TOMS Anglican Churches

Adam Taylor speaks on 'Wholly Serving the Holy God - Our God Who is Pure' (Leviticus 16:1-10, 29-34) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 23rd of March 2014.

Sermon outline:

• Lady Macbeth - Unclean
• Unclean - Clean
• Good News - Bad News
• Day of Atonement - Then
• Day of Atonement - Now
• Bad News - Good News

Adam Taylor speaks on 'Wholly Serving the Holy God - Set Apart by God' (Leviticus 1:1-9) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 16th of March 2014.

Sermon outline:

• Leviticus, the book of...
• Required offerings (ch 1-7)
• Inability of the priests (ch 8-10)
• Ability of Christ

Adam Taylor speaks on 'Getting it Right With God... the Response it Requires! - Mission Possible' (Romans 15:14-33) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 2nd of March 2014.

Sermon outline:

• Where do you fit in the mission of God?
• Paul and the Romans (v14-16) - Discipling
• Paul and the Gentile world (v16-21) - Making disciples
• Paul and the future (v22-33) - Together making disciples

Adam Taylor speaks on 'Getting it Right With God... the Response it Requires! - When "Could" Doesn't Mean "Should"' (Romans 14:1-15:13) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 23rd of February 2014.

Sermon outline:

• Christians have the freedom to differ in opinion (14:1-12)
• Use your freedom for the sake of the Kingdom (14:13-23)
• Use your freedom for the sake of others (15:1-6)
• Use your freedom to show the power of God to unite a family forever under Christ (15:7-13)

Adam Taylor speaks on 'Getting it Right With God... the Response it Requires! - Who Do You Think You Are?' (Romans 12:3-13) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 9th of February 2014.

Sermon outline:

• Are you thinking rightly about yourself? (v3)
• Are you thinking rightly about the Body of Christ? (v4-5)
• Are you thinking rightly about using your gifts? (v6-8)
• Are you thinking rightly about living each day? (v9-13)

Adam Taylor speaks on 'Getting it Right With God... the Response it Requires! - What Does God Expect of You?' (Romans 12:1-2) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 2nd of February 2014.

Sermon outline:

• In light of God’s mercy ...
• ... offer your bodies to God.
• Do not conform to the world ...
• ... be transformed by your new mind ...
• ... then you will be able to discern God’s will.

Adam Taylor speaks on 'What Do You Give the Man Who Has Everything?' (Philippians 2:1-11) at the Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services on the 24th and 25th of December 2013.

Sermon outline:

• Jesus: The one who had everything (v6-7)
• Jesus: Gave it all up in selfless, sacrificial service (v8)
• Jesus: The name above every name (v9-11)
• When will you bow before Jesus? (v11)
• If you have already bowed your knee before Jesus, are you living the attitude of Jesus' purposeful sacrifice?

Adam Taylor speaks on 'Unshakeable! Solid Words in Uncertain Times - Are You Ready for Another Flood?' (Luke 6:43-49) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 15th of December 2013.

Sermon outline:

• Devastating floods
• Foundations for eternity
• Foundations are found in the heart (v43-45)
• Foundations are formed by responding to Jesus' words (v46-49)
• Foundations that last for eternity (the difference between two houses that look the same)
• A final devastating flood

Adam Taylor speaks on 'Jesus Brings Faith to Fight For' (Jude 17-25) at Morning Church on the 1st of December 2013.

Sermon outline:

• A fight worth fighting
• Fight against scoffers
• Fight for the faith by:
• Keeping in the love of God
• Having mercy on those who doubt
• Saving others out of the fire
• Showing mercy with fear
• Fight for the faith Jesus brings!

Adam Taylor speaks on 'Unshakeable! Solid Words in Uncertain Times - Is the World Upside-Down?' (Luke 6:12-26) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 17th of November 2013.

Sermon outline:

1. A distinction between Christians and the world (v12-26)
2. A distinctive perspective on life now (v20-26)
• Poor and rich (v20, 24)
• Hungry and full (v21, 25)
• Weeping and laughing (v21, 25)
• Hated and spoken well of (v22-23, 26)
3. A distinctive perspective on the future

Adam Taylor speaks on 'Unshakeable! Solid Words in Uncertain Times - Are You Ready to Try a New Way?' (Luke 5:33-6:11) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 10th of November 2013.

