Can we get on with it?
March 20, 2014
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In Galatians Paul has been intensely clearing up the confusion the believers had about how to be accepted by God. He was clarifying the Gospel that says we are accepted on the basis of Jesus’ death for us. He is doing this not only so the believers are sure they are accepted by
What do we ‘placard’ as Christians?
March 13, 2014
If you were to ask your friends what is the Christian message about? I wonder what you think they would say. I’d imagine they would say social issues that we are about such as helping the poor and many other good things. They might also talk about all the things we are ‘ag
How to serve at Lakeshore
March 06, 2014
Expectations It is often unclear what is expected of you when you join a church. We have three expectations of everyone who considers themselves part of the family of Lakeshore Church. 1. Commit to a Sunday gathering 2. Commit to a Growth Group 3. Commit to serving Serving An essentia
The Gospel – Good News not Good Advice
February 28, 2014
Last Sunday I spoke about the Gospel being good news before it is good advice. Good advice is what you get from someone when you have an issue that you need help with. What you get in good advice is something that hasn’t been done that needs to be done. It ends up being dependent on
Gospel Centred Kids Alive
February 24, 2014
When Paul wrote to the Corinthians he reminds us that the Gospel is to be a the centre of church life. We are to be about and known for the Gospel. He makes this plain in 1 Corinthians 15:1-8. Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you r
What is church?
> What is church? The Gospel creates the church. When the Gospel is proclaimed people are saved and belong to the church. There is no sense in the Bible that we are saved to be isolated individuals. Christ becomes our ‘head’ and we become ‘the body’ with other believers
The Bible, Slavery and Same Sex Marriage
Here’s a couple of helpful resources in light of the current discussion regarding same sex marriage. Shellfish, Slavery and Same-Sex Marriage: How Not to Read the Bible, by Glenn Davies In recent days a number of strange claims have been made about slavery and shellfish i
J.I. Packer on Guidance and more…
Pitfalls from Packer on Guidance, from LT’s blog (This post from LT’s blog was featured on the church bulletin last Sunday) J.I.Packer in his book ‘Knowing God’ has a chapter on Guidance. Here is a summarised version of a list of pitfalls to us being guided by God. 1. Un
Articles from ‘The Promise’ series: Messed Up Families, Studying the Old Testament & more…
Links to the articles recommended in the Study Booklet for our sermon series from Genesis 12-50, ‘The Promise’… God’s Mercy in Messed Up Families, from DesiringGod.org Have you ever noticed how hard it is to find an example of what we would call a “healt
Train Wreck Conversions, Refugees, Church Smalltalk and more…
Links to a few articles recommended in association with some recent sermons… My Train Wreck Conversion, from Christianity Today “The word Jesus stuck in my throat like an elephant tusk; no matter how hard I choked, I couldn’t hack it out. Those who professed t
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