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The Authority of Jesus

December 29, 2013
Alan Purser
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1 Chronicles (3)
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1 Kings (17)
1 Peter (18)
1 Samuel (2)
1 Thessalonians (13)
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2 Thessalonians (5)
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Ephesians (26)
Esther (5)
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Ezekiel (14)
Galatians (24)
Genesis (49)
Habakkuk (8)
Hebrews (36)
Isaiah (56)
James (13)
Jeremiah (1)
Job (14)
John (114)
Jonah (8)
Joshua (3)
Lamentations (4)
Luke (150)
Malachi (7)
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Matthew (52)
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Nehemiah (14)
Numbers (1)
Obadiah (9)
Philippians (28)
Proverbs (1)
Psalms (51)
Revelation (14)
Romans (29)
Song of Solomon (7)
Titus (5)
Various (5)

Topics

'Why should I tell others?'
2020
2020 Pursuits
A beautiful picture of the gospel
A Better Story
A fulfilled life
Absolute truth
Action
Adam
Ageing
Agnosticism
All
Ambassadors
Ambition
Angels
anxiety
Apathy
Apostasy
Apostolic ministry
Approval
Ashamed
Assurance
Atonement
Authentic Ministry
Authority
Awake
Baptism
Beatitudes
Being made Right
Bible
Birth
Blessing
Blindness
Body
body of Christ
Boldness
Bread
Building the people of God
Can we trust God?
Caring
Carols
Certainty
Certainty?
Change
Changed lives
Character
Choice
chosen
Christ
Christ Builds the Church
Christ's return
Christian growth
Christian Living
Christlikeness
Christmas
Christmas Carol Service exploring the reason behind Christmas
Christmas Carols
Christmas Day
Church
City
Cleansing
Comfort
Comfort-eating
Comfort-shopping
Coming
Coming King
Community
Compassion
Complaint
Conflict
Conflict and peace
Conqueror
Contentment
Control
Coronation Sunday
Costly obedience
Courage
Covenant
Covenant community
Creation
Creator
crisis
Cross
Death
Destiny
devotion
Disciple
Discipleship
Discouragement
Disillusionment
Doing
Door
Doubt
Easter
Easter Sunday
Encounter
Encouragement
Encouragement in the face of rejection
End
Endurance
Envy
Eternal Investments
Eternity
evangelism
Evangelism training
Evidence
Evil
Expectations
Extraordinary vs Ordinary
Extravagance
Facing opposition
Failure
Faith
Faith and idols
Faithful
faithfulness
Fall
False teaching
Family and work
Fashion
Father
Fear
Fear and Dependence
Fight
Flood
food
Forgiveness
Freedom
Friendship
Fruitful
Fruitfulness
Frustration
Gender
Genealogy
Generosity
Gift
Giving
Globalisation
Glory
Goals
God
God and humanity
God's character
God's existence
God's plan
God’s Justice and Generosity
God’s unfaithful wife
God’s Word
God’s work
Going public
Golden Rule
Good enough
Good Friday
Good news
Goodness
Gospel
Gospel Music
Gospel opposition
Gospel vision
Governance
Grace
Great
Great Reversal
Greatness
Greed
Growth
Grumbling
Guidance
Happiness
Hardship
Health
Hearing
Heaven
Hell
Help
Helplessness
Hero
History
Holiness
Holy Spirit
Homeward Bound
Honour
hope
Hope in God’s faithfulness
Hope in the future
Hope when times are hard
How should I live?
How the Lord works
How the word works
Humanity
Humble confession leading to praise
Hypocrisy
Identity of Jesus
Idolatry
Idolatry and worship
Incarnation
Influence
Injustice
Intimacy
Investment Banker
Invitation
Irresistible
Islam
Jesus
Jesus is the only way
Jesus' uniqueness
Jesus’ Power
Joy
Joyful Celebration
Joyful Confidence
Joyful obedience and full reliance on God
Judgement
Judgement and restoration
Judgement and shame
judgment
Justification
Keeper
King
Kingdom
Kingdom building
Kingdom of God
Knowing God
Knowing what’s Best
Lament
Last days
Law
Leadership
Leading
Life
Life and death
Light
Light in the Dark
Listening to Jesus
Live as children of light
Living consistently
Living hope
Longing
Longing and desire
Lord
Loss and Gain
Love
Love and the gospel
Marriage
Maturity
Membership
Mercy
Ministry
Mission
Missions
Money
Money & Vision
Moral Monster
Morality
Muhammad
Multiplication
Murder
mystery of the gospel
Need for Christ
New Birth
New Identity means New Lifestyle
New Year
Obediance
One Thing in Common
Oneness
Opposition
Paris
Partiality
Partnership
Peace
Pentecost
Perfection
Perfectionism
Persecution
Perserverance
Perspective
Politics
Possessions
Power
Praise
Praising God!
Pray
Pray for open eyes
Prayer
Prayer and power
Pressure
Pride
Pride and Humility
Pride vs Humility
Priest
Proclaiming Christ Jesus
Proclamation
Promises
Prophecy
Prophet
Providence
Purpose
Questions
Questions for Life
Radical Living
Really Hearing
Rebellion
Rebirth
Rebuke
Reflection
Reformation 500
Refreshment
Refuge
regeneration
Rejection
Rejoicing
Religion
Remembrance
Remembrance 2017
Repentance
Rescue
Reshaping God
respect
Response
Response to Jesus
Rest
Rest in Jesus
Restoration
Restoration and repentance
Resurrection
Return
Return of Jesus
Revelation
Reversal
Reward
Rhythm
Righteousness
Risk-taking
Roles
Romans introduction
Rugby
Sacrifice
Safeguarding
Salvation
Salvation by faith
See
Seek first God’s Kingdom
Self humbling
Self-Perception
Selfishness
Selflessness
Servant
Servanthood
Service for word ministry
Serving
Sex
Sex and marriage
Sex, marriage, and insecurity
Sexual immorality
Shame
Sharing the Gospel
Shepherd
Signs and wonders
Sin
Slavery
Sleep
Sorrow
Sorrow for sin
Soul
Sovereignty
Spirit
Spiritual battle
spiritual life
Spiritual Warfare
Stability
Status Anxiety
Strength
Success
Suffering
Supremacy of Christ
Syncretism
teaching
Temptation
Testimony
Thanksgiving
the Church
The church and the gospel
The Cross
the cross of Christ
The early church
The Family
The Glory of God
The Glory of the Lord
The Good Shepherd
The Gospel
The gospel and Real Christianity
The Joy of the Lord is Your Strength
The Mind of Christ
The new creation
The new walk
The power of Jesus
The prodigal son
The Prophet and Watchman
The real Jesus
The skin and humanity
The sword of the Lord
The Tender Heart
The Word 1-2-1
The Word of God is our foundation
the World
Threats
Time
Tongue
Too bad?
Transfiguration
Transformation
Tree
Trial
Trials
Troubles
True Christianity
True Church
True religion
True worship
Trust
Truth
Truth about creation
Truth and love
Unbelief
Union with Christ
United generosity
Unity
Victory
Vision
Waiting
War
Way
We must decrease, Jesus must increase
Weakness
Wholeheartedness
Why
Wild
Wisdom
Word
Words
Work
Work and working life
Working out our salvation
Worry
Worship
Worthiness
‘Why should I tell others’- Questions of Life launch
永生
认可
身份

