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Living the 10 Commandments in the 21st Century: By Being Content - Exodus 20:17

Jim South speaks on 'Living the 10 Commandments in the 21st Century: By Being Content' (Exodus 20:17) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 18th of September 2011. Sermon outline:

• Intro
• Some Negatives
  • It sins against God
  • It sins against other people
  • It leads to further sin
  • It breaks all the other commandments
• Some Positives
  • What really matters
  • Our responsibility to others

Living the 10 Commandments in the 21st Century: By Being Honest - Exodus 20:16

Adam Taylor speaks on 'Living the 10 Commandments in the 21st Century: By Being Honest' (Exodus 20:16) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 11th of September 2011. Sermon outline:

• The Problem
• The Context
• The People
• The Practicalities

Living the 10 Commandments in the 21st Century: By Valuing Private Possessions - Exodus 20:15

Adam Taylor speaks on 'Living the 10 Commandments in the 21st Century: By Valuing Private Possessions' (Exodus 20:15) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 4th of September 2011. Sermon outline:

• Attitude of stealing
• Stealing in the Old Testament
• Stealing in the New Testament
• Valuing God's provision
• Attitude to steal-ers

Living the 10 Commandments in the 21st Century: By Valuing Promises - Exodus 20:14

Adam Taylor speaks on 'Living the 10 Commandments in the 21st Century: By Valuing Promises' (Exodus 20:14) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 28th of August 2011. Sermon outline:

• No Adultery!
• Adultery is disloyalty to God
• Adultery is disloyalty to family
• Adultery: More than sex
• Adulterous relationships

Living the 10 Commandments in the 21st Century: By Valuing Human Life - Exodus 20:13

Michael Gange speaks on 'Living the 10 Commandments in the 21st Century: By Valuing Human Life' (Exodus 20:13) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 21st of August 2011. Sermon outline:

• The sanctity of human life
• Murder ignores the sanctity of life
• Anger and insults ignore the sanctity of life
• The consequence for murder
• Righteousness through the murder of Jesus

Living the 10 Commandments in the 21st Century: By Honouring Your Parents - Exodus 20:12

Adam Taylor speaks on 'Living the 10 Commandments in the 21st Century: By Honouring Your Parents' (Exodus 20:12) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 14th of August 2011. Sermon outline:

• The Scope
• The Detail
• The Reality

Living the 10 Commandments in the 21st Century: By Avoiding Workaholism - Exodus 20:8-11

Adam Taylor speaks on 'Living the 10 Commandments in the 21st Century: By Avoiding Workaholism' (Exodus 20:8-11) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 7th of August 2011. Sermon outline:

• What is the Sabbath?
• Sabbath in the Bible...
  • Creation (Genesis 2:1-3)
  • Fall (Genesis 3)
  • Moses and the Law (Exodus 23:12, 31:15-17, 20:1-2)
  • Promised Land
  • Jesus and the Pharisees (Mark 2:23-28, Exodus 31:12-13, Matt 11:28)
  • Heaven (Hebrews 3-4)
• Sabbath in our lives...
  • Avoid legalism
  • Avoid workaholism
  • Live for rest
  • Rest to live

Living the 10 Commandments in the 21st Century - Not Distorting God's Character - Exodus 20:7

Les Henley speaks on 'Living the 10 Commandments in the 21st Century: Not Distorting God's Character' (Exodus 20:7) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 31st of July 2011. Sermon outline:

• What's in a Name?
• The Name of God
• I Am = YHWH = The Lord
  • Exodus 3:11-14
  • Exodus 20:7
  • Exodus 33:12-16 and God's response in 17-23
  • Job 38-41
• Taking (or Carrying) God's Name
  • Exodus 6:7
  • Deuteronomy 7:6
• Taking (or Carrying) a name in vain
  • Contrast Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5) with Stephen (Acts 7) and Simon the Sorcerer (Acts 8)
• Four things to remember:
  • God's Name is holy
  • Proper use - no 'name dropping'
    • Titus 1:10-16
  • Give God the honour due to Him
    • Refer Herod (Acts 12:19b-23)
  • Live a consistent life
    • Matthew 5:33-37

Living the 10 Commandments in the 21st Century - Not Worshipping Man-Made gods - Exodus 20:4-6

