This sermon draws out and proclaims some wondrous truths from the ten commandments given to God’s people. Firstly, these commandments lead us to dwell on the glorious, beautiful, and righteous holiness of God. Through seeing our inability to perfectly keep them, we are left in awe and wonder of the one who handed them down...
Author: Duncan Sills (Duncan Sills)
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Idolatry | Deuteronomy 4
This sermon draws out truth and wisdom from Moses’ teaching on idolatry as he speaks to God’s people. Idolatry is defined as worshipping created things. This occurs when we put created things like family, relationships, work/career, money, and ministry success as the number one priority in our lives. These are the things we draw most...
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Call Upon The Name of Jesus | Baptism Service | Acts 22:3-16 |
This sermon proclaims the good news of Christianity. Three important truths are drawn out from the conversion story of Saul. Firstly, God saves the worst of sinners. God saved Saul in the middle of his mission to kill Christians. Praise God no-one is beyond the saving grace of God! Secondly, Jesus of Nazareth is Lord....
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God’s Faithfulness, Justice, and Power | Deuteronomy 2-3
This sermon picks up the next stages of the Israelites journey towards entering the promise land and draws out wondrous truths about who God is! Firstly, God is extraordinarily faithful and compassionate. He cares about and blesses their work, he knows the trials they are experiencing, he is with them through these trials, and he...
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A Gift To Receive By Faith | Deuteronomy 1
This sermon draws out wondrous truth about God from Moses sermon to the new generation of God’s people who are close to entering into the promised land. Firstly, we are reminded that God is a generous God faithful in keeping all of his promises. God has consistently lavished his people with undeserved and unearned gifts...
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The Christian and The Law
This sermon addresses the important question of does the law have any inherent or ongoing value in the life of a Christian? The answer is an emphatic yes! Firstly, the law provides a minimum standard required to be righteous and the punishment for not meeting this. A standard none of us have met. Thus, our only,...
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How To Be Holy | Haggai 2:10-23
This sermon addresses the key theme of holiness through these verses. Notably, how can humans become holy in order to enter into and remain in the presence of the holy, holy, holy God? To be holy is to be set apart for a very specific purpose. God is holy, holy, holy because he is set...
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Big Church Announcement: We’re Moving Venues
God has been so good to us! We launched Christ Church Fareham in September 2018 with an afternoon meeting at the Ashcroft Arts Centre with a team of 9 adults and 5 children. In January 2019, we had faith to move to a morning meeting, gathering about 20 people every Sunday. In March 2020, we’d...
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Letter to Laodicea | Revelation 3:14-22
This sermon unpacks Jesus’ strong words of challenge to the Church in Laodicea. Jesus alone is uniquely placed as the faithful & true witness to speak these words to his Church. He challenges them on their spiritual luke warmness. They have become spiritually apathetic, lazy, lacking in purpose, and nauseating. An inevitable outcome of their...
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International Sunday | The History of the World
This sermon briefly covers the History of the World, taking in the Tower of Babel, the Day of Pentecost, Pauls challenge to Peter on disunity in the book of Galatians, and ends with a beautiful vision of united worship described in the book of Revelation. God’s perfect plan from the beginning was that humanity would...