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EV Night - What brings satisfaction in life... simple pleasures?
Ecclesiastes 7:1-6 and Philippians 2:3-11 | EV Night | 26/01/2020 | Andrew Heard
Is it simple pleasures that make life worth living? Andrew Heard looks at the dangers that underly finding satisfaction in the simple life.
Easter Sunday 2019 EV Night - Life Changing
Luke 24:1-12 | EV Night | 21/04/2019 | Jez Reynolds
Jesus died. Jesus rose. This is the most life-changing event in history! There have been many life-changing moments in history, but they are all dwarfed by the resurrection. Jez Reynolds unfolds the life-changing significance of the event of that first Easter Sunday.
Peninsula EV - Why are we here?
Luke 12:13-21 | Grace Church Peninsula | 17/01/2016 | Craig Dobbie
Craig Dobbie speaks on how we can find real direction and purpose in life? At the heart of life is relationship, with each other and yet more importantly with God the creator. How have you responded to His desire for relationship, rejected or reciprocated His love?
Living in the Spiritaul Realm
1 Corinthians | Special Event | 22/06/2020 | Andrew Heard
Is there more to Christian life than just the ordinary? What does it look like to live a truly spiritual life? 1 Corinthians might have raised some questions for you.
Saturday EV - Summer Series 2013 - Something..I Hope! But how can we know?
1 Corinthians 15:1-11 | Saturday EV | 2/02/2013 | Andrew Heard
How can we know there is life after death? Andrew Heard unpacks evidence that there is life after death, what the bible says and why the consequences are of great importance!
The Word of Life
1 Peter 1:13-25 | Grace Church Peninsula | 5/01/2014 | Tim Baldwin
What is so powerful about the Bible? They are Words powerful to create, sustain and nourish life.
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 has bred an arid landscape, if we are just machines. 2. Giving vent to justness and fairness. Past 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 as we were designed for.
The end of death - Good Friday
John 10:1-21 | EV Church | 15/04/2022 | Andrew Heard
This Good Friday we remember the Good Shepherd who lovingly laid down his life for us. Andrew Heard unpacks the offer of the good life that you won't find anywhere else other than in Jesus.
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 as 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 as 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
Why are we here?
Luke 12:13-21 | EV Church | 17/01/2016 | Tim Baldwin
Tim Baldwin considers one of the biggest questions in life, "Why are we here?" highlighting that we are designed in order to be "rich towards God". Is it ok to decide your own purpose or should it be decided by our maker?