Sermons Archive - Greenview Church

Well, a vast amount of ink has been spilt on the great subject of prayer. If you go into any Christian bookshop up and down the land, there’ll be a whole section on prayer. Because we find it difficult, it’s not easy. (0:14 – 0:39) We know it’s important, but are we people who invest in time with God? Do you enjoy prayer? Do you love prayer? Do you love spending time with G...

We are concluding this series in hospitality called Open Table, and throughout this journey we’ve been finding out that biblical hospitality is far broader, bigger, and harder than we think, and it’s more than cooking meals or entertaining friends. We’ve been learning that God’s message to all people is itself one great act of hospitality. Rooted in the heart of a God who i...

Let’s pray briefly together, Father we ask now that you will open your word to our hearts and that you will open our hearts to your word for we ask in the name of our Lord Jesus and the extension of his great kingdom, Amen. One of the hardest things we face in life is letting go. Parents spend years raising their children only to discover there comes a moment when they have to let them flee...

Back in Greenview, and thank you so much for giving me an interesting passage to look at. I’ve had great fun digging into it this week. And I’d like to read with you, please turn with me if you have your Bibles, if not just look at the screen, just three very short verses from Hebrews chapter 13. And the writer writes, guided by the spirit of God, keep on loving each other as brothers....

Let’s turn in our Bible to 1 Chronicles please. 1 Chronicles and if you’re using the Red Bible it’s page 424. 1 Chronicles chapter 21 and we’re going to read through to the start the very first verse of chapter 22. Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel. So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, go and count the Israelites fr...

Evening folks, good to see you, good to be here as we continue on in First Chronicles. So if you’ve got your Bible handy, please turn to First Chronicles chapter 17. You’ll find that on page 420 of the Church Bibles. And we’re going to read from verse 1 down to verse 15. So we’re just going to look at the first half of this chapter this evening. let’s hear God’s...

Well, it’d be really good if you could open up a Bible to Romans chapter 12, and if you’re using one of the Red Church Bibles, it’s on page 1 1 3 9. So Romans 12, and we’re going to read from verse 9 to verse 13. Romans 12 verse 9 to 13. Love must be sincere. (0:29 – 0:36) Hate what is evil. Cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in love. (0:38 – 0:54)...

Evening folks, if you’ve got your Bible handy, it’d be great to turn to 1 Chronicles chapter 15 and you’ll find that in the church Bibles on page 418. I’m going to split our Bible reading tonight. We’re going to read from verse 25 of chapter 15 down to verse 4 of chapter 16 and then we’ll read the Psalm that takes up most of chapter 16 a little bit later. Let&#8...

Luke’s Gospel, chapter 19. And if you’re using one of the church Bibles, it’s page 1,053. Luke 19, and we’re going to read the first 10 verses. (0:22 – 0:35) Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. (0:36 – 1:03) He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short,...

Thanks, Colin. Evening, folks. If you’ve got your Bible to hand, let’s turn to 1 Chronicles chapter 11, and you’ll find that in the Church Bible on page 414. Let’s hear God’s words. All Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, We are your own flesh and blood. In the past, even while Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel on their military campaigns. (...

Last week, Colin asked what we think of when we say the word hospitality. He challenged us that though our views were technically correct, it was perhaps a little small. He helped us really to consider that hospitality is a much bigger idea in the Bible than we might ordinarily think. Maybe it was new to us last week that the Bible shows us that God himself is hospitable. (0:22 – 0:44) But t...

I met a man some time ago who works for a Christian ministry in London, maybe you’ve heard of it, it’s called Christian Heritage, and this guy, his name is Ben, and he spends his time leading walking tours around London. And he takes people round London and he explains the city from the perspective of the Christian history of London. And he said that in recent years, he’s seen se...

I’m going to say a word and I want you to think about the first thing that comes to mind. Hospitality. What image, what idea is the first thing that pops into your head when someone says hospitality? I would be surprised if some of you weren’t thinking about food or things related to food. Kitchens, aprons, things like that. Connected to that, if you Google the word hospitality, what f...

I was chatting the other week to a pastor from another church and he asked me what we were preaching on at Greenview and I said, we’re about to start the book of First Chronicles. His eyebrow rose pretty quickly. He said, First Chronicles, the book where Bible reading plans go to die. It wasn’t the most encouraging comment, but I guess pretty accurate. Many a Bible reader has run agrou...

Father, we pray that you would speak, O Lord, in your Word today, that you would give us minds and hearts that are ready to understand and engage, that you would open us up to hear what you have to say, Lord, and that you would speak so clearly through your Word to our lives. We pray this in your name. Amen. (0:21 – 0:43) Well, it’s good to be back. It’s a slightly odd feeling, b...

Open with me to John’s Gospel and chapter 21. John 21, reading from verse 15. When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these? Yes, Lord, he said, you know that I love you. (0:26 – 0:41) Jesus said, feed my lambs. Again, Jesus said, Simon, son of John, do you love me? He answered, yes, Lord, you know that I love you. Jesus sa...

Tonight we’re looking at Psalm 48, which can be found on page 571 of the Chapel Bibles, and I’ll start by reading this. Great is the Lord, and most worthy of praise, in the city of our God, his holy mountain. Beautiful in its loftiness, the joy of the whole earth, like the heights of Zaphon, is Mount Zion, the city of the great king. God is in her citadels. He has shown himself to be h...

Luke 7, verse 36. When one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, he went to the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table. A woman in that town who lived a sinful life learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee’s house, so she came there with an alabaster jar of perfume. As she stood behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then s...

Well, if you have your Bibles, then please turn to Psalm 46, and let’s read together. For the director of music of the sons of Korah, according to the Alamoth, a song. God is our refuge and strength and ever-present help in trouble. Therefore, we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake...

Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book, but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name. Afterwards, Jesus appeared again to his disciples by the Sea of Galilee. It happened this way. Simon Peter, Thomas, also known as Didymus, Nathanael from Can...

Over the next three weeks, we’re going to study a trio of Psalms. But before we look at the first one, let me ask you a question. What would you say is the most valuable thing on Earth? Out of all that exists on this big blue planet, what is the most precious thing of all? I guess you could give different answers to that question. (0:31 – 0:59) Anything from priceless jewels, to pricel...

Well, good morning everyone. It’s been a long haul to here in John’s Gospel. This is our 47th sermon in the series. Thank you for staying with it. Here, after this long climb in chapter 20, we reach the summit. Now, you may say, well, surely we reached the summit last week, David. (0:24 – 0:36) Surely the resurrection has to be the summit of John’s Gospel. But actually, thi...

As I was preparing this sermon, I happened to spot a headline in the newspaper. The title of the headline was, Britain is Quietly Awakening to Full Fat Supernatural Christianity. David Frost, the writer of the article, said that, Britons in growing numbers are returning to church, are being drawn to Christianity again, but they are not interested at all in the skinny, light version. (0:39 –...

First of all, how we must understand it, the work of God is finished. John’s account of the crucifixion is strikingly brief. It’s only 27 verses from the crucifixion to the burial. Just a few significant scenes, just a few stopping points on the way to Jesus’ death. There’s a sign that was placed above the cross. There’s the dividing of Jesus’ clothes and the ga...

Well, good evening, everyone, and thank you for being here and seeing the Forgiveness Series through to the end. It’s been a long journey. And this evening, what I want to do is to try to pull together some of the hanging threads of that series, and maybe address some of the questions that have come up, certainly our community group, and as I’ve asked around, in some others too. (0:23...