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Tabernacle Sermon | Global Sermon | Toastmasters Speech | University Theology Essay

Tabernacle Sermon

30-35 minute message delivered at the Auckland Baptist Tabernacle.

  • Deuteronomy: Just Service – Leading God’s Way – Nov 2011
    Deuteronomy Message Four: Moses’ instructions for Israel’s leaders – God-like judges who uphold justice and protect the weak; Christ-like kings who love Scripture and serve the people.
  • Deuteronomy: God of the Underdog – Oct 2011
    Deuteronomy Message Three: God’s special heart for the poor and weak of society is to be reflected in his people’s deep care for each other.
  • Deuteronomy: Passionately One – Aug 2011
    Deuteronomy Message Two: the twin core of Moses’ law – rejection of all false gods plus undivided love and loyalty to Israel’s one true God.
  • Deuteronomy: The Tender Wilderness – Aug 2011
    Deuteronomy Message One: on the border of the Promised Land, looking back on the dangers and terror, the testing of character, and the tenderness of God’s care during Israel’s wilderness wandering.
  • Image of Glory: the First Last Man – Sept 2010
    Christ is the second Adam, the first true human being, the unblemished image of God. So Christ shows us both who God is and who we ourselves are
  • Romans 7: Crossfire – Take Two (KYCF) – July 2010
    The reality of our Jekyll and Hyde type struggle, caught in the crossfire between God’s good law and the addictive power of sin. The assurance of forgiveness through the cross of Christ and the power to change by the fire of the Spirit.
  • Romans 8: Vistas of Love – July 2010
    Two complementary ways to read Romans, showing God’s love and faithfulness in keeping his promises: to individual people (the Pilgrim saved by grace along the Romans Road), and to historical Israel (God’s promise to Abraham fulfilled in salvation history).
  • Romans 7: Crossfire – June 2010
    The reality of our Jekyll and Hyde type struggle, caught in the crossfire between God’s good law and the addictive power of sin, and the hope of rescue through the cross of Christ and the fire of the Spirit.
  • From Creation to New Creation: The Big Bible Story – May 2010
    The Bible’s big picture story of creation, fall, redemption and new creation, versus two rival stories. The resurrection of Christ, the body, and the whole created cosmos.
  • Victim and Victor: Two Stories about Easter – Apr 2010
    Two big stories about Easter. Western penal substitution: Christ the victim died in our place on the cross. Orthodox Christus Victor: Christ the victor defeated darkness, sin and death by his resurrection.
  • (Creation and New Creation: The Golden Age) – Mar 2010
    (The Bible’s big picture story of creation, fall, redemption and new creation, versus two rival stories. The resurrection of Christ, the body, and the whole created cosmos.) – repeated in May 2010
  • Psalm 48: When We See the City – Jan 2010
    Pilgrims to Zion, longing for our heavenly home
  • Mark 11: The King and the River – Jul 2009
    The servant King triumphs over the violent Empire; God’s River of life overflows the old Temple.
  • Mark 2: Is God’s Kingdom a Fortress or a Feast? – May 2009
    The nature of the new Kingdom of God that Jesus announced: free forgiveness, open fellowship and Sabbath freedom.
  • 1 Samuel 8: Royal Freedom – Nov 2008
    How we fear the freedom to which God calls us, but he stays faithful despite our failure. When we are broken, God’s glory shines through our cracks.
  • Ephesians 6: Arming the Army of Light – Jul 2008
    From the Spanish Armada to L’Oreal cosmetics. The stratagems of evil, and how to resist them together.
  • Acts 17: Imaging the Unknown God – Sep 2007
    Greek philosophers, emerald necklaces, and the two classic ways of knowing God – positive and negative.
  • Acts 13: Wrestling, Re-seeing, Resurrection – Jun 2007
    Jujitsu, optical illusions, and the nature of spiritual paradigm shifts.
  • Psalm 139: Present Absence – Nov 2006
    The comfort of God’s presence and the painful mystery of God’s silence.
  • Matthew 5: The Law of Love – May 2006
    Christians and the Old Testament. From circumcision, no pork and the 613 commandments of Moses, to freedom and holiness in Christ.
  • Broken Images: on Santa, suffering and sanctification – Dec 2005
    Bulging Christmas stockings or scalpel-sharp compassion. What kind of God helps when life hurts?
  • Luke 18: The Two Ways – Jul 2005
    Works & Grace: the Pharisee & the Tax Collector.

Global Sermon

20-25 minute message delivered to the morning “Global” group of international students, many with limited English and no church background, at the Auckland Baptist Tabernacle.

Toastmasters Speech

5-8 minute speech delivered at the City of Sails Toastmasters club or interclub competitions in Auckland. Themes often specified by the Toastmasters Speech Manuals.

University Theology Essay

Originals or modifications of assignments written for theology study at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Tabernacle Sermon | Global Sermon | Toastmasters Speech | University Theology Essay

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