Village Church Annandale (Sydney) sermons

1 When I walk into church… 2 God’s definition of spiritual 1-3 i Clear not vague ii Am I spiritual? 3 Spiritual for the common good 4-11 i Our Triune God is active ii Our gifts are varied yet deliberate cf. 1 Corinthians 12:8-10, 28, 29-30, 13:1-3, 8-9; Romans 12:6-8; Ephesians 4:11 iii How will I use what I’ve been given? 4 Facts about our spiritual body 12-26 i Truth – One body, many parts ii Lie #1 – “I […]

1 Making things better or worse 2 Gathering to humiliate 17-22 i Divisions among you ii The rich humiliating the poor iii Do we create division? 3 Gathering to proclaim 23-26 i Received and passed on ii Remembering Jesus’ past and future iii Do we reflect both back and forward? 4 Gathering requires a heart check 27-34 i Check yourself ii Purpose of God discipline iii So express your unity iv Do we need to repent? 5 Our heart when […]

1 God’s good word today 2 Questions 3 Imitate me, as I imitate Christ 11:1 4 Principle: Be like Christ 11:3 a The man is the head of the woman 11:3 b Man cf Philippians 2:5-11, Mark 10:45 c Women cf Luke 22:39-44 d Not mutually symmetrical/interchangeable e This is trans-cultural f Husband/man wife/woman g ‘head’ not ‘source’ See Grudem, Wayne, ‘The Meaning of Kephale (“Head”): A Response to Recent Studies’, Pages 425-468 in Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, ed. […]

1 An unsatisfactory ending? a Acts 1:8 b Acts 13:46-47 2 And so we came to Rome 28:14-16 3 Not a showdown with Caesar, but preaching to Jews and Gentiles a First to the Jews cf Romans 1:16-17 i Paul tells the Jewish leaders that it is for the hope of Israel that he is in chains 28:17—22 ii Paul expounds and witnesses to the Jews about the kingdom of God & Jesus 28:23 , cf 20:7-12 iii Some are […]

1 Engaging, excruciating detail a The puzzle of the journey and the shipwreck b God is sending Paul to Rome 1:8, 19:21, 23:11, 25:12 c Threats to Paul’s life 21:27-36, 23:12-35, 25:1-12 and hints of death 20:17-38, 21:1-26 d Parallels of Paul to Rome and Jesus to Jerusalem e Acts 27 slows the pace generating tension and anticipation cf 2 Corinthians 11:25 2 God is in control in the complexities and catastrophes 27:23-26 3 Paul’s example of ministry on the […]