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Peter Barnes: Psalm 35
(9 September 2018)
SERMON NOTES : BEING MISUNDERSTOOD (Psalm 35)
We are all prone rather too readily to sing the ‘I am so misunderstood’ song. Tremper Longman says that David is being falsely accused of a capital crime. This is an imprecatory Psalm, like Psalms 7, …
Peter Barnes: 2 Cor 2:5-11
(2 September 2018)
SERMON NOTES : GRANTING FORGIVENESS (2 Cor.2:5-11)
Martin Luther once described human beings as like a drunk trying to get on a horse – first he falls off one side, then he falls off the other. It is surely the incestuous man …
Peter Barnes: Isaiah 3:1-4:1
(26 August 2018)
SERMON NOTES: THE DISINTEGRATION OF ZION (Isaiah 3:1-4:1)
T. S. Eliot: The Church disowned, the tower overthrown,
the bells upturned, what have we to do
But stand with empty hands and palms upturned
in an age which advances progressively backwards?
William Butler Yeats: …
Shane Gooch: Luke 7:18-23
(26 August 2018)
SERMON NOTES: DEALING WITH DOUBT (Luke 7:18-23)
We live in an ever-changing world
“Honest doubt is not a bad starting point, but it is a bad finishing point” John MacArthur
There is such a thing as healthy skepticism …
Peter Barnes: Isaiah 2:6-22
(19 August 2018)
SERMON NOTES: TRUST GOD, NOT MAN (Isaiah 2:6-22)
In these early chapters of Isaiah there is a contrast painted between Zion as it was, as it is, and the new Zion.
1. Sins that anger God.
– 2:6. ‘Striking the hands’ (ESV) is …
Peter Barnes: 1 Cor 10:27 NO AUDIO
(19 August 2018)
SERMON NOTES : GUIDE ME, O GREAT JEHOVAH (1 Cor. 10:27)
Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah,/ Pilgrim through this barren land. R. C. Sproul tells how five friends of his in five different American cities all told him of …
Mark Jones: Mark 1
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Peter Barnes: Eccles 4:!-16; 2 Tim 4:9-22 NO AUDIO
(12 August 2018)
SERMON NOTES : FACING LONELINESS (Eccles.4:1-16; 2 Tim.4:9-22)
This year (2018) the British government appointed a Minister for Loneliness! Paul Tournier calls loneliness ‘the most devastating malady of this age’.
1. We were created for companionship.
– companionship …
Peter Barnes: Isaiah 2:1-5
(5 August 2018)
SERMON NOTES: BLESSINGS FROM NEW ZION (Isaiah 2:1-5)
Isaiah has contrasted old and new Zion (1:21-31), and here he goes on to speak of the new Zion in greater detail. See Micah 4:1-3; Rev. 21:1-2. Isaiah saw the word – 2:1; see 1:1 …
Peter Barnes: Ecclesiasties 3:1-8; 1 Thessalonians 4:13; John 11:35 NO AUDIO
(5 August 2018)
SERMON NOTES : FACING GRIEF (Eccles.3:1-8; 1 Thess.4:13; John 11:35)
Ecclesiastes tells us that there is a time for everything (Eccles.3:1-8). A pamphlet from a funeral home stated: ‘To live in hearts we leave behind is …
