Sermon Categories: Church
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Belonging, Believing, Behaving
Last week in the three different services we had three different speakers and yet there was one consistent message. I am sure that the three speakers had not got together beforehand and conspired to deliver the same message, but God will speak when we are ready to listen. They all delivered God’s message with a…
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VIP – The Journey
What do you pack for a journey? For me, the first thing I grab is that black bag you may see me carrying around. Inside is everything I would want to have to hand. My Bible, notebook, pens, glasses chargers, cables, and the list goes on. This week we continue our Journey of walking towards…
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Church – Thyatira – Follow Jesus Not The World
Revelation 2: 18-29 “I know that there is pain, but you hold on for one more day and break free the chains…” A 1990s classic song brings those words of wisdom into my mind as I read about Thyatira, the next church we look at in our series. Have you ever felt out on a…
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Church – Pergamum – A New Name
Giant man-bats with blue skin were the astonishing sights witnessed by John Herschel, an eminent British astronomer, when, in 1835, he pointed a powerful telescope towards the Moon. That was the news digested by the readers of the New York Sun. It seems fake news is not a new idea. From Facebook to the BBC…
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Church – Smyrna – In The Highs And Lows
Revelation 2: 8-11 In our series of looking at what church could be, we reach the church of Smyrna. The Church in Smyrna doesn’t get told what they are doing wrong but instead receives a warning of testing times to come. It seems even when you are doing everything correct life can still be hard.…
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Church – Ephesus – Making The Main Thing The Main Thing
Revelation 2: 1-7 As we move on from what it means to be a community walking towards Jesus together we start our new series. In the run-up to Advent, we are looking at the churches in the book of Revelation. Revelation is one of those books we tend to shy away from, but there is…