Posts by Simon Marshman (Page 5)
Pastor’s Letter – July 21
G’day church, Just a few things to update you on this week: CMS Online dinner is on next Wednesday, 24th. A couple of Growth Groups are gathering for it, or please feel free to join our bring and share dinner at the Holdfast Bay Community Centre. We’ll be in the Grace Benny Room (where Minis are on Sundays – accessed by the southern car park), arriving ready for dinner at…
Prayer Points – July 21
Each week we pray for our church, our network and our world. If you would like to let us know about prayer points for the Pastoral Care Team to be praying about please fill out our contact card here. Our Church | Today we’re asking God to grow us in Christian Maturity, which is another way of asking him to make us more like Jesus, which is another way of asking him…
Pastor’s Letter – July 7
G’day Church, This Sunday is our last week in the book of Exodus. It’s been an amazing journey that we started out on last year with lessons of God’s faithfulness and power to rescue, and continued this year with his kindness to provide and to be present. I wonder what has stood out to you the most over the time we’ve spent in this wonderful book? Coming…
Sermon Outline – June 23
False gods EXODUS 24:12-18, 32:1-24| Simon marshman Promise and betrayal What’s the big deal? Chasing other gods who are not God What thing – if it were taken from me – would leave my life in ruin and despair? Imagining God as just another god Am I zealous for the One True God? The Warning and Wonder of Our Jealous God Recommended reading: JI Packer Knowing God John…
Pastor’s Letter – June 23
G’day Church, I’m not sure how the end of financial year impacts your thinking. For some of us it rolls on by without much significance, for others it is a peak season of thinking through finances, budgets, savings plans and tax. Regardless of how it impacts you personally, we’re all seeing EOFY sales advertised, and many of us are likely to receive emails from various…
Pastor’s Letter – June 16
G’day Church, The Hole In Our Holiness is a great little book by Kevin DeYoung on the rather uncommon but very important topic of holiness. After spending chapter 1 explaining why he thinks this is an important topic (which is a good place to start) he properly kicks things of with an excellent question to open chapter 2: “Why did God save you?” Of course, there are…
Sermon Outline – June 16
God’s Covenant Law EXODUS 21:1-27 | Simon marshman A case of culture shock and what we can expect: 1. God’s covenant law shows us his heart 2. God’s covenant law uncovers our sin 3. God’s covenant law points us to Jesus Recommended reading: Glenn Scrivener The Air We Breathe: how we all came to believe in freedom, kindness, progress and…
Prayer Points – June 16
Each week we pray for our church, our network and our world. If you would like to let us know about prayer points for the Pastoral Care Team to be praying about please fill out our contact card here. Our Church | Pray that God would grow us in gospel generosity – generous with our time and our talents and our treasure as an overflow to God’s generosity to us…