Kenmore Presbyterian Church

Rejoicing in Christ 1 Peter 1:1-12    We are not home…  ...but this should be a source of hope and joy!   Jesus has already paved the way forward Preacher: Stephen Young

Only God Gives True Meaning & Purpose Ecclesiastes 1-3 & 12 (Reading: 1:1-2:3)   1.    The frustrating and futile search for ‘meaning’ in a  life without God          The conclusion at the beginning                    “everything is meaningless”          The conclusion  after various tests                    “everything is meaningless”       2.    It is God who gives true meaning and signi...

THE ‘PROBLEM’ OF SUFFERING Job 1-42 (Reading: Chapter 1) 1. The pain of suffering - Job’s suffering (Job chapters 1-3) 2. ‘Foolish’ attempts to answer the unanswerable question - why me? (Job chapters 4-37) Life is a mystery to us - so if we try too hard to know why things happen we’ll end up getting it wrong. And getting it wrong only hurts more. 3. The ‘wise’ response to pain and suffering! (Job...

THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, 54-58 What if dead men don't rise? How do we know Jesus was raised? The glorious resurrection of believers? (preacher: Rayk Platzek)

The Foolishness of the Cross  1 Corinthians 1:18-2:5 & Luke 23:35-43      Why preach an unpopular message?       Because it’s the most crucial event in human history     The cross highlights:   -       The seriousness and severity of our rejection of God                  -       Our inability find God on our own terms       -       Jesus’ death in our place, as the only answer   (Preacher: Ste...

Tremble at His Word Isaiah 66    The conclusion of the vision of transformation (1:1)      What God wants is people who are humble, contrite and tremble at His word...                       (66:2)                  ...and that is what God will ultimately have       We’re either in or we’re out…                                                             …are you in?                          (Preach...

Church: Order and Worship (1 Corinthians 14)    The best thing we can do is build up the Church   Paul uses the Corinthians’ obsession with gifts to make this point clear (v. 12)    If we love and build in an ‘orderly way’, we reflect the nature of God himself Preacher: Stephen Young

Trust and Prayer Isaiah 36-39 (Bible Reading 36-37:4)   Isaiah shows us the importance of trusting God..  .. by recounting two parallel situations       Two situations where trust led Hezekiah to pray     Hezekiah was not perfect, but he knew to pray..  .. do you?   (Preacher: Steve Blencowe)

Church: Love (1 Corinthians 13)   What love isn’t …                            (vv. 1-3)   What love is …                                (vv. 4-6)     What love does …                          (v. 7)     How far love goes…                       (vv. 8-13) Preacher: Stephen Young

The Perfect King Isaiah 11-12 (Bible Reading 11)     Who He is             What He does             Where He leads us          (Preacher: Rayk Platzek)

Church: Gifts and the Body (1 Corinthians 12) 1. Recognise the Spirit’s work by expressing submission to Christ (1-3) 2. Serve as God’s gifted you, for the common good (4-11) 3. Realise your diversity’s a crucial part of Christ’s united body (12-20) 4. Share united concern by accommodating others’ diversity (21-26) 5. Eagerly desire gifts that build the body (27-31) Preacher: Andreas Mayer

Learning to Trust Isaiah 7:1-10:4 (Bible Reading 7:1-17) The shape of these chapters: 7:1-25  Isaiah speaks with King Ahaz 8:1-9:7  Reflects on 7:1-25 9:8-10:4 Describes the end of the Northern Kingdom Look more closely at 7:1-25 Ahaz is in a messy situation (7:1-2 cf 2 Kings 16) Isaiah tells Ahaz what God would have him do (7:3-9) Ahaz refuses listen (7:10-12 cf 6:9-13) Isaiah continues...

Freedom in the Church (1 Corinthians 11:2-34) This passage has a few tricky bits: man/woman or husband/wife? head coverings? headship? o angels (v. 10), and long hair on men? (v. 14) So, we should start by looking at what we do know from the text: We worship a God of order There are God-given differences between men and women Love builds up the church Preacher: Stephen Young

Before The Throne of God Isaiah 6 God's glory is incomparable Hearts will inevitably be changed Repentance is met with cleansing atonement This encounter with God ends with proclamation by his messenger (Preacher: Thom Herbert)

Freedom and its Dangers (1 Corinthians 10:1-11:1) Reading 1 Cor 10:23-11:1 The dangers of abusing our freedom… (an example from history!) We do not have freedom to sin… …but God is faithful (v. 13), and will help us live for him Preacher: Stephen Young

Who Do You Trust? Isaiah 2:6-4:6 (Reading 2:6-22) God has a vision… (1:1-2:5) … that focuses on ‘the Day of the LORD’ (2:6-4:6) Isaiah gives a ‘poetic’ summary of what will happen ‘in that day’ (2:6-22) The conclusion and application are in the last verse of the summary (2:22)     So, who are you putting your trust in? (Preacher: Steve Blencowe)

Freedom to Restrict Ourselves (1 Corinthians 9) Reading 1 Cor 9:13-26 For Paul, running the race means giving up his own rights… …because he would rather do this, than hinder the gospel of Christ Where are you running ‘aimlessly’? Preacher: Stephen Young

Hope For The Nations Isaiah 1:1-2:5 (Reading 1:1-20, 2:1-5) Isaiah’s vision – of hope in the midst of defeat A vision of the transformation of Zion A vision of hope for the nations Do you know this hope? (Preacher: Steve Blencowe)

Freedom and Others (1 Corinthians 8) The Corinthians seek answers about Christian freedoms... ...but Paul highlights the REAL issue at hand True knowledge loves and builds up the church Preacher: Stephen Young

Church: And Generosity Bible Reading: 2 Corinthians 7:13b-9:5 Think about what ‘generosity’ is… and isn’t.. as we consider the topic of Church and money. Church, money… and the Bible Some principles from 2 Corinthians Let’s be a church that excels in everything… including the grace of giving (2 Cor 8:7) (Preacher: Steve Blencowe)

Giving Generously (Readings: Matt 6:19-24, 1 Tim 6:17-19) What is the good life? God is the source of gospel-generosity... ...so “train yourself to be Godly” (1 Tim 4:7-9) What IS the good life? Preacher: Stephen Young

Church: What We Are Doing Bible Reading: Hebrews 10:1-25 (and Ephesians 4:11-16) As a Church we encourage each other to keep living with Jesus as our Lord and Saviour (Hebrews 10) We’re all involved (Ephesians 4) We are a Bible teaching Church that seeks to grow followers of Jesus we each want to: grow in knowing Jesus, grow in living for Jesus, and grow in making Jesus known (Preacher: Steve Blen...

What is the church? Ephesians 2 The Church is NOT a human invention… …it is a divine institution So belonging to the Church is not a matter of external attachment… …it’s about Jesus Preacher: Steve Young

Church: Who We ARE Bible Reading: Hebrews 12:18-29 1.  We are SINNERS made part of Christ’s Church 2.  We GATHER around Christ, and His Gospel 3.  We seek to GROW followers of Christ as we grow in KNOWING Jesus and grow in LIVING for Jesus and grow in SHARING the gospel of Jesus (Preacher: Steve Blencowe)

Stand Firm Philippians 4:1 1. A letter to partners in the gospel … 2. … with some final instructions… 3. …that we can summarise in two words: stand firm ! (preacher: Steve Blencowe)