Peter Barnes: Psalm 62
SERMON NOTES: TRUST IN YOUR ROCK AND SALVATION (Psalm 62)
– written when Saul was chasing him or when his own son, Absalom, led a civil war against him.
– 62:1-2. David begins with the solution. David is under threat from his …
Peter Barnes: 1 Thessalonians 5:9-11
SERMON NOTES: FROM ELECTION TO ENCOURAGEMENT (1 Thessalonians 5:9-11)
– he traces salvation all the way through from election to being with Christ forever, and then applies that. It shows how closely doctrine (what we believe) is connected to ethics (what we do).
Peter Barnes: Psalm 56
SERMON NOTES: WHEN I AM AFRAID, I WILL TRUST GOD (Psalm 56)
David wrote this Psalm when he was afraid, in Gath (see 1 Sam. 21 or 1 Sam. 27 & 29) – 1 Sam. 21:10-12. We will take Psalm 56:3 as the key text.
Spring is in the air, and once again the thoughts of progressives turn to euthanasia and/or assisted suicide. At the time of writing, the NSW Parliament is expected to deal with what is called the ‘Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2017’. One is treated to the usual words of comfort and …
The fuel that drives so much of modern society seems to be a form of bravado, expressed in terms of confidence. Confidence is one of those many terms which can be enhancing or destructive; it may enable us or disable
us. Even more than that, it may give us strength …
Many people will appeal to the so-called Golden Rule as their guide as to how they conduct their lives – or how they think they conduct their lives. It is found in the Sermon on the Mount: ‘So, whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to …
By David van Gend
A SUBVERSIVE IDEA
Senator Penny Wong assures us that nothing will change with same-sex ‘marriage’: “The sun will still rise, and children will still eat more ice cream than is good for them.”1 That is not what her fellow lesbian activist Masha Gessen told the …
Peter Barnes : 1 Thessalonians 5:4-8
SERMON NOTES: BE AWAKE AND SOBER! (1 Thessalonians 5:4-8)
In 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Paul has been comforting Christians who were worried about the state of those Christians who had died before Christ’s return, and in 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 he is encouraging Christians to live …
Peter Barnes : Psalm 49
SERMON NOTES : WEALTH CANNOT RANSOM US (Psalm 49)
– a wisdom Psalm; like the book of Ecclesiastes with a more definite hope added. 1 Peter 1:18-19.
– 49:1-4. To whom is the Psalmist speaking? To everybody. Like Micah 1:2 …
Peter Barnes: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-4
SERMON NOTES: KNOWING ABOUT THE SECOND COMING (1 Thessalonians 5:1-4)
– they needed some clarification on some issues – 3:9-10. In 4:13-18 Paul had dealt with deceased believers; in 5:1-11 he deals with living believers awaiting the second coming.
