God has left His new covenant people with two visible signs of His invisible grace: baptism and the Lord’s Supper. Down through the ages, Christians have differed in their understanding of these signs, but we do well to seek to understand them as well – that is, as biblically – …
It is not uncommon in life to be dragged into the unwelcome territory – I once took a kindergarten Scripture class which came to resemble drowning on land, as the children got off the topic of Abraham and onto an aunty who was visiting that weekend or a pet cat …
In 1546 Martin Luther was dying. He had been trying to resolve a dispute within a family at nearby Mansfield when he fell seriously ill. On his death bed, he prayed Psalm 31:5 (‘Into Your hand I commit my spirit’), kept repeating John 3:16, and wrote on a slip of …
Peter Barnes: John 20:30,31
(17 November 2019)
SERMON NOTES WHY READ JOHN’S GOSPEL? (John 20:30-31)
A. J. P. Taylor said he wrote history books simply to amuse. James Boswell in 1791 published his Life of Samuel Johnson to celebrate the one whom he saw as ‘the brightest ornament of the …
Peter Barnes: Numbers 21:4-9
(17 November 2019)
SERMON NOTES: SAVED BY THE SERPENT (Numbers 21:4-9)
This is the last recorded grumble of the Israelites in the wilderness. The intriguing thing is that it is not a lamb on Moses’ pole but a serpent, the symbol of evil, and of Satan …
Peter Barnes: Numbers 20
(10 November 2019)
SERMON NOTES: EVEN GOOD MEN SIN AND DIE (Numbers 20)
– Numbers 20 resembles the complaints about the lack of water back in Exodus 17 – not much has changed in 40 years. Psalm 90 is on the theme of sin and death, …
Peter Barnes: Numbers 17
(3 November 2019)
SERMON NOTES: AARON’S ROD BLOSSOMS (Numbers 17)
– two outpourings of God’s judgment in Numbers 16:35, 49. In Numbers 17 Aaron’s rod blossoms to show that God had chosen Aaron as high priest.
1. The sign is meant to end grumbling against Moses.…
Peter Barnes: John 20: 11-18
(20 October 2019)
SERMON NOTES: JESUS MEETS MARY MAGDALENE (John 20:11-18)
– Luke 8:1-2 for who she was. She was at the crucifixion, and had gone to the tomb with spices to anoint the body of our Lord.
1. Faith clouded by misunderstanding.
– 20:11; …
Peter Barnes: Numbers 16
(20 October 2019)
SERMON NOTES: REBELLIOUS LEADERS (Numbers 16)
There are two accounts of rebellion here – one from Korah, and the other from Dathan and Abiram. Korah was the cousin of Moses. The Sons of Korah are mentioned in a musical capacity in the book …
Peter Barnes: John 20:1-10
(13 October 2019)
SERMON NOTES: UNBELIEVING BELIEVERS AT THE EMPTY TOMB
(John 20:1-10)
Philip Schaff: ‘The resurrection of Christ is … either the greatest miracle or the greatest delusion which history records.’
1. The first witnesses were women.
– 20:1-2. Matthew mentions two women, Mark mentions …
