Joseph, Potiphar… and God
I was preaching this week on Genesis 39, that’s the story about Joseph and Potiphar’s wife (see video below). We looked at some of the usual themes you’d expect, namely temptation, especially sexual temptation. That’s all there in Genesis 39, it gives us clues about how temptation works, and how we can battle it. But ...
Serve/Win, Run/Win
Last night I had the privilege to preach my first ‘proper’ sermon… when I say ‘proper’ I mean at a main church service – the 8am communions with a congregation of 10 is a little bit different. I got to speak on 1 Corinthians 9, but choose to just look at verses 19-27. I put ...
Can we trust the Bible?
How do we know that what we read is true? The Bible says it is! – 2 Tim 3:16 Thus says the Lord, I tell you the truth, That is a circular argument – yes, it has to be! Think about the American Constitution… Expanding the circle… Prophecies Fulfilled Unity of Scripture from Genesis to Revelation ...
Preaching 2009
Here’s some passages that I’ll be preaching on in the coming months of 2009: 11th January - Matthew 18:1-11 1st February - Matthew 18:21-35 22nd March - 1 Corinthians 9:19-27 10th May - Psalm 122 14th June - Matthew 21:18-22 These are all Sunday services at church, I’m guessing there’ll be more in the second ...
Listening to Sermons
In the summer edition of The Briefing, Nathan Walter gives some tips on listening to sermons (back page)… he starts off with a gentle rebuke to people who say “Mark Driscoll says…”, I don’t know anyone like that, hmm… but that is always a danger isn’t it, that we hold too high an opinion of ...