5 | The Parable of the Sower: God's abundance - available to us!
August 27, 2023 • Wendy Howson • Matthew 4:1–23
Wendy is continuing in our Parables series and will be looking at the Parable of the Sower.
1 | The wise and foolish builders
July 23, 2023 • Trevor Marr • Matthew 7:21, Galatians 6:7–9, 1 Corinthians 6:12
Jesus taught us that we can build our life on the foundation of the rock which is Jesus himself or we can build it on the sand which is unstable, unhelpful and unwise choices that we make every day in our lives.
Paul said, everything is permissible but not everything is beneficial. This talk is about make good choices every day, which is like building brick by brick on solid rock.
2 | The Good Samaritan
July 30, 2023 • Chris Birch-Evans • Matthew 21:44, Matthew 11:28–30, John 10:10
Parables aren’t stories to make hard ideas easy, they are onions that need pealing with perseverance. The Good Samaritan could be about – ethics, race, religion, nationality or even land right. If it is an allegory of Jesus it highlights typical 4 areas in which we try and justify ourselves rather than allowing him to justify us.
3 | Parable of the lost coin
August 6, 2023 • Mark Helvadjian • Luke 15:8–10
As we continue in our Summer Series ‘The Parables’ Mark takes us through one of the 3 ‘Lost Parables’ and unpacks our own role in finding the lost coins around us.
4 | Be the light
August 20, 2023 • Heather Ryan • Matthew 5:14–16
Heather is continuing in our Parables series and will be looking at the Parable of the lamp.
