Sermon from RN Evans on Jonah 3:1 12/3/17 am – The tragic story of Jonah: a second time

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Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying, 

Main Points

1.   The triumph of God’s purpose

2.   The triumph of God’s wisdom

3.  The triumph of God’s grace

Sermon from RN Evans on Romans 5:5 12/3/17 pm – The love that does not disappoint

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Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

Main Points

1.   Disappointment and the reality of hope

2.   Disappointment and the Love of God

3.  Disappointment and the ministry of the Holy Spirit

Sermon from Owen Griffiths on John 13:14-30 5/3/17 am – Glorification, Love and Departure

Sermon from Owen Griffiths on John 19:1-30 5/3/17 pm – The work of Jesus Christ

Sermon from RN Evans on Romans 5:11 26/2/17 am – Rejoicing in God

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11 And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.

Main Points

1.   The beginning and the ending

2.   Rejoicing in glory

3.   Reconciliation

Sermon from RN Evans on Jonah 2 26/2/17 pm – The Psalm of Jonah

Note – a small part at the end of this service was lost whilst recording but the main thrust of the sermon is intact

Main Points

1.   From deep distress

2.   The role of the Temple

3.   The response of God

We learn God brings life where there is death, hope where there is none.  In deep distress we are to turn to God and cry out as Jonah did.

Sermon from RN Evans on Romans 5:7-8 13/2/17 am – God’s love: From the human to the Divine

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7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Main Points

1.   From the lesser to the greater

2.   The expression of human love

3.  The contrast of God’s own love

Sermon from RN Evans on Jonah 1:10 13/2/17 pm – The tragic vision of Jonah

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10 Then the men were exceedingly afraid, and said to him, “Why have you done this?” For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the Lord, because he had told them.

Main Points

1.   The tragic pattern in Genesis

2.   The same pattern in Jonah

3.  The response of God

Sermon from RN Evans on Jonah 1:3 5/2/17 am – Jonah: where can I hide from Your presence?

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3 But Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid the fare, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.

Main Points

1.  What Jonah tried to do

2.   What Jonah knew

3.  One application for today

Sermon from RN Evans on Romans 5:6 5/2/17 pm – Dying for the ungodly

Extract

6 For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.

Main Points

1.  What does “without strength” mean?

2.   What is in “due time”?

3.  Christ died for the ungodly