Sermons

Joel: Prophet of the Day of the Lord – A Plague of All Plagues

Peter Barnes | Joel 1:1-20

SERMON  NOTES
A  PLAGUE  OF  ALL  PLAGUES
Joel  1:1-20

– Leslie  Allen  goes  for  a  date  around  500  B.C.  but  there  is  some  reason  to  go  back  to  the  800s  B.C.  Joel  begins  by  describing  a  disastrous  locust  plague.

1.  This  is  God’s  word.

– …

Sermons

Occasional Sermon – God of Steadfast Love

Peter Barnes | Psalm 33

SERMON  NOTES
GOD  OF  STEADFAST  LOVE
Psalm  33;  1 Peter 1:1-9

–  the  Psalm  is  anonymous  and  has  no  title,  but  is  a  lovely  Psalm  of  praise.

1.  We  are  to  rejoice  in  the  praise  of  God.

– 33:1-3;  Calvin  and  Spurgeon  are  against  the  …

Sermons

Occasional Sermon – God Wins the War for His People (part 2)

Peter Barnes | Psalm 18:20-50

SERMON  NOTES
GOD  WINS  THE  WAR  FOR  HIS  PEOPLE  (part  2)
Psalm  18

1.  The  Lord  rewards  the  righteous.

– 18:20-24;  this  is  not  self-righteousness

– only  Christ  can  say  this  absolutely,  but  it  does  have  meaning  for  the  Christian  e.g.  Eph.2:10;  Micah 6:8;  Acts …

Articles

The Truth About the Elephant

People who believe that truth cannot be known often appeal to the story of the six blind men who come across an elephant. There are variations of the tale, but they are rather similar in the end. One touches the elephant’s underside, and thinks it is a wall; a second …

Sermons

Occasional Sermon – God Wins the War for His People (part 1)

Peter Barnes | Psalm 18:1-19

SERMON  NOTES
GOD  WINS  THE  WAR  FOR  HIS  PEOPLE  (part  1)
Psalm  18

– only  Psalm  78  and  119  are  longer;  very  similar  to  2 Samuel 22.

1.  God  is  our  rock.

– 18:1-3;  see  Deut.32:4,  18;  Gen.15:1;  ‘A  mighty  fortress  is  our  God’  (Luther).…