 2010. Sermon outline:

• God made us (v1-2)
• God meets us (v3-6)
• God saves us (v7-10)

Adam Taylor speaks on Nehemiah 11-12 at Morning Church and Night Church on the 12th of September 2010. Sermon outline:

• The reason for rejoicing
• My reason for joy is...
• The art of rejoicing - music
• The art of rejoicing - don't muffle joy

Adam Taylor speaks on Nehemiah 6:1-7:4 at Morning Church on the 22nd of August 2010. Sermon outline:

• Distract, divert, discredit!
• Distract Nehemiah by attacking his loyalty to the king
• Divert Nehemiah by attacking his loyalty to God
• Discredit Nehemiah by attacking his loyalty to the people
• Fronts to be conscious of