Category Archives: Sermons: Epistles

Sermons on the Epistles

The Greatest of These is Love (a Sermon on 1 Corinthians 13)

“If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I … Continue reading

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There’s a Place for Everybody (a Sermon on 1 Corinthians 12:1-11)

“Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed … I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God ever says “Let Jesus be cursed!” and no one can … Continue reading

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Rejoice! (a Sermon on Philippians 4:4-7)

“Rejoice in the Lord always: again I will say, Rejoice. Let your forbearance be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be … Continue reading

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The Stone that the Builders Rejected (a Sermon on Act 4:11-12)

“Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone. And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be … Continue reading

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Being All Things To All Men (a Sermon on 1 Corinthians 9:16-23)

“To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law. … Continue reading

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The Sufferings of Christ (a Sermon on Colossians 1:24)

“And you, who once were estranged and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and irreproachable before him” This is Paul, … Continue reading

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The Armour of God (a Sermon on Ephesians 6:10-20)

I’m reading from the Amnesty International report on the war on Lebanon, August 2006: “The Israeli Air Force launched more than 7,000 air attacks on about 7,000 targets in Lebanon between 12 July and 14 August, while the Navy conducted … Continue reading

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Jesus is the Answer… Not Always (a Sermon on Acts 17:22-31)

“Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw that the city was full of idols.” (Acts 17:16) Ange and I have been to Athens, as I suspect many of you … Continue reading

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Spiritual Training (1 Corinthians 9:24-27)

Do you not know that in a race the runners all compete, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win it. (25) Athletes exercise self-control in all things; they do it to receive … Continue reading

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