When we are in times of trouble or difficulty, who do we turn to for help? Maybe we trust in friends and family, or money, or the government to save us. This passage helps us to understand that, when it comes to God, we need to get our priorities right. At the end of the day, only he can save us. What does that mean for how we live?
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Many people have noticed that things in the world seem to be getting worse: it seems to me even that the darkness looks like it’s winning at the moment. How should we as Christians respond? This passage teaches us that the Lord is a warrior, and that he is able to fight with weapons beyond the reach of human beings. If we want to see victory, we need to seek his will and direction.
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Have you ever heard people saying, “Christianity isn’t a religion — it’s a relationship with Jesus?” It might be a cliché, but it does have an element of truth about it: Christianity isn’t a religion, it’s about walking with God and trusting him. In this passage we see how even those who are most ‘religious’ can get things wrong.
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The second commandment is as relevant to us today as it was then: there are still superstitions and magic, there are still distortions of who God really is. In this session we look at how God wants us to worship him – truly, as he really is.
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The first commandment might be a puzzler: if there are no other gods, why should God feel the need to tell us not to worship them? And why is this commandment of paramound importance?
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What is the problem with the world today? In this sermon, we look at Paul’s hard-hitting explanation of the root problem from Romans 1. The fundamental problem is ‘men have forgotten God’ – they turn away from him. God then gives us over to our sinful desires, which leads to the decay and degradation of society.
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The second part of our Advent series on ‘The Day of the Lord’. When God draws near, it reveals who or what we are really trusting in.
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In the second commandment God asks us not to make images of him – not to worship idols. But what does that mean, and how can we obey that in the 21st century?
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The first commandment is “You shall have no other gods before me”. What does that mean – surely there is only one god? How can we have other gods before God? How do we keep this commandment today?
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