Genesis 6:5-8 The recent Noah blockbuster captures something of the horror of this ancient story: a divine judgement wiping out nearly everyone and everything on the planet. One commentator asked…
Sermons on Judgement (Page 2)
Genesis 6:5-8 The recent Noah blockbuster captures something of the horror of this ancient story: a divine judgement wiping out nearly everyone and everything on the planet. One commentator asked the question: “what kind of a god feels he has to destroy everyone just because he’s unhappy with the choices we make?” In fact this kind of portrait of God is why a lot of people cannot bring themselves to believe in the God of the Bible. Come and join us as we consider this question, and as we consider how this ancient text speaks to us today.
Supposing there is a God, and supposing there is an after-life, and supposing God is going to divide the world into those who get to be with God forever, and those who will be excluded, how will he make that call? Most of us have a moral-skyscraper in our minds with Nelson Mandela and Mother Theresa on the top floor, and Robert Mugabe and Jimmy Saville in the basement, and most likely God will draw a line (quite a bit below our floor obviously), and that will be the divider. Come and join us as we consider Jesus’ surprising teaching on this crucial subject.
John 12:36-50 Despite the census results, the experience of many believers on the ground is that Jesus’ teaching is often ignored or rejected. Why is Jesus rejected? And does the…
Isaiah 6:9-13 I’ve got my life to live and things have never been busier. I just don’t have time or space for God at the moment. Maybe when things quieten…
John 12:36-50 Despite the census results, the experience of many believers on the ground is that Jesus’ teaching is often ignored or rejected. Why is Jesus rejected? And does the rejection of Jesus undermine his claims?
Acts 17:16-34 The French philosopher Albert Camus wrote, “There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy”. Is it? If so, why?
Obadiah 10-16 Some offences can be overlooked, but what about when what’s happened is so horrific that it’s just not that simple? Doesn’t justice demand that something should be done? What do we do when it’s too serious to just “forgive and forget”?