Guide me, O Great Jehovah

Peter Barnes: 1 Cor 10:27 NO AUDIO

(19 August 2018)

SERMON NOTES : GUIDE ME, O GREAT JEHOVAH (1 Cor. 10:27)

Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah,/ Pilgrim through this barren land. R. C. Sproul tells how five friends of his in five different American cities all told him of …

Facing Lonliness

Peter Barnes: Eccles 4:!-16; 2 Tim 4:9-22 NO AUDIO

(12 August 2018)

SERMON NOTES : FACING LONELINESS (Eccles.4:1-16; 2 Tim.4:9-22)

This year (2018) the British government appointed a Minister for Loneliness! Paul Tournier calls loneliness ‘the most devastating malady of this age’.
1. We were created for companionship.

– companionship …

Isaiah: Blessings from New Zion

Peter Barnes: Isaiah 2:1-5

(5 August 2018)

SERMON NOTES: BLESSINGS FROM NEW ZION (Isaiah 2:1-5)

Isaiah has contrasted old and new Zion (1:21-31), and here he goes on to speak of the new Zion in greater detail. See Micah 4:1-3; Rev. 21:1-2. Isaiah saw the word – 2:1; see 1:1 …

Facing Grief

Peter Barnes: Ecclesiasties 3:1-8; 1 Thessalonians 4:13; John 11:35 NO AUDIO

(5 August 2018)

SERMON NOTES : FACING GRIEF (Eccles.3:1-8; 1 Thess.4:13; John 11:35)

Ecclesiastes tells us that there is a time for everything (Eccles.3:1-8). A pamphlet from a funeral home stated: ‘To live in hearts we leave behind is …

Isaiah: Old Zion & New Zion

Peter Barnes: Isaiah 1:21-31

(29 July 2018)

SERMON NOTES: OLD ZION AND NEW ZION (Isaiah 1:21-31)

When we pray ‘Thy kingdom come’ in the Lord’s Prayer, we are actually praying for two things: redemption and judgment.

1. The degeneration of God’s covenant people.

– 1:21-24. He is not attacking the …

Revelation: Come!

Peter Barnes: Revelation 22:17-21

(29 July 2018)

SERMON NOTES : COME! (Revelation 22:17-21)

G. K. Chesterton: ‘though St John the Evangelist saw many strange monsters in his vision, he saw no creature so wild as one of his own commentators’! No doubt, Revelation has attracted its fair share of oddballs, …

Isaiah: Let Us Reason Together

Peter Barnes: Isaiah 1:18-20

(22 July 2018)

SERMON NOTES: LET US REASON TOGETHER (Isaiah 1:18-20)

God has called out Israel for being stupider than oxen and donkeys (1:2-4); pointed out how Israel has not learnt despite being chastened by God (1:5-10); condemned ceremonies which do not save anybody from sin …

Revelation: Washing your Robes

Peter Barnes: Revelation 22:14-16 NO AUDIO

(22 July 2018)

SERMON NOTES : WASHING YOUR ROBES (Revelation 22:14-16)

1. Blessed are those who wash their robes in the blood of the Lamb.

– 22:14. NKJV has ‘Blessed are those who do His commandments’; NIV and ESV have ‘Blessed are those who …

James 4: Waging the Wrong Kind of War

Daniel Wood: James 4:1-10

(15 July 2018)

SERMON NOTES: WAGING THE WRONG KIND OF WAR (James 4:1-10)

  1. The Situation : Sinful Strife (4:1-3)
  • Anger & Murder: Matt 5:21,22
  • Asking & Receiving: Matt 7:7-11
  • The Lord’s Prayer: Matt 6:7-13
  • “Spending freely”: Luke 15:14

2. The Seduction of Worldly Wisdom (4:4-6)

  • The