Peter Barnes: Revelation 1:1-8
(5 November 2017)
SERMON NOTES: CHRIST TO THE CHURCHES (Revelation 1:1-8)
Luther: ‘everyone thinks of the book whatever his spirit imparts’. Calvin never preached on the Apocalypse. Spurgeon: ‘There is a whole Book of Revelation which I do not understand’ and ‘Only fools and madmen are …
Peter Barnes: Matthew 18:21-35
(29 October 2017)
SERMON NOTES: THE PARABLE OF THE UNFORGIVING SERVANT (Matthew 18:21-35)
– Corrie ten Boom at a church service in Munich met a former S.S. man from Ravensbruck. Here are Corrie’s words:
Even as the angry, vengeful thoughts boiled through me, I saw the …
Peter Barnes: Zephaniah 1:4-13
(22 October 2017)
SERMON NOTES: THE JUDGE OF HIS OWN PEOPLE (Zephaniah 1:4-13)
– ‘The Day of the Lord’ is a day of judgment (1:7-3:8) and yet also of hope (3:9-20). Earlier, there was Amos 5:18-20; Isa. 34:7; 35:10.
– …
In 1916 and 1917, during World War I, Australia went through two divisive referenda dealing with the issue of whether men could be conscripted for overseas service. In 2017 we have gone through a divisive plebiscite on the issue of whether only heterosexual couples can legally marry. One of the …
Peter Barnes: Matthew 18:15-17
(15 October 2017)
SERMON NOTES: DISCIPLINE IN THE CHURCH (Matthew 18:15-17)
– J. C. Ryle: ‘on no point have churches made so many mistakes – sometimes on the side of sleepy remissness, sometimes on the side of blind severity.’
– 18:15. Some manuscripts …
Peter Barnes: Matthew 18: 18-20
(22 October 2017)
SERMON NOTES: UNITY IN THE PRESENCE OF CHRIST (Matthew 18:18-20)
Flows on from 18:15-17.
– 18:18. Jesus had already said something similar to Peter in 16:19. The keys to the kingdom consist of teaching and …
Peter Barnes Zephaniah 1:1-3
(15 October 2017)
SERMON NOTES: THE JUDGE OF ALL THE EARTH (Zeph.1:1-3)
Zephaniah lived before the Babylonians destroyed Jerusalem about 587 B.C. King Josiah is mentioned, who reigned from 640-609 B.C. Zephaniah emphasises the Day of the Lord e.g. 1:14-16. He spoke of judgment more than …
Shane Gooch: Luke 9:28-36
Sermon Outline: Living in the Shadow of the Mountain
Sunday
Mt 16.22-23; Mk 8.32-33
Ex 33.18-23; Ex 34.29-35
Phil 3.20-21
Monday
Lk 9.1-2
Mk 9.22b-24
Col 3.1-17
Happy are those Christians who have learned to live for others more than for themselves and who understand that …
Shane Gooch: Luke 9:23-25
Sermon Notes: True Discipleship
…make disciples of all nations – Mt 28.19
We can’t fulfill the Great Commission unless we know what true discipleship is
Context
Who is this man? – Lk 5.21; 7.20-21, 49; 8.25; 9.9
Who do you say that I am? – Lk …
Peter Barnes: Psalm 83
(8 October 2017)
SERMON NOTES: GOD AND ISRAEL’S ENEMIES (Psalm 83)
This 83rd Psalm was written by Asaph who is the author of twelve Psalms (Ps.50; 73-83). It is not dated, but may come from Jehoshaphat’s day when Judah was under attack – 2 Chron.20:1.
