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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...

Resurrection Sunday 5 april, AD 33 Luke 24 In Luke 24 we read the account of Jesus’ resurrection. It opens with a loving scene: a group of women that was to honor their Lord and friend. Luke is concise and simply provides the facts of what happened, which is why many of the details that the other gospel writers provide are not included here. There were women that went to the grave and they were th...

From bad to worse Genesis 5-6:9 In Genesis 6:9 we read that the preceding has been the history/genealogy of Noah. Again, this is not referencing a family tree per sé, but the stories/history told by… When Moses compiled his material to include in Genesis, he would have drawn from eye-witness accounts of the antediluvian world and perhaps stone tablets or even printed matter were brought along on t...

Life without God Genesis 4 I called chapter 3 the saddest chapter in the Bible, but this chapter gives us the natural development of chapter 2. Chapter 3 gives us the cause and chapter 4 its effect. Hopeful Birth (3:16; 4:1-2) Remember the promise in 3:16? “A promised seed would crush the serpent.” When Even gets pregnant she can’t help but get her hopes up. Imagine it… God had promised, right? An...

Uncomfortable Heroes Hebrews 11 This is perhaps the best-known chapter in Scripture. The repeated conclusion through all of Hebrews is “Jesus is better.” He is better than the angels. He’s better than the prophets. He’s better than Moses. His priesthood is better than Aaron’s. His new covenant is better than the old covenant. His blood is better than the blood of bulls and goats. And His job is fi...

Psalm 103 1 Call to praise David is probably an old man and is looking back at life (verse 5 is an old man’s statement). There are interesting parallels with Psalm 42 & 43. Speaking to yourself and instructing your soul rather than listening to it. “The main problem in the whole matter of “spiritual depression” in a sense is this – we allow our “self” to talk to us instead of “talking to ourse...

The One who created me part 2 Genesis 2 We are continuing our search for answers in the book of Genesis. Chapter 2:4 introduces a phrase that is repeated 10 times in Genesis and indicates the end of a section. It perhaps also functions as a source for the information. Chapter 2 reveals details about the creation and care of man and sets the stage for chapter 3 - the fall of man. The questions need...

The One who created me Genesis 1 To begin a study of the Book of Genesis (or any book of the Bible for that matter), one of the most important things to keep in mind is the author’s intended purpose for the book. “Good hermeneutics, that is, good interpretation and study of God’s Word, starts by taking into consideration the original author, audience, and historical context.” Our natural reaction...

That’s not how you learned life. Jeremiah 10:1-7 Jeremiah presents the problem of idolatry and wanting to be like the nations around them. Jeremiah warns them not to fall for this and instead to acknowledge the emptiness of idolatry and the fulness of God. Who is like Him? Seriously! We can consider this an Old Testament message, however Paul basically says the same thing in Ephesians 4:17-24. He...

Ask yourself the question Jeremiah 9:23-25 The first Sunday of the New Year. What do you expect your pastor to preach on? I was struck by the title of a book recently - not the content, mind you… I haven’t read the book - just the title: uncomfortable. Is it possible we can become too comfortable in our faith? Now, I don’t mean that the only way you can relate to God is through difficulties and th...

We pray together and for each other too Matthew 6:9-13 An aspect of the Lord’s Prayer that I have not yet emphasized is its communal nature. Haddon Robinson says: “There is no ‘I’, ‘me’ or ‘mine’ in the Lord’s Prayer; it’s a prayer that is focused on community.” As you walk through this model prayer, you discover that the prayer requests that we tend to make for ourselves find their original inten...