Sermon from RN Evans on 1 Peter 2:6 26/3/17 am – Shame and the love of God

Extract

6 Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture,

“Behold, I lay in Zion

Main Points

1.  The meaning of shame

2.  Misinterpreting scripture

3.  Bearing shame and scoffing rood

Sermon from RN Evans on Jonah 4:6-8 26/3/17 pm – God at work in the story of Jonah

Extract

6 And the Lord God prepared a plant and made it come up over Jonah, that it might be shade for his head to deliver him from his misery. So Jonah was very grateful for the plant. 7 But as morning dawned the next day God prepared a worm, and it so damaged the plant that it withered. 8 And it happened, when the sun arose, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah’s head, so that he grew faint. Then he wished death for himself, and said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”

Main Points

1.   Viewing God at work

2.   Lessons to be learned

3.  Fulfilled in Christ

Sermon from RN Evans on Jonah 3:1 19/3/17 am – The tragic story of Jonah: that grand city

Extract

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

Main Points

1.   The greatness of Ninevah

2.   The greatness of God

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

Extract

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

Extract

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