1 Peter – A Holy People in a Hostile World 1 Peter 4:12-19 – Persecution Sermon preached at Christ Church Dusseldorf 9th December 2018 1 Peter 4:12-19 CCD Introduction Between the 23rd and the 25th June this year, 218 Christians were...
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For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken. How long will all of you attack a man to batter him, like a leaning wall, a tottering fence?...
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Should we be a welcoming a church? A welcoming church. In his brilliant little book Disappearing Church, Mark Sayers tells of “The Sunday Assembly”[1]. The Sunday Gathering sounds like the church that many of us wish our church was: “The Sunday...
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1 Peter- a Holy People in a Hostile World 1 Peter 4:1-11- A Dedicated and Disciplined People Sermon preached at Christ Church Dusseldorf 18th and 25th November 2018 Introduction Twenty five years ago now, I was a student at Oxford, studying...
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1 Peter- A Holy People in Hostile World 1 Peter 3:14-22 CCD Sermon preached at Christ Church Duesseldorf 11th November 2018 (Links to the news items mentioned at the end of the sermon) Introduction I wonder how you would feel if you were...
Read more1 Peter 3:1-12 Wives, husbands, and relationships that please the Lord
1 Peter 3:1-12 Sermon preached at Christ Church Duesseldorf, 4th November 2018 Introduction Last time in 1 Peter we talked about how we like to pack our lives into different boxes. We might have one box labelled “religion” or “church”, another...
Read more1 Peter 2:11-25 – the public life of Christians
1 Peter 2:11-25 Sermon Preached at Christ Church Duesseldorf, 21st October 2018 Introduction Most of us, at some time, have moved house, and had to pack all our belongings into boxes. Some stuff you pack into a box labelled “living room”, some...
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1 Peter 2:4-10 – Why go to church? Sermon preached at Christ Church Duesseldorf, 14th October 2018 Introduction The noise of the alarm clock cut through Mark’s head like a hot knife through butter. As he groggily poured his coffee...
Read moreChrist Church Weekend Away, September 2018
Christ Church Weekend Away 2018 A church is a family- and families spend time together. It is one way that we love each other. There are “normal” together times, and there are “special” together times. So a couple of weeks ago, we had the...
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1 Peter – A Holy People in a Hostile World 1 Peter 1:22-23 – Serious Love, Serious Longing Sermon Preached at Christ Church Dusseldorf, 30th September 2018 Introduction Brothers and sisters, become serious. That was the ending...
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The 2004 film Der Untergang, (in English, Downfall), tells the story of the last days of the 3rd Reich, as seen through the eyes of Traudl Junge, Hitler’s secretary, who is trapped with Hitler and his entourage in the bunker under Berlin. Bruno...
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1 Peter – A Holy People in a Hostile World 1 Peter 1:13-21- Sermon preached at Christ Church Dusseldorf, 17th September 2018 1 Peter 1:13-21 CCD Introduction Leah Sharibu is from Dapchi in North West Nigeria. In February this year, she and...
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