Introduction Today's passage is really in two parts. It begins with a brief travelogue, with Luke listing the places Paul and his companions passed through once they left Troas. Troas, you might remember from last week, was the place where Eutychus fell asleep while Paul was preaching late into the night; and he fell through … Continue reading Acts 20(13–38) Part 1
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Acts 20(02–12)
Introduction It's been three weeks since we were last studying the book of Acts together. Last week was the GB enrolment and the week before that the Moderator of Presbytery was with us. So, it's been three weeks. And three weeks ago we were reading about the riot in Ephesus. Do you remember? Paul had … Continue reading Acts 20(02–12)
John 01(19–34)
Introduction We spent six weeks on the opening of John's gospel and we could have spent even longer on those opening eighteen verses, because they're so rich and so full of wonderful things for us to know about God's Only Begotten Son. John began by referring to him as the Word, who was with God … Continue reading John 01(19–34)
John 01(16–18)
Introduction I made the point last week that what John tells us about the divine Word in the opening verses of his gospel develops or progresses verse by verse or line by line. John began his gospel by telling us about the Word who was there in the beginning. So, before the creation of the … Continue reading John 01(16–18)
John 01(14+15)
Introduction As you've probably noticed, I like to begin my sermons by recapping what we've studied before. And I like to do this, not only to remind you of what we've already studied, but because I don't want us to miss the forest for the trees. A person who misses the forest for the trees … Continue reading John 01(14+15)
John 01(06–14)
Introduction John has been teaching us about the Word, which is his title for God the Son, the second person of the Trinity. And he taught us that in the beginning, before anything was created, the Word was with God and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. And then John … Continue reading John 01(06–14)
Acts 19(21)–20(01)
Introduction Last week we spent our time on verses 8 to 20 of Acts 19. And it was a marvellous passage about Paul's ministry in Ephesus. Do you remember? When some of the Jews in the synagogue became obstinate and would not listen to him, he moved to the hall of Tyrannus, where he reasoned … Continue reading Acts 19(21)–20(01)
Acts 19(08–20)
Introduction It's been weeks since we were studying the book of Acts together. In fact, the last time we studied Acts together was in the middle of September and now it's the end of October. But since then we've had an invitation service and then we had our communion service when Michael Rutledge was preaching. … Continue reading Acts 19(08–20)
John 01(04+05)
Introduction This is now our third week on John's gospel. And we haven't got very far, because each verse is so rich and full of treasures for us to uncover and admire and enjoy. John has been telling us about the Word who in the beginning was with God and who was God. And we … Continue reading John 01(04+05)
John 01(03)
Introduction At the beginning of the week, when I was thinking about what to preach on for these harvest services, I settled on the idea of speaking about God's work of providence on Sunday morning and God's work of creation on Sunday evening. And so, this morning we were thinking about the ways that God … Continue reading John 01(03)
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