Sermons - St. Luke's, Ramsgate

Elisha and the angelic army (2 Kings 6:8-23)

14/7/2019

The Bible and Old Testament are full of comedy and in this story, the King of Aram, the one who in theory is the most powerful political force around is the butt of the humour.

Yet, this is more than a story that laughs at kings. It is a story that shows us the deeper reality of where power really lies...

Sunday, 10:30am

Gratitude for the Gospel (Colossians 1:1-8)

7/7/2019

Do you have an attitude for the gospel or are you looking for more? The Christians in Colossae have welcomed the good news about Jesus and have been transformed through it, but they are in danger of looking for more.

Paul, however encourages them to see that the gospel gives them all they need.

Sunday 6:30pm, Going Deeper

Elisha and the Foreign General (2 Kings 5:1-19)

7/7/2019

Is God an inclusive God? What is a Biblical vision of inclusivity?

In this story a general of the enemy of God's people who has a polytheistic belief system is pointed by a slave girl to go the man of God in Israel. He is remarkably healed of his skin disease, but more than that his beliefs are transformed.

Sunday, 10:30am

Elisha and life for a child (2 Kings 4:8-37)

30/6/2019

Do we live in a world that cares for children? It's a big question ask. In some ways the protection and rights of children are better than ever before. Yet, the incidents of mental health in children suggests that maybe the focus of our culture is not as child-friendly as we would like to think.

Back in the time of Elisha, in the Middle East, child sacrifice was common (see 2 Kings 3:26-27). Yet, in this passage we see that the God of Israel is deeply concerned to give for the welfare of children.

Sunday, 10:30am

Sundays, 6:30pm, Going Deeper

Elisha...the first seven miracles (2 Kings 2.19-4.44)

23/6/2019

What is God like? As we see God's man, Elisha performing miracles for the great and the poor we learn a little more about the God he speaks for.

Sunday 6:30pm, Going Deeper

Jesus, the Spirit and Us (John 15:26-16:15)

16/6/2019

Jesus tells his disciples that it is better if he goes away. How can that be? Because then He can send the Holy Spirit on us. So, what has the Spirit come to do?

Sunday 10:30am

Sunday 6:30pm, Going Deeper

The Holy Spirit (John 14:8-17)

9/6/2019

Jesus promises his followers the Holy Spirit. But what does the Holy Spirit come to do in our lives?

Sunday 10:30am

Sunday 6:30pm, Going Deeper

What is God like? (Romans 11:25-36)

2/6/2019

As Paul concludes his discussion as to why so few Jews were accepting the Good News about Jesus he challenges the non-Jews in the Roman church not to think of themselves as better than the Jews. Rather, he reminds them of the God they have come to worship and what he is like.

Sunday, 10:30am

Restoring the Kingdom (Acts 1:1-11)

26/5/2019

Just before Jesus ascends into heaven, the disciples ask him, 'Lord are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?'

The question is no doubt prompted by Jesus's teaching about the Kingdom of God. But when does the Kingdom come? Is it with Jesus's ascension, when he comes again or in between? And what has it to do with Israel?

Sunday 6:30pm, Going Deeper

Rejection and Reconciliation (Romans 11:1-24)

19/5/2019

Paul continues to consider the implications of the rejection of the message of Good News about Jesus Christ by so many of the Jews of his day.

In this passage he makes clear that God has not rejected the Jews in their entirety, there is a 'remnant' who have believed Jesus and there is also hope that as Jews see many Gentiles coming to faith, they will eventually come to believe themselves.

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Sunday 10:30am

Sunday 6:30pm, Going Deeper