Psalm 2: The Path to Blessing
Most people would appreciate some help when it comes to praying.Many of us doubt whether God hears us if we pray. Many of us are unsure what we ought to pray for. Which means many of us don’t.If you...
View ArticlePsalm 3: Deliverance belongs to the Lord
Have you ever felt as if everything is against you? As if everything you touch goes wrong? As if you’re experiencing difficulties from which there is no way out? Felt the pressure of people who are...
View ArticleMalachi 1:1-5: I have loved you
“Do you love me?”It’s a question we sometimes ask of each other. We question the way someone acts towards us. Does this person really love me?We ask it of God as well. When life takes a sour turn, or...
View ArticleMalachi 1:6-14 (part 1): Offering defiled food
That Bible reading is set in the world of animal sacrifice which means it seems a bit remote. It's hard for us to relate to, to connect to. We don't have animal sacrifices today and hopefully most of...
View ArticleMalachi 1:6-14 (part 2): Disregard for God's name
So, we’re looking this morning at the mismatch between God’s great love for us, and our response to that love. So: I know in myself that God’s love is really very great. It’s a very big and wonderful...
View ArticleMalachi 2:1-9 (part 1): You have not resolved to honour me
We’re continuing to look at the gap that there is between God’s great love for, us his blessings to us, and our response to that.It’s a good thing to think about at harvest time, because harvest is...
View ArticleMalachi 2:1-9 (part 2): The Lips of a Priest
Don’t you hate the politician’s answer? They don’t give you a straight answer to the question they’ve just been asked, because they worry about what you will think of them if they do.When people who...
View ArticleMalachi 2:10-16 (part 1): The Wife of Your Youth
If you were here last week, one of the things I said was that it is important that the people charged with passing on God’s word, God’s message to his people, do not duck or modify the things that God...
View ArticleMalachi 2:10-16 (part 2): Do not be Unfaithful
The people of Malachi’s day had got tired of God. Or rather, they suspected God had got tired of them. I won’t recap the history in full this morning. I’ve shared the historical background of the book...
View ArticleMalachi 2:17-3:5: The God of Justice
Do you ever look at the world, and everything that is broken within it, all the bad stuff that there, is the people who do horrendously bad things – and wonder why God does not fix it. Why does he not...
View ArticleEphesians 2:14-22: The Grand Reunification
A sermon given on Remembrance Sunday 2020, from Ephesians 2:14-22Website Section: SermonsSermon Series: One off sermonsOriginator: Kemsing with Woodlands
View ArticleMalachi 3:6-12: Robbing God
I've heard it said that when someone becomes a Christian, the last part of them to be converted is frequently their wallet. That was just as true in ancient Israel as it is today.Website Section:...
View ArticleMalachi 3:13-18: Futile to Serve God?
Let me begin by asking you a question. What do you think being a Christian is like? On balance, when you weigh up the pros and cons, is it in your advantage to be a Christian? Is it a good thing or is...
View ArticleMalachi 4:1-6: Two Eternal Destinations
We’ve reached today the end of the book of the prophet Malachi, written about the year 400 b.c., two and a half thousand years ago. You will remember that the Malachi prophesied in the city of...
View ArticleZechariah 9:9-17: Jesus, the Saving King
Perhaps like me you long for good times to return again: the opportunity to take a holiday whenever, wherever you wish; the opportunity to meet with friends, any number of people, indoors or outdoors;...
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