If Christ had prioritized His own things, where would our salvation be? Christ was content to leave heaven, and to take our nature upon Him, to be Emmanuel, God with us, that we might be with God for ever in heaven. He was content, not only to leave heaven, but to be born in theContinue reading “Fixed on Christ for the New Year”
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Walk, Ephesians 4:1-16, Sermon by Peter Mead – Transcript
You can listen to the recording for this transcript on Spotify, or on CrossPreach. I wonder what your neighbours, the people around you, I wonder what they think of the church. Not the building, “the church,” but the people, the church. I wonder about the way the church is perceived. A lot of people, itContinue reading “Walk, Ephesians 4:1-16, Sermon by Peter Mead – Transcript”
The Five Ways God Invites Us to Come to Jesus – Richard Sibbes
The following has been taken and edited from The Complete Works of Richard Sibbes, Volume 7, pages 462-464, in the sermon The Witness of Salvation. Italicised words are my edits and are not found directly in the words of Richard Sibbes. The words that remain un-italicised are Sibbes words. According to God’s way of salvation,Continue reading “The Five Ways God Invites Us to Come to Jesus – Richard Sibbes”
Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 24
The incarnation is an invitation, an invitation to know the Father, in the Son – a truly good God whose eternal communion is now offered to us in the Son, by the Spirit. At the centre of the universe there is a glory-giving, loving relationship, and in the incarnation we are invited to join in![1]Continue reading “Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 24”
Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 14
For the next months only Elizabeth knew what was going on. She could feel John kick and elbow, she could see Zechariah smiling silently, the scroll of Malachi stretched out on their table, the look of wonder still in his aging eyes.[1] You can see all posts in this series by clicking on this line.Continue reading “Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 14”
Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 13
For Luke, these two great moments in history – the birth of Christ, then His death and resurrection – are too important to let slip into the category of myth or legend.[1] You can see all posts in this series by clicking on this line. The Gospel is too important for God to let Jesus’Continue reading “Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 13”
Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 12
Jesus knew the life of the poor (as seen in His parables of sowing and reaping, sparrows, children at weddings and funerals, women grinding at the mill, etc.). Jesus experienced the fullness of human life and society. He was not sheltered in some rich ivory tower, protected from the ‘dross of society’. He lived inContinue reading “Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 12”
Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 11
Brutal King Herod was not in the line of David. Young Jesus was. And God His Father made sure to deliver His Son Jesus from the death of the innocents just as He promised to deliver His ‘Son’ Israel. And one day God the Father would deliver His Son Jesus to death as an innocentContinue reading “Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 11”
Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 10
Jesus’ birth was as humble as our image of a dilapidated stable, but with the added delight that He really did come to dwell among such as us. He was born humbly, laid in a manger, probably right in the living room of a very humble peasant home. And this is where the Magi came.[1]Continue reading “Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 10”
Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 9
He was told not to fear taking Mary into his home. He was told that the baby was in her from the Holy Spirit. He was told to name the boy Jesus. And he was told why . . . This boy would live up to His name – He would save people from theirContinue reading “Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 9”