tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40941292545776790612024-03-13T03:59:02.265+00:00Once again I thank YouThoughts, sermons, and articles from a sinner saved by grace alone and washed in The Blood of King JesusAdam Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10529205651128141787noreply@blogger.comBlogger252125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094129254577679061.post-55807405336029048992022-04-28T16:08:00.002+01:002022-04-28T16:08:17.758+01:00(SERMON) Luke 24:36-53 The Key to Unlocking the Scriptures<p> At the end of Luke's Gospel Jesus opens the mind of the disciples to understand the Scriptures. Unless we too grasp this 5-point key to unlocking the Bible we won't understand it either. To understand the Bible we need to recognise that all of the Bible is about:</p><p>1.) The Messiah</p><p>2.) Who dies and rises</p><p>3.) That we might be forgiven through repentance</p><p>4.) That this message is universal in scope</p><p>5.) That we are to spread this message to the nations in the power of the Spirit.</p><p><br /></p><p>When we see these truths on every page of Scripture we will worship the Lord with great, great, joy.</p><p><br /></p><iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1258686046&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/revd-adam-young" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Revd Adam Young">Revd Adam Young</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/revd-adam-young/luke-2436-53-the-key-to-unlocking-the-scriptures" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Luke 24:36-53 The Key to Unlocking the Scriptures">Luke 24:36-53 The Key to Unlocking the Scriptures</a></div>Adam Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10529205651128141787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094129254577679061.post-60493483473574356382022-04-15T19:27:00.005+01:002022-04-15T19:27:38.014+01:00(SERMON) Luke 22:66-23:25 Spoken Word Good Friday Devotion<p><span face="Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px;">A short five minute spoken word Good Friday meditation around the trials of Jesus before the Sanhedrin, Herod, and Pilate.</span></p><p><span face="Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></p><iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1250874580&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/revd-adam-young" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Revd Adam Young">Revd Adam Young</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/revd-adam-young/spoken-word-good-friday-meditation-luke-2266-2325" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Spoken Word Good Friday Meditation: Luke 22:66 -23:25">Spoken Word Good Friday Meditation: Luke 22:66 -23:25</a></div>Adam Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10529205651128141787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094129254577679061.post-6037204029349356302022-01-31T11:39:00.000+00:002022-01-31T11:39:09.141+00:00(SERMON) Isaiah 41:1-20 Overcoming the Enemy <p> In Isaiah 41.1-20 we learn how to face our enemies, whatever they may be. It starts with silence and then seeing that God is in control of all things. Then we must reject the ways of the world in seeking to survive by our own strength and instead trust in the strength of the Lord who calls us His own. When we place our trust in Him we become the very thing which crushes the enemy and new life awaits.</p><p>This prophecy was fulfilled in the life of Jesus--and if it was true for Him facing the greatest enemies of all (our sin and sentence of death) then it is true for us His people.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1207042783&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"></iframe><div style="font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/revd-adam-young" title="Revd Adam Young" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;">Revd Adam Young</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/revd-adam-young/isaiah-411-20-overcoming-the-enemy" title="Isaiah 41:1-20 Overcoming the Enemy" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;">Isaiah 41:1-20 Overcoming the Enemy</a></div>Adam Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10529205651128141787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094129254577679061.post-21913617698882809362022-01-24T13:38:00.002+00:002022-01-24T13:38:59.460+00:00(SERMON) John 12:37-50 Isaiah saw Jesus -- we should too!<p> The revelation that Isaiah saw Jesus upon the throne in the Temple should transform how we read the Bible. Seeing Jesus on every page sets our hearts ablaze with joy and love. What Jesus goes on to explain though is just as amazing--the whole reason why He appeared in the Old Testament and became human in the New was to save us; to allow us to see the Father, to be in the presence of the Father, and have eternal life.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1202666446&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"></iframe><div style="font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/revd-adam-young" title="Revd Adam Young" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;">Revd Adam Young</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/revd-adam-young/john-1237-50-isaiah-saw-jesus-we-should-too" title="John 12.37-50 Isaiah saw Jesus, we should too!" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;">John 12.37-50 Isaiah saw Jesus, we should too!</a></div>Adam Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10529205651128141787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094129254577679061.post-90656422694065247812022-01-21T09:39:00.001+00:002022-01-21T09:39:39.262+00:00(SERMON) John 12:12-35 Seeking and Serving Jesus<p> In this passage the crowds DECLARE Jesus as Saviour, Lord, and King but they don't understand what they are declaring. Instead it is the Greeks who actually SEEK to see the real Jesus and know Him as He is. Through this seeking Jesus tells them the hard TRUTH: He is all the crowd said and so much more but that means dying on a Roman cross and rising to new life. Even harder--we too much die to sin, self, and the world and rise to new life if we are to know peace and joy eternal. This truth leads to a simple CHOICE: will you believe in the Light or be lost in darkness?