Occasional Sermon – Stephen Chavura
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Romans: The Heart of the Gospel – Knowing the Creator through the Creation
Peter Barnes | Romans 1:19-20
SERMON NOTES
KNOWING THE CREATOR THROUGH THE CREATION
(Romans 1:19-20)
– ‘This is my Father’s world’ (Maltbie Babcock); hence Psalm 104
1. The creation reveals the creator.
– a watch reveals a watchmaker (William Paley)
– Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris see no design in …
Hosea: Love to the Unlovely – Sowing the Wind, Reaping the Whirlwind
Peter Barnes | Hosea 8:1-14
SERMON NOTES
SOWING THE WIND, REAPING THE WHIRLWIND
Hosea 8:1-14; Galatians 6:1-10
– we experienced a cyclone in Vanuatu in late 1982
1. Israel’s disobedience to God’s law.
– 8:1b, 3a, 12; this is the basic attitude
(a) they chose their own kings (8:4); see …
Christmas Day 2010 – Mary Pondered These Things
Peter Barnes | Luke 2:19
SERMON NOTES
MARY PONDERED THESE THINGS
Luke 2:19
– the highest of created beings (angels) with shepherds who were usually despised as lowly.
1. The unique birth.
– 2:4-5; Mary had been told back in 1:26-38
– in Bethlehem (note Micah 5:2)
2. The baby …
Review: Peter Jones, One or Two: Seeing a World of Difference
Review of Peter Jones, One or Two: Seeing a World of Difference, Escondido: Main Entry Editions, 2010.
Peter Jones, the director of truthXchange, has written a most incisive treatment and application of Romans 1. He considers, with good reason, that the two hottest issues today are Christian uniqueness and homosexuality. …
Triumph In Weakness
Christianity flies in the face of our natural thoughts and inclinations time and again. We are told to be holy, but then told that we are not; we are told to be strong, but then told that we are weak. Weakness so often seems to be the ally of sin. …
Romans: The Heart of the Gospel – The Wrath of God
Peter Barnes | Romans 1:18
SERMON NOTES
THE WRATH OF GOD
(Romans 1:18)
Romans 1:18-3:20 prepares the ground for Romans 3:25-26
1. God’s wrath is revealed in history.
– the Four Spiritual Laws begin with ‘God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life.’ That is precisely where …
Hosea: Love to the Unlovely – A Lesson Not Learnt
Peter Barnes | Hosea 7:1-16
SERMON NOTES
A LESSON NOT LEARNT
Hosea 7:1-16; 2 Corinthians 4:1-6
– not unlike Matt.23:37
1. God is more ready to heal and restore than we are to repent.
– 6:11b-7:2; Israel is complacent (see Psalm 10:4, 6, 11)
– 2 Cor.5:10 is behind the …
Romans: The Heart of the Gospel – The Gospel Announced
Peter Barnes | Romans 1:16-17
SERMON NOTES
THE GOSPEL ANNOUNCED
(Romans 1:16-17)
Rom.1-4 – ‘the just by faith’; Rom.5-8 – ‘shall live’; Rom.9-11 – ‘to the Jew first, also for the Greek’; Rom.12-15 – more on ‘shall live’.
Thomas Schreiner: ‘The gospel is the saving power of God in which …