Song of Solomon 1:1–4 God’s design for sex and relationships and marriage is fundamentally positive. Our longings however are not, they are broken, we need God’s redeeming love.
Sermons from June 2021
3 John Loving Christ should lead to a desire to share with others our joyful relationship with him, but also to support and send those who are called to do it cross-culturally. Chris Howles, our speaker, is one of the Barge’s mission partners, serving in Uganda.
Mark 11:27-12:17 Today in the West, the individual is king. And in particular, ‘the inner psychological life of the individual is sovereign’, as one writer has put it. How I feel is king. But such a view puts us on a collision course with reality – and with Jesus. There are givens to which we must conform, and Jesus is one of them. He has God’s authority.
Mark 11:1-25 Sweet and sour is a popular dish on the Chinese takeaway menu, and it’s one that we find on God’s menu too. God is a God of salvation, but also of judgement. Jesus is a gentle donkey-riding King who has come to save, but also an angry fig-tree cursing, table-turning King who has come to judge.