Johan looks at the final sermon in the series on worship, considering the topic of service. He unpacks the parable of the talents and reminds us of the importance of using what God has given us for his glory.
A loving community church, centered in Christ, transforming and equipping people to glorify God.
Sermons on Christian character (Page 6)
Dave looks at the connection between worship and holiness. He examines both the bringing of the ark of the covenant to Jerusalem and the coming of the Son of God into the world and the fact that without holiness it is not possible to bring acceptable worship into the presence of God.
Johan begins a new Christmas Series calling us to worship the Saviour and looking at the aspect of praise. He takes us through Psalm 100 as a blueprint for intentional, joyful and heartfelt praise. For us to praise our awesome God we need to know him and have a grateful heart.
Johan takes us on a journey through the next two elements of the ECF vision “transforming and equipping” as we continue to explore Acts, looking in depth at the process of transformation and the key practical aspects of equipping in the truth of scripture and equipping to serve. .
Dave starts the new series exploring acts, unpacking the key elements of the vision at ECF to be a loving community church, centered in Christ, transforming and equipping people to bring glory to God. He looks at the example of the early church as it shared, served (hospitality), supported, settled (forgives) and supplicated (prayed). Jesus said, by this ALL people would know that we are his disciples, by our love for one another.
Brynn looks at how we can find comfort and certainty in a world which is changing at a rapid rate – looking at the book written to the Hebrew Christians who were undergoing a time of incredible turmoil. Brynn reminds us that we can place our full trust in a God who never changes, looking back at those who have gone before, reflecting inward as we let go of the things holding us back and looking upward at our Lord who is waiting for us.
James Levengood takes us through the final chapter in our John series, looking at the restoration of Peter and the renewed calling on his life to “Follow me”. James takes us through the passage in John 21 and considers the night of defeat, followed by a morning of delights, a day of decisions and a life of service.
Johan challenges us to consider the two kingdoms at play in this important passage: the kingdom and purposes of man (active and passive actions) and the kingdom and purposes of God. We need to chose which kingdom we will serve!
As we continue our series in John, Hans leads us through dark days for Peter when he denies His Lord. He then looks back at Peter’s journey of faith (called, convicted, comforted, challenged, confessed, confident) to the point where Peter reaches the dark moment where his courage fails. Hans challenges us in our generation: if we want to take a stand for Christ, we too may come under the attack of Satan whose desire is for us to lose faith. But the story ends with Peter graciously being brought back by the Lord and being commissioned and showing faithful commitment to his Lord and the church through the rest of his life.
Dave looks at the third and final sermon the series on overcoming the trap of bitterness. He opens the scriptures to look at the root, the cycle, the impact and the remedy for bitterness, exploring the family example of a cycle of bitterness from Abraham to Joseph and how Joseph finally breaks the cycle.