Always Remember
Sermon Snippets’ is an occasional series, taking bitesize chunks from our Sunday sermons. The following excerpt is adapted from a sermon on Joshua 3:1-5:12, preached by Nigel Styles last Sunday. You can listen to the whole sermon here. ***** In Joshua 3, God’s people face an impossibility. Ahead of them lay the land that, for centuries, God […]
Delight
It must be the New Year! My inbox is being bombarded. Shops invite me to spend, spend, spend. Gyms order me to work off the Christmas flab. And Elite singles tell me to ‘find love in 2015’. There’s a clean calendar on our kitchen wall to help us keep schedules on track. Here’s something to commit […]
Nailed!
Sermon Snippets’ is an occasional series, taking bitesize chunks from our Sunday sermons. The following excerpt is adapted from a sermon on Colossians 2:6-15, preached by Nigel Styles last Sunday. You can listen to the whole sermon here. ***** Martin Luther wrote that when Satan tells us that we are sinners, he is actually reminding us […]
Why Are We Having A Church Lunch?
This Sunday after the service, we’ll be enjoying a big meal together as a church. Whoever you are, you’re welcome to come! But why do we have these church lunches? Lots of reasons. Here are 2 quick ones. Because we’re a family! Church isn’t special interest group or a club. It isn’t an institution […]
Blobfish & Voyager-1
Sermon Snippets’ is an occasional series, taking bitesize chunks from our Sunday sermons. The following excerpt is adapted from a sermon on Colossians 1:15-20, preached by Nathan Burley last Sunday. You can listen to the whole sermon here. ***** Jesus is a bigger deal than we think. Lots of people today think He’s just an interesting […]
Watch Nigel’s Interview With ‘Preaching Matters’ [VIDEO]
Ecclesiastes is a book of the Bible people don’t know well. It’s often overlooked and misunderstood. Dealing with issues of suffering and struggling in a messed up world, the book seems a bit too messy. Nigel preached though the book at Emmanuel back in 2008. (Well worth catching up on.) And he’s taught on it many times […]
The Penny Drops
Sermon Snippets’ is an occasional series, taking bitesize chunks from our Sunday sermons. The following excerpt is adapted from a sermon on Mark 8:11-30, preached by Nathan Burley last Sunday. You can listen to the whole sermon here. ***** In v18 of our passage, Jesus called His disciples ‘blind.’ They have eyes but can’t see, so […]
A Bigger View Of Jesus [VIDEO]
In Sunday’s sermon, Nigel quoted the Puritan preacher, Richard Sibbes, who said this: “Heaven is not heaven without Christ. It is better to be in any place with Christ than to be in heaven itself without him. All delicacies without Christ are but as a funeral banquet. Where the master of the feast is away, […]
Mousetraps Or Brooms?
Sermon Snippets’ is an occasional series, taking bitesize chunks from our Sunday sermons. The following excerpt is adapted from a sermon on Mark 2:1-12, preached by Nigel Styles last Sunday. You can listen to the whole sermon here. ***** In our house, we often have problems with mice. When we come across the nibbled carrot in […]
Jesus At The Book Group
Sermon Snippets’ is an occasional series, taking bitesize chunks from our Sunday sermons. The following excerpt is adapted from a sermon on Mark 1:14-34, preached by Nathan Burley last Sunday. You can listen to the whole sermon here. ***** Jesus went into town and taught in the synagogue. If Jesus came to your church, He’s preaching! […]
