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...
Read more1 Peter 1:22-2:3 – Serious Love, Serious Longing
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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1 Peter – A Holy People in a Hostile World 1 Peter 1:3-12 CCD Sermon preached at Christ Church Duesseldorf, 9th September 2018 3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a...
Read moreA Strange and Special People- 1 Peter 1:1-2, 5:12-14
1 Peter- a Holy People in a Hostile World 1 Peter 1:1-2 Sermon Preached at Christ Church Duesseldorf, 2nd September 2018 Introduction Some of you may remember the cartoonist Gary Larson, and the Far Side cartoons. If you have no idea what I’m...
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1 Peter- a Holy People in a Hostile World There can be no doubt that the storm-clouds are gathering over the church in the Western world. The consensus that we were a Christian culture, in which people generally lived by Christian values...
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The Unbreakable Bible Jesus said: “If he called them gods to whom the word of God came– and Scripture cannot be broken” -John 10:36, English Standard Version When we are on holiday, my children love to go to a supermarket, and...
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Where should our eyes be fixed? I enjoy meeting people at the church door after a service, especially newcomers. But occasionally such meetings can be difficult- which is what happened on the Sunday before last. The gentleman in...
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One of the most encouraging things about taking part in Gafcon 2018 was seeing the strength of Christianity in Africa. Africa not only has the numbers, it increasingly has the leadership and the maturity. That was evident in some of the stories...
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Gafcon part 2 My grand plan to write a daily diary from Jerusalem on the Christ Church blog didn’t quite work out: there was simply too much to see and do at the conference. So with many apologies, this is an attempt to sum up a remarkable week...
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Shalom ‘alechem m yirushalayim This has been an extraordinary 48 hours at the 2018 Global Anglican Future Conference. Arriving in Israel yesterday was deeply moving. Driving along the motorway in the coach, I had the strange experience of...
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