December 2007 Sermons
All sermons are by David Luke unless otherwise noted.
Sunday 2 Dec 2007 a.m.
No audio available.
Sunday 2 Dec 2007 p.m.
REVELATION, 7 Churches 2. Smyrna (Revelation 2:8-11)
No audio available, as this was a discussion of the passage, but you can download the questions that were used to guide the discussion.
Sunday 9 Dec 2007 a.m.
REVELATION 6. The Unfolding Story (Revelation 6)
Duration: 00:31:29
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Sunday 9 Dec 2007 p.m.
HOLY SPIRIT IN JOHN 4. The Holy Spirit and Worship (John 4:4–26)
Duration: 00:32:27
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(9.3 MB)
Sunday 16 Dec 2007 a.m.
REVELATION 7. The menace persists (Revelation 7)
Outline: 1) Sealed on earth (1-8): God's electing love + God's keeping power; 2) Safe in heaven (9-17). This morning we confessed our faith using the word of the first question and answer of the Heidelberg Catechism.
Duration: 00:35:46
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(10.2 MB)
Sunday 16 Dec 2007 p.m.
FOLLOWING JESUS 2. What a Life of Discipleship Involves (Luke 9:18–27)
Outline:
Question 1) What happens next
2 challenges: a) recognize the cross as the centre of Christ's kingdom; and
b) see the kingdom of God comes in no other way than through the cross of Christ.
"When Christ calls a man he bids him come and die."
(Dietrich Bonhoeffer)
Question 2) What does a life of discipleship look like?
3 alternatives:
a) saving face and losing our souls
b) gaining the world and being eternally lost
c) disowning Jesus and him disowning us
Question 3) What does this mean for me?
"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." (Jim Elliott).
For more about Bonhoeffer and Elliot, mentioned in the message, see the main series page for FOLLOWING JESUS.
Duration: 00:28:53
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Sunday 23 Dec 2007 a.m.
The Course the Wise Men Took (Sunday School Carol Service)
No audio available, due to technical problems. During the service, the Sunday School gave a presentation called “The Hoity-Toity Angel”. You can see some photographs of that presentation.
Sunday 23 Dec 2007 p.m. (Carol Service)
The Name of Jesus (Matthew 2:1–12)
Outline: 1) The name of the one who came to save his people from their sins; 2) The name through which we have forgiveness of sins; 3) The name in which salvation is to be found; and 4) The most exalted name of all.
Duration: 00:24:43
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Sunday 30 Dec 2007 a.m.
No audio available due to technical difficulties with the recording.
