For those who could not make it to this year’s Ash Wednesday Service the message given is posted below as a text to read.
For those who could not make it to this year’s Ash Wednesday Service the message given is posted below as a text to read.
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…
The series on building blocks of the Gospel message continues with a sermon on ‘Repentance’. This key component is opened up and explained.
Continuing the series considering Building Blocks of the Gospel we take a practical sobriety test. Assuming one believes, what is essential to actually live out this Gospel? A parable from Jesus provides the key into this. Bottom line: Without engagement between confessed sin and God’s mercy at the cross, nothing happens in the heart and nothing will flow from there.
After the first teaching on God’s Love as Grace Francis brings a second teaching on Gospel concepts looking at Sin and Salvation. These are the key issues linked in the gospel of salvation.
We are people of the Gospel. The Gospel is expressed as a message in words. We need to be clear what the words mean to be clear on the message. In this mini-series Francis drills into a few key words or blocks to ensure the message really comes through the words. This first teaching looks at God’s love as grace. What do…
Francis looks at the story of Peter and John engaging a crippled man with the power of the Lord to provide a living witness and gospel impact. This is seen as illustrating how the Holy Spirit comes when we step out and ‘break cover’ to testify to Jesus in our lives. There is a key personal testimony given to illustrate this which…
After weeks of Christmas and Epiphany we finally hear Jesus speak. In one sentence he brings the Gospel of God that he bears as the Son of God. This is considered as Jesus being ‘The Way’ we are called to be and live to realise God’s Kingdom Come.