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Song of Solomon 4:1-5:1 Song of Solomon celebrates sexual love as a good and beautiful gift from God, meant to be enjoyed within the safety and commitment of marriage. It shows that intimacy is more than physical pleasure; it involves tenderness, trust, exclusivity, and mutual self-giving love. Ultimately, marriage points beyond itself to the greater love of Christ for His Church, reminding us that even in areas marked by hurt or brokenness, Jesus brings restoration and hope.
Song of Solomon 4:1-5:1 God created sex as a good, life-giving gift for marriage. Though sin has distorted God’s design, the Song of Solomon offers a beautiful vision of covenant intimacy. Calling husbands and wives to receive sexuality without shame, protect it from distortion, and pursue faithful, joyful love.
Song of Solomon 4:1-5:1 Song of Solomon contains the unfiltered, romantic, sexual language of a book often seen as too steamy for church and churchgoers. But it’s inclusion in the Bible reminds us that God created sexual intimacy, physical attraction, and beauty. God-honouring spirituality is not “above” our human experiences or sexuality; He created it with great intentionality and as a pointer to something even greater. While the book is literally a poem celebrating human marital love, we should not miss that it is also a signpost for Christ’s love for His Bride, the Church. This sermon will
Psalm 69:19-33 As followers of Jesus, we will suffer for his sake by our/God’s enemies. David turns his anger towards them asking God to make his justice certain on all of God’s enemies. David is a foreshadowing of another King although perfect, sinless, he will be the Suffering Servant and be the means by which we are and will be delivered from all our enemies.
Psalm 69:19-33 As followers of Jesus, we will suffer for his sake by our/God’s enemies. David turns his anger towards them asking God to make his justice certain on all of God’s enemies. David is a foreshadowing of another King although perfect, sinless, he will be the Suffering Servant and be the means by which we are and will be delivered from all our enemies.
Judges 19.22-30 Judges 19 exposes how far the human heart can fall when it rejects God’s rule, and how our sin wounds others along the way. Yet the story also creates a longing for a righteous King. Unlike the Levite who sacrificed his bride to save himself, Jesus gave Himself so that His bride could live. In Him, sinners receive new hearts, sufferers are seen, and God promises to make all things new.
Judges 19:22-30 This story vividly reveals humanity’s depravity when there is no king, or more importantly, no God in their hearts, and everyone does what is right in their own eyes. It exposes human sin, not God’s character, and confronts us with the realities of sexual assault, murder, injustice, and evil. Praise Jesus, who did not give us over to the enemy but gave Himself up for us. He offered His own body in our place, bearing the judgment we deserved.
Judges 19.22-30 This week, we sit with one of the darkest stories in Scripture: a woman needlessly violated and dismembered. We won’t rush past that. But we won’t stay there either. Because when we encounter awful stories like this - in Scripture and in our lives - our hearts cry out: “God, what are you doing about this evil and suffering?” And the answer takes us into the dark mystery of the cross, where God took on a body to suffer on our behalf, so that evil would not have the final word. This is a hard story. But it is also, in the end, one of hope.
Ezekiel 4:1-17 The prophet Ezekiel was called to live out God’s message to Israel. He compassionately suffered for their sake, while being a persistent presence in their lives as a reminder of what the Lord was going to do in Jerusalem. Our call as Christians today is the same, we are called to live out the Gospel compassionately and persistently because of our care for the Lost. While the method might look differently our motivation and mission are the same.
Ezekiel 4:1-17 The weird & bizarre things that God asked Ezekiel to do demonstrated not only the seriousness of sin and disobedience and its consequences, but also the incredible mercy of the one who would bear the punishment of sin, giving hope for an eternal future in the New Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 4:4-17 Why would God tell a prophet to lie on his side for over a year, ration his food, or bake bread over dung? This morning we will see that Ezekiel's strange actions weren't random, but were powerful images revealing the devastating reality of sin. Through these unforgettable (and weird) signs, we see that sin carries a weight we cannot bear and it ultimately leads to judgment. But Ezekiel's story doesn't end with judgment, it points us to Jesus. Ezekiel could only symbolize humanity's problem, Jesus became the solution. He bore the weight of our sin, becoming the true Bread of Lif
Acts 17:24-27 Whether it be for significance, fulfillment, fame or love, everybody is searching for something. In Acts 17, Paul presents the God of the Bible as the Creator of all, a God who is both powerful and personal, and who longs for all people to find Him. It is only as we find God through His Son Jesus, that we can be truly satisfied.
Numbers 22:22-35 Some texts in Scripture are confusing, others troubling, and some just seem silly. A talking donkey? That falls in the latter category. But the message is serious: God uses messengers of His choosing – vessels that the world may label as foolish, weak, and despised – to speak His words, and His words only – words of blessing. This blessing, ultimately found in Christ, has been given to His people now – the church – to continue the blessing of Abraham to all nations.
