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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!

Chris Overhall speaks on 'Unshakeable! Solid Words in Uncertain Times - Does Anyone Really Love Their Enemies?' (Luke 6:27-36) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 24th of November 2013.

Sermon outline:

• Where is the love?
• A four-fold CALL to love your enemies (v27-28)
• Four ILLUSTRATIONS of loving (v29-30)
• A COMMAND to love (v31)
• Three ILLUSTRATIONS of radical love (v32-34)
• A CALL to love like God (v35-36)
• Where is the love?

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)

Chris Overhall speaks on 'Proverbs: Wisdom4Life - Being Wise in a Foolish World' at Night Church on the 27th of October 2013.

Sermon outline:

• Launching Pad
• Proverbs 1:1-7
• 1 Corinthians 1:18-25
• Anger (Proverbs 15:18; 29:22; James 1:19-20; Eph 4:26)
• Speaking (Proverbs 13:3; 17:27-28; 15:28; 29:20)
• Alcohol (Proverbs 20:1; Eph 5:15-18)
• Self-Control (Proverbs 25:28; 10:19; Titus 2:11-14)

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.

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

Chris Overhall speaks on 'Zechariah: Promise of Restoration - The Lord Comes and Reigns' (Zechariah 14) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 22nd of September 2013.

Sermon outline:

• Waiting for the sun to come...   
1. Certain Victory (v1-5)
2. Definitive Reign (v8-9)
3. Eternal Security (v10-11)
4. Universal Holiness (v20-21)
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• Waiting for the Son to Come!

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?

A sermon by Stuart Pearson at St Tom’s Big Weekend 13. This is the last in a series of four talks on the topic of 'Tough Questions for Dummies'.

This talk is entitled 'Answering Tough Questions (continued)' and was delivered on the 8th of September 2013.

Outline:

• Can I trust the New Testament documents?
• Assumption 1: They are biased, but not distorted
• Assumption 2: They are historically suspect
• Assumption 3: They haven't been transmitted accurately
• The Qur'an and the Bible
• Islam is in the line of Judaism and Christianity
• The Bible is God's revelation
• The Qur'an and Christians
• The Qur'an and the Bible
• Dealing with the barriers: Christian doctrine
  The resurrection of Jesus from the dead
• Evidence 1: The tomb was empty
• Evidence 2: Women were the first witnesses
• Evidence 3: Similarities and differences in accounts
• Evidence 4: The disciples' transformation
• Dealing with the barriers: Personal barriers

A sermon by Stuart Pearson at St Tom’s Big Weekend 13. This is the third in a series of four talks on the topic of 'Tough Questions for Dummies'.

This talk is entitled 'Answering Tough Questions' and was delivered on the 7th of September 2013.

Outline:

• Three broad approaches to Christian apologetics
• From what God has revealed
• From what God has done
• From what I have experienced
• What does the Bible have to say?
• What method should we use?
• Apologetics in action and the existence of God
• The cosmological argument
• The teleological argument
• The moral argument
• The religious experience argument
• Apologetics and the existence of God

A sermon by Stuart Pearson at St Tom’s Big Weekend 13. This is the second in a series of four talks on the topic of 'Tough Questions for Dummies'.

This talk is entitled 'Gearing Up for Tough Questions' and was delivered on the 7th of September 2013.

Outline:

• Socrates, Plato and the Apostle Peter
• A definition of Christian apologetics
• The characteristics required
• Personal characteristics:
• Real
• Credible
• Prepared to fail
• Perseverance
• Christian characteristics
• Persuasive (Acts 18:4)
• Dependence on God (Acts 13:46-48)
• Flexibility - able to change approach (1 Cor 9:19-23)
• Principled - not trying to trick, coerce or force (1 Thess 2:3-4)
• Love (2 Cor 5:11-15)
• Conclusion

A sermon by Stuart Pearson at St Tom’s Big Weekend 13. This is the first in a series of four talks on the topic of 'Tough Questions for Dummies'.

This talk is entitled 'Introduction to Tough Questions' and was delivered on the 6th of September 2013.

Outline:

• Some barriers and roadblocks to the Christian faith
• Key Bible verse - But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behaviour in Christ may be ashamed of their slander.
  1 Peter 4:15-16
• Two key points:
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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