Speakers

James Cary (1)
Sir Jeremy Cooke (1)
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David Burrowes (1)
Phil Martin (1)
Rupert Evans (1)
Christian Hofreiter (1)
Kev Murdoch (1)
Geoffrey Hilder (1)
Phil Vance (1)
Richard Borgonon (1)
David Gascoigne (1)
Philip Brentford (1)
John Wood (1)
Ben Vane (1)
Alistair Tresidder (1)
Yvonne Edwards (1)
Cyrille Regis (1)
Lindsay Benn (1)
Aled Seago (1)
John Robertson (1)
Will Dobbie (1)
Ed Brooks (1)
Mark Jackson (1)
Simon Dowdy (1)
Stef Reid (1)
Ken Costa (1)
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Simon Ward (1)
Jeff Hammer (1)
Debbie Flood (1)
Doug Johnston (1)
Brigadier Ian Dobbie (1)
Lt Col Philip Bray (1)
Dr. Zigmund Rogoff (1)
Musa Ntinga (1)
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John Wyatt (1)
Emma Scrivener (1)
Robert Frazer (1)
Chris Howles (1)
Robert Lyman (1)
Rachael Denhollander (1)
黃志誠 (1)
Brian Wong (1)
Kirsten Guthrie (1)
Jason Freeman (1)
Julian (1)
Carol Harrison (1)
Col. David Ellison (1)
Charlie Skrine (2)
David Rue (2)
Aneirin Glyn (2)
Simon Edwards (2)
Akeel Sachak (2)
Colonel John Lewis (2)
Rob Scott (2)
Billy McCurrie (2)
Michael Farmer (2)
Rob Perkins (2)
Alan Johns (2)
James Buchanan (2)
Reuben Hunter (2)
Richard Godden (2)
Gavin Peacock (2)
Simon Pinchbeck (2)
Andy Palmer (2)
Jay Marriner (2)
Clare Heath-Whyte (2)
Michael Hayden (2)
Andrew Hill (2)
Mark Harding (2)
Anand Selvarajan (2)
John Young (2)
James Tredgett (2)
Alan Purser (3)
Wes Illingsworth (3)
Jamie Child (3)
Simon Pilcher (3)
Paul Kissack (3)
Mark O'Donoghue (3)
Marcus Evans (3)
Alison Garrow (3)
Andrew Sach (4)
Peter Harris (4)
Tim Ward (4)
David Shaw (4)
Raymond Brown (4)
Nigel Styles (4)
Paul Mayo (4)
Daf Meirion-Jones (4)
Andrew Nicholls (4)
Niv Lobo (4)
Christopher Ash (4)
Jeremy Cooke (5)
Richard Berridge (5)
Charles Kasenene (5)
Clayton Ryan (6)
Jeremy Hobson (6)
David Jackman (6)
Rico Tice (7)
Ray Chen (8)
Wallace Benn (8)
Jeremy Marshall (8)
Glen Scrivener (9)
Fiona Robb (10)
Richard Bray (11)
Peter Lewis (12)
Roger Carswell (16)
Callum Elwood (114)
Andrew Latimer (130)
Matt Dew-Jones (171)
Marcus Nodder (464)

