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David Robinson speaks on 'Jonah: Jonah 4 - A Resentful Prophet and the God Who Loves' (Jonah 4) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 20th of October 2013.

Sermon outline:

• Intro
• The compassionate God
• The callous Jonah
• Learning to share God's compassion

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

Jim South speaks on 'Jonah: Jonah 2 - The God Who Hears' (Jonah 2) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 6th of October 2013.

Sermon outline:

• Intro
• Lost from God
• Jonah - in need of deliverance (v2-6a)
• Disobedience
• Spiritual attack
• Jonah - experiences deliverance (v6b-10)
• Dealing with spiritual depression
• Focus on spiritual truth
• Encouragement to prayer
• Conclusion
• Set free to walk in God's way

David Robinson speaks on 'Jonah: Jonah 1 - God is...' (Jonah 1) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 29th of September 2013.

Sermon outline:

• Intro
  
  v4-5a – Yahweh hurls a wind on the sea, the sailors call to their gods
  v5b-6 – Jonah sleeps. ‘Call to your God’
  v7 – That we might know on whose account
  v8 – The sailors question Jonah
  v9 – ‘I fear’
  v10 – The sailors fear
  v11 – The sailors question Jonah
  v12 – I know that it is on my account
  v13-14 – the sailors strive for land. ‘Call to Yahweh’
  v15-16 – Sailors hurl Jonah onto the sea, sacrifice to Yahweh
• ...the God of heaven 
• ...the God Jonah doesn't really believe in
• ...the God these sailors meet

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?

David Robinson speaks on 'Zechariah: Promise of Restoration - The True and False Shepherds' (Zechariah 10-11) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 1st of September 2013.

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Jim South speaks on 'Zechariah: Promise of Restoration - God Will Rule' (Zechariah 9) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 25th of August 2013.

Sermon outline:

• Intro
• God will intervene in history (v1-8 )
• God's instrument of intervention (v9-10)
• Those for whom He intervenes (v11-17)

On that day the Lord their God will save them, as the flock of His people; for like the jewels of a crown they shall shine on His land. For how great is His goodness and how great His beauty! Grain shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the young women. (Zech 9:16-17) 

Chris Overhall speaks on 'Zechariah: Promise of Restoration - A Call to Fast and a Promise to Bless' (Zechariah 7-8 ) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 18th of August 2013.

Sermon outline:

• A question-and-answer about fasting (Zech 7)
• Implications for us...
• A promised blessing - fast to feast (Zech 8 )
• Implications for us...

Chris Overhall speaks on 'Zechariah: Promise of Restoration - The Branch and Temple Builder' (Zechariah 6:9-15) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 11th of August 2013.

Sermon outline:

• Spot the odd one out
• The action (v9-11)
• The words (v12-13)
• What's the branch all about?
• Zechariah 3:8
• Jeremiah 23:5 and 33:15
• What's the branch going to do?
• Will build the temple (v12)
• Will sit on the throne (v13)
• The meaning (v14)
• The message for us
• Hebrews 4-5 and 7
• 1 Peter 2:1-10

Chris Overhall speaks on 'Zechariah: Promise of Restoration - Sin Departs' (Zechariah 5) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 4th of August 2013.

Sermon outline:

• Life-changing moments
• A flying scroll (v1-3)
• A woman in a basket (v5-11)
• The message for us in 2013

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?

Chris Overhall speaks on 'Zechariah: Promise of Restoration - God Returns and Restores' (Zechariah 1:7-2:13) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 21st of July 2013. Please click here for the additional aid for this sermon. Sermon outline:

• Night visions
• Vision 1: Horses on patrol (1:7-17)
• Vision 2: Four horns and four craftsmen (1:18-21)
• Vision 3: A man with a measuring line (2:1-13)
• Putting the pieces together

Chris Overhall speaks on 'Zechariah: Promise of Restoration - A Call to Return to God' (Zechariah 1:1-6) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 14th of July 2013. Please click here for the additional aid for this sermon. Sermon outline:

• Zechariah who?
• A word of God in real time and space (v1)
• A word of God for a new generation (v2-3)
• A word of God - a warning from the past (v4-6)
• A word of God - for us? The present call to return to the Lord

Jim South speaks on 'Proverbs: Wisdom4Life' (Proverbs 1:1-7, 9:1-18) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 7th of July 2013. Sermon outline:

• Introduction
• What is the 'fear of the LORD'?
• The responsibility of knowledge
• What insights does Proverbs give us as to what a life of wisdom is like?
  • Avoid foolishness
  • About wealth and poverty
  • Planning for the future

Adam Taylor speaks on 'Ruth: Don't Miss Out on the Big One' (Ruth 4) at Morning Church on the 25th of November 2012. Sermon outline:

• NO DEAL!
• The man with no name says NO DEAL
• The man of God says DEAL
• Don't miss out on THE BIG DEAL

Chris Overhall speaks on 'Atonement in Isaiah 52:13-53:12: Pierced for OUR Transgressions - Healed by HIS Wounds' (Isaiah 52:13-53:12) at Night Church on the 18th of November 2012. Sermon outline:

• Debts and Debtors
• Penal Substitution in the OT (Isaiah 52:13-53:12, Exodus 12, Leviticus 16)
• Penal Substitution in the NT (Matthew 28:20, Acts 8:26-35, 1 Peter 3:18)
• Penal Substitution Today (1 Peter 2:9-15, Romans 8)
• Forgiven Debts and Forgiven Debtors

Adam Taylor speaks on 'Ruth: A Good Man is Hard to Find' (Ruth 3) at Morning Church on the 18th of November 2012. Sermon outline:

• Boaz: A man at rest
• Naomi: In search of rest
• Ruth: A request for rest
• Boaz: Commits to rest through redemption
• God: Commits to a greater rest at a greater cost!

Chris Overhall speaks on 'Atonement in Psalm 51: My Sacrifice, O God, is a Broken Spirit' (Psalm 51) at Night Church on the 11th of November 2012. Sermon outline:

• Introduction
• David's transgression in context (v0)
• David's first appeal (v1-2)
• David's lament (v3-6)
• David's petition (v7-12)
• David's praise (v13-19)
• Conclusion

Adam Taylor speaks on 'Ruth: A Refuge From the Storm' (Ruth 2) at Morning Church on the 11th of November 2012. Sermon outline:

• Remembrance Day: A bittersweet day
• Boaz: The man of God
• Ruth: A woman who has found favour
  • God's merciful providence
• Why has Ruth found favour?
  • Not on the basis of merit
  • Because she sought refuge under God's wings
• God: His fingerprints on our lives
  • Seeking refuge in God and loving others
  • The message of the gospel
  • Naomi's theology of God's sovereignty

Providence: God's hand over human actions and history, bringing creation to its divinely determined goal. So the world and humanity is not ruled by chance or fate but by God who is working out His gracious purposes.

Adam Taylor speaks on 'Ruth: When Life Hits Rock Bottom' (Ruth 1) at Morning Church on the 4th of November 2012. Sermon outline:

• Ruth: The story of a beautiful romance?
• In Moab: The devastating grief of a life emptied (v1-5)
• At the Crossroads: The confronting commitment of a life given over (v6-18)
• In Bethlehem: The question of God's faithfulness in a bitter life (v19-22)