Intro How do you think about the future? How do you approach it? Do you have a fundamentally negative view about what may happen? Or do you have high hopes for a better future? Our passage today was to ancient Judah and it gave them a balanced view of what was ahead of them - that there would be judgement…

Intro The spiritual world is real. The best explanation is that it’s probably like another dimension - a higher plane or manner of existing that is hard for our minds to comprehend. But it does exist, and it is real, and there are persons who live there. We are body & spirit, but in our present state…

Intro Alot of Is 30 would be familiar ground if you have been with us through the last couple chapters. You can go listen to them if you want to catch up later. But to give you the brief overview: We’re in the middle of 6 woes Alot of this is judgment announced on God’s people for their rebellion, for…

Intro Australia is vulnerable. I dunno if you know anything about our country’s ability to defend ourselves. I might scare you a bit, but I promise this is relevant. Australia can’t defend ourselves. We don’t have the equipment or the numbers to defend our nation properly. If a large force from the north…

Story: Polycarp Ploycarp of Smyrna was a Disciple of the Apostle John. He was a very holy man, and he lived a long life. He would pray continually and for all people. He was a leader of the Church, and even as an old man, he was considered a threat to Rome. Christians would not sacrtifice to the gods,…

Intro This is your life! This is about you. I’m not going to sit here and moralise you, speaking about the importance of living a good life and being kind to people. That is important, but it’s not the most important thing i could tell you. In a world where there seems to be ever shifting boundaries,…

Intro Isaiah Name means Yahweh is Salvation Prophesied “740 b.c., and he lived long enough to record the death of Sennacherib (37:38), datable to 681”, so he was prophesying while the northern 10 tribes were defeated and dispersed by Assyria. He pronounced the judgement of God against all Israel, warning…

Intro Reminder about Isaiah Yahweh is Salvation Prophesied “740 b.c., and he lived long enough to record the death of Sennacherib (37:38), datable to 681”, so he was prophesying while the northern 10 tribes were defeated and dispersed by Assyria. He pronounced the judgement of God against all Israel,…

Intro Do you know the story of “A Christmas Carol”? Written by Charles Dickens. Its been made into a move and other adaptations. One of the key plot devices is that the main character, sour and miserly Ebeneezer Scrooge, is visited throughout a Christmas Eve and given visions of the past present and…