We take a short break from our Colossians series on the gospel with a three week series on evangelism. We see this as such an important part of our role as a church – to be heralds and stewards of the amazing message of good news that Jesus brings in the gospel. Bruce starts the series off with a consideration of our hearts – this is where evangelism needs to start.
Michael Harber sets the context for our next series in the book of Colossians and begins the series looking at definition of the true gospel and considering the faith, hope and love of these New Testament christians and the example of Epaphrous, a faith servant of Jesus Christ.
Dave wraps up the series, “Living in the Light of the End Times” with a look at the last few closing thoughts from Paul: Persevere in good, protect your faith and pray for peace from the Lord of Peace.
Michael unpacks the principle of work as explained in the Bible and in particular, the example and instruction given by Paul to the church in Thessalonica. He looks at how being human, created in the image of God, is foundational to our understanding of work and living out the purpose God has for us and how idleness is warned against for Christians who want to bring glory to God.
Johan continues our series in Living the Light of the End Times with this sermon on how Paul addresses two issues that unsettled the Thessalonian church and how these relate to the church today: False teaching and the justice against those who persecute christians. He looks at how standing by the truth of the scriptures is critical to securing our unsettled hearts.
In the final message of the series on identity, Tim van Stormbroek brings to light the incredible privilege and responsible of displaying our identity in Christ to world, how it shapes our ultimate purpose, it cost Jesus everything and it is evidence of the ultimate miracle. He takes us through how we can display our identity in Christ in both practical and profound terms. A special thank to Tim, Annie and the family for joining us on Camp 2019!
In his second message in the series, Tim van Stormbroek dives deeper into the identity question to help us understand what the Bible tells us about who we are in Christ.
Tim van Stormbroek takes us on a journey of discovery in his three messages on Family Camp 2019 playing on the theme of the Bourne movie series. He unlocks the “Bourne Again” mystery of our identity in Christ looking at key passages in Ephesians and Galatians to see how our identity dilemma when we discover what it means to have our identify defined “in Christ”. Download the notes from this message to follow along in the next two.
Michael shares what it means to live life in the church family and explores the key attributes of living peaceably and joyfully and being careful not to dismiss prophesies found in Scripture. He starts by reminding us again of our position in Christ and the process of sanctification in our lives, being built on a foundation of love.
Paul continues the series on Living in the Light of the end Times, considering the Day of the Lord and what it isn’t. Paul encourages us in our walk of faith, hope and love in light of the wrath that is to come for those who have not accepted Christ as Lord and Saviour.