James, Real Faith Mitch Amoah James, Real Faith Mitch Amoah

James 2:1-13

Show No Partiality

Usually, we gravitate towards those we value and admire while avoiding or perhaps judging people who are different from us. How we treat those who are different from us reveals our thoughts and beliefs. We'll consider how having real faith empowers us to move towards others in love and mercy.

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Romans Jared Keath Romans Jared Keath

Romans 12:1-2

Gospel-shaped Life

The gospel is the good news that Jesus is Lord and Saviour, and that by trusting in him we receive salvation as a gift of grace. What difference will believing this make to our lives? This passage gives an incredible summary of the pattern, the purpose and the power of a distinctly gospel-shaped life.

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Romans Jared Keath Romans Jared Keath

Romans 9:14-29

Sovereign Mercy

The Bible's teaching on God's election can be difficult to understand. It often raises questions, if not objections, that it is unfair or just makes us into robots. It seems Paul has heard these objections before because he answers them in this passage.

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Psalms Jared Keath Psalms Jared Keath

Psalm 90

Number Your Days

The start of a new year is when many of us re-evaluate our life goals and the way we spend our time. Psalm 90 shows there is value in doing that (e.g. verse 12). However the real value is found in seeing our lives from God's perspective. This sermon explores what the psalm says about God’s eternity, our mortality and God’s mercy.

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1 Samuel Jared Keath 1 Samuel Jared Keath

1 Samuel 27-29

Facing Dilemmas

In these chapters we find both David and Saul in a mess of their own making – something we can all relate to. However, they demonstrate that one predicament is far worse than all others, and that God's mercy is always our only hope.

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1 Samuel Jared Keath 1 Samuel Jared Keath

1 Samuel 25-26

Mercy

How do you respond to being wronged? So far David has been a model of patience and humility. But when Nabal foolishly insults him, he loses it. We will learn the peril of revenge, the practice of mercy, and the Saviour we need to be people of mercy.

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1 Samuel Jared Keath 1 Samuel Jared Keath

1 Samuel 7:2-17

Returning to the Lord

The book has opened by showing us a people who had lost their way with the Lord. How would they get back? How do you return to the Lord when you’ve lost your way? Here we learn the way back to God is embraced through repentance, achieved by a mediator, and remembered at Ebenezer.

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