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Ian Lyall
Contributing sermons since Sep 27, 2005
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Jesus' Preaching
Contributed on May 24, 2010
Jesus, in his ministry healed the sick, raised the dead, proclaimed God's Kingdom, yet his real work was to proclaim the Good News
We have just heard that reading from Mark's gospel where we hear of Jesus, first healing Simon's mother-in-law (Do we, by the way, realise that Simon- or Peter as he was renamed, was a married man?), then healing many sick people and driving out many demons in Capernaum. Mark's Gospel is an ...read more
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Don't Lose You Focus
Contributed on May 20, 2010
God's people were in exile, facing hardship and a sense of abandonment. But God's plan of resoration cannot fail; we must keep our focus
The Jews were in exile in Babylon. They had turned their backs on their God, and they were, you might say, in a state on national depression. You only have to, for example, look at the words of Psalm 137: How could we sing the Lord's song in a foreign land? If I forget you, O ...read more
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Obey God Or Man?
Contributed on Mar 14, 2009
The early apostles, arrested for a second time boldly declared that they should obey not man but God.
There was an item in the news recently, concerning the Bishop of Hereford. The Bishop had turned down a man for an appointment in his diocese because of his gay lifestyle, and found himself in court being charged under the new Sexual Orientation Regulations. Actually, as the Bishop explained to the ...read more
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Jesus, High Priest Of The New Covenant
Contributed on Mar 14, 2009
Jesus came as High Priest of the New Covenant. What this means for the Christian believer’s security is here explained
Our reading from Hebrews chapter 10 this morning is headed ’Christ’s Sacrifice once for all’ What the mystery writer of Hebrews is really telling us is that Christ fulfilled, made complete all that was foreshadowed in the Old Testament Covenant. I want to spend a little while just appreciating what ...read more
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The Ten Commandments
Contributed on Mar 14, 2009
Many today take little account of the ten commandments. We do well to be reminded of them, and be aware of our failure and need of a Saviour
THE COMMANDMENTS Some years ago the ‘Times’ carried an article by Charles Bremner under the heading ‘Sense and Sensitivity’ In it Bremner observed: The Politically Correct culture….chimes with the way the country (the USA) is fleeing from risk and moral judgment into the realm of ‘victim ...read more
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Parables
Contributed on Sep 28, 2005