Romans 1:16-18 are the verses which many say the whole rest of Romans then unpacks.  Romans 1:17, in particular, is often known as Martin Luther’s verse, one upon which much of the reformation focussed.  Yet when we break down the elements of it and study the verse can we really explain what it means? What […]

In the 2nd week of our series in the book of Romans, we see Paul longing to go to Rome.  We discover why he has this longing, because of his mission in life given to us in verse 5, to bring about the obedience of faith among all the gentiles for the sake of God’s […]

The next Judge of Israel after Ehud is Deborah.  Yet she has a commander, Barak who defeats the enemy and yet another woman Jael will be the one who ultimately gets the honour for the victory.  In this first part of the message, we look at the faith of Barak, the rut of sin and […]

I put this up for interest sake so that you can see that John is introducing us to different kinds of people. Each of these people had different needs, different income, different status, different locations, different theological positions, are of a different gender and so on. We can see that John is highlighting these different […]

This one-off sermon looks at an overview of the book of Judges.  Having been instructed by God through Joshua, the Israelites start to claim the land God has given them.  They are at first careful to obey his commands to drive out all the people before them so that they would not co-habit or share […]