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I introduced my sermon with the following anecdote: “This actually did happen to a real person, and the real person is me. I had gone to catch a train. This was April 1976, in Cambridge, UK. I was a bit early for the train. I’d gotten the time of the train wrong. I went to get myself a newspaper to do the crossword, and a cup of coffee and a packet of eight cookies. I went and sat at a table. I wa...

In considering his own life he begins with the heart. Solomon will advise us to guard our hearts, for out of it flow the issues of life. (Proverbs 4:23) In the heart choices are made, there is where temptation to sin begins. David employs the perfect tense, which carries the idea of “to this point I have not…” David launches his self-examination of his heart: he has not been proud; of his eyes: he...

To be Continued… Acts 28:17-31 This the twelfth and closing sermon to our series through the book of Acts. I don’t know about you, but I have enjoyed this journey from 120 disciples in a room, who received the promised Holy Spirit and became Jesus’ witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. 3000 people that first day, 4000 a week later, Stephen dies, Philip evangelizes,...

Kingdoms in Conflict Acts 18:23-21:14 The Church was characterized by JOY, SIMPLICITY, and UNITY. Paul is committed to strengthening the Church and sets out on a third missionary journey that takes him to Ephesus, where he invests three years in a teaching ministry that greatly multiplies the Church in the Roman province of Asia. Before sailing to Jerusalem Paul visits the Churches in Greece and s...

Divide to Multiply Acts 15:35-18:22 The Church was characterized by JOY, SIMPLICITY, and UNITY. These nouns ought to characterize our Church, but as we have seen more than once in Acts, these are the areas that Satan attempts to destroy. Two weeks ago we handled a threat to the doctrinal simplicity of the Church - a conflict arose. The end-result: a Jerusalem resolution that faith is by grace alon...

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Amazing Grace The Church was characterized by JOY, SIMPLICITY, and UNITY. These wonderful descriptive words ought to characterize every Church and as I have been praying for us these past weeks, these words have become what I pray God would develop and protect in our Church. Dr. Luke includes two historical events that allow us to place Acts on the timeline. In chapter 11 we have a prophecy regard...

When God wants to change something The Church was characterized by JOY, SIMPLICITY, and UNITY. These wonderful descriptive words ought to characterize every Church and as I have been praying for us these past weeks, these words have become what I pray God would develop and protect in our Church. Dr. Luke has introduced Stephen, Saul and Phillip into the narrative. Saul is framed by these two witne...

** Eerste 5 minuten van de preek zijn niet opgenomen. ** Dangers for a Growing Church Dr. Luke presents the growing testimony of Christ and a pattern emerges in Acts: this testimony is received with FAITH by some and ANIMOSITY by others. This multiplication of the witness to Christ has its affects inside and outside the walls of this young Church. In chapters 2-6 we encounter descriptions of these...

Acts chapter 2 is a familiar passage to us. We generally return here every year at Pentecost and celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit and the birth of the Church. So, I don’t want to belabor the text this morning, but I don’t want to gloss over it either. There are a few significant matters that I want to note about verses 1-13. Pentecost in the Old Testament Pentecost comes from the Greek word...

Psalm 110 Matteus 22:42-45 2 Petrus 3:8-14

Four fathers and a grandson Genesis 9:20-29 This Father’s day we return to a passage in Genesis that we skipped during our In the Beginning sermon series. Noah disembarks the Ark, offers a sacrifice to God and receives a wonderful promise from God: “Never again.” The rainbow testifies to God’s remembrance of this promise. Then Noah plants a vineyard. This scene ends with a cursed grandson. Sin ste...

So Show it Sermon 7: Hebrews 11:8-19 This morning’s sermon picks up where we left off with our Genesis series last week. The movement of the first eleven chapters of brings us to a genealogy in chapter 11, whose only purpose seems to be to introduce Abram - the friend of God. Genesis chapter one: Adam walk with God in the garden. This intimacy was lost. In chapter 5 it is rediscovered by Enoch, wh...

God intervenes Sermon 8: Genesis 10-11 God’s instruction Followed (10) Genesis 10 is called the Table of Nations by scholars. This is not just another genealogy, but describes people groups and where they settled. Perhaps this chapter is better described as an Atlas of the Ancients - the sons of Noah. People scattered and filled the earth. God’s intervention Unfolded (11:1-10) The tower of Babel i...

Faith, hope and Suffering? Sermon 6: 1 Peter 2:19-25 Open Doors is an organisation that supports the persecuted Church and informs Christians throughout the world about the plight of persecuted Christians. The organize one Sunday a year and ask Churches to pray for the persecuted Christians: Sunday for the persecuted Church. I support this effort and set this Sunday apart for us to do exactly that...

Old and New and the Same Sermon 7: Genesis 9 As we approach this last chapter about Noah, let’s not forget that these are the words of his sons. Our perspective is not Noah’s, but that of three young men (well, they were over 100 - not so young) that witness God’s dealings with their father. Noah is polarizing. Unsaved people mock this story and dismiss it, Christians are split on this story and t...

The man that survived the flood Sermon 6: Genesis 6:10-8:22 We come to one of the most controversial stories in Scripture. But before we consider that, let’s consider who is telling the story. If you ask a Christian who tells this story, most would identify Noah, but the footnote in chapter 10 gives us a different clue. This is the story told by Noah’s sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth. Noah had these s...