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peter

Can we trust the Bible?

Posted on October 25, 2015

Can we trust the Bible? Sometimes people who are not Christians will say, “You can’t believe the Bible.” “It was all made up by…

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Posted in Prepared to Answer
peter

Red herrings and excuses

Posted on October 25, 2015

In John 4 Jesus is talking to the woman at the well about the Living Water. He confronted her about the number of husbands…

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Posted in Prepared to Answer
peter

What makes you believe that God exists?

Posted on October 18, 2015

Here are some areas we might talk about with friends, neighbours and colleagues who ask us, “What makes you believe that God exists?” JESUS…

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Posted in Prepared to Answer
peter

Sharing my story workshop

Posted on October 18, 2015

Over lunch we spent a quarter of an hour each talking around our tables about of these questions. 1. Each talk for 1-2 minutes…

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Posted in Prepared to Answer
peter

Sharing my story

Posted on October 18, 2015

We live in a multi-faith, multicultural, consumer society, “Tesco ergo Sum, I shop therefore I am” (Graham Cray) where everyone demands freedom of choice…

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Posted in Prepared to Answer
peter

The Seed Principle John 12:24

Posted on October 10, 2015

What’s the point of Harvest Festivals??? When I was a student I used to help take groups of junior school children from the inner…

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Posted in Uncategorized
peter

Why we don’t and why we should talk about Jesus

Posted on September 27, 2015

Day after day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they never stopped teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is…

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Posted in Prepared to Answer
peter

Praying for our evangelism Acts 2:42-47

Posted on September 27, 2015

Acts 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in…

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Posted in Prepared to Answer
peter

“In Other Words”

Posted on September 26, 2015

As part of our sermon series Prepared To Answer we are thinking about the language we use when we talk to our friends, neighbours…

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Posted in Prepared to Answer
peter

Just what is the Good News?

Posted on September 26, 2015

Romans 116 I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first…

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Posted in Prepared to Answer
peter

Prepared to Answer

Posted on September 13, 2015

• Hands up if you have friends or neighbours or colleagues who are not Christians? • Hands up if you find it easy to…

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Posted in Prepared to Answer
peter

The Spreading Word – Evangelism in Acts

Posted on September 13, 2015

1 Peter 3:15 Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you…

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Posted in Prepared to Answer
peter

Becoming a Church Member

Posted on May 28, 2015

Becoming a Church Member “The church” is not a building, nor an organisation, but people! The Bible calls the church “The Body of Christ,”…

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Posted in Christian living
peter

Tell my people I love them

Posted on May 17, 2015

How would you sum up the gospel of Jesus Christ in just three words? I came up with this idea a few years ago…

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Posted in Pastoral Sermons
peter

The Holy Spirit is Our Helper

Posted on May 17, 2015

John 14 15 “If you love me, you will obey what I command. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give…

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Posted in Knowing God Better
peter

The Transforming Power of God 2 Corinthians 3:18

Posted on May 13, 2015

If somebody said to you, “Prove to me that God is real!” what would you say? What evidence would you be able to offer…

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Posted in Holy Spirit
peter

God is Father

Posted on May 13, 2015

“You sum up the whole of New Testament religion if you describe it as the knowledge of God as one’s holy Father. If you…

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Posted in Knowing God Better
peter

Jesus is the Son of Man

Posted on May 5, 2015

There is a name for Jesus which is used 82 times in the Gospels. It is the name Jesus used most often for Himself.…

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Posted in Knowing God Better
peter

God is Sovereign

Posted on May 5, 2015

In his classic book The Sovereignty of God, A.W.Pink explains the Sovereignty of God like this. “What do we mean by [the sovereignty of…

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Posted in Knowing God Better
peter

Freely, freely give 2 Corinthians 9:6-15

Posted on May 5, 2015

“Let’s play church,” the Vicar’s son said to his father one day. “Let’s sing a few hymns and then I’ll take your money off…

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Posted in Christian living
peter

What does the resurrection mean to us?

Posted on April 19, 2015

A question sent to the problems page of a Christian magazine read like this. Dear Eutychus: Our preacher said, on Easter, that Jesus just…

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Posted in Easter

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