Sermons - St. Luke's, Ramsgate

New Life (Romans 6:1-14)

14/10/2018

Does the good news about Jesus Christ mean that we will just carry on sinning? After all we are no longer condemned for our sins when we put our trust in Jesus and his death on the cross that dealt with our sins.

Paul says, emphatically, 'NO! As Christians we no longer live in sin'. In this chapter in Romans 6, he explains why becoming a Christian means we will live lives of righteousness - not to be right with God, but because we are right with God.

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New Life (Romans 6:1-14, Growth Team Sheet)
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New Life (Romans 6:1-14) - Paul Worledge
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New Life (Romans 6:1-14, Going Deeper) - Paul Worledge
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When the joy is gone (Psalm 126)

7/10/2018

There are times in the Christian life of great joy and blessing, when God feels closely and powerfully active in our lives. At other times God feels distant and our prayer seem unanswered, the joy seems to have evaporated and we feel spiritually dry.

This Psalm gives us great guidance on how to respond at such times.

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When the joy is gone (Psalm 126, Growth Team Sheet)
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When the joy is gone (Psalm 126) - Paul Worledge
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When the joy is gone (Psalm 126, Going Deeper) - Paul Worledge
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Servant-hearted (Mark 10:35-45)

30/9/2018

The disciples just weren't getting it. Jesus was telling them he was going to die, they were jockeying for positions of glory.

So, Jesus calls them together and tells them how different the Kingdom of God is to be from how everyone else lives...

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Servant-hearted (Mark 10:35-45, Growth Team Sheet)
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Servant-hearted (Mark 10:35-45, Cafe Church Talk) - Paul Worledge
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Servant-hearted (Mark 10:35-45, Going Deeper) - Paul Worledge
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Psalms as Prophecy

27/9/2018

This is the fourth and last in the series of Robin's talks on the Psalms. The New Testament quotes or alludes to the Psalms more than any other book in the Old Testament and often claims that Jesus fulfils the Psalms.

But in what sense is Jesus a fulfilment of the Psalms? How can poems written 1000s of years before Jesus that were relevant for their own time also point forward to Jesus?

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The Psalms as Prophecy - Robin Plant
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Faith and Life (Romans 5:12-21)

23/9/2018

Paul continues to show us the benefits we have as Christians. In this passages he contrasts what we have as human beings, being descended from Adam, with what we can have by being Christians, through faith.

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Faith and Life (Romans 5:12-21, Growth Team Sheet)
File Size:	278 kb
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Faith and Life (Romans 5:12-21) - Paul Worledge
File Size:	20726 kb
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Faith and Life (Romans 5:12-21, Going Deeper) - Paul Worledge
File Size:	28660 kb
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Psalms as Teaching

20/9/2018

In this, the third instalment on the Psalms with speaker Robin Plant, we explore the Psalms as a source of teaching. Although written as model prayers rather than as direct teaching, the mere number of statements about God contained in the Psalms mean that they are designed to mould and fashion our understanding of God and what it is to be his people.

Robin particularly explores the large number of Psalms that are addressed to the reader rather than God.

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Psalms as Teaching - Robin Plant
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Faith, Hope and Reconciliation (Romans 5:1-11)

16/9/2018

Having shown us that we are justified through faith by a justification won for us on the cross, Paul now begins to show us what this means for the Christian life.

Of the many blessings, this passage highlights, our hope of glory, our knowledge of God's love and our reconciliation with God.

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Faith, Hope and Reconciliation (Romans 5:1-11, Growth Team Sheet)
File Size:	279 kb
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Faith, hope, love and reconciliation (Romans 5:1-11) - Paul Worledge
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Faith, hope, love and reconciliation (Romans 5:1-11, Going Deeper) - Paul Worledge
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Psalms as Prayer

13/9/2018

This is the second in the series by Robin Plant on the Psalms called: Thirsting for God: The Psalms in Worship and Spiritual Formation.

In this session Robin considers the use of Psalms as prayer.

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Psalms as Prayer - Robin Plant
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Faith, Righteousness and Abraham (Romans 4:1-25)

9/9/2018

Abraham is one of the most important characters in the Bible. The first chapter of the New Testament traces Jesus's family tree back to Abraham.

But, who was Abraham? Why is he so important? What example does he show to us? How can we be part of his family?

These are crucial questions that Paul tackles in Romans 4 as he continues to defend the good news of Jesus Christ and the fact we are justified by faith alone.

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Faith, righteousness and Abraham (Romans 4:1-25) - Paul Worledge
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A Celebration of Education (1 Kings 4:29-34)

9/9/2018

Why should people make the most of their education? Is it to help them have a well paid job? To be impressive and more successful than everyone else? Or just because it is what everyone does?

The Bible would challenge all of those reasons. Yet, it does give us far better reasons to make the most of our education...

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A Celebration of Education (1 Kings 4:29-35) - Paul Worledge
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