Lindisfarne Anglican Church Podcast

In this sermon, we take a look at the promises God made to Noah after the flood and the rise of sin again in the world.

In this talk we look at the story of Noah told in Genesis 6-8 and consider what this story teaches us about God, humanity, sin and grace. We also consider how we're meant to understand the flood story from a literal/historical perspective.

So often when we come to Genealogies in the Bible we just want to skip over them. But if we stop and think about what they are saying and why they are written we find there is actually a lot that can be learned about God and the human story. In this talk we work through Genesis 5 and the first part of Genesis 6.

The story of Cain and Abel is a horrible story of jealousy and murder but even though it shows us how humans can do horrible things when they don't flee sin, it also shows us that God's grace is present even in the midst of our greatest sin.

What is the Trinity? How should you understand it correctly? Is it a biblical idea? Why does it matter? How does it impact real life? We try and cover these and many more issues as we unpack the Trinity on Trinity Sunday 2024.

We take a look at Genesis 3 and the fall of humanity and the problem of sin.

In this talk Andrea walks us through Genesis 2 and the story of Adam and Eve.

As we kick of our Genesis series we tackle Genesis 1:1-2:3 and unpack this beautiful piece of Hebrew writing. What does it mean to take this story literally? What does it mean for this creation account to be true? Do you have to decide what you think about Evolution or Young Earth Creationism to be a Christian? These are just some of the questions we cover. Shout out to John Dickson and his excell...

Paul describes our life as one of battle with spiritual powers. This can take some time to get used to as a 21st-century Westerner, yet we must if we are to be ready for the fight we are in! NOTE: This sermon suffered a technical problem and there is a small section missing at the 7-minute mark.

Perhaps the most controversial part of Ephesians comes in Chapter 5:21-6:9 where Paul applies the new life in Christ to the most intimate aspects of life, the home. How do these words apply to married Christians, Christian parents, or Christians in the workplace today? Do we still really have to submit to other people and love others sacrificially?

In Ephesians 5:1-20 Paul gives some advice to us on how we can live out our new life in Christ in such a way that will shine God's love and light into our dark and broken world.

God has done a wonderful thing in bringing us from death to life in Christ and gathering us with people from all walks of life in the church. Unsurprisingly though living in a community with lots of different people can be challenging. That's why Paul gives the church in Ephesus some advice on how to live together well as we seek to follow Jesus and be guided by his empowering Spirt.

In Ephesians 4:1-16 Paul writes to the church and encourages them to live out their Christian life together in the unity that comes from the gospel. He says that God will give them the spiritual gift of leadership to help them live together in community well.

In this talk we look at the prayer Paul prays for the Ephesian church and consider what this prayer and Paul's attitude in prayer can teach us about how we should be praying.

In this talk we look at Paul's example of a life transformed by the grace of God to do good. We also see God's grace enable us to live as God has called us to and that enables us to pray to God confidently.

Our world is longing for unity, but we find ourselves constantly divided and bickering! Our world also wants us to major on our differences rather than what makes one. The only way to find true unity and peace is by understanding our nature as human beings, dead in sin and needing to be made alive in Jesus Christ. The unity our world desperately hopes for can only be found by following Jesus!

As Paul continues his letter to the Ephesians he reminds the church, and us today, of our status without Jesus. We're dead and only Jesus can make us alive through his grace and mercy. Only when we understand our dire need can we truly appreciate God's amazing grace and love!

We continue to unpack the book of Ephesians by seeing what Paul prays for the Christians in Ephesus and thinking about how this applies to us today. Paul gives thanks for their faith that produces love. And prays that they would truly know God and especially God's power.

In this talk, we begin our series leading all the way up to Easter working our way through the book of Ephesians. We are created not to become famous, but to make God famous for what He's done for us.

Every year as we start the new year we get a psychological kick out of the fresh start each new year brings. What should Christians do with that? How should we plan and think about our New Year resolutions? This talk won't give you the answers but it will give you a framework for thinking about life in the new year.

In our final week on identity, we thought about what the scriptures teach us about our ultimate destination as human beings awaiting the resurrection to eternal life. How does our hope of living with Jesus in the new heavens and new earth shape our understanding of who we are and how we should live now?

As we continue to think about our identity this week we look at how God sent Jesus to rescue us from the curse of sin and death. This aspect of our identity is vital as in Christ we can only truly be who God created us to be.

When answering the question, Who am I? We need to get the full picture. Not just all that is good which we covered in week 1 (made in God's image), but also the bad news... we are ruined by sin and our world lives under a curse. But it's only once we come to the good and the bad of reality that we can truly live as we were created to live.

We begin a series investigating the question, "Who am I?". In this talk, we take a look at what God says about our identity when he made us in Genesis 1. Fundamental to being human is being made in his image (reflection). We were made for a relationship with God and to bring order to our world.

Paul rounds out his letter to the Colossian church by calling the church to be devoted to prayer, mindful of Jesus' return, and asking for God to open up opportunities for the gospel to be shared. He also gives them some advice on how to be wise witnesses to the good news about Jesus to the world in which they live.