Ephesians 1:11-14 Believers are exceedingly blessed, not least because when we believed we “were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit.” This is true of Jew and gentiles, young and old. This should make us prize our belief in Jesus Christ.
"grace" Tagged Sermons
Ephesians 1:1-10 The privileges that Christians enjoy are extraordinary. They flow from God’s love for his people. They are celebrated by Paul in order to unite and encourage Christians as they seek to live up to the high calling we have as God’s children.
John 8:1-11 The gospel condemns those who society perceives as being ‘good’, but it rescues and transforms even the ‘worst’ of sinners
Luke 15:1-32 The parable of the prodigal son famously emphasises that there’s no-one too lost or too far from God. But less well known is its shocking challenge to the religious and the respectable.
Luke 2:8-20 God announces the birth of Jesus to ordinary shepherds, revealing that the Saviour has come to bring peace, joy, and salvation to all who trust in him.
Jonah 1:17-2:10 Jonah is a book of opposites. Jonah is told to go up, but he goes down, he deserves judgement but is saved instead. Come and see the prayer where God breaks and remakes Jonah. And consider Christ who was greater than Jonah and shows us even greater grace.
Acts 15:1–16:6 What should we do when Christians disagree? Particularly about something as important as ‘what must we do to be saved?’ The Jerusalem council was all about that important topic, and helps us navigate today’s disagreements as well.
Luke 15:11-32 This parable shows the lost nature of humanity, and the perfect grace of God in Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 2:1–10 You were dead, but God has made you alive in Christ, that you would show his glory
Numbers 6:24-26 ‘We wish you a happy and prosperous 2022’ say the cards. But such wishes lack any power, and are nothing more than saying that you hope things work out. By contrast the Aaronic blessing is a powerful prayer which asks God for what we need most in the year ahead.