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A Year of God's Word
1 Peter 1:23-2:3 | EV Night | 29/12/2024 | Andrew Hayes
A new year! What are your aims and hopes? Andrew Hayes shows us what God says about his word in the book of Isaiah, and challenges us to make 2025 a year of God's word. Be fuelled for a year of sharing it and reading it by these 4 truths: 1. The tragedy of Isaiah's day: God's Word is neglected (Isaiah 5:24) 2. Hope for the last days: nations streaming to hear God's word (Isaiah 2:2-3) 3. Encouragement in the waiting days: God's word is unfailingly reliable (Isaiah 40:8) and powerful (Isaiah 50:10-11) 4. The challenge for us today: be people who tremble at God's word (Isaiah 66:2) Sermon Slides https://evchurch.info/20241230-slides
Discernment in the Son
1 John 2:18-29 | EV Night | 1/12/2024 | Andrew Hayes
Nothing says apocalyptic cult like talk of the end times and the antichrist. But a closer look at what the Bible really says (rather than Hollywood) shows that the key danger in the end times is spiritual rather than physical. We see in 1 John 2:18-28 that the great danger is that we'll miss the truth of Jesus. But we also see the defences that God kindly provides to keep us in the truth.
Religious rituals don't save. Faith in Jesus does.
Colossians 2:16-23 | EV Night | 6/10/2024 | Andrew Hayes
Everyone wants to grow - or we should! But how? Colossians 2:16-23 raises the dangers of seeking growth through human traditions, rules, or mystical practices, which sound helpful but can actually be harmful. In Colossians, Paul shows us that Jesus gives us all we need for salvation and growth, and we see how it is that he grows us. Are you giving yourself to the normal ways that Jesus grows you?
Religious rituals don't save. Faith in Jesus does.
Colossians 2:16-23 | EV Church | 6/10/2024 | Andrew Hayes
Everyone wants to grow - or we should! But how? Colossians 2:16-23 raises the dangers of seeking growth through human traditions, rules, or mystical practices, which sound helpful but can actually be harmful. In Colossians, Paul shows us that Jesus gives us all we need for salvation and growth, and we see how it is that he grows us. Are you giving yourself to the normal ways that Jesus grows you?
God rescues his people (Passover: Blood and Wrath)
Exodus 12:1-14 | EV Night | 18/08/2024 | Andrew Hayes
Click here for slides -> http://evchurch.info/20240818-slides The Passover has massively defined the nation of Israel for thousands of years. As we look at Exodus 11-13, Andrew Hayes unpacks what the Passover means and how it points to Jesus.
God reveals his name (I AM has sent you)
Exodus 3:1-17 | EV Night | 4/08/2024 | Andrew Hayes
Click link to see slides -> https://evchurch.info/20240804-slides What comes into your mind when you think about God is the most important thing about you". As Moses gets the big call up, he learns that who he is matters less than who it is that is with him. In this passage, God reveals profound depths of who he is, including the meaning of his name Yahweh. And this is the God who has promised to be with us too.
How to Stop Loving Money
1 Timothy 6:6-19 | EV Night | 21/07/2024 | Andrew Hayes
To see the slides click -> https://evchurch.info/20240721-slides We know the Bible says not to love money. The hard bit is that our hearts struggle to believe it. Andrew Hayes takes us through God's gift to us in this passage: truths to help us spot its traps, unmask its scams, and practice evasive maneuvers that will free us from the love of money.
Honour your Elders
1 Timothy 5:17-25 | EV Night | 30/06/2024 | Andrew Hayes
Leaders are not the most important people in church, but it is most important for church that they lead well. Andrew Hayes draws out the responsibilities we have to honour our leaders and hold them to account.
Respectable Leaders
1 Timothy 3:1-13 | EV Night | 9/06/2024 | Andrew Hayes
Who influences you? And who should have influence in a church? 1 Timothy 3 says that God cares about the health of his church. So what matters most about leaders in church is their godly character.
Real Faith
James 2:14-26 | EV Night | 21/04/2024 | Andrew Hayes
James 2 can be a confronting, and even confusing passage. It talks about how to be saved, and it seems to say something different to what we see in John, or Paul. Is salvation by faith, or do we also need to add good works? We see that James and Paul do not contradict each other, but rather they fight against different errors. The truth is we are saved by faith, not what we do. Yet real faith shows itself in what we do. A challenge to consider if our faith is real.