This sermon proclaims the unrivalled Kingship of Jesus Christ through comparison with King Herod. Even as a baby, King Jesus was glorious rightly receiving the witnesses worship, and in doing so making King Herod look impotent, weak, and pathetic. The first comparison drawn is between the length of their Kingly reigns. Herod’s Kingship was for...
Author: Jason Manning (Jason Manning)
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Praise, Praise, Praise! | Psalm 145
This sermon encourages us to lift up our voices to God in free and exuberant praise. David sings of and presents us with numerous reasons why God is deserving of our praise. These include, that his greatness is unsearchable, his Kingship glorious and majestic, his works so mighty and awesome, his goodness, his kindness, his...
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People of Faith: Elijah | 1 Kings 17
This sermon looks at how Elijah displayed an amazing example of faith across his life. He had a confidence and an assurance in God that we should want to imitate. In this chapter three ways Elijah displays faith are unpacked. Firstly, he displays faith in consistently hearing the voice of God. Secondly, he exhibits faith...
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Letter to Sardis | Revelation 3:1-6
This sermon unpacks Jesus’ words of challenge and encouragement to the Church in Sardis. This is a Church that has been influenced by its cities culture of complacent and negligent self-reliance on external activities & perceptions. Jesus the one who holds the Church in Sardis and every other Church in his hands is not fooled...
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Letter to Smyrna | Revelation 2:8-11
This sermon unpacks Jesus’ words of encouragement to the Church in Smyrna. They are experiencing abject poverty, blasphemy, imprisonment, and death. Jesus encourages them first by introducing himself as the eternal, suffering, and death conquering one. It is by remembering these truths about who Jesus is that the Christians in Smyrna and Christians today can...
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An Invitation to Come, See, and Receive Living Water | John 4
Jesus through this astonishing and profound encounter offers a societally estranged Samaritan Woman the greatest invitation anyone can ever receive. He invites her into a personal relationship with God in all its fullness. But surely not, a Samaritan Woman? Oh yes! Jesus defies historic and contemporary belief that excludes anyone from this invitation because of...
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Wisdom and Discipline | Proverbs 15
This sermon unpacks how the path of the wise embraces discipline and reproof. Despite, our earthly experiences, discipline & reproof when understood & applied appropriately are wonderful mercies and grace given by God to enrich our lives. Primarily, discipline and reproof are exercised by God. He does this to those he loves and delights in....
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Wisdom and Sex | Proverbs 5
Secular society in the United Kingdom is filled with a narrative about sex. This being we should get as much of it as we can, with whoever we can, for our own self-gratification and fulfilment. This sermon shows this narrative to be untrue and explores the appropriate place for the joyful gift of sex. It...
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Choose Wisdom | Proverbs 1
This sermon introduces the purpose of Proverbs, that everyone, young or old or somewhere in between, may know wisdom! And that this process of knowing and acquiring wisdom will continue across a lifetime. We see in this chapter a description of the two paths we can choose between in life, the path of foolishness, and...
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Faithful God
“So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry...