Acts 2:37-47 What is Fellowship? Introduction – Tarzan and Robinson Crusoe Romans 14:7 – For none of us lives to himself alone and none of us dies to himself alone. Acts 2:41 – Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day. 42They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, […]
Even though we are blessed at our church with great gatherings around God’s word each Saturday night and Sunday morning, there are still many excellent reasons to be a part of a small ‘growth’ group. Most obviously, a weekly or fortnightly group offers the ability to sit down with a few other people to carefully […]
Don’t ask a question… Ignorance is no _______ People have holy hunches about God but do _______ Ahab won’t ask for _____ because he can’t handle it Ben-hadad didn’t give back the _____ to Israel If the Lord doesn’t want them to fight, then they will ____ Ahab asked the right question to the _____ […]
Confirmation is a special event in our church which gives people an opportunity to say as a grown up what was promised on their behalf as a baby. Our church believes that the promises of God apply to whole households… which means that babies of Christian parents are also Christians. My kids have been Christians […]
Bullies and bad leaders We will see big _______ doing big bullying The bully north of the border __________ Israel King Ahab _________ to the bully King Ahab shows ____ amidst hopelessness The ____ is on the side of Israel King Ahab ______ the word of the Lord Bully Ben-hadad is __________ They misunderstood the […]
When a newspaper article this week ran with the headline, ‘Scripture used to justify violence’, it was a sad reminder that some Christians have distorted the meaning of the Bible to serve their own sin. The Bible is very clear: we are to love one another, and that there is no place for any abuse […]
Farewell the smorgasbord The different religions are not all ____ Nobody comes to the Father except by _____ We’ll see one of the great spiritual _______ Elijah _____ the Lord and travels to King Ahab Elijah comes face-to-face with King ____ An ambassador can’t ______ the message Ahab submits to the _______ of Elijah You […]
In most situations it’s distressing when we hear the sound of silence when we call out for help… or see if a loved one is OK after a major incident. Rescuers at a recent tragedy reported hearing the sounds of mobile phones ringing in the pockets of unconscious victims… no doubt the calls of concerned […]
#nofilter The Bible is embarrassingly real and ______ Because the Bible feels ____, it shows that God is real Today we meet ______, a hero of the Old Testament Elijah tells Ahab that a punishing _______ has begun The Lord tells Elijah to run away and ____ Ahab could have chosen to ______ by now […]
What does the Bible tell us about leadership? In Luke chapter 7 we meet one of the great leaders of history. He was a centurion, a well-paid, well-respected Roman officer who led a company of a hundred soldiers. But sadly, one of his slaves was about to die, and so he sent some religious leaders […]