These are the notes of a sermon preached by Andy Evans on the morning of the 16 January 2011 at Firwood Church. Click here to stream or download the sermon audio. Ephesians 3:14–21 14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,…
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These are the notes of a sermon preached by Andy Evans on the morning of the 9 January 2011 at Firwood Church. Click here to download or stream the sermon audio. Ephesians 3:14–21 14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is…
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Over the past few weeks we’ve had the joy of baptising a number of people here at Firwood Church. It has been awesome. One of the great things about baptism services is the opportunity to hear the stories of those being baptised. Stories of what they were like, how they became a Christian, and what…
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I recently published a post responding to the question of whether ‘the Church’ is a necessary part of being a christian. One of the reasons many christians find themselves asking this question is that they view the Church as falling short of what Jesus requires of it; It is full of hypocrites and messed up…
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The universe speaks out the glory of God. We found the Psalmist saying this as we continued in our Christmas series ‘Glory‘ this week, and he’s not alone in his declaration. Scripture is full of pointers to the revealed glory of God in Creation; David tells us to ‘look up’ to see God’s glory in…
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A friend recently directed my attention toward the following great video entitled ‘The Week’. It is an advert for a magazine in Brazil, but it’s one of those rare things; an advert that isn’t entirely lacking in soul: I love the line about creation: [7 Days]: To create the world… Enough. I love the idea…
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Too often I find myself mindlessly singing when we meet together as a Church to worship. With that in view, we present ‘What Are You Singing?’, an effort to help us engage more deeply in worship when we sing, recognising that we are singing out the truth of God’s Word. The first song we have…
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A wise philosopher once sang the telling lyrics “I am so smart! I am so smart! S – M – R – T!”. This irony-laden self aggrandising statement would not seem out of place in Tinie Tempah’s recent effort, ‘Written in the Stars’. Whilst Mr. Tempah tells us of his struggle, Erik Turner treats us…
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The Gospel of God did not begin with that first Christmas, because Jesus Christ did not come into being with that first Christmas. This is the deep truth to which the writer of Hebrews alludes as he writes, ‘Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.’ (Hebrews 13:8). The Gospel of God, which…
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I was recently asked this question by one of the young people here at Firwood Church. It is by no means the first time that I have been asked it in one form or another, and I am sure it will not be the last. Just how essential is ‘going to Church’ to being a…
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