On our one year anniversary as a Church, a year of immense challenge, but also great joy and celebration, we observe the sorrow and joy of Jesus. He was a man of sorrows, well-acquainted with grief, but also a man of deep joy, the most joyful man who ever lived.
While I was at Bible college, I came across a paper written by BB Warfield called, The Emotional Life of our Lord.
A thematic sermon on the moments in the Gospels where Jesus feels the emotion of compassion or pity. Let’s worship Christ for the depth of his compassion towards us and challenge ourselves to follow his example.
When Jesus feeds 5,000, he does so amongst Jewish villages. But when Jesus feeds the 4,000 he does so in the region of the Decapolis.
Being a Christian is not easy. It’s fantastic! But, not easy. Every Christian enters a spiritual battle and the enemy, Satan, wants to bring us down. God in his love and provision for us, gives us spiritual armour to wear that we might stand firm, even as Satan and his evil spirits tries to make...
It’s now very clear in Mark’s Gospel that the Pharisees value human traditions and instructions over the true Word of God in the Old Testament.
To submit is to yield to another person’s will and/or authority. In 2019, in the UK, to submit is not seen as a desirable thing to do and yet that is how God and Paul instruct us in Ephesians 5 and 6. Christians are to honour authority and submit according to this passage. In the...
The people of Nazareth had grown up alongside Jesus and seen him work as a carpenter.
One verse in particular greatly influenced the way I preached the text. In verse 24, Paul writes Put on the new self
It’s nearly 11 months since we launched and, as Pastor, I am genuinely delighted at all God has achieved through us in..
