Read the Bible passage Sermon outline. Freedom! Disputable Matters: Black and white advice for the grey areas Make up your mind (14:13) Truth, conscience, and love (14:13-16) Let the disputable be overwhelmed by the indisputable (14:17-18) Pursue the indisputable! (14:19-23) The Freedom of a Christian
Read the Bible passage Sermon outline. ‘Debt’ in the Christian life Love: the unpayable debt (13:8) Love: the fulfillment of the Old Testament law (13:9-10) Love in Christ’s body: from duty to delight
Read the Bible passage Sermon outline. Power corrupts…? The God of absolute power powerful word (v. 6-9) powerful plans (v. 10-11) powerful sight (v. 13-15) The God of unfailing love to the earth (v. 4-5) to his people (v. 12, 16-19) The people of this God joyful praise (v. 1-3) patient trust (v. 20-22)
Read the Bible passage Sermon outline. Life in Christ: one long plod? “If God is for us…” (8:31) God is for us: the achievement of God in Christ (8:32-34) God is for us: the love of God in Christ (8:35-39) Life in Christ: Super-conquerers through him who loved us
Read the Bible passage Sermon outline Marriage wars, book banning and the new sexual immorality ‘…what kind of woman she is’ (Luke 7:36-39) Sex: the backstory Sex is (very!) good Sex is not god ‘Simon, I have something to tell you…’ (Luke 7:40-50) Sex: the fulfilment Sex is a signpost! Sex, Jesus, and you
Read the Bible passage Sermon outline ‘Hell is other people…’? God’s new community of love (4:7-16) The source of love (4:7-8) The ultimate expression of love (4:9-10) The ongoing outworking of love (4:11-16) From fear to love (4:17-21) Church up, out, & in: the community of the gospel