Jim South speaks on 'Living the 10 Commandments in the 21st Century: Not Worshipping Man-Made gods' (Exodus 20:4-6) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 24th of July 2011. Sermon outline:

• Intro
• Images are the first step in the rejection of God
  • Romans 1:20-23
• Images give a false or low idea about God
  • Deuteronomy 4:15-18
• Images tend to take the place of God
  • Exodus 32:4
  • A little detour
• God's jealousy
• A built-in warning
  • Exodus 20:5 and 6

Living the 10 Commandments in the 21st Century - By Putting God as Number One - Exodus 20:1-3

Jim South speaks on 'Living the 10 Commandments in the 21st Century: By Putting God as Number One' (Exodus 20:1-3) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 17th of July 2011. Sermon outline:

• Introduction
• His Majesty
• His Holiness
• God spoke
• He has saved
• So... have no other gods

The Holy Who? - How is the Spirit's Strength Experienced? - Ezekiel 37:1-14

Jim South speaks on 'How is the Spirit's Strength Experienced?' (Ezekiel 37:1-14) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 12th of June 2011. Sermon outline:

• Introduction
• A vision for Ezekiel
• Spirit and Word in the Old Testament
• Ezekiel's vision for us
  • Dry bones - hear the Word of the Lord
  • Speak to the Breath

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Psalm 6 - Wet Prayer

Steve Judd speaks on Psalm 6 at Morning Church and Night Church on the 30th of January 2011. Sermon outline:

• A few reminders
• The first stanza - "The struggle"
• The second stanza - "The two arguments"
• The third stanza - "Swimming in tears"
• The fourth stanza - "The Lord hears our cry"
• The fifth stanza - "Psalm 6 in my life"

Psalm 5 - Prayer Tutorial

Peter Chapman speaks on Psalm 5 at Morning Church and Night Church on the 23rd of January 2011. Sermon outline:

• Call for God to hear
• Reflect on God's character
• Acknowledge the basis for relationship
• Make requests to God

Psalm 4 - Evening Prayer

Jim South speaks on Psalm 4 at Morning Church and Night Church on the 16th of January 2011. Sermon outline:

• Introduction: David and Absalom
• He could be enlarged or hemmed in
• He could listen to God or listen to men
• He could have godly emotion or be self-indulgent
• He could choose contentment or discouragement
• Conclusion: Reality

Psalm 3 - Thick Trouble

Les Henley speaks on Psalm 3 at Morning Church and Night Church on the 9th of January 2011. Sermon outline:

• Introduction: David and Absalom
• What's the problem?
  • State it clearly
  • Relative to God's capacity
• What to do?
  • Pray
  • Trust God
  • Pray again
• Step out in faith

Psalm 2 - The Rule of God's Anointed

Cameron Griffiths speaks on Psalm 2 at Morning Church and Night Church on the 2nd of January 2011. Sermon outline:

• Psalm 1 and 2
• World-wide rebellion
• God's response
• The LORD's anointed
  • A relationship
  • An inheritance
  • A rule
• Therefore, wise up

Psalm 1 - The Two Paths

Cameron Griffiths speaks on Psalm 1 at Morning Church and Night Church on the 26th of December 2010. Sermon outline:

• The Psalms: importance and background
• Choices in our world
• Psalm 1 - two options
• The blessed man
  • A new loyalty
  • Associations
  • Prosperity
    • Deuteronomy 28
    • Psalm 73
• The wicked man
  • Like chaff
• Two paths: which are we on?
  • John 3:36

Here Comes the King - Psalm 24

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)

Nehemiah: God's Builder - Reconstruction Engineering - Nehemiah 13

Jim South speaks on Nehemiah 13 at Morning Church and Night Church on the 19th of September 2010. Sermon outline:

• Intro
• Four problems had reappeared
  • Alliances with the enemy
  • Religious failure (v10-13)
  • Business failure (v15-22)
  • Marriage alliances (v23-27)
• Four modern parallels
  • Alliances with the enemy
  • Religious failure
  • Business failure
  • Marriage alliances
• Two clear principles
  1. To honour the Lord Jesus in our lives is foundational to the building of the church
  2. We rest on where we're at, or where we've been, to our spiritual peril

Nehemiah: God's Builder - Dedication of the City

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