Trinity Fellowship

Sardis: The Living Dead

chris — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:22:31 +0000

Whoa! Zombies! How about us?

Thyatira: False Teaching

chris — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:07:13 +0000

With Jesus describing Himself as “the Son of God, whose eyes are like blazing fire and whose feet are like burnished bronze” (Rev 2:18), we had to talk about Jesus as our Judge. That’s the Beama seat judgment as distinguished from the Great White Throne. As an example of false teaching, we discussed Rob Bell’s ‘suggestion’ that Hell might not exist.

Ephesus: First Love

chris — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:13:48 +0000

The Ephesians were doing a lot of good things – but they’d lost the most important thing, the passion of their first love.

Introducing the 7 Churches

chris — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 03:08:32 +0000

Revelation 2 and 3: Seven letters to the Seven churches. They’re literal churches but they’re also representative churches and convey a message for us which is unique among all Scripture. And I didn’t even get to talk about one of my favorite subjects – how the seven churches give us a prophetic outline of Church history!

When the time had fully come: Waiting for the consolation of Israel

chris — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 01:19:53 +0000

This sermon covered the time period just preceding the coming of Christ. What were the people expecting? I spoke of their expectation of a conquering King and how God ‘surprised’ them with the suffering servant. The practical challenge was how do we respond when God frustrates our expectations? There was a lot I didn’t cover, all that prophetic imagery… Just leave a comment if you want to follow up on anything.

Shalom,
Chris

When the time had fully come: Born under law

chris — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 21:01:42 +0000

Out of the eight centuries between their entrance into Egypt and the anointing of Israel’s first King, I chose to focus on the Mosaic law. I described it as ‘the biggest hammer’ God used to prepare His people for the coming of the Savior. The summary verse was Gal. 3:24 “the law was put in charge to lead us to Christ”.

When the time had fully come: In the beginning

chris — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:23:50 +0000

Our advent series will follow the promise of the coming Savior through the history of the Old Testament. In this sermon I focused on the initial promise in Genesis 3:15: “And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.” and on the fact that God often calls on His people to wait, as in the case of Abraham and Sarah.

Thankful for Wisdom

chris — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 22:08:25 +0000

As I mentioned, it surprised me to find no proverbs on gratitude! Still wisdom gives us plenty to be thankful for. I mentioned ‘powerful and portable’; ‘human and familiar’; ‘embracing sovereignty and responsibility’; ‘knowing its limitations’; and, best of all, the fact that it’s not God’ (cause He’s merciful and ‘she’ isn’t).

Happy Thanksgiving

The Wisdom of Patience

chris — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:47:22 +0000

The wisdom of patience? It’s about anger management and it’s no small thing. We looked at four specific aspects stemming from these verses:

Pro. 19:11 A man’s wisdom gives him patience; it is to his glory to overlook an offense.
(Patience proceeds from peace within you.)

Pro. 15:18 A hot-tempered man stirs up dissension, but a patient man calms a quarrel.
(Patience produces peace around you.)

Pro. 14:29 A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man displays folly.
(Patience will save you a lot of grief.)

Pro. 16:32 Better a patient man than a warrior, a man who controls his temper than one who takes a city.
(Patience is power.)

Be Diligent in Your Work

chris — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 21:10:19 +0000

Not a fancy or complex message. What does Proverbs say about work? Work hard. Be diligent in your work.