“Actions have consequences” – especially so with sin. In this session we look at God’s wrath (anger) against sin, living in a fallen world, and punishment in hell.
Find out more about the Firm Foundations course by watching the Introduction. The previous session (part 19, on Original Sin) is here.
Why does sin seem to affect everybody? And why does it seem so hard to overcome?
Find out more about the Firm Foundations course by watching the Introduction. The previous session (part 18, on What is Sin?) is here.
In this sermon, we look at one of the most puzzling passages in Genesis. Who were the ‘Sons of God’ and the Nephilim? What was wrong about it all? And what does it have to say to us today?
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Last time we looked at the very first sin. In this sermon we look at how sin began to spread, as mankind began to turn away from the Lord.
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If sin is so bad, then why do we still find it so attractive? In this session we look at the original sin of Adam and Eve from Genesis 3 to see what we can learn.
Find out more about the Firm Foundations course by watching the Introduction. The previous session (part 17, on What is Sin?) is here.
We all have an understanding that the world is not as it should be. Is this how God made the world? And what is sin, exactly?
Find out more about the Firm Foundations course by watching the Introduction. The previous session (part 16, on God’s Providence) is here.
In this sermon today we are looking at Genesis 3 – where everything went wrong. Genesis 3 helps us to understand what sin is and its effect upon us and the world. It explains why we know the world is not as it should be.
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If God made a good world, then why is there so much bad stuff in the world? Why are there wars, and pandemics, and break-ups, and death? Why is my life in such a mess? In the second part of the What is Christianity? course we look at where it all went wrong – the cause of every bad thing in the world. Here we explore Genesis chapter 3, which explains how evil entered into the world.
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I think many of us feel uncomfortable about saying that we hate anything – but yet the Bible does tell us to hate certain things.
The passage is online here: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm+97&version=NIVUK
The Doctrine of Repentance is available in lots of places online e.g. as a PDF here: http://www.onthewing.org/user/Watson%20-%20Repentance%20-%20Modern.pdf
Sermon recorded as part of a livestream on the Great Clacton Parish YouTube channel.
Podcast available here.
Part two of a six-part series on the question “What is Christianity?” To answer the question we’ll look at a very brief overview of the whole Bible.
In this video we think about Genesis 3, one of the most important chapters in the Bible. We think about:
If you don’t have a Bible you can get them online or via apps, e.g. the YouVersion Bible app, or http://biblegateway.com. The two Bible translations I mention are called the New International Version and the New Living Translation. You can read the Bible passage online here: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=genesis+3&version=NLT
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