Month: June 2009

Making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland

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Happy Day – Tim Hughes

So, A good friend happened to ask me the other day, “have you heard the new Tim Hughes album?” Now, to be totally honest with you, the question was a little misleading. Let me explain. A “new album” is by definition an album of new content. Tim Hughes’ last album release was April 2007 and…
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Follow – a new three part sermon series

I recently came across a comment by Scott Knight on The Resurgence website where he talks about Discipleship. Scott Knight talks about the word ‘disciple’ and how in his experience he has known it used in only two connections; the church and in the area of martial arts…

Holy Discontentment and Looking to the Beyond

Sitting my driving test for the first time was a most traumatic experience. The anxiety began in the carpark when I suddenly became concerned that I would fail the eyesight test (typically you are asked to read a number plate from a certain distance). Things had been a little blurry of late and so I…
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Ecclesiastes: Under the Sun, part 2 – The Great Experiment

In the book of Ecclesiastes, King Solomon applies his heart ‘to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven’. As he does so, he discovers fallen man amidst a sin-ruined creation. In the second part of a new series, Andy Evans explores the credibility of King Solomon’s great experiment and…
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Firwood Exclusive (Matthew 22:34-40)

In this stand-alone message, Stephen Evans explores what a life sold out to loving Jesus fully looks like.

The Cross of Christ – John Stott

The Apostle Paul’s First Epistle to the Corinthian Church reaches its apex at the beginning of the fifteenth chapter, For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day…
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Sermon Notes: Ecclesiastes 1:1-11 – The Reality Check

These are the notes of a sermon preached by Andy Evans on the evening of the 7 June 2009. Click here to stream or download the podcast of this sermon. ECCLESIASTES, PART 1 – THE REALITY CHECK ECCLESIASTES 1:1-11 1The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. 2 Vanity of vanities,…
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Matt Chandler Sermon on 1 Timothy 4:1-16

< p style=”text-align: center;”> This clip is taken from a sermon by Pastor Matt Chandler at a recent Desiring God Conference. The message is based on 1 Timothy 4:1-16. I found this message incredibly sobering and challenging. The Apostle Paul urges Timothy to hold fast to the pure, undiluted gospel of grace. In this there…
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The Hunger for Satisfaction and the Meaning of It All

Childhood in the Evans’ household was, I recall, a frustrating business when it came to the issue of pop-music. You see, my Dad is a music lover. Unfortunately, my Dad is of the view that sometime in the middle of 1969 music died.

Ecclesiastes: Under the Sun, part 1 – The Reality Check

In the book of Ecclesiastes, King Solomon applies his heart ‘to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven’. As he does so, he discovers fallen man amidst a sin-ruined creation. In this, the first in a new series, Andy Evans challenges believers to look at this fallen world in…
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