Month: July 2009

Making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland

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Ecclesiastes: Under the Sun, part 7 – Justice and Oppression

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 seventh part of  this series, Phill Marsh examines the frustrated confidence that Solomon feels regarding God’s judgement…
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His Glorious Grace 2 – Blessed be… God (Ephesians 1:3)

In the second of a new series on Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians, Andy Evans unpacks the profound and glorious truth that the Gospel begins with God and is purposed for his glory and his fame. The notes that accompany this sermon are available here.

Ephesians – Helpful Resources

Those of you who read my previous blog, Ephesians: His Glorious Grace, or were around on Sunday morning will know that we have just embarked on a sermon series working through Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians (first message in the series available here). I thought it might be useful, then, to highlight some of the…
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Study Series: Crazy Love – Chapter Two

Before I get into this week’s chapter, allow me first to share some great news with you; You can now obtain an audio copy of Crazy Love for FREE from christianaudio.com. All you have to do is click here and follow the instructions on the page, entering the code JUL2009 when prompted to do so.…
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Facedown – Matt Redman

So, I was recently sat in my favourite burger establishment with my wife when we realised that it’s becoming a little uncomfortable there. Turns out that we go waaaaaay too often. You know that things are bad when you are pretty much best buds with the staff. We’re long past being on first -name turns.…
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Sermon Notes: Ephesians 1:1-2 – By The Will of God

These are the notes of a sermon preached by Andy Evans on the morning of the 12 July 2009 at Firwood Church. Click here to stream or download the sermon audio. 1. INTRODUCTION Ephesians 1:1-2 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are…
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The Will and Glory of God in Salvation

Gideon, my nearly two year old son, has learnt several new tricks. Even though he cannot yet talk (beyond shouting out random single syllable words, ‘duck’ as he points at the TV, ‘wack’ as he waves his arms madly and ‘clock’ as he points unnervingly to my eye), he has picked up a number of…
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Beauty and the Fear of Not Knowing

A couple of years ago on a hot summer’s day after a particularly sweaty church service I decided that the most appropriate way for me to cool down would be to take a nice cold bath. With this in mind I duly returned home, ran the cold water tap in the bath, carried my stereo…
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Does the Author of Ecclesiastes Need Prozac?

Those of you who have been around the last six Sunday evenings will know that we have been working through the book of Ecclesiastes. I wanted to highlight an interesting online article available for free courtsey of Bible Study Magazine (from the team responsible for the awesome Logos Bible Study software). In this article, Miles…
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Ecclesiastes: Under the Sun, part 6 – He has made everything beautiful in it’s time

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 sixth part of a new series, Phill Marsh looks at possibly the most well-known passage in the…
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