On the Second Sunday of Christmas Francis looked at the account of Jesus at Age 12. This might just rock the values and expectations some hold for Christian children and how they behave as emerging adults.
For the Grace of God has appeared. Read on or listen for this Christmas Day message.
On Advent 4 we move from the hairy man in the wilderness baptising the repentant and calling for straight roads to the very feminine Advent story of expectant mothers with leaping babies and prophetic songs. It’s a story of the Holy Spirit exciting bodies to signal His activities. What might this mean for us? The audio recording includes input from mothers about…
Deep in the season of Advent as preparation for Christ’s coming, Pastor Francis dug into the prophetic message of “Prepare the Way of the Lord” first proclaimed by Isaiah and then echoed afresh by John the Baptist to bring out what he hears it saying to Trinity Church today. What is the church meant to be and what sort of the Church…
After 6 Sermons on the Gospel we came to the first Sunday of Advent and dived deep into the agenda of Advent as a season of preparation. This message looks at what that involves. We look firstly in general terms at preparation as seeking for holiness. Holiness is considered as being personal integrity. It is then considered in relation to one specific…
In this sixth sermon in the series ‘Grasping the Gospel’ Francis looks at the key word ‘Lord’ in the statement ‘Jesus is Lord’. This phrase gives the ground of the Gospel and the hope that it brings. The message begins with some textual study as once again it’s a Hebrew, Greek to English story to appreciate the word. We then dive into…
Grasping the Gospel today goes to the 5th Gospel word component: ‘Righteousness’ and its parallel term – ‘Justice’. This message involves a technical word study before getting to what it means and celebrating its Gospel value. Once you have read the Sermon PDF and met the technical terms you can go deeper with the following: STUDY QUESTIONS These questions are provided for small…
The Bible is full of life stories, stories that tell about meeting and being impacted by God. Joe Beswick brings his life story and connects it with the story of an unnamed woman who met Jesus and was never the same again. There is no written text for this sit back and enjoy a Liverpudlian voice connect two dramatic stories in one…
Jan opens up the passaged read at today’s service of the Word
The series on building blocks of the Gospel message continues with a sermon on ‘Repentance’. This key component is opened up and explained.