Peter Barnes | Acts 13:1-13
SERMON NOTES
SENT BY THE SPIRIT AND THE CHURCH
Psalm 72; Acts 13:1-13
– this is the beginning of the first missionary journey (Acts 13-14); the year is about A.D.46.
1. Churches are to deny themselves that the Kingdom of God might grow.
– 13:1; …
The notion of substitutionary sacrifice is written deep into our hearts. During the widespread Queensland floods of January 2011, a mother, Donna Rice, and her two sons, Blake (10) and Jordan (13), were caught in the family car as it was pummelled by a wall of water. In the terrible …
Peter Barnes | Leviticus 23:15-22
SERMON NOTES
THE FEAST OF WEEKS (PENTECOST) (Lev.23:15-22)
Leviticus 23:9-22; Acts 2:1-13, 22-24
– Lev.23 lists the weekly Sabbath plus seven annual feasts. We are looking to see Christ in them (Col.2:16-17). The feast of harvest (Ex.23:16) or weeks is called Pentecost in Greek, and …
Peter Barnes | Romans 8:1-2
SERMON NOTES
NO CONDEMNATION
(Romans 8:1-2)
– If Romans is the crown of the Bible, Romans 8 is the crown jewel. It especially deals with life in the Spirit. No condemnation (8:1) leads to no separation (8:39).
1. There is no condemnation in Christ.
– …
Peter Barnes | Leviticus 23:9-14
SERMON NOTES
THE FEAST OF FIRSTFRUITS (Lev.23:9-14)
Leviticus 23:9-22; 1 Corinthians 15:20-28
– Lev.23 lists the weekly Sabbath plus seven annual feasts. We are looking to see Christ in them (Col.2:16-17). The Feast of Firstfruits is in spring, and is celebrated on a Sunday. It …
By definition, paradoxes appear self-contradictory and untrue at first, but in the end can been seen to maintain a logical and practical truth. The Christian faith contains a number of paradoxes. This has prompted some theologians to go to extremes in revelling in paradoxes. For example, Kierkegaard and Bonhoeffer could …
