1 Peter 1:22 to 2:3 – Growing Up
The Christian life is a journey. And it’s a journey where we expect to see progress. Not so we can boast but so we can bring glory to God. Crucial areaa for progress are in love and in our our knowledge of God. We grow in love by trying to deepen and strengthen the family love we have in the church. We grow in our knowledge of God by a perpetual voracious appetite for the word of God. Are you growing up as a Christian? To listen to Graham Nicholls preaching from 1 Peter 1:22 to 2:3 on Sunday morning 5th June 2011 use the links below Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player...
Read More1 Peter 2:13 to 21 – Be Holy
Peter moves on in this letter to give 5 imperatives – things Christians need to do in response to all God has done for them and the glory to be revealed. In this sermon we look at the first three Christians need to get our thinking straight. Feed our minds with things to help us thinking God’s thoughts. Thinking about what God wants us to do and thinking about our eternal hope We are to be distinctive. Like God to be set apart from the world. It must mean living in a way that we stay on God’s side of the line. And we are to fear God more than anything else. To listen to this...
Read More1 Peter 1:3 to 12 – Praise God and be Joyful
Peter bursts out in a stream of praise to God for the blessings of an eternal inheritance, of knowing Jesus and being able to keep rejoicing, even in trials To listen to this sermon use the links below Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Download
Read MoreHebrews 2:1 to 4 – Don’t Drift Away
This is the fist exhortation from the writer to the Hebrews. If the word from the angels was serious, how much more the word from Jesus. So you must keep listening and trusting the word of Jesus. To listen to this sermon use the links below Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Download
Read MoreHebrews 1:5 to 14 – God rules the universe by His Son
Jesus is God’s final word, the creator. He has finished his work and sat down at God’s right hand in the place of honour Hebrews chapter 1:5-14 contain a stream of quotations from the Old Testament showing that Jesus can be completely trusted. He’s greater than angels, in fact angels are under his authority working for the good of believers like us. Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your...
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