Peter Barnes: Revelation 3:14-22
(28 January 2018)
SERMON NOTES : LAODICEA: LUKEWARMNESS IS SICKENING (Rev.3:14-22)
– no praise at all. Lord Melbourne, the British Prime Minister from 1835 to 1841, declared: ‘If we are to have a prevailing religion, let us have one that is cool and indifferent.’
1. Christ, …
For some time there has been an error which has been nurtured in evangelical circles which sounds thoroughly evangelical yet actually undermines the whole message of the evangelical, that is to say biblical, faith. Because our greatest need as sinful human beings is for God to show His grace to …
Peter Barnes: Revelation 3:7-13
(21 January 2018)
SERMON NOTES : PHILADELPHIA – PERSEVERING TO THE END (Revelation 3:7-13)
‘Philadelphia’ means ‘brotherly love’, and dates back to the second century B.C. when one king refused to grab the throne at the expense of his brother. Only Smyrna (2:8-11) and Philadelphia (3:7-13) …
Peter Merrick : Mark 6: 30-44
(7 January 2018)
SERMON NOTES: Mark 6:30-44 The Feeding of the 5,000 Men
With the exception of the incarnation and resurrection of Jesus, this is the only miracle which is recorded in all four of the Gospels.
1. Jesus Knows Us and Knows That …
Aaron Balmforth: The Word (John 1:1-18)
(31 December 2017)
Martin Luther: “…this is the unique tender genuine chief Gospel and should a tyrant succeed in destroying the Holy Scriptures but only a single copy of the Epistle to the Romans and the Gospel according to John escape him then Christianity …
Peter Barnes: Revelation 3:1-6
(24 December 2017)
SERMON NOTES : SARDIS: NOT WHAT IT SEEMS (Revelation 3:1-6)
The church at Sardis was almost dead but it had a reputation for life.
1. Appearance is not always reality.
– 3:1. Somehow it looked alive, but it was actually spiritually dead. 2 …
Peter Barnes: Revelation 2:18-29
(17 December 2017)
SERMON NOTES : THYATIRA: TOO TOLERANT (Revelation 2:18-29)
Pliny the Elder said that Thyatira was ‘a city of no first-rate dignity’. It was known for its many trade guilds, each with its patron deity. To get a job in Thyatira, one needed to …
Peter Barnes: Revelation 2:2-17
(3 December 2017)
SERMON NOTES : PERGAMUM: COMPROMISING ITS WITNESS (Rev.2:12-17)
– Sometimes it can be easier to face persecution from the outside rather than seduction from within.
1. Christ with the sword of judgment.
– 2:12. Why is Christ described in this way? For Smyrna …
Peter Barnes: Deuteronomy 18:15-18; Hebrews 3:1-6; John 1:15-18
(10 December 2017 – Sunday School Service)
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Peter Barnes: Zephaniah 3:17
(17 December 2017)
SERMON NOTES: QUIETENED BY LOVE, EXULTED IN PRAISE (Zephaniah 3:17)
O. Palmer Robertson calls it ‘the John 3:16 of the Old Testament.’
1. God is the Mighty One.
– 3:17. Calvin quotes the Roman pagan poet Ovid: ‘Not well do agree, nor dwell …
