Peter Barnes: Numbers 14
(13 October 2019)
SERMON NOTES: GRUMBLING AGAINST GOD (Numbers 14)
– a wonderful land (13:23), but the Canaanites were big and there were fortified cities (13:28).
1. The sin of grumbling and rebelling against God.
– 14:1-4. Isaiah described the fearful restlessness of the wicked – …
Peter Barnes: John 19:38-42
(6 October 2019)
SERMON NOTES: SECRET DISCIPLES BURY THE MESSIAH (John 19:38-42)
Those who with Jesus at the crucifixion were not many in number – some loyal women, including His mother, and two secret disciples.
1. Secret disciples do exist.
– 19:38-39. That does not seem …
Peter Barnes: Numbers 13
(6 October 2019)
SERMON NOTES: BELIEF VERSUS UNBELIEF (Numbers 13)
In Numbers 13-14 we learn why God ordained that Israel wander in the wilderness for forty years before entering the Promised Land.
1. God’s promises are true.
The names are listed in verses 1-16; note that …
Peter Barnes: Leviticus 25
(1 September 2019)
SERMON NOTES: THE YEAR OF JUBILEE (Leviticus 25)
C. R. North says that the fiftieth year is the forty-ninth year, while Gordon Wenham says the fiftieth year was a short one of 49 days, but all that seems to evade the straightforward view …
Peter Barnes: John 19:14-24
(25 August 2019)
SERMON NOTES: THE CRUCIFIED KING (John 19:14-24)
1. Pilate’s weak mockery.
– 19:14. Mark 15:25 has the crucifixion at the third hour. Bishop Westcott said that Mark used the Palestinian method of computing time (where the day began at sunrise) while John used …
Peter Barnes: Leviticus 19:1-18
(25 August 2019)
SERMON NOTES: LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOUR AS YOURSELF (Leviticus 19:1-18)
God says to be holy (19:2) and to love our neighbour as ourselves (19:18). For Jesus on the two great commandments, see Deuteronomy 6:5; Leviticus 19:18; Matt.22:36-40. See Luke 10:25-37; Lev.19:33-34. Jesus teaches a …
In meeting regularly with a Muslim friend, I am often surprised when perhaps I should not be. The topic under discussion is commonly prophecy, and recently he made the claim that prophecies in the Bible were ‘vague’. I tried not to roll my eyes or knock over my coffee. His …
Peter Barnes: Leviticus 18 : NO AUDIO
(11 August 2019)
SERMON NOTES: THE CANAANITES AND THE NEW MORALITY (Leviticus 18)
– Ecclesiastes 1:9 says us that there is nothing new under the sun.
1. God’s Word is different and life-giving.
– Gen.15:16; Lev.18:1-5; a deep contrast there between God’s word …
There are people who like to think that they do not trust anything or anyone. It used to be
common for people to say that they only believed what they could know by reason. Nowadays,
reason seems to be so restrictive and passé, so we are more likely to hear …
It is a commonplace in theologically liberal circles to downplay the cross, to say, as Adolf
von Harnack did, that the gospel is all about the fatherhood of God, the brotherhood of man, and the
infinite value of the human soul, with little reference to the atonement. In nineteenth century…
