Village Church – Kelvin Grove

After hearing the great promise of righteousness by faith in Christ, Paul goes back to see how this was true even before Christ, looking to Abraham as the key example. Jeremy helps us to see the power of faith to give us life before God.

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We come to the great reveal, the words that change everything: “But now”. These words, revealing the righteousness by faith, are some of the most important words ever written. Sam helps us to understand and appreciate these words, and to know the great gospel that comes by faith.

This week, we continue the deep-dive into the human condition, into Paul’s argument that we are all under sin. Philip helps us to see that these words are meant to soften our hearts to know that all we need is need. To know that we’re all in absolute need of the grace of God in Christ for us to be able to stand before God.

We heard last week the BAD news about what Jesus saves us FROM — our rejection of God and mistreatment of each other. But this week Paul addresses the question: Does that really apply to EVERYONE? Aren’t there respectable, religious people who aren’t THAT bad? Jeremy will take us through that this week.

We heard last week that Paul is writing about the GOSPEL, the GOOD NEWS of Jesus Christ come to save us. But now as we read further through chapter 1, we find nothing but BAD news! WHY is that? Why would a letter about GOOD news start with so much BAD news??? Jeremy will take us through that in this week’s sermon.

The book of Romans is filled with some of the clearest, richest teaching on faith, justification, sin, hope, community, God’s sovereignty, sanctification, and Jesus’ fulfilment of the Old Testament in the whole Bible. Our hope as we mine into the book together is to be encouraged and enriched together, as we find treasures to deepen our understanding and appreciation of Christ’s death and resurrection.

Philip gives a one-off talk from Philippians 4, looking at the life of peace that the gospel opens up for us: to enjoy the peace that we have with God because of Christ, and to enjoy the a life of peace that we can have together as a community.

Last week Philip walked us through an emerging trend in Western culture’s value set transitioning to a more Pain/Pleasure paradigm. However, this week Jeremy addresses the value set of Guilt and Innocence which has been traditionally the main lens through which we have approached issues. This lens still affects us today in contemporary Australia and Jesus’ gospel still speaks life into it.

Philip explores perhaps the most defining element of our contemporary Western culture – the “good” drive to minimise pain and maximise pleasure. He shows how it affects us everyday and how the gospel speaks into it.

Sam continues our series on cultural worldviews by exploring how fear and power interact in our lives and how the gospel speaks into that.