Revelation : Laodicea – Lukewarmness is Sickening

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, …

God’s Essential Attribute and our Greatest Need

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  …

Revelation: Philadelphia – Persevering to the End

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) …

Occasional Sermon

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 …

Occasional Sermon

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 …

Revelation: Sardis – Not What it Seems

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 …

Revelation: Thyatyra – Too Tolerant : No Audio

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 …

Revelation: Pergamum – Compromising its Witness : No Audio

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 …

Moses & Jesus

Peter Barnes: Deuteronomy 18:15-18; Hebrews 3:1-6; John 1:15-18

(10 December 2017 – Sunday School Service)

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Zephaniah: Quietened by Love, Exulted in Praise : No Audio

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 …