These are the notes of a sermon preached by Andy Evans on the morning of the 2 August 2009 at Firwood Church. Click here to stream or download the sermon audio. Ephesians 1:3-14 3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in…
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This is me at 13 years of age. Wet, shivering and miserable lined up against the redbrick wall with some twenty-two other 13 year olds. This is the weekly games lesson and this is me waiting to be picked. Two team captains, the tallest and the meanest, head the line pointing sullenly, first to the…
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Something about Jesus drew crowds. We see this time and time again throughout the Gospels. One time Jesus clambers onto a boat in order to avoid being crushed by the great crowd pressing in on him (Mark 3:9-10). On another occasion he escapes the crowd by boat only to find himself amidst a great storm…
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These are the notes of a sermon preached by Andy Evans on the morning of the 26 July 2009 at Firwood Church. Click here to stream or download the sermon audio. Ephesians 1:3-14 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing…
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In the book of Ecclesiastes, King Solomon applies his heart ‘to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven’. As he does so, he discovers fallen man amidst a sin-ruined creation. In the eighth part of this series, Ronnie Evans considers the call to live in deep fellowship with one…
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You know how it goes. ‘The Academy Award for Best Actress goes to…’ Then the orchestra strikes up, the dreamy montage is projected on the fifty foot high screen. The Best Actress stands up, her just-on-the-right-side-of-vulgar sequinned dress glistening in the twinkling spotlight, handkerchief clutched in hand; yes, she is already choking back the tears.…
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These are the notes of a sermon preached by Andy Evans on the morning of the 19 July 2009 at Firwood Church. Click here to stream or download the sermon audio. Ephesians 1:3-14 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing…
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These are the notes of a sermon preached by Andy Evans on the morning of the 12 July 2009 at Firwood Church. Click here to stream or download the sermon audio. 1. INTRODUCTION Ephesians 1:1-2 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are…
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Gideon, my nearly two year old son, has learnt several new tricks. Even though he cannot yet talk (beyond shouting out random single syllable words, ‘duck’ as he points at the TV, ‘wack’ as he waves his arms madly and ‘clock’ as he points unnervingly to my eye), he has picked up a number of…
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Those of you who have been around the last six Sunday evenings will know that we have been working through the book of Ecclesiastes. I wanted to highlight an interesting online article available for free courtsey of Bible Study Magazine (from the team responsible for the awesome Logos Bible Study software). In this article, Miles…
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