Last Sunday’s sermon focussed on Acts 1:9-26. Again, the emphasis is on the resurrected Lord Jesus, and the fact that our mission is his mission, not simply our sentimental continuation of his memory. It is His work, not simply our notion of how He’d like us to remember Him. Added to that is the reality …
So, embarking into the book of Acts on Sunday part of the sermon looked at the response of the disciples to Jesus promise of the baptism of the Holy Spirit. They asked “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” The disciples had an understanding of what the power of the Gospel …
Received this post from both Buzzard’s own blog and Moody Publishing. The point is one I continue to need to work on in preaching. The answer is always ‘Jesus’, but there’s a skill in trying to help people see that their how their lives are asking a question that he alone can answer. I don’t …
D.G. Hart had this great quote from J.Gresham Machen’s Christianity And Liberalism in a post at his blog. Weary with the conflicts of the world, one goes into the Church to seek refreshment for the soul. And what does one find? Alas, too often, one finds only the turmoil of the world. The preacher comes …
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