Sermons from October 2005

Caesar and God

16 October 2005
Rowland Croucher
Faith, Hope, Love, Power
1 & 2 Thessalonians, Exodus, Matthew, Psalms
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We are given gifts from God – faith, love and hope – to help us cope with all that is less than God – especially when ‘principalities and powers’ overwhelm us.

The Blessing of Homeland

God longs to bless us in the land we have been given, but if we fail to live in faithfulness to the welcoming God, we will destroy ourselves and alienate ourselves from God’s blessing.

Can Anything Good Come Out of Bethel?

One of the implications of grace may be that instead of taking swords to the less good and pure, we learn to express the openness of God to the mixed bag of people who are on the journey with us.

Behaving Like Slugs?

2 October 2005
Anne Wilkinson-Hayes
Faithfulness, Fear, Fullness of Life, Generosity, Hospitality
Isaiah, Matthew
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We are called to stop defending ourselves and fighting off the intruders in the vineyard, but rather to welcome the spirit-sent opportunities that will demand of us, but will also change us.