A sermon on Hosea 11:1-11, Luke:13-21, Col 3:1-11 by John Fowler 4 August 2019 The Colossians reading – which I am going to focus on tonight – goes like this – Nathan’s paraphrasing: “If you are fair dinkum when you say you have been raised to new life with Christ, then commit yourself to the things that belong to such a life.…
Seeking and Sharing the Fullness of Life
Seeking and Sharing the Fullness of Life
Sermons by John Fowler
We are called to focus on Jesus – not the battles or the storms of life. Nothing is too big or too rough for God.
The parable of the sower is not about us and our shortfalls but on the generosity of our Maker – the Prolific Sower.
“Jesus Christ the Lamb of God”: These are such familiar words. We sing them almost every Sunday – but do we really understand what they mean or have they just become another Christian cliché for us?
True Christianity is not transactional but transformational. It is not a series of prescribed actions intended to please God, but the formation of a culture of grace and other-centred love.