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1200772228&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"></iframe><div style="font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/revd-adam-young" title="Revd Adam Young" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;">Revd Adam Young</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/revd-adam-young/john-1212-36-seeking-and-serving-jesus" title="John 12.12-36 Seeking and Serving Jesus" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;">John 12.12-36 Seeking and Serving Jesus</a></div>Adam Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10529205651128141787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094129254577679061.post-35421083885502591532022-01-09T19:38:00.000+00:002022-01-09T19:38:02.467+00:00(SERMON) Lamentations 3:1-27 When you don't feel God's love and Presence...<p> Often it feels like God doesn't hear our prayers, God isn't there--in fact often it can feel like He is purposefully against us. Even God's great prophet Jeremiah felt this way. The beauty of Lamentations as a book is that it gives us permission to be real and honest about when we just lose hope and God seems absent in our lives.</p><p><br /></p><p>But though we feel dejected and broken, feel that God is against us or absent, feel as though our prayers go unheard, the truth is that facts don't care about feelings. God does hear our prayers, God is not out to get us, God is right there and in Christ Jesus has been through all that you are going through. Great is His faithfulness and His mercies are new each morning. </p><p><br /></p><p>We are not to be Christians because we think it will make us happy, we are to be Christians because of who the unchanging God is and what He has done. When we see this we find the hope that carries us through the dark spiritual deserts.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1193327191&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/revd-adam-young" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Revd Adam Young">Revd Adam Young</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/revd-adam-young/lamentations-31-27-when-you-dont-feel-gods-love-and-presence" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Lamentations 3.1-27 When you don't feel God's love and Presence...">Lamentations 3.1-27 When you don't feel God's love and Presence...</a></div>Adam Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10529205651128141787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094129254577679061.post-2492675988100263412022-01-06T20:30:00.006+00:002022-01-06T20:30:52.882+00:00(SERMON) Matthew 2.1-12 The Magi and Mission: Being Stars to Lead All Nations to Christ<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> <span face="Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; color: #333333;">Matthew's Gospel starts with the Nations coming to worship Jesus as the New King and ends with the Great Commission calling us to bring Jesus to the Nations. As Christians we must understand that God's vision is to see all nations gathered in worship and joy around Jesus. This happens when the church keeps its focus on the local area, its own nation, and the world.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: #f2f2f2; color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Lord willing I will be going to Japan with OMF later in 2022 to take part in missionary work, church planting, and training ministers. This sermon outlines the great need for the gospel in Japan and invites us all to participate in what God is doing in Japan through prayer, support, and even going ourselves.</span></p><p style="background-color: #f2f2f2; color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The sermon ends with some words of challenge and encouragement from Geoff Bland who was a missionary in Thailand for many years.</span></p><p style="background-color: #f2f2f2; color: #333333; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f2f2f2; color: #333333; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f2f2f2; color: #333333; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f2f2f2; color: #333333; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><br /></p>
<iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1191648535&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/revd-adam-young" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Revd Adam Young">Revd Adam Young</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/revd-adam-young/matthew-21-12-the-magi-and-mission-being-stars-to-lead-all-nations-to-christ" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Matthew 2.1-12 The Magi and Mission: Being Stars to Lead All Nations to Christ">Matthew 2.1-12 The Magi and Mission: Being Stars to Lead All Nations to Christ</a></div>Adam Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10529205651128141787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094129254577679061.post-28605127752438171892021-11-07T17:02:00.000+00:002021-11-07T17:02:01.451+00:00(SERMON) Matthew 15.29 - 16.12 The ingredients of a saint<p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">New Sermon upload from this Sunday where I was covering at a church for a friend in isolation. </span></span></p><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">In Matthew 15.29-16.12 we encounter a simple recipe for making a Christian believer--a saint.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">It starts with real compassion, a movement of the heart towards the poor and needy.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Then there is the knowledge of Jesus and the truth--but not just an empty head knowledge.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Finally there is the most important ingredient, the one which brings it all together and that which the pharisees got wrong: faith. We need faith in Jesus as Lord, God, and Saviour because salvation only comes from faith.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div></div>
<iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1155482995&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/revd-adam-young" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Revd Adam Young">Revd Adam Young</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/revd-adam-young/matthew-1529-1612-the-ingredients-of-a-saint" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Matthew 15.29 - 16.12 The ingredients of a saint">Matthew 15.29 - 16.12 The ingredients of a saint</a></div>Adam Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10529205651128141787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094129254577679061.post-71912094099289320412021-06-25T01:36:00.003+01:002021-06-25T01:36:18.123+01:00The Singer and the Reverend Podcast: Why does God allow us to Suffer?<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666;">Why does God let us suffer and how should we respond in prayer?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666;">Ace and Adam talk about the different kinds of suffering and how we should process it internally, then pray to the Lord.</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6VRAGMrDjm4/YNUkjPDQMhI/AAAAAAAA0a8/_rZmSM8j39w2bVpIF4TD9XKVxgjqw32bQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/204137395_3994299287354354_8361543613250360180_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6VRAGMrDjm4/YNUkjPDQMhI/AAAAAAAA0a8/_rZmSM8j39w2bVpIF4TD9XKVxgjqw32bQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/204137395_3994299287354354_8361543613250360180_n.jpg" /></b></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Listen to the episode <a href="https://singerandreverend.buzzsprout.com/1791487/8738597-why-does-god-allow-us-to-suffer" target="_blank">here.</a></b></span><br /><p><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;" /><br /></p>Adam Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10529205651128141787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094129254577679061.post-86781667882081372392021-06-25T01:33:00.003+01:002021-06-25T01:33:24.947+01:00The Singer and the Reverend Podcast: Introductions<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">So my friend Ace and I have started a podcast: "The Singer & The Reverend." Each week we explore apologetics or living the Christian life in about 30 minutes per episode (except this first week!)</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9BRKWfhpIEE/YNUkG074mbI/AAAAAAAA0a0/CHgLeR7YwhMd4k4HQK-q9c2XRmCvZeUBwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/WhatsApp%2BImage%2B2021-05-28%2Bat%2B18.17.19.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9BRKWfhpIEE/YNUkG074mbI/AAAAAAAA0a0/CHgLeR7YwhMd4k4HQK-q9c2XRmCvZeUBwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/WhatsApp%2BImage%2B2021-05-28%2Bat%2B18.17.19.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></b></span><span style="background-color: white;"><b>In this the first episode we find out the origin stories of our hosts.</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="background-color: white;"><b>We talk about our childhoods and how one of us converted from drink, drugs and food to Jesus and the other awoke one night to the Holy Spirit guiding him towards ministry.<br /></b></span><span style="background-color: white;"><b>Ace also performs an acoustic version of one of his tracks, Found - which is lyrically about how he found God.</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="background-color: white;"><b>Check it out <a href="https://singerandreverend.buzzsprout.com/1791487/8701381-the-singer-the-reverend-the-origin-story" target="_blank">here</a> and subscribe for future episodes!</b></span></span></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><br /></b></span></div></div><br /><div><br /></div>Adam Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10529205651128141787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094129254577679061.post-64918460470103232292020-11-16T11:15:00.002+00:002020-11-16T11:15:41.977+00:00Book Review: The 3D Gospel by Jayson Georges<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">The 3D Gospel: Ministry in guilt, shame, and fear cultures,
Jayson Georges, Tim<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ē</span> Press, 2017, 80 pages, £5.73 (amazon), ISBN: 978-0692338018<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This short introductory book is well worth the small price
tag.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whether planning on sharing the
gospel with people from different cultures (at home or abroad) or simply
wanting to see more of the glory of the work of Christ this book is a must
read.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Simple, to the point, and easy to
read it is the kind of book which can be read in a single session or slowly and
pondered upon at length—in this latter regard I felt it could have perhaps
benefitted from some discussion group questions being added at the end of each
chapter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The book begins by outlining the three different kinds of
culture which anthropologists have broadly identified, namely guilt-innocence,
shame-honour, and fear-power.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whilst the
book takes care to point out that these often overlap and no culture is wholly
one or the other it does break things down sufficiently to be able to see how
these apply across the world in a general sense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the first chapter we also come across a
biblical passage in which the 3D gospel—the gospel which addresses the concerns
and needs of all these three cultures—is drawn out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Throughout the book Georges grounds what he
is teaching in Scripture and helps us to see the connections to these different
cultures within the text.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The “key
verses” sections for each of the three cultures is a goldmine for the
evangelist. There are also personal anecdotes and stories scattered across the
chapters which help to personalise the theology and break up the pacing in a
helpful and engaging way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps one of
the most challenging sections comes on pages 59-59 where the words used to
describe the gospel in each culture are listed. The book encourages the reader
