Stand Firm - James 5 v 1 - 12

And the most recent installment:

(direct download here)

War of the worlds - James 3 v 13 - 4 v 17

My apologies for not posting recently - I will post some other thoughts and comments before the summer is out, but for now: the war of the worlds! (direct download from here)

A Spiritual Barometer - the tongue (James 3 v 1 - 12)

 

The three points are simply - the tongue, 1) what 2) why 3) how… listen to find out more, or download directly from here. Sermon is 30 minutes long.

Faith, works… Action! (James 2 v 14 - 16)

 

A simple outline:

1) Faith
2) Works
3) Action! 

The sermon is 35 mins long, and can be played by clicking the play arrow above, or downloaded directly by clicking here.

Living in Christ’s Law of Love (James 2 v 1 - 13)

The latest in the series on James (From Childhood to Completion) is online, download the MP3 directly from here (20Mb, 42mins), or click the play arrow below to listen without downloading.

Outline:

1) Don’t judge others (v 1 - 7)

2) Obey the law of Christ (v 8 - 13)

I am due to be preaching the next sermon in the series on Sunday 27th April.

The Key Word (James 1 v 19 - 27)

The next installment of the James series is now available online, click here to download the MP3 file, or click below to listen.

The outline is below:

1. Accept the Word (v 19-21)

2. Act upon the Word (v 22 - 25)

3. Apply the Word (v 26 - 27)

I will hopefully get the audio of the next sermon, James ch 2 v 1 - 13 up before the end of the week.

Trying, both life and us! (James 1 v 2 - 18)

The audio for the second in my James series is now available. Click here to download the MP3 (right click, ’save target as’), or click below to listen to the streaming audio.

The theme of the passage is perseverance - our duty as believers to press on towards maturity, towards heaven.

1. The Importance of Perseverance (v2 – 4)
2. The Implementation of Perseverance (v5 – 15)
3. The Imitation of Perseverance (v16 – 1

Coming soon - video footage of the latest James sermon, ch 1 vs 19 - 27.

From Childhood to Completion

I have started a preaching series on the book of James. The sermons will be done monthly, and the first one is now available to listen to online, here on my blog.

The theme of James’ letter is maturity. He presents completion, perfection as the aim - chapter 1 verse 4 for example. What stops believers from becoming mature? Problems! Each section in the book of James contains a problem. But with each problem comes an opportunity to become mature, to become more like Christ. Finally, with each problem and opportunity comes a warning - that if the problem is not dealt with, there will be consequences.

The below table outlines the epistle, and you can hear the 30 minute introductory sermon by clicking the play button below. To download it, right click here and select ’save target as’. The MP3 file is 14Mb.

Passages	Problems	Warnings	Opportunities
1 v 2 – 18	Lack of wisdom v 5, 13	Spiritual death v 14 – 15	Spiritual maturity v 3 – 4, 12
1 v 19 – 27	Spiritual passiveness v 21 – 22	Worthless religion v 20, 26	Blessing in life v25
2 v 1 – 13	Favouritism v 1 – 3	Evil thinking v 4, 9, 10	God’s approval v 8
2 v 14 – 26	Unchanged life v 14	Useless ‘faith’ v 17	Complete faith v 22
3 v 1 – 12	Wild tongue v 2	A corrupt life v 6	Leadership and praise to God v 1, 9
3 v 13 – 18	Selfish spirit v 14, 15	Evil practice v 16	A righteous harvest v 17 – 18
4 v 1 – 17	Proud desires v 1 – 3	Hatred towards God v 4, 17	Humility v 6 – 7, 10
5 v 1 – 12	Impatience, grumbling v7, 9	Judged as guilty v 9	Blessing from God v 11
5 v 13 – 18	Practical welfare v 13, 14	Ineffective prayers v 16	Powerful prayers v 16

Preaching Video

Have just added a video of the last in the Lord’s prayer series - scroll down to see and hear! (Or click on http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-6482068764584077819 to view directly from google.)

The Lord’s Prayer Series

I have been preaching through the ‘Lord’s prayer’, in a mini series of five talks. They are not full blown ’sermons’ but rather devotional thoughts delivered at the weekly church prayer meeting. The talks are available to listen to directly from the site, or to download as MP3 files.

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 #1 - The Reality of Prayer, Luke 11 v 1, 26mins, October 2nd 2007
(click here to download MP3 file, 10.6Mb)

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#2 - The Recipient of Prayer, Matthew 6 v 9, 30mins, October 9th 2007
(click here to download MP3 file, 13.8Mb)

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#3 - The Root of Prayer, Matthew 6 v 10, 31 mins, October 16th 2007
(click here to download MP3 file, 14.3Mb)

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#4 - The Requests of Prayer, Matthew 6 v 11-13a, 29mins, November 6th 2007 
(click here to download MP3 file, 13.3Mb)

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#5 - The Reason of Prayer, Matthew 6 v 13b, 21mins!
Please note - the audio on this recording is ‘lower than it should be’ quality! MP3 file coming soon.

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 For more information, please email me - or leave a comment on this post below. Thanks.