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Is there any hope for the planet? Part 1
Genesis 1:20-31 | Matthew 6:25-34 | EV Night | 16/04/2023 | Andrew Hayes
See from God's word a better story about our planet than you can find anywhere else. There is hope for the planet because God made it and loves it. He made us for a special role in it. But we've made a mess of ourselves and the world. So we're the problem not the solution. And yet there is hope.
Peninsula EV - Mark 8:1-26
Mark 8:1-26 | Grace Church Peninsula | 3/04/2016 | Craig Dobbie
Craig Dobbie shows us three kinds of blindness in Mark 8, drawing attention to how we as humans naturally don't want to see who Jesus is because of our broken hearts. Jesus came as the great solution to our blindness, but have you realised the depth of the problem and are you being honest with God about where you're at?
The turning point (the promise)
Genesis 12:1-9 | EV Church | 20/08/2023 | Grahame Fuller
God's promises to Abraham in the Old Testament are the backbone for the entire Bible! Graham Fuller shows us how these promises point to Jesus and include us today.
Jesus Denied and Condemned
John 18:15-32 | EV Church | 17/03/2024 | Dan Ford
"Follow your heart" is the message we hear constantly. But Peter's denial of Jesus teaches us a different message. Walking through John 18:15-32, Dan Ford helps us consider the problem of our hearts, and how Jesus is the solution.
Jesus Denied and Condemned
John 18:15-32 | EV Night | 17/03/2024 | Dan Ford
"Follow your heart" is the message we hear constantly. But Peter's denial of Jesus teaches us a different message. Walking through John 18:15-32, Dan Ford helps us consider the problem of our hearts, and how Jesus is the solution.
Trusting Jesus' Salvation
Luke 7:18-31 | EV Church | 13/04/2025 | Andrew Heard
Doubts about Christianity are not always an intellectual issue but often a deeper heart problem driven by sin and rebellion. Andrew Heard speaks on the doubts of John the Baptist and Jesus' response to him and to us today.
Trusting Jesus' Salvation
Luke 7:18-31 | EV Night | 13/04/2025 | Andrew Heard
Doubts about Christianity are not always an intellectual issue but often a deeper heart problem driven by sin and rebellion. Andrew Heard speaks on the doubts of John the Baptist and Jesus' response to him and to us today.
Family for the Glory of God - Part 1
Ephesians 6:1-4 | EV Church | 26/05/2013 | Andrew Heard
Andrew unpacks what the bible says about family, living for the honour of God. Deut 6:1-6. Eph 6:1-4 Eph 6 describes an asymmetry in relationship, children to obey parents. Assumption being that the child is 'in the Lord'. Fathers - don't exasperate your children, why fathers ? because he is most likely to create the problem (physically stronger and lower emotional intelligence). Punish for wilful disobedience rather than childishness. We can punish based on inconvenience to us, rather than inappropriate behaviour. Eph 6:4 goes on to say 'instead ... Bring them up in the training and discipline of The Lord. This suggests that The Lord is more important than even family.
Judges 13-16
Judges 13:1-5 | EV Church | 23/06/2013 | Andrew Heard
Andrew unpacks the Judge Samson. Despite Gods continued mercy and love, Israel again did evil in the sight of The Lord. The Philistine oppression was more subtle, and This time Israel doesn't cry out for The Lord. Samson's parents were God fearing and he was dedicated as a Nazirite. In chapter 14. Samson ignored the requirements of the vow. His riddle was an arrogant provocation. Samson had a problem with his eyes, & discipline - which undermines his actions. Samson was physically strong but of weak character. God used this broken man. He used Samson to stir up the Philistines to oppress Israel, to stir up Israel to cry out for The Lord. God is the deliverer !
Romans 7:14-25
Romans 7:14-25 | EV Church | 11/08/2013 | Tim Baldwin
Tim Baldwin preaching on Romans 7:14-25 Change is hard! Paul acknowledges this in this passage. Christians are no longer slaves to sin, but live with the presence of sin. Is Paul reflecting on his present state or at his state before conversion? Evidence for Present State - tense of the sentences - v8 desire to obey the law - v22 delight in Gods law - v25 thanks to God for delivering Jesus This can lead to complacency in dealing with sin. Evidence for Paul referring to his state before conversion - Consistency with Roms 6:6 - v17 sin living in me alive and kicking - v18 good itself doesn't dwell in me - v21 law still at work in him - v23 a prisoner to the law of sin - v25 slave to the law of sin - Roms 8:2 we are set free from the law of sin - Context of Rom 7 is Paul talking primarily to Jews who knew the law - v7 reflecting back to the time before the law (which must be pre-Moses) Gal 5:17 Paul acknowledges Christians struggle with sin. Key message of the passage is that life under the law is frustrating. Law refers here to the 10 commandments and the expanded version of laws in the first 5 books of the Bible. Rom 2:12-15 says that even Gentiles have moral law in their conscious. Law brings out sin in us, and helps us see sin. Sin is the problem, so what is the solution? More laws? No, the solution for sin is to let the Law humble us, so that we see our need for a saviour! v 25 - the answer is Jesus, his righteousness can be credited to us, making us right with God.