Posts by Simon Marshman (Page 9)
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…
Pastor’s Letter – June 2
G’day church, Here are 5 reasons we’re passionate about our partnership with the Bible College of SA: In Exodus 20:3, God says “You shall have no other gods before me” so we need a college that will equip church leaders to make the one true God known. We live in a mixed-up world with beautiful diversity and terrible conflict, so we need a college that will train…
Pastor’s Letter – May 26
G’day Church, Friends, we have a great celebration ahead of us this Sunday! We have the great joy of baptising three of the children of our church family. Baptism, whether of an infant or a believing adult, is a wonderful representation of the gospel. In baptism, we are reminded that we all need Jesus’ death in our place to wash away the stain of our sin. We are…
Sermon Outline – May 19
Acts 2 and the Spirit Driven Church Simon Marshman The key marker of a healthy church? Acts 2 and the Spirit Driven Church What the Holy Spirit does Next Week Holy God, Beloved People: Exodus 16 | Matt Winter
Pastor’s Letter – May 19
G’day Church, It’s great to be back on deck after a couple of weeks of leave to refresh. And I gather it’s been a really encouraging couple of Sundays at church, hearing about the work that God is doing in bringing people to Jesus on our university campuses and across rural Australia. Well, it’s no accident that this Sunday we’ll be broadening our horizons even…
Sermon Outline – April 28
Good and True: Hope Revelation 21:1-5 | Simon Marshman Any hope at all? Seven reasons why the hope that Jesus offers is Good and True: This is true hope because God helps his promises This is true hope because Jesus rose from the dead This is true hope because the first disciples died for it This is good hope because it saturates the New Testament This is good hope…