Peter Barnes: Psalm 141
(17 June 2018)
SERMON NOTES: WHAT TO PRAY FOR (Psalm 141)
The Psalms are songs to be sung, but they are often prayers to be prayed. Psalm 51 is the most obvious example of that – Ps.51:1-2. Psalm 141 is also a prayer – 141:1-2.
1. …
David Robertson is minister of St Peters Free Church in Dundee Scotland (http://www.stpeters-dundee.org.uk – the church is famous for being the original church of Robert Murray McCheyne) and also the associate director of the Solas Centre for Public Christianity, http://www.solas-cpc.org.
David kindly spoke at a free event at Revesby Presbyterian …
Peter Barnes: Psalm 111
(10 June 2018)
SERMON NOTES: PRAISE THE WORKS OF THE LORD (Psalm 111)
Psalm 111 is an acrostic Psalm, and is echoed in Psalm 112, each with 22 half-verses (there should be eleven verses, not ten). We tend to look for rhymes at the end of …
Peter Barnes: Revelation 20:11-15
(10 June 2018)
SERMON NOTES: BEFORE GOD’S JUDGMENT SEAT (Revelation 20:11-15)
– the great white throne could belong to God or to Christ – Rev.7:15-17; 22:1. One judgment – Hebrews 9:27. In Dodo’s Caucus Race in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland: everybody wins and receives a …
Peter Barnes: 2 Thessalonians 3:16-18
(3 June 2018)
SERMON NOTES: PEACE, TRUTH AND GRACE (2 Thessalonians 3:16-18)
1. Christ gives peace.
– 3:16. Paul’s other peace benedictions refer to God e.g. 2 Cor.13:11; 1 Thess.5:23. But here it is the Lord of peace, and ‘Lord’ invariably refers to Christ the …
Peter Barnes: 2 Thessalonians 3:6,13-15
(27 May 2018)
SERMON NOTES: DO NOT BE WEARY IN WELL-DOING (2 Thessalonians 3:6, 13-15)
Verses 6-12 deal mainly with what idler should be doing, which has been summarised by William Neil: ‘Stop fussing, stop idling, and stop sponging.’ Now Paul turns to the congregation …
Peter Barnes: Revelation 19
(27 May 2018)
SERMON NOTES: TWO SUPPERS – WITH THE BRIDEGROOM OR THE DIVINE WARRIOR (Revelation 19)
In the context of hallelujahs – much praising of Yahweh – Revelation 19 speaks of two suppers, and in between of the divine warrior, Christ. There are hallelujahs …
Peter Barnes: 2 Thessalonians 3:6-12
(20 May 2018)
SERMON NOTES: THE OBLIGATION TO WORK (2 Thessalonians 3:6-12)
– the leader of the Greens urged that the state provide a basic income of $20,000-$40,000 to all and sundry, with no means test and no obligation to work. Ronald Reagan: ‘Government does …
Peter Barnes: Revelation 17-18
(20 May 2018)
SERMON NOTES: THE FALL OF BABYLON (Revelation 17-18)
The harlot who rides the beast is false religion. The two beasts cooperate for a time, but then fall out, and are finally defeated. Babylon is the enemy of God’s people in the Old Testament …
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Peter Barnes: Revelation 16
(6 May 2018)
SERMON NOTES: THE SEVEN BOWLS OF WRATH (Revelation 16)
Every island, sea, and mountain,
Heaven and earth, shall flee away;
All who hate Him must, confounded,
Hear the trump proclaim the day;
Come to judgment! Come to judgment, come …
