Sermons from 2024

Sermon series from 2024, covering Romans (Making Sense of Life), selections from Acts (Prayer and Mission) and the first thirteen chapters of Exodus (The Great Escape).

Gospel: How Can We Become Confident In Our Faith?

18/02/2024

Geoff Cook

Romans 1:1–17

Romans is not, ultimately, about some big and complicated ideas, but about a person – Jesus Christ. In him all of the promises of Scripture and longings of the human heart find their fulfilment.

Sin: What's Wrong with the World?

25/02/2024

Rachel Taylor

Romans 1:18 – 3:23

What’s wrong with the world, and what is the bad news to which the gospel is the answer?

Salvation: What's So Amazing About Grace?

10/03/2024

Rachel Taylor

Romans 3:19 – 4:25

Paul helps us understand what God has done to save us through the death of Christ. He then uses the example of Abraham, which inspires us to not only be justified by faith but also to live a life of adventure by faith.

Good News for Heroic Failures

17/03/2024

Geoff Cook

Romans 5:1–11

All of us spend our lives looking for peace - with God, with others, with ourselves. You and I, ruined by sin, heroic failures that we are, cannot make peace with God, or for that matter, with one another. But God, through Christ, has already made peace with us. Will you accept it?

Freedom and Transformation

24/03/2024

Rachel Taylor

Romans 6:1–14

How does knowing the truth of the gospel empower us to live free from the power of sin?

Hope: What Has God Promised?

14/04/2024

Rachel Taylor

Romans 8:14–17
Romans 8:31–39

We do not need to fear. Through Jesus, God has adopted us as his own children - the promised hope of all who put their trust in him.

Mystery: If God Is Sovereign What Is Our Role?

21/04/2024

Geoff Cook

Our part in the unfolding mystery of God's eternal plan and purpose is to extend the good news of Jesus to those around us: we BELIEVE Jesus is Lord, we CONFESS Jesus is Lord, and we DECLARE Jesus is Lord.

Devotion: How Can We Live Full on For God?

28/04/2024

Rachel Taylor

Romans 12:1–21

In the light of the mercy we have received from God, our lives and our minds are to be made new and we are to offer up our lives as a sacrifice, living in a way that pleases God.

Community: How Can We Live Together In Love?

12/05/2024

Geoff Cook

Romans 14:1–21

Let’s learn to disagree agreeably and overcome our judgmental spirits. Let’s make sure we’re dealing with diversity by allowing love to limit our liberty and by focusing on the eternal, not externals.

Mission: How Can We Be Ambitious With The Gospel?

19/05/2024

Rachel Taylor

Romans 15:14–33

Paul ends his letter by reminding the church in Rome about their mission, their motivation, and their means by which to share the gospel with others.

To Boldly Pray

26/05/2024

Geoff Cook

Acts 4:23–31

Faced with the challenges and opportunities of the hour, boldly praying together is the remarkable, relational, revolutionary, refreshing and right thing to do.

The Priority of Praying Together

09/06/2024

Geoff Cook

Acts 6:1–7

Do you believe in prayer? Do you believe in praying together? Or do you struggle to believe in the importance of prayer or that prayer makes a difference?

All In This Together

23/06/2024

Geoff Cook

Acts 13:13
Acts 15:36–41

We are free to mess up, make mistakes, fail and disagree, but we need to recapture the thrill and adventure of following Jesus, to throw ourselves completely open to the new things the Spirit of God is doing.

Mission in the Market Place

30/06/2024

Rachel Taylor

Acts 17:16–34

God meets us where we are, deals with our fears and opens the door for us to meet people where they are with the Good News of Jesus.

The Birth of Hope

14/07/2024

Rachel Taylor

Exodus 1:1 – 2:10

In the waiting, and through the suffering, God is preparing us for the future he has planned.

I Am Who I Am

28/07/2024

Geoff Cook

Exodus 3:1–17

Do you think you’re somebody? Or are you disappointed you’re a nobody? Are you ready to find out what God can do with a nobody like me or you?

Longing For God

11/08/2024

Geoff Cook

Psalm 42:1–11

How can Psalm 42 help us when we’re feeling low, feeling down, feeling discouraged or depressed?

Build This House

18/08/2024

Geoff Cook

Psalm 127:1–5
Ecclesiastes 2:4–11

Unless we are building our lives - or community, or church, or whatever - around the Lord Jesus, our lives and our work will ultimately be empty, without meaning and purpose.