Sermons

Philippians 2:13-30 

Philippians 2:13-30 | EV Church | 26/11/2017 | Tim Baldwin

Tags: Philippians, Serving Others for their Salvation

Serving Others for their Salvation

Hosea 1:1-3 

Hosea 1:1-3 | EV Church | 9/09/2018 | Andrew Heard

Tags: Hosea, Love for the loveless

Love for the loveless

Preparing the way: Repentance and Forgiveness  

Luke 3:1-20 | EV Church | 2/03/2025 | Jez Reynolds

Tags: See His Salvation, Luke, John the Baptist's and Salvation history, Preparing the way, Repentance and Forgiveness

John the baptist didn't preach a 'safe space' message to the crowd but challenged them with repentance that wan class="keyword">asan> evidenced by a changed life. Jez Reynolds speaks from Luke 3 on the good news this message of repentance brings for them, and us, an class="keyword">asan> it points to the salvation available in Jesus. Is repentance real in your life?

Good Friday 2019 (morning) - Life Changing  

Luke 23:44-49 | EV Church | 19/04/2019 | Andrew Heard

Tags: Good Friday, Ean class="keyword">asan>ter, Life-changing, Life Changing, Jesus died Jesus Rose,

Jesus died. Jesus rose. This is the most life-changing event in history! Jesus' sacrifice wan class="keyword">asan> life giving and life changing. How? Why? Andrew Heard explores the layers of the cross.

Philippians 1:27-2:11 

Philippians 1:27-2:11 | EV Church | 19/11/2017 | Andrew Heard

Tags: Philippians, Worthy of the Gospel of Christ

Worthy of the Gospel of Christ

Hebrews 12:18-24 

Hebrews 12:18-24 | EV Church | 7/01/2018 | Andrew Heard

Tags: Hebrews, Fix your eyes

Hebrews 12 - Fix your eyes.

2 Timothy 3:10-17 

2 Timothy 3:10-17 | EV Church | 28/10/2012 | Andrew Heard

God's overarching plan for us is to become more Christ-like. There are also examples of 'Conscious-guidance' in the Bible. Eg Cornelius vision from an Angel (Acts 10). God is supernatural and han class="keyword">asan> and does guide via 'conscious guidance'. Should we expect this ? Wan class="keyword">asan> - Ought distinction. Matt 17:24 Jesus sends Peter to catch a fish who han class="keyword">asan> a coin in its mouth. This miracle is unique and we don't conclude that the fish is some divine guidance for us on paying taxes today because the rest of the bible provides guidance principles on taxes. God's 'conscious guidance' examples are listed in the Bible primarily to demonstrate the fulfillment of His plan to bring all the nations together under Christ to bring glory to God.

Parable of the Sower 

Luke 8:4-15 | EV Church | 17/02/2013 | Tim Baldwin

Tim Baldwin unpacks the parable of the sower. Parables are not given so that everyone understands, but rather (v9) to speak like Isaiah, an class="keyword">asan> a form of judgement. Truth is concealed from the can class="keyword">asan>ual listener, who ultimately are judged for ignoring Gods truth. God is a speaking God and His word (the seed) is delivered and heard in many ways. 1. Path - the devil takes away the word of God. 2. Rocky ground - receive the word with joy, then fall away when testing comes 3. Thorns - hear the word, but allows life's worries, riches and plean class="keyword">asan>ures to take priority 4. Good soil - hear & retain the word and through perseverance produce an abundant harvest of godliness with a pan class="keyword">asan>sion for mission. Pray that you listen to God's word and have your life shaped by it to become more like Christ.

Reincarnation 

Luke 15:11-24 | EV Church | 13/01/2013 | Andrew Heard

Andrew Heard unpacks reincarnation Religious viewpoint 1. Pessimistic view that life is oneness 2. Human is a dislocated part of that oneness 3. Separation from oneness, due to Karma. 4. Escape the wheel of life to be merged back to the oneness of life. Western optimistic view 1. Externality of life. Materialism han class="keyword">asan> bred an arid landscape, if we are just machines. 2. Giving vent to justness and fairness. Pan class="keyword">asan>t lives explain circumstances, and provides motivation for doing good. 3. Desire to be free from constraint. Allows accountability just for self, without an overarching deity that demands obedience. God came to seek and save the lost, breaking a cycle that we could never do, providing freedom from Karma and the ability to live an class="keyword">asan> we were designed for.

Romans 6:1-14 

Romans 6:1-144 | EV Church | 21/07/2013 | Andrew Heard

Romans 6 answers the question, if we are saved by grace, do we really need to change at all? Christianity is all about change. The early chapters of Romans highlight the big issues of life, such an class="keyword">asan> God's judgement of sin. Romans describes Two Realms * Adam - Sin, Death, Law, Condemnation, Old * Jesus/God - Life, Freedom, Righteousness, New Moving from Adam's realm to God's realm isn't possible by works, but by faith (Rom 5:1) Baptism is being incorporated into something, or identified with. Faith unites us with Christ and baptises us an class="keyword">asan> a Christian. Died to Adam's realm in order that we can live a new life in God's realm. Free from being a slave to sin, and given power to live in God's realm. Grow and develop a discontent with the old self, whilst grow in contentment of the new life Discipline yourself to not let sin reign