Sermon outline:

• The Lord of liberty (5:33-39)
• The Lord who liberates (6:1-11)
• In the fields (6:1-5)
• In the synagogue (6:6-11)

Adam Taylor speaks on 'Unshakeable! Solid Words in Uncertain Times - Are You Afraid of Jesus?' (Luke 5:1-32) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 3rd of November 2013.

Sermon outline:

• Are you afraid of Jesus? (v1-11)
• Are you aware Jesus can make you clean? (v12-16)
• Because He has authority to forgive sin (v17-26)
• Are you afraid to follow Him? (v27-32)

Adam Taylor speaks on 'Proverbs: Wisdom4Life' (Proverbs 3:1-12) at Morning Church on the 27th of October 2013.

Sermon outline:

• 3:5 - Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.
• 15:33 - The fear of the Lord is instruction in wisdom, and humility comes before honour.       
• 15:23 - To make an apt answer is a joy to a man, and a word in season, how good it is!           
• 20:1 - Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.   
• 20:7 - The righteous who walks in his integrity — blessed are his children after him!   
• 11:4 - Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.          
• Ephesians 5:15-16, 20-21 - Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, ... giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.

Adam Taylor speaks on 'Jonah: Jonah 3 - A Successful Prophet and the God Who Has Mercy' (Jonah 3) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 13th of October 2013.

Sermon outline:

• New Beginnings
• Part 1 - Jonah goes to Nineveh
• Part 2 - Nineveh repents of evil
• Part 3 - God relents of the disaster
• Part 4

Adam Taylor speaks on 'Zechariah: Promise of Restoration - Some Good News and Some Bad News' (Zechariah 12-13) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 15th of September 2013.

Sermon outline:

• On that day (Zech 12:3-4, 6, 8-9, 11 and 13:1-2, 4)
• Good news: Jerusalem the immovable (12:1-9)
• Bad news: Mourning for the one they pierced (12:10-14)
• Good news: Sins washed away (13:1-6)
• Bad news: The shepherds struck (13:7-9)
• Good news for you?

Adam Taylor speaks on 'Zechariah: Promise of Restoration - A Vision of Two Anointed' (Zechariah 3-4) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 28th of July 2013. Sermon outline:

• God's extraordinary generosity
• God's extraordinary generosity to Israel
• Joshua (3:1-10)
  • A serious problem
  • An astonishing outcome
  • But how?
• Zerubbabel (4:1-14)
  • A serious problem
  • An astonishing outcome
  • But how?
• God's extraordinary generosity to us
  • A serious problem
  • An astonishing outcome
  • But how?

Adam Taylor speaks on 'Getting it Right With God... the Difference it Makes! - The Future of Jew and Gentile' (Romans 11) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 30th of June 2013. Sermon outline:

• Do you take God for granted?
• The mystery...
• The safety switch
• The lessons for us

Adam Taylor speaks on 'Getting it Right With God... the Difference it Makes! - God's Game Plan' (Romans 9:1-29) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 16th of June 2013. Sermon outline:

• God sends His Messiah (v1-5)
• God's true people are so by God's choice [grace, not race] (v6-13)
• God in His merciful sovereign purposes chooses to save some (v14-23)
• God has remained just and faithful to His promises (v24-29)
• Implications
  • The elect people of God
  • The sovereign God

Adam Taylor speaks on 'Getting it Right With God... the Difference it Makes! - You're Under the Influence' (Romans 8:1-17) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 26th of May 2013. Sermon outline:

• What shapes your life?
• Christians are free from condemnation (v1-4)
• Christians have new minds and will have new bodies (v5-11)
• Christians have a glorious future

Adam Taylor speaks on 'Getting it Right With God... the Difference it Makes! - Your Heart Will Cry Out' (Romans 7:7-25) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 19th of May 2013. Sermon outline:

• What a wretched one I am!
• Question 1: Is the law sin? (v7-12)
  • Answer: The law shows sin to be sin. The law itself is good.
• Question 2: Does the law bring death? (v13-23)
  • Answer: No. Sin brings death. Christians will continue to struggle with sin.
• Question 3: Who will deliver me? (v24-25)