Sermons – Page 13 – Crabtree Church Harpenden

The Wheat and the Weeds

“The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared.”

Emmaus revisited: living in joy

Luke 24:13-35 Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight. They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”

Ambassadors

Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the LORD for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.”

Psalm of exile and lament

Psalm 6 Away from me, all you who do evil, for the Lord has heard my weeping.The Lord has heard my cry for mercy; the Lord accepts my prayer.

Strangers and exiles

1 Peter 1:1-2 and 2:11-17 Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming

Learning from church saints

Hebrews 11:1-8 & 11:32 – 12:2 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith.

The centrality of Jesus

For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things… (Colossians 1:19-20)

Joining God in redeeming creation

1 Cor 15:35-58 So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritualContinue reading “Joining God in redeeming creation”

Psalms of Praise

All-Age Service Psalms 148 and 149 Praise the LORD.Praise the LORD from the heavens;praise him in the heights above.Praise him, all his angels;praise him, all his heavenly hosts.

Pentecost – New life in God’s Spirit

When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.