Earthquakes in Nepal

We  have  been  reminded  yet  again  that  we  live  in  a  creation  which  has  been  cursed  (Rom.8:19-25).  The  devastating  earthquake  in  Nepal  on  25  April  (2015)  has  had  a  sobering  effect  on  us  all  as  we  have  witnessed  from  afar  first  the  loss  of  8,000  lives,  then  a  series  of  …

David and the Kingly Line of the Messiah – A Saint on the Run

Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 21:7-22:5

SERMON  NOTES
A SAINT ON THE RUN
1 Samuel 21:7-22:5; Psalm 142

– this all illustrates Ps.37:23-24

1. Believers can act foolishly.

– 21:7-10. David lies, and then takes Goliath’s sword to Gath! (see 17:4)

– 21:11-15; not the sort of ditty to go …

The Last Night (John 13-17) – Religious Zeal Opposed to Christ

Peter Barnes | John 16:1-4a

SERMON  NOTES
Religious Zeal Opposed to Christ
John 15:18-16:4; Acts 4:1-22

– not all religions are the same, not even all monotheistic religions’ 1 Kings 18:21

1. Jesus forewarns us.

– 16:1; ‘so you will not be caught unawares’ (William Hendriksen)

– see 6:60-61

– …

David and the Kingly Line of the Messiah – A True Friend

Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 20:1-42

SERMON  NOTES
A True Friend
1 Samuel 20:1-42

The subtitle of this chapter might be: ‘How to walk the tightrope of relationships’.

1. Being godly in trying circumstances.

– Jonathan seeks to be godly in the ambiguity and the fallenness of this world. Arthur …

Everything is Intertwined

Today the Christian has the sense of fighting on one front, then another opens up, and if one is not careful, one can devote all one’s energies to a series of battles and be weighed down by a foreboding that one is not really winning any significant wars. The fact …