The Globe Church Sermons

So often we find ourselves with a mirror pointed at ourselves; whatever you do, in whatever interaction you have the mirror just shows you. As we continue on in our journey through 1 Corinthians we’re going to see Paul challenge us to turn the mirror...

Paul is very clear that we are to flee from idolatry. He’s really clear – don’t mess around, instead run in the opposite direction. In this section he has one more reason to show us why idolatry is so dangerous to us. And it all has to do with...

Your security as a Christian depends on a realistic view of the danger we are in. If the gospel produces complacency something has gone badly wrong. In 1 Corinthians 10 Paul sounds a strong warning to the church. He wants to snap them out of their...

Our lifestyles are full of so many different things- what we eat, where we live, who we spend time with. What is the one big thing that drives those parts of our lives? For the Corinthians that was easy- ‘me’. They lived every part of their lives for...

Paul is still addressing the issue of food sacrificed to idols. It is a massive issue. It represents the desire for the church in Corinth to simply indulge themselves in all that the culture has to offer. Paul points to his own example to help this...

In Acts 15 the church council takes one verse to cover the answer to the question ‘should I eat food sacrificed to idols?’ Paul takes a whole section in his letter! But the difference is that Paul is driving at a much bigger issue which the church...

If we’re honest with ourselves; culture does influence us. But as Christians our ultimate shaping comes from the word of God. In our city, nation and the world the Bible is under attack, and we’re encouraged just to blend in with that prevalent...

In Numbers 5, the God of the universe gives the Israelites a health warning. At first glance it seems a somewhat harsh to put people outside the camp for a skin condition… but God has three purposes in this instruction.

The idea of being invisible is simultaneously one of our biggest desires, but also one of our biggest fears. On one hand we love the idea of a Harry Potter-style invisibility cloak, there is something compelling about being able to do stuff that no...

“Stay where you are” is Paul’s call to the Corinthian church. For both them and us this call feels very alien; being discontent is encouraged- get a new job, move to a new place, get a new partner… We’re discontent with these things because we place...

We’ve seen that the church in Corinth is in a mess, in fact Paul calls their situation a crisis. The issue of sexual immorality is threatening their existence, it’s tearing the church apart– that’s why Paul’s tone is so serious. As we hear from 1...

There are still so many places where the gospel of Jesus Christ has not been heard and Paul’s ministry is focused on reaching them. But if he is going to get there he’s going to need a gospel ambition and a costly initiative…

We have a tendency to think that God is just interested in our souls. Yet David writes in Psalm 63; “I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you…” God is interested in what we do with our bodies, because it’s not our bodies, they’re...

You can feel the shock in Paul’s letter here… “You can’t be serious?! You’re taking each other to court?” He isn’t surprised that there is conflict, it’s about how the conflict is dealt with in the church. Conflict that is handled poorly will cause...

Mercy is being moved by someone’s needs, justice is doing what is right. Injustice is never missed by God, it cries out to God. That is good news, because it means that God cares about justice.