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1 Corinthians 8:1-13 Puffed up or built up? The dangers of “knowledge” without love

Sunday 31st May 2026

Read: Jeremiah 1:1-10; John 13:34-35; 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Sermon: 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

 

Introduction: “Head knowledge” vs “Heart knowledge”

1-3 The knowledge that builds up

4-6 The knowledge that puffs up (Good theology badly applied)

7-13 Rights and wrong (Taking care that being right doesn’t lead to doing wrong)

Conclusion: “You are not your own”; “I will show you a more excellent way”

 

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1 Corinthians 7:17-40 It is good for a man to not touch a woman

Sunday 24th May 2026

Read: Revelation 14:1-13; 1 Corinthians 7:17-40

Sermon: 1 Corinthians 7:17-40

 

Introduction

1 Corinthians and the matters about which they wrote

1 Corinthians 7:17-24 If only my situation were different

1 Corinthians 7:25-38 To be or not to be married

1 Corinthians 7:39-40 Widows and remarriage

Conclusion

 

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John 4:43-54 The second sign in Cana that people might believe in Jesus

Sunday 26th April 2026

Read: Isaiah 6:1-13; John 4:43-54

Sermon: John 4:43-54

 

Introduction

John 1-4 The Gospel according to John

4:43-44 His own did not receive him (1:11)

4:45-48 Many believed in Jesus but he did not ‘believe in them’ (2:23-25)

4:49-53 Blessed are those who believe without seeing (20:29)

Conclusion

 

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John 4:1-42 True Worship

Sunday 19th April 2026

Read: 2 Kings 17:6,22–29; John 4:1–42

Sermon: John 4:1–42

 

1. Introduction

2. The new setting – a different national history

3. An in depth conversation –
(a) nationality clash

(b) Jesus’s two “if you only knew” points

(c) The woman asking the right question

(d) Jesus’s water of eternal life metaphor

(e) Jesus reveals his knowledge (like with Nathaniel) and tells her “all things”

(f) the woman introduces the subject of the Messiah/Christ

(g) Jesus’s direct and clear self-disclosure

4. Lessons for the disciples

5. The Samaritans’ response to Jesus’s words and the woman’s testimony

6. Worship