Isaiah 56:1-8 Listen in to Isaiah’s words to God’s people waiting to go home. To people tempted to sin, feeling excluded and feeling irrelevant.
"sin" Tagged Sermons (Page 2)
Genesis 2:4-25 Who knows best? Us or God? One of the foundations Genesis 2 puts in place is that God is not just powerful but good. And because he is good, his way is best. We need to be convinced of that as we face sin and suffering.
Romans 5:1-11 Does God love me? Sometimes we may be tempted to doubt whether he does because of sin in our lives. At other times it may be because of suffering, when we wonder why God has allowed this to happen to us if he really loves us. This passage shows us where we can find assurance of God’s love at such times.
Isaiah 6:1-13Isaiah’s vision of the Holy One of Israel is a stark contrast to the pocket-sized God of many Christians today. It is only when we see God as he really is that start to see ourselves as we really are.
Romans 8:1-27Joost van der Westhuizen was a household name in international rugby. He was a committed Christian, but in 2009 his life began to unravel. He became embroiled in a sex-tape and cocaine scandal. Two years later he was diagnosed with motor neurone disease. He died last month aged just 45. His story highlights two struggles that everyone faces – the struggle with sin and the struggle with suffering. Where can we turn for help?
Romans 8:1-27As Christians we struggle with sin and with suffering. But God has not left us to fend for ourselves. Through the gift of his Spirit we have help in the present and hope for the future.
Luke 18:9-17 Righteousness is more than just some religious buzz-word. It is the way we can have a relationship with God. So how can we get this righteousness? In Luke 18 we see an example of the wrong approach and the right approach as we meet a Pharisee and a Tax Collector.
Exodus 5:1-7:7 In Russia under Stalin millions of people ended up in labour camps. In present-day N.Korea, tens of thousands are in labour camps. But the labour camp is not a modern invention. They had them in Ancient Egypt too. But what’s it got to do with us?
Exodus 5:1-7:7 In Russia under Stalin millions of people ended up in labour camps. In present-day N.Korea, tens of thousands are in labour camps. But the labour camp is not a modern invention. They had them in Ancient Egypt too. But what’s it got to do with us?
Where does all the evil in this world come from? Everyone has to answer that question. Are we just confusing evil with survival of the fittest or does the meaning of evil run much deeper? Come along as we hear God’s answer in the bible and how it makes sense of what we see around us and within us.