Passages: Romans 1:18-32; 1 Corinthians 6:9-11

Date: 2025-01-12

Speaker: Scott Furey

1. Does the Bible describe same sex sexual behaviour as sinful?

Lev 18:22; Lev 20:13; Romans 1:26-27; 1 Cor 6:9; 1 Tim 1:9-10

2. Why is Jesus silent on same sex relationships?

3. Is it just exploitative same-sex relationships that the Bible condemns?

4. Is it unfair to those who are attracted to the same sex?

Passage: Genesis 2:15-25, Revelation 21:1-11

Date: 2025-01-12

Speaker: Scott Furey

A Better Story: God's Purpose for Sexuality

Why this series?

Society’s View: Sexual Desire/Orientation -> Sexual activity -> Love/Marriage -> God

Bible’s View:

God -> Love/Marriage -> Sexual activity -> Sexual desire/orientation

1. Unity in difference is fundamental to marriage

2. Marriage is a picture of God’s relationship with His people

Passage: Ezekiel 37:1-14

Date: 2025-01-05

Speaker: Jonty Allcock

Passage: Matthew 2:13-18

Date: 2024-12-29

Speaker: Diederik Evanson

1. Jesus is God’s promised King.

2. Jesus will rescue his people.

-> Rejoice in Jesus’ rescue of his people.

-> Have you asked Jesus to rescue you?

Passage: Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 1:18-25

Date: 2024-12-22

Speaker: Ben Holmes

1. God sees

2. ⁠God stoops

3. ⁠God saves

Passage: Genesis 22.15-18, Galatians 3.16

Date: 2024-12-08

Speaker: Scott Furey

Sermon

1. The promise: All nations will be blessed through Abraham’s seed (Gen 22)

2. The fulfilment: Jesus is Abraham’s seed to bless all nations (Gal 3)

3. The goal: Jesus will be worshipped by all nations (Rev 7)

-> Praise God for His blessing

-> Enjoy His church

-> Long for His return

Passage: Genesis 3.15, Hebrews 2.14-15

Date: 2024-12-01

Speaker: Scott Furey

Sermon

1. God promised a serpent-crusher to undo the curse (Gen. 3:15)

2. Jesus is the serpent-crusher who defeats sin, death and Satan (Heb. 2)

3. We wait for Jesus’ return, when he will destroy sin, death and Satan (1 Cor. 15, Rev. 20)

Passage: Genesis 4:1-26

Date: 2024-11-24

Speaker: Sam Lashwood

Sermon

1. Sin crouches at the door of fallen humanity (v. 1 - 7)

2. Cain chooses sin and more curse follows (v. 8 - 17)

3. Humanity cannot fix our sin problem (v. 17 - 26)

-> But Jesus’s blood speaks a better word than Abel’s (Hebrews 12:18-24)