Sermons by David Evans
Mission Possible 5
The mission to take the gospel into all the world is not a solo mission. It is a mission that the whole Church has been called to fulfil.
David Siding With The Enemy
1 Samuel 27
Wisdom for our plans
From very young we are taught that having a plan is vital to success. The Proverbs seem to back this up as they highlight the wisdom that exists in a well planned venture. But Proverbs also tells us that planning has its limitations. Dave Evans will help us to see why our plans aren’t all they are cracked up to be and how we can honour God with the way we plan.
Taking hold of a great salvation
The Preacher has spent a number of chapters showing that Jesus offers a certain salvation and a final purification for sins that the old covenant could never offer. He now summarises this great salvation in two statements of what we have in Jesus: 1. Confidence to approach God because our sin has been cleansed by the blood of Jesus; 2. A great priest who continues to minister to us, mediate between us, and draw us to himself. Because of these…
Jesus: Greater than Moses
As the preacher to the Hebrews has been passionately pleading with his people, we have begun to see that the Jesus he is preaching is far greater than anything that the old structures of Judaism could offer. This week one of our elders, Dave Evans, shows us how Jesus is greater than Moses and everything God did through him. But most importantly we will see that rejecting Jesus is even more costly than the Israelites who rejected Moses back in…
The Gospel Advances
Up to this point in Acts, the church has remained in Jerusalem. As we reach chapter 8, the gospel begins to advance out of the city into the surrounding areas of Judea and Samaria. The gospel advances by the disruption caused by persecution, among unlikely audiences, and despite the messiness of sinful agendas. Jesus continues to advance his gospel and grow his church despite the obstacles that we encounter in the mission.
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