TOMS Anglican Churches

Adam Taylor speaks on 'The Strength of Weakness - Can Weakness Be Used For Good?' (2 Corinthians 1:1-14) at Morning Church on the 29th of July 2018.

Sermon outline:

• Reacting to troubles and weakness
• God uses our troubles for good
  • Praise God for comforting us so that we can comfort others (v3-7)
  • Praise God that he uses even the greatest troubles for good (v8-11)
• You can boast in a weak apostle (v12-14)
• Can weakness be used for good?
  • In times of trouble

Adam Taylor speaks on 'In the Presence of Greatness - Do You Know the Joy of Knowing God?' (Isaiah 61:1-11) at Morning Church on the 1st of July 2018.

Sermon outline:

• God's agent for change
  • The Spirit-Messiah
  • The Servant-King
  • Jesus
• God's agenda for change
  • A great change
  • A great ministry
  • Is this your experience?
• Fulfilment
  • Self-conscious
  • Of what kind?
• Our agenda for change
  • On the surface
  • Underneath

Adam Taylor speaks on 'In the Presence of Greatness - Do You Know God Isn't Finished Yet?' (Isaiah 56:1-12) at Morning Church on the 24th of June 2018.

Sermon outline:

• A great place to finish
• God desires saved people to be just (v1-2)
• God desires more people to be saved (v3-8)
• Further thinking: Fasting (Isaiah 58)

Adam Taylor speaks on 'In the Presence of Greatness - Come and Find Satisfaction' (Isaiah 55:1-13) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 17th of June 2018.

Sermon outline:

• Come and feast... (v1)
• ...not on empty words (v2a)
• ...but on life giving words (v2b-5)
• Seek the Lord.. (v6)
• ...not through your earthly ways (v7-9)
• ...but through His heavenly words (v10-13)

Adam Taylor speaks on 'In the Presence of Greatness - Do You Know God's Comfort?' (Isaiah 49:1-7, 50:4-11) at Morning Church on the 3rd of June 2018.

Sermon outline:

• A sketch of the Servant (49:1-7, 50:4-11)
  • Vindicated by God, the Super Servant will save the world through suffering, so obey him.
• The Servant calls the world to listen (49:1-4)
• The Servant is commissioned by the Lord (49:5-7)
• The Servant is coached by the Lord (50:4-6)
• The Servant is confident in the Lord (50:7-9)
• The Servant's choice before us (50:10-11)
• Do you know God's comfort?

Adam Taylor speaks on 'Hard Truth About Jesus - Come and Meet Jesus - He Rose From the Dead!' (John 10:14-42) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 6th of May 2018.

Sermon outline:

• I lay down my life, only to take it up again (v14-21)
• The name and privilege Jesus gives to his own (v22-30)
• What will it take for you to believe in Jesus? (v31-39)
• Will you lay down your life, only to have it taken up again (v40-42)

Adam Taylor speaks on 'Hard Truth About Jesus - Are We Really Free?' (John 8) at Morning Church on the 15th of April 2018.

Sermon outline:

• The nature of true faith (v31-32)
• The nature of true slavery (v33-34)
• The nature of true freedom (v35-36)

Adam Taylor speaks on 'Hard Truth About Jesus - If Jesus Was a Good Man, Why Did They Kill Him?' (John 7:1-52) at Morning Church on the 8th of April 2018.

Sermon outline:

• Understand the situation (v1-10)
• Understand who Jesus is (v11-31)
  • Jewish leaders
  • Jesus
  • Crowds and us
• Understand the mission of Jesus (v32-52)
• Your response

Adam Taylor speaks on 'Hard Truth About Jesus - Did Jesus Come Down From Heaven?' (John 6:41-71) at the Morning Church Easter Sunday service on the 1st of April 2018.

Sermon outline:

• April fools...
• Get the name write (2015)
• Son of Joseph or Son of God? (v41-51)
• The Food Machine (1878)
• Carving or craving? (v52-59)
• NOFOOL (2015)
• Grumble or humble (v60-71)

Adam Taylor speaks on 'Hard Truth About Jesus - Who is God's Equal?' (John 5) at Night Church on the 25th of March 2018.

Sermon outline:

• Death denying world — A world longing for life
• Death defying words — A word that restores life (v1-18)
• Death defeating hearing — Crossing from death to life (v19-30)
• Death defining witness — Come fully to He who gives life (v31-47)

Adam Taylor speaks on 'When You Come Together - Isn't Church All About Me?' (1 Corinthians 16) at Morning Church on the 31st of December 2017.

Sermon outline:

• The new me
• It's ________ about me
• Give in keeping with your income (v1-4)
• Carry on the work of the Lord (v5-12)
• Live for Christ and the gospel (v13-14)
• Submit to those who labour in the work of the gospel (v15-18)
• It's all about __________ (v19-24)
• The new me

Adam Taylor speaks on 'When You Come Together - What Do We Need to Remember?' (1 Corinthians 15:1-11) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 3rd of December 2017.

Sermon outline:

• Remember how you became part of this body (v1-2)
• Remember why you can be part of this body (v4-8)
• Remember who makes you part of this body (v3, 9-11)

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)

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

Adam Taylor speaks on 'On Whom Are You Depending? That All the Kingdoms on Earth May Know' (Isaiah 37:8-38) at Morning Church on the 24th of September 2017.

Sermon outline:

• Will you stake your life on the truthfulness of God? (v8-13)
• Is your concern that all the nations may know the one true God? (v14-20)
• God is opposed to the proud... (v21-29)
• ... but he gives grace to the humble (v30-32)
• "I will defend this city and save it, for my sake and for the sake of David my servant!" (v33-35)

Adam Taylor speaks on 'Sacrifice Sunday: What Do You Give the One Who Has Everything?' (Psalm 50) at Morning Church on the 10th of September 2017.

Sermon outline:

• Here is God, the one who has everything (v1-13)
• What do you give the one who has everything? (v14-21)
• Here we are, what will we give? (v22-23, Hebrews 13:15-21)

Adam Taylor speaks on 'On Whom Are You Depending? Finding God in Failure' (Isaiah 33) at Morning Church on the 27th of August 2017.

Sermon outline:

• Fearing the Lord
• Fearing the Lord leads to TRUST (v1-6)
• Fearing the Lord is built on BROKENNESS (v7-12)
• Fearing the Lord brings RENEWAL (v13-24)

Adam Taylor speaks on 'On Whom Are You Depending? Our Only True Hope' (Isaiah 31-32) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 20th of August 2017.

Sermon outline:

• Radical repentance – where idols are cast out (31:1-9)
• Radical reign – where people are found out (32:1-8)
• Radical rethink – where complacency is driven out (32:9-14)
• Radical rest – the Spirit is poured out (32:15-20)

Adam Taylor speaks on 'On Whom Are You Depending? God's Power on God's Terms' (Isaiah 29) at Morning Church on the 6th of August 2017.

Sermon outline:

• What are you doing here?
• Ariel - where is that?
• Why is God dealing with Ariel in judgment?
• How does God astound these people?
• What are you doing here?

Adam Taylor speaks on 'On Whom Are You Depending? Our One Security - God's Sure Foundation' (Isaiah 28) at Morning Church on the 30th of July 2017.

Sermon outline:

• The leaders in the North (Ephraim)
• The leaders in the North (Ephraim) are drunks
• The leaders in the South (Jerusalem)
• The leaders in the South (Jerusalem) are scoffers
• Jesus is the precious cornerstone
• The parable of the farmer
  • God works in history to fulfil his wonderful plan
  • God speaks with magnificent wisdom to teach us the right way
• Where, what, who is your Safety House?