TOMS Anglican Churches

God is Able to Provide - Exodus 15:22-17:7 (pm)

A sermon on Exodus 15:22-17:7 by Cameron Griffiths at Night Church on the 21st of March 2010. Sermon outline:

• The proverbial road-trip
• The new context of the Israelites
• Episode 1: The bitter waters
• Eposode 2: Hunger in the desert
  • The nature of sin
  • Manna
• Episode 3: Water from the rock
• Psalm 95 and Hebrews 3-4
• Do not harden your heart

Calling God's Man - Exodus 3-4 (pm)

A sermon on Exodus 3-4 by Cameron Griffiths at Night Church on the 21st of February 2010. Sermon outline:

• Knowing Susan
• God remembered
• Put yourself in Moses' sandals
• A sandal-removing event
• God's game plan
• Moses' objections:
  • 1.
  • 2.
• I AM
  • 3.
  • 4.
  • 5.
• Our excuses
• A hurried circumcision
• God's firstborn son

Psalm 139 - The Joy of Being Known

A sermon on Psalm 139 by Cameron Griffiths at Morning Church and Night Church on the 24th of January 2010. Sermon outline:

• Elderly found dead
• "You have searched me and known me"
• "Where can I go from your Spirit?"
• "You formed my inmost parts"
• David's angry outlook
• David's repentant response
• A wonderful message to our world
• A wonderful message to us

Psalm 8 - How Majestic!

A sermon on Psalm 8 by Cameron Griffiths at Morning Church and Night Church on the 27th of December 2009. Sermon outline:

• The world says 'big is beautiful'!
• God's majesty is measured differently
  • The high praise He gets from humble children
  • The high position He has given humble man
• Is that what we see at the moment?
• But we see Jesus...
• How majestic indeed!

Ecclesiastes 4 - How to Survive in the Real World (pm)

A sermon on Ecclesiastes 4 by Cameron Griffiths at Night Church on the 29th of November 2009. Sermon outline:

• Imagine...
• Background to Ecclesiastes
• The rat race
• 1) The dead-beat
• 2) The power-monger
• Better not to have been born!
• Man's envy of neighbour
• 3) The drop-out
• 4) The work-horse
• 5) The has-been
• What is 'better'?
• Jesus' words

Ecclesiastes 2 - Money Doesn't Bring Happiness

A sermon on Ecclesiastes 2 by Cameron Griffiths at Morning Church and Night Church on the 15th of November 2009. Sermon outline:

• James Packer
• Solomon wants to get to the bottom of life
• This is what he does:
  • Laughter and wine (v2-3)
  • Great projects (v4-9)
  • His conclusion (v11)
• How are we to view work, wealth and possessions?
  1. We will be forgotten
  2. We must pass it on to others
  3. It wrecks our lives
  4. We never have enough
• Two things Jesus taught

2 Peter - The Complete Christian: Don't Forget! The Day is Coming - 2 Peter 3

A sermon on 2 Peter 3 by Cameron Griffiths at Morning Church on the 18th of October 2009. Sermon outline:

• The scoffers
• v1-2: Remember the scriptures
• v3-4: The scoffers scoff
• v5-6: But they deliberately forgot
• v8: Don't YOU forget
• Application:
  • Holy living
  • Remember
  • Wait
  • Speak

Pure Sex #3 - Sex Outside Marriage - 1 Corinthians 7

A sermon on 1 Corinthians 7 by Cameron Griffiths at Night Church on the 11th of October 2009. Sermon outline:

• Sexual immorality
• The Corinthians' blasé attitude
• Four reasons sexual immorality is such a big issue
  1. Sexual immorality won't get you to heaven
  2. Sexual immorality is a thing of the past
  3. Sexual immorality is slavery
  4. Your body is not for immorality but for the Lord
• Marry if you must, stay single if you can
• Finding a partner or finding contentedness?
• Four difficult things
  1. Lust
  2. Masturbation
  3. Boundaries
  4. Pornography (OpenDNS, Safe Eyes, Covenant Eyes, X3watch)
• One great thing
  1. Forgiveness

2 Peter - The Complete Christian: Don't Forget! The Day is Coming - 2 Peter 3

A sermon on 2 Peter 3 by Cameron Griffiths at Morning Church on the 18th of October 2009. Sermon outline:

• The scoffers
• v1-2: Remember the scriptures
• v3-4: The scoffers scoff
• v5-6: But they deliberately forgot
• v8: Don't YOU forget
• Application
  • Holy Living
  • Remember
  • Wait
  • Speak

Pure Sex #2 - Sex in Marriage the Way God Designed It - Genesis 2:15-25

A sermon on Genesis 2:15-25 by Cameron Griffiths at Night Church on the 4th of October 2009. Sermon outline:

• Turning to the Designer's purposes
• Genesis 1-3
• Implications
  • It is good
  • It is for procreation
  • It is for uniting
• The great aphrodisiac: trust
• The challenge to serve
• Christ and the church
• The best sex you'll ever get!

