Entries in the 'Mark Waterfield' category

This week we continued the introduction to our new series “Spiritual Gifts For Everyone” and looked at “Baptism in the Holy Spirit.” Jesus’ baptism and his receiving of the Holy Spirit is mentioned in all 4 gospels e.g. Matthew 3:11. In Acts 1:5, Jesus himself talks about being baptised with the Holy Spirit. In the [...]

This Sunday, we started our new sermon series “Spiritual Gifts For Everyone.” The title of this sermon series is deliberate. At Pentecost, the Holy Spirit was poured out on all people.  In the same way today, the spiritual gifts are for all Christians – no one is excluded. Many Christians are hungry for spiritual fulfillment. [...]

This week, we celebrated Easter and looked at why we as Christians can be confident in the resurrection. Christianity is a resurrection religion. “Without Jesus’s resurrection there is no good news at all. The concept of resurrection lies at the very heart of Christianity. If you remove it Christianity is destroyed.” – John Stott (see [...]

This week we reached the final part in our series “Be Free” from Paul’s letter to the Galatians and looked at three themes from the letter as a whole. Authority Galatians deals with authority. Paul had planted the churches in Galatia. After Paul had left false teachers came in and started to undermine Paul’s teaching. [...]

This week we reached part 19 of our series “Be Free” from Paul’s letter to the Galatians and looked at Galatians 6:11-18. Paul wrote this section of the letter in his own hand and he chose to use large letters to emphasis this final part of his message to the Galatian church.  This passage deals [...]

This week we looked at a bit of theology to help us understand who God is. Theology is important as it helps us understand the character and nature of God. If our knowledge of God does not grow we cannot grow as Christians. Gaining a better understanding of who God is can lead to action. [...]

This week we looked at a a principle and promise from Galatians 6:6-10 as part of our series “Be Free” from Paul’s letter to the Galatians. The Principle – Galatians 6:7-8 The principle that Paul writes about in Galatians 6:7-8 is that “you reap what you sow.”  When a farmer sows seed he knows which [...]

Here is the sermon audio for part 17 of our series “Be Free” from Paul’s letter to the Galatians.

This week we looked at Galatians 5:16-25 as part of  our “Be Free” series from Paul’s letter to the Galatians. The Conflict – Galatians 5:17 Being a Christian is tough. There is conflict between the flesh and the spirit. Our bodies themselves are neutral. We are either controlled by the flesh or by the spirit.Galatians [...]

This week we reached part 14 of our series “Be Free” from the book of Galatians and looked at Galatians 5:1-12. We looked at three questions that can help us understand this passage. Slave or free? Galatians 5:1 tells us that we were once slaves to sin but Christ died on the cross to set [...]