Village Church Annandale (Sydney) sermons

Dominic Steele says Today – Easter Day – is the biggest day of the Christian year for if the resurrection of Jesus did not happen then there is no Christianity. If the resurrection of Jesus did not happen then Jesus was just an influential first century teacher, just one of the many influential voices that have given us different dismissible roadmaps for how to conduct our lives. In most churches across the world today the bible passage read will be […]

I wasn’t going to talk about cricket today but then I saw the media conference by the Australian Captain Steve Smith. He says, ‘I am sorry.’ He says, ‘What I did was wrong.’ ‘I have failed.’ ‘I own it.’ ‘I shouldn’t have.’ ‘I regret it.’ That was what Steve Smith did. It was what Barnaby Joyce did not do. And Steve Smith’s admission/confession has won respect across Australia. But in terms of God, Smith is actually is saying words that […]

1 We cry out for freedom! 2 My entitled rights 1-14 i Paul to the Corinthians ii An apostle’s rights iii God’s concern for his workers 3 Not exercising my rights 12, 15-18 i What to give up ii Why give it up 4 Flexing with my rights 19-23 i Free, yet not free ii To save some! 5 Will I flex?  

1 I like being right! 2 Who’s who? i Christians in Corinth ii Paul’s concern 3 Knowledge isn’t everything 1-3 i Knowledge vs love ii Being known is key 4 But knowing who is God matters 4-6 i The “world’s” view ii The actual reality 5 Loving those with less knowledge 7-13 i Be careful! ii Be willing to give up, to build up! 6 Being right or being loving?