Articles

DEATH, THE LAST ENEMY

Editorial
From the Newsletter of Revesby Presbyterian Church
January 2010
Rev Dr Peter Barnes

The apostle Paul refers to death as ‘the last enemy to be destroyed’ (1 Cor.15:26). When it has struck us, nothing is left the same. In medical terms the heart ceases to beat; in Christian terms, …

Sermons

God Sent Forth His Son

Peter Barnes | Galatians 4:4-5

SERMON  NOTES
GOD  SENT  FORTH  HIS  SON
Galatians  4:4-5

1. Christ  is  the  centre  of  history.

– 4:4;  B.C.  (Before  Christ)  and  A.D.  (Anno  Domini)  divides  all  history  from  the  time  of  Christ’s  first  coming.

– Mark 1:15;  1 Cor.10:11

2. The  Son  of  God  …

Sermons

Ezekiel: Prophet in Exile – Abominations in the Temple

Peter Barnes | Ezekiel 8

SERMON  NOTES
ABOMINATIONS  IN  THE  TEMPLE
Ezekiel  8; 2 Thessalonians  2:1-12

– 14  months  after  Ezekiel 1:2;  four  abominations:  the  idol  that  provokes  to  jealousy  (8:5-6);  painted  representations  of  creatures  (8:10;  probably  Egyptian  deities);  mourning  for  Tammuz  (8:14-15;  a  vegetation  deity);  and  sun  worship  (8:16)…