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World Disasters - A Christian Response

27/8/2015

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“Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.”

- C S Lewis - 

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World Disasters - A Christian Response.
16 Jan 2005 am   
Preached in the aftermath of the Boxing Day Tsunami

Bible verse
Isaiah 40: 25-31

In the face of disaster people often ask:
"How can you believe in a God who allows suffering on this scale?"
They make assumptions about God:
  • An all powerful God would be able to end suffering.
  • an all loving God would desire to end suffering.
Or they have a wrong view on suffering: 
Suffering is an illusion - it’s just our unfulfilled desire, if you remove desire for it you remove the suffering - buddhism. But Christianity says suffering is real and we have a God that wants to help.

Suffering is payback - Karma - we get what we deserve - hinduism.  But Christianity says this rules out a God of mercy and Grace. God actually holds back wrath to to allow time for salvation. 

Suffering is decreed - what will happen will happen it’s just God’s plan don’t question it - Islam
But Christianity says that God is deeply moved by our suffering.  longing to comfort us and desperate to save.

Suffering is natural - it’s just the way the world is, it would be meaningless to wonder why, there is no why - atheist.  But Christianity says our lives have worth and purpose therefore our suffering is not meaningless.

Whatever God's reason behind suffering it didn't stop him from suffering the same fate and going to the cross for us.  Showing a God that is both all powerful to save from sin and all loving in making the decision and sacrifice for us.

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The Humanity of Jesus

27/8/2015

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"The Humanity of Jesus" 
9 June
(Keith Hibbert)
What does the incarnation mean? 
God is easier to deal with when we can keep him at a distance - when he’s just the man upstairs.  But our God is a relational God.  He became flesh and lived amongst us as a man.  We can’t hold God at a distance when he is determined to show that he knows us.  
If we were to be redeemed it would be God that had to do the purchasing - something that could only be paid by shedding blood on the cross. 

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Unbelievable?  - a look at the resurrection

27/8/2015

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Unbelievable? 
4 Apr 2010 am      
Luke 24 (The Resurrection - Easter Sunday)
Bible reading Luke 24:13-35
Why do we find it unbelievable?  Do we not understand what happened or do we choose not to believe?
An encounter with the risen Christ that two followers experienced on the road to Emmaus.  They were unaware of the battle that had been won over sin and didn’t see where the cross fit in with freedom for Israel.  The eye opening experience of the unbelievable when we meet the risen Saviour.  
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Other links
'The Case for Easter'
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More Than Believing

27/8/2015

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"More than Believing" 
20 Jan
(Rev Curry)
We can come to faith, we can have asked Jesus into our lives and we can have a great testimony - but what does it mean to be a Christian?  How can we develop as a Christian?

G  - Gathering with other Christians
R  - Reaching Out to others
O  - Obeying God
W - Willing to give
T  - Talents used for God
H  - Hearing God Speak

"When it comes to prayer for a Christian.  Prayer is like oxygen in a fire.  You deprive a fire of Oxygen and it soon goes out.  Our Prayer is like the oxygen in our relationship with God.  When we stop praying it dies."

Related Links 
  • Matchstick testimony
  • 4 points of faith 
  • Top 10 bible verses bible gateway

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I am...

27/8/2015

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"I am He" - John 4 
13 Jan 
(Rev Smith)
Bible Verse - John 4:1-26
Who was it that Jesus thought he was?
In 3 simple words Jesus shows he is fully convinced that he had come as God's Messiah.  

  1. People matter to Jesus - Those with a past, the outcasts.
  2. Sin is serious in the eyes of Jesus - Dealing with it gently but firmly.
  3. Salvation comes through Jesus alone - Not where you worship but who you worship.  It's all about Jesus.
  4. The new life that Jesus gives needs to be shared with others - Jesus in your life causes a change enabling you to share in your own individual way what Jesus has done for you.
Let's get out there and show the world that we have met and been changed by the best of all masters and the dearest of all friends.
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Related Links
Basic Christianity - John Stott 

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"I am the Bread..." 
27 Jan
(Keith Hibbert)
Bible verse - John 6:25-51
Will you ever be full enough to never be hungry again?
Jesus starts with your hunger and then works to show you your spiritual hunger.  Focusing on full life and not just full stomachs - finding food that endures.  

What do we focus on that we think will satisfy us?  What do we spend our time on?  What are we chasing? 

To discern whether or not we are chasing 'junk food' in our lives we should hold it up against God's word.  But not just looking at verses that give us comfort but allowing God to really speak to us, challenge us and nourish us.

"Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures..." - Jesus (John 6:27)
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Experiencing Grace  -  Looking at Galatians

27/8/2015

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The Flesh and the Spirit - (28/4/2013) - Rev Smith

Bible Readings - Galatians 5:16-25
The Galatians lived in a very promiscuous society - and today we can recognise that our society is the same. 
We are in the midst of a conflict. There are two forces pulling us in two different directions.  A sinful nature pulling us back to our old life and then the Holy spirit challenging us against our sin.

What does our sinful nature lead us into?  
Not just looking at sexual sin but also religious sins like idolatry where we put something in the place that God should occupy in our lives.

What happens when Jesus saves us? 
The transforming power of the Gospel that produces the fruit of the spirit.  The ultimate test of the Spirit's presence in our lives is our character. 
He utterly transforms us.  He takes selfish, self-centred, prideful, lustful, critical, miserable people and puts love, joy and peace in our hearts.  Patience, kindness, goodness into our relationships and faithfulness, gentleness and self control into our backbones - that is our wills. 
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Rejoice, Follow, Live  -  A New Years Resolution for life.

27/8/2015

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Rejoice, Follow, Live (30/12/2012) - Rev Curry

Bible Reading
1 Peter 2:11-25
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We Believe.... (a look at the apostles creed) 

27/8/2015

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Sermon 1 (click title to download)
"We Believe in Jesus" 
(Keith Hibbert)

Sermon 2 (click title to download)
We Believe... in the holy Spirit

Bible Reading
John 16:5-16 

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Keep Loving the Church

27/8/2015

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Love the Church 
Rev J Curry (Series - Being a Believer)
12 June 2011 am 

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Keep Loving the Church 
Rev J Curry (Series - Being a Believer)
19 June 2011 am
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Leadership  -  The Qualities of a Leader

27/8/2015

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Sermon 1 (click title to download)
The Character of a Leader 
(13/01/2013) - Rev Hibbert

Bible Readings
1 Peter 1:13 - 22

Sermon 2 (click title to download)
A Balanced Christian Life (06/01/2013) - Rev Curry

Bible Readings
1 Peter 2:1-17

Sermon 3 (click title to download)
"The Vision of a Leader" 
3 Feb
(Rev Curry)
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