Numbers 22:22-35 In this strange and memorable story, a donkey sees what a famous spiritual seer cannot. Yet the real wonder is not the talking animal, but the sovereign God who rules both the visible and invisible world, restrains human foolishness, and faithfully accomplishes His purposes. While Israel remains completely unaware of the danger around them, God protects His people, keeps His promises, and turns an intended curse into blessing. This passage reminds us that our greatest assurance is not our ability to understand or control everything, but God’s unwavering faithfulness, ultimatel
1 Samuel 28:3-20 The Bible doesn’t pretend magic isn’t real - it takes witchcraft, sorcery, and the supernatural seriously. So why did Saul, the king of God’s people, turn to a forbidden medium? This week, we trace one of Scripture’s strangest nights to a question none of us can dodge: when God feels distant, what are we tempted to turn to instead?
1 Samuel 28.3-20 The Bible doesn’t pretend magic isn’t real - it takes witchcraft, sorcery, and the supernatural seriously. So why did Saul, the king of God’s people, turn to a forbidden medium? This week, we trace one of Scripture’s strangest nights to a question none of us can dodge: when God feels distant, what are we tempted to turn to instead?
1 Samuel 28.3-20The Bible doesn’t pretend magic isn’t real - it takes witchcraft, sorcery, and the supernatural seriously. So why did Saul, the king of God’s people, turn to a forbidden medium? This week, we trace one of Scripture’s strangest nights to a question none of us can dodge: when God feels distant, what are we tempted to turn to instead?
Matthew 10:34-39 The characterization of Jesus as a peace-loving hippy that the general population holds of our Lord does not actually square with the Biblical account of the Gospels. Jesus said some truly shocking and radical things that polarized the people of his day: Jesus came to bring a sword? Does that sound like following Jesus will mean an easy life? With these words Jesus cuts to the heart of what it means to be his followers: division, opposition, even combat with the world. As Jesus is embraced and accepted by some with joy he will also be vehemently rejected by others with contemp
Matthew 10:34-36 We often picture Jesus as gentle, compassionate, and the “Prince of Peace.” But in Matthew 10, He says, “I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.” These aren’t two different versions of Jesus. The same Saviour who brings peace with God also divides. Drawing a clear line between those who follow Him and those who don’t, even within the closest relationships.
Deuteronomy 20:16-18 The accounts of God’s commands to the Israelites to devote the peoples of Canaan to destruction have at times been used to portray God as vindictive or even as a moral monster. Yet when these texts are read carefully in their broader biblical context, a different picture emerges: while God’s judgment on sin is real and at times severe, He consistently reveals Himself as one who delights in mercy. That truth reaches its clearest expression in the sending of His one and only Son, who bore the judgment we deserved so that we might receive the mercy we could never earn.
Deuteronomy 20:16-18 The first passage in our “My Weird & Wonderful Bible” summer series seems both bizarre and unsettling – a text where God instructs the Israelites to completely eradicate the Canaanites from the Promised Land ... a text that some have mistaken as a divine mandate for “ethnic cleansing” ... a text that seemingly highlights an extreme disparity between “the God of the Old Testament” and “the God of the New Testament.” This sermon will point out that neither objection is true ... that the character of “the God of the OT” is more patient, loving and gracious than people often a
Deuteronomy 20:16-18 As we embark on our summer series called My Weird & Wonderful Bible, this sermon addresses a common difficulty people have with the Old Testament: The number of texts where God instructs the Israelites to completely eradicate the Canaanites from the Promised Land. The key questions at hand are, 1. Is this Divinely mandated “Ethnic Cleansing”?; 2. Why does the God of the Old Testament seem so different from the God of the New Testament? This sermon will seek to address these questions and how God-ordained violence in the Bible fits into redemptive history and Good News to a
Luke 6:27–36 Loving our enemies doesn't come naturally, and it may be one of the mostdifficult things Jesus ever asks of us. But in Luke 6:27–36, we discover that this commandisn't rooted in human effort but in God's incredible mercy toward us. In this challenging yetbeautiful passage we see how God's love changes our hearts and empowers us to extendgrace and mercy to those who need it most.
Luke 6:27-36 When Jesus said ‘love your enemies and do good to those who hate you’, could he possibly have known about all the evil in the world? Of course he did. It was because of that evil, our sinfulness, that He came to this earth. Does our Christian walk seek to imitate that kind of love?
Luke 6:27-36 When Jesus said ‘love your enemies and do good to those who hate you’, could he possibly have known about all the evil in the world? Of course he did. It was because of that evil, our sinfulness, that He came to this earth. Does our Christian walk seek to imitate that kind of love?