Series

The Spiritual Realm (1)
Day Away 2024 (2)
Barge weekend away 2024 (4)
Light & Love (10)
Christ in the Old Testament (5)
Share Life (3)
Crime & Punishment (2)
Remembrance (2)
Barge Day Away (2)
Malachi (7)
Our physical bodies (2)
Tales of the unexpected (2)
Ambition (4)
Big issues (1)
Job (14)
True Repentance (4)
Life in a messed up world (1)
Lasting Legacy (5)
Barge weekend away May 2022 (4)
Life '22 (3)
Exile and Glory (11)
Life together (11)
God’s Life Goals for you (3)
Hope for Life (3)
Song of Songs (7)
Faith in the workplace (6)
Questions for Life event 2021 (5)
Building a People (13)
Good News (27)
Essentials for Christians (4)
True Discipleship (4)
Hot topics (1)
James (8)
Habakkuk (8)
Barge weekend away Nov 2019 (4)
Apocalypse Now? (2)
Set free in Christ (19)
Foundations (2)
Life Lessons (1)
Fullness in Christ (4)
Challenge Accepted (6)
Women’s Conference “Living Hope” (2)
East of Eden (8)
Wharf ‘How to’s… (2)
How to handle… (5)
Barge Weekend Away Mar 2019 (4)
In the Beginning (6)
Radical (2)
Questions for Life 2019 (4)
Leader or follower? (5)
Origins (5)
Be thinking (5)
Renew (2)
Life God's way (2)
Words to the Wharf (4)
Barge Weekend Away Oct 2018 (4)
Jonah: God-sized Mercy (4)
Counter-cultural (3)
Living with Hope (5)
I am (14)
Ready, steady, grow! (5)
Meeting Jesus in Isaiah (Barge weekend away March 2018) (4)
Questions for life event 2018 (13)
Money (2)
Doubt (6)
Pride and Humility (8)
Get real (2)
Dealing with doubt (3)
Three explosive questions (3)
Working life (8)
The trials of life (3)
What Jesus wants? (2)
What happens when you die? (4)
The Beginnings (4)
Evidence that demands a verdict (2)
Free at last (2)
Spiritual health – problems & treatments (7)
What is faith? (2)
1001 questions you must ask before you die (7)
Have you lost your mind? (3)
The Cross of Christ (3)
The extreme love of God (10)
Easter (14)
Why doesn't God make himself clearer? (3)
No Fear (3)
Better & Best (14)
The Mission (2)
The Cross (4)
True Grace (4)
Women's Breakfast (3)
Running the race (Weekend away March 2017) (4)
Songs for life (18)
Isaiah (20)
Gift or god (6)
Glory to God (1)
Hot Potatoes (6)
The Holy Spirit (12)
Taming the tongue (Barge weekend away) (4)
Certain in uncertain times (57)
All in for Christ (6)
Ephesians (15)
Let Your Kingdom Come (7)
Prepare to Share (1)
I’m glad you asked … (13)
I’m glad you asked that… (3)
Knowing God (22)
Two Ways to live (11)
Questions of Life event (3)
Barge Weekend Away Oct 2015- Jacob (4)
Onward Christian Soldier (midweek) (6)
Making Partner (14)
Onward Christian Soldier (5)
Living for eternity (5)
Questions of life (21)
The Real McCoy (2)
R.S.V.P. (3)
Lifetime Goal (1)
Joining God's Mission (2)
The Scandal of the Cross (2)
Prophecy for Dummies (3)
Easter freedom (3)
A week that changed the world (2)
Where's God on Monday? (4)
Marks of the Spirit-filled church (8)
Freedom (4)
Festival of Thought 2015 (3)
Why I can't believe (6)
Vision (3)
A New Comfort (2)
A life that counts (2)
Why Jesus Came (3)
Questions for God (2)
Everyday Gospel (4)
Which? (4)
Experiencing God (3)
God's survival manual (13)
Christian Basics (2)
A Sting in the Tale (3)
Deep hunger (2)
Where is God? (2)
Where is God in a messed up world? (4)
Noah (4)
Ultimate time management (2)
Would Christianity ruin my life? (1)
Authentic Spirituality (midweek) (3)
Authentic Spirituality (3)
Get Serious! (3)
One Thing In Common (41)
How to get on the wrong side of God (9)
Death and all his Friends (6)