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Bible Book = ‘matthew’


Apr 2018
22
Sunday, 22 April 2018

James 1.19-27 ‘Your religion: doing or just listening?’

James puts it like this: do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.

Apr 2018
15
Sunday, 15 April 2018

James 1.2-18 ‘Your life: mature or double-minded?’

Mature Christians meet trials with perseverance, and meet doubt with wisdom.

Apr 2018
8
Sunday, 08 April 2018

James 1.1 ‘Wholehearted devotion’

Let us listen to James, do what he says, and learn to be devoted to Jesus with all our hearts

Nov 2017
19
Sunday, 19 November 2017

Matthew 6.1-4, 19-24 ‘How can I live generously?’

Christian giving is not about fundraising or buying God’s favour. It is a way of responding (in secret) to God’s generosity to us - storing up the true treasure of a generous and godly life.

Aug 2017
6
Sunday, 06 August 2017

Matthew 22.34-40 ‘Love: God’

Do we love God with all our heart, with all our soul and with all our mind? What do we hold back?

May 2017
7
Sunday, 07 May 2017

Psalm 1 ‘First things’

There are not many paths: there are two. Psalm 1 simplifies things right down, to help us understand this message: nothing is so crucial as belonging to the congregation of the righteous.

Apr 2017
16
Sunday, 16 April 2017

Matthew 28.1-10 ‘He is risen!’

Everyone thought Jesus had failed, but he hadn’t, he had won. They thought he had come to defeat the Romans, but he had come to conquer death itself.

Dec 2016
18
Sunday, 18 December 2016

Matthew 1.18-25 ‘Christmas is not a fairytale’

Jesus wasn’t born to enjoy the view: he was born to save us from the mess we’ve gotten ourselves into. It isn’t magic or make-believe, but won at great cost: Christmas is not a fairy tale.

Nov 2016
20
Sunday, 20 November 2016

Matthew 13.1-23 ‘The parable of the soils’

I don’t really know why Jesus called this ‘the parable of the sower’, because it isn’t really about the sower, it’s about the soil, and why the gospel does not impact everyone in the same way: the sower is the same, the seed is the same; it’s the soil that produces different results.

Jun 2016
12
Sunday, 12 June 2016

Matthew 14.22-34 ‘Keep your eyes fixed on Jesus’

True faith means keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus; and we do that through prayer. When we pray, we refocus ourselves on Jesus, standing before us, arm outstretched, saying, ‘Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid. Come.’