The fifth instalment of our Sunday Seminar series on early church history.

1 Samuel 17 contains the well-known event of David defeating Goliath. Far from being a mere inspirational underdog story, however, it’s an event that is all about God’s honour and what he will do to defend it. In this sermon we consider what it is to dishonour God, the effect it has on us, and what God does about it.

In this Sunday Seminar series we are considering the development of the Christian church in the first five centuries after the time of the New Testament.

In 1 Samuel 16 we learn that David is God’s chosen king to replace Saul. The emphasis in the chapter is all on the decision being God’s choice. In this sermon we consider the importance, the man, and the result of God’s choice.

Occasionally at Trinity, we run a series of Sunday Seminars as an opportunity to learn more about the Bible’s teaching and the history of the Christian church. In this series, Phil Andrews will be introducing us to the ways in which the Church developed in the first five centuries.

Occasionally at Trinity, we run a series of Sunday Seminars as an opportunity to learn more about the Bible’s teaching and the history of the Christian church. In this series, Phil Andrews will be introducing us to the ways in which the Church developed in the first five centuries.

The final virtue listed by the Apostle Paul as the fruit of the Spirit is ‘self-control.’ What does Paul have in mind with this? Why do we lack self-control? And where can we find it and grow in it? In this sermon we consider these questions.

In the famous list of virtues that the Apostle Paul lists as “the fruit of the Spirit” in Galatians 5:22-23, the virtue of ‘gentleness’ appears. What is gentleness? Where do we find it? And how do we grow in it? In this sermon we consider these questions.

Continuing in our sermon series on the fruit of the Spirit, next we consider what the Apostle Paul means when he refers to ‘faithfulness’ characterising the person who becomes a Christian.

In the famous list of characteristics that the Apostle Paul refers to as ‘the fruit of the Spirit,’ ‘goodness’ is sixth and next in our series. What does it mean to refer to God as ‘good?’ And what difference does the fact that God is good make to our lives?