Pure Sex #1 - The Deception of the World - Romans 1:18-33

A sermon on Romans 1:18-33 by Cameron Griffiths at Night Church on the 27th of September 2009. Sermon outline:

• Like a Coke bottle in the Kalahari
• Living in a sex-soaked society
  • Our children
  • Our view of marriage
• How did we get here?
  • The sexual revolution of the 60s
  • The Victorian era
  • Four children and their secrets...
• Pascal: "The heart has its reasons which the mind knows nothing of"
• Where are we going to look for our understanding of pure sex?

Who Am I In Christ and Why Am I Here? #7 - The Weak and the Strong - 2 Corinthians 11:21b-12:10

A sermon on 2 Corinthians 11:21b-12:10 by Cameron Griffiths at Morning Church and Night Church on the 13th of September 2009. Sermon outline:

• What are your weaknesses?
  • Paul's predicament
  • The Corinthians' framework of success
• The cross of foolishness and weakness
• Paul plays their game
• Paul dismisses their game
• Paul's lesson
  • A lesson on prayer
  • Cody's deafness
• Learning to be weak

Who Am I In Christ and Why Am I Here? #5 - The Temple of the Living God - 2 Corinthians 6:13-7:1

A sermon on 2 Corinthians 6:13-7:1 by Cameron Griffiths at Morning Church and Night Church on the 30th of August 2009. Sermon outline:

• Holiness
• The Corinthians
• Paul's response: ___________
• How is it we are to be separate?
  • Their problem, ours too
  • The three ways of separating...
  • Three scenarios...
  • Dis-CONNECT09
• Why is it we are to be separate?
  • Since then we have these promises...
• How real is your relationship with God?

Joel - The Coming Day of the Lord: The Valley of Decision - Joel 3

A Sermon on Joel 3 by Cameron Griffiths at Morning Church and Night Church on the 26th of July 2009. Sermon outline:

• "The Old Testament God is a God of anger; the New Testament God is a God of love."
• The story of Judah and Jerusalem's restoration...
• ...amidst judgement
• God defends His people
• Crimes against Judah
• Not the war they were expecting
• Strange love
• The blessings
• The LORD is on your side
• Rock of Ages, cleft for me
• Embarrassed about God's judgement?

Paul: God's Apostle - The Midnight Feast - Acts 16:16-40 (pm)

A Sermon on Acts 16:16-40 by Cameron Griffiths at Night Church on the 31st of May 2009. Sermon outline:

• Annice Smoel
• The gospel comes to Europe
• The power of the gospel, the powers of opposition
• Paul's imprisonment
• God the Rescuer
• The gaoler and his family turn, repent and are baptised
• Aside: infant baptism
• Living with God in control
• Joy

Paul: God's Apostle - Saul of Tarsus - Acts 7:54-8:3

A Sermon on Acts 7:54-8:3 by Cameron Griffiths at Morning Church and Night Church on the 3rd of May 2009. Sermon outline:

• Husband blindness
• Star Trek
• Saul's background
• The rejection of the Holy Spirit
• Dead in sins, alive in Christ
• Learning from the Apostles' example

Jesus and His Friends - What's All This About Unity? - John 17 (Easter Sunday Service)

A Sermon on John 17 by Cameron Griffiths at Morning Church and Night Church on the 12th of April 2009. Sermon outline:

• Is the church divided over our differences?
• God: three in one
• Jesus' three prayers to God
  1. For himself
  2. For his disciples
  3. For us
• Unity
• Unity in...
• Unity that is seen

Jesus and His Friends - Love and Let Love - John 13

A Sermon on John 13 by Cameron Griffiths at Morning Church and Night Church on the 22nd of March 2009. Sermon Outline:

• The upper-room discourse
• Washing the disciples' feet
• Why did Jesus do it?
  1. To display His love
  2. Because He knew who He was and where His eternal home was
  3. As a symbol of spiritual cleansing
  4. As an example to follow
• Is this the way the church is known?
• Do we understand what Peter didn't?

In The Beginning: Sin - Genesis 3:1-13

A Sermon on Genesis 3:1-13 by Cameron Griffiths at Night Church on the 1st of March 2009. Sermon Outline:

• Something is terribly wrong with our world...
• The temptation
  1. God's word is questioned
  2. God's goodness is questioned
  3. God's honesty is questioned
• The consequences
• Our family disease
• Learning about sin...
• The second Adam

In The Beginning: Creation - Genesis 1:3-2:3

A Sermon on Genesis 1:3-2:3 by Cameron Griffiths at Morning Church and Night Church on the 15th of February 2009. There is no outline for this sermon.