- Introduction
- Some Key Christian Ideas
- Some Common Objections
- Some Good Reasons For Belief
- Why Does Belief Matter?
To see the gospel bear fruit in the Inner West and the World as we commit, grow, engage and send.
Sermons on John
Matthew 28:16-20; John 14:15-29
What does Jesus mean when he promises to be with His disciples always, to the very end of the age?
- The Promise Stated
- The Promise Understood
- The Promise Tested
- The Promise Experienced
Matthew 28:16-20; John 20:19-29
What does Jesus mean when He tells us to go and make disciples?
- Jesus wants us to go somewhere for Him
- Jesus want us to make something with Him
- How do I ‘make’ a disciple of Jesus?
- I help someone become a disciple of Jesus (symbolised by baptism)
- I help someone to grow as a disciple of Jesus (by teaching them how to live for Him)
- Who am I discipling now?
SERMON – ONLY: John 1:35-51 FULL SERVICE:
- Jesus will be for us a Saviour from sin
- Jesus will be for us a King who cares
- Jesus will teach and show us God’s way of love
Unfortunately the recording of the sermon is of poor quality so is not included here.
- Who are our Samaritans?
- Jesus and the Samaritan woman
- Choosing to move beyond the comfortable (4:1-4)
- Positioning ourselves to encounter the unfamiliar (4:5-6)
- Establishing connections across social and cultural barriers (4:7-9)
- Using the tangible to direct attention to the spiritual (4:10-15)
- Conversing with compassion rather than condemnation (4:16-18)
- Downplaying religious differences to focus on common spiritual aspirations (4:19-24)
- Presenting Jesus as the ultimate answer to every spiritual longing (4:25-26)
- God as the source of every good
- The restored image and the good
- The Goodness of God and the week that was
