Date: 27 Aug 2017 Text: John 15:18-16:16 Introduction There is no denying that last week’s sermon in our series on Living in Christ was a bit heavy in places as we considered the idea of being in the world but not of the world. We noted that as a result of our not being of the world, the world hates us simply because as Christians we follow Jesus Christ and not the ways of the world. Jesus Himself told us that since the world hated Him first it would also hate us; it is almos

Date: 20 Aug 2017 Text: John 15:18-16:16 Introduction My aim with this series of sermons under the general title of Living in Christ is to show how we can live as Christians in a hostile modern world and to show how relevant the Bible is to modern living. Although most of what we have looked at so far was written in the 1st century I believe it is still valid and applicable to today. Now whilst I’ve read quite a long passage (John 15:18-16:16) I only want us to concentrate on

Date: 13 Aug 2017 Text: Genesis 1:26-28 Introduction A couple of weeks ago the BBC showed a series of programmes ‘celebrating’ gay culture. These programmes probably came about as part of the 50th anniversary of the relaxing of the law relating to homosexual activity. In 1967 the law was relaxed a little to allow homosexual sexual activity between consenting males over the age of 21 and in private. That galvanised the gay community and led them to increase their campaigning t