to try and tell the bible story of salvation in each of the three cultural languages
using only the word listed for them. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
personally found an equally useful and more impacting exercise to be trying to
write my own testimony using only the language of other cultures—seeing afresh
just how vast and great and deep the salvation Christ won for me was and the myriad
of changes it made in my life.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If there were any criticism of the book it would be three-fold.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Firstly the book feels like it majors on the
guilt-innocence and shame-honour cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The fear-power sections are at times noticeably shorter and feel less
fleshed out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Secondly, the section
dealing with historical theories of atonement, whilst helpful, is perhaps too
simplistic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It leaves many questions
such as why was the Ransom Theory (labelled as fear-power) so dominant in the
shame-honour based early church and still today in Eastern Europe?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Georges lists Anselm’s Satisfaction Theory
under shame-honour but this theory was and is strongly repudiated by the
Eastern Orthodox who culturally come from much more shame-honour based
societies. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Likewise implying that Penal
Substitutionary Atonement only emerged from “reformed legal scholars in the mid
1600’s” is well off the mark historically.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">These faults do not detract though from a superb book which
every pastor should read—and to be honest which every Christian would benefit
from reading.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only thing which could
have made it better is my final issue with the book:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is called the “3D Gospel” but “guilt,
shame, and fear” do not begin with the letter D.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Surely the 3D Gospel is one which deals with
“damnation, dishonour, and dread!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span data-offset-key="e2ub1-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Today was supposed to be my first day in Japan. I was going to be spending eight weeks working through OMF with a church in Hirosaki City. I can't think of anything in my life I've been more excited by. Living in Japan has been a dream of mine for as long as I can remember—from a year 9 school project where I wrote about what life would have been like if I had grown up in Japan, to starting Japanese lessons at university due to my desire to do missionary work there. Eventually life and other ministry priorities smothered that dream; but then God opened so many doors and powerfully relit the fire that had never fully stopped burning. </span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="fvsd1-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Now, of course, I am not going to Japan—at least not yet. I don't know when it will be possible to go either. It's fair to say I am devastated, my spirit is heavy, and my heart aches. In the past five years I've had so very many setbacks, so many doors closed, but none have hurt anywhere near as much as this. It finally felt like all those setbacks and closed doors had a purpose, had a goal—God had been saving me and my ministry to actually give me what was a hope I dared not hope and a dream I could barely put into words it seemed so fantastical. </span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="2kui2-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Now I'm back in the mud and the mire. </span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="brdi1-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">I know that God is sovereign. I trust in what He is doing and His purpose—even as I feel crushed I submit knowing full well that whatever He is doing is ultimately good and perfect. But that doesn't make it taste any less bitter in the present. An old friend recently described me as a "tank." He meant it as a complement! He said that all the bullets and rockets of the enemy, all the landmines of life, I've faced haven't stopped me moving forward towards the goal or killed my deep-seated joy—and they won't now. That was something I sorely needed to hear.</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="64q1g-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">One thing is sure—I'm not giving up on this mission; on this dream. I will go and test this calling and ministry as soon as I can, and I will put on hold everything else for as a long as I can in doing so. Even if, ultimately, long term mission work in Japan is not my God-given destiny, exploring this call—and the growth that exploration will bring to all aspects of my life—is something I am not letting go of.</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="6qcq2-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"> In your abundant, faithful love, God,</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="5g5jt-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"> Rescue me from the miry mud; don’t let me sink.</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="9aqkd-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"> Answer me, LORD,</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="dvc7p-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">In keeping with your abundant compassion,</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="6uak2-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">let your salvation protect me, God.</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="aqgj2-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"> I will praise God’s name with song</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="ab9fc-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">and exalt him with thanksgiving.</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="b264f-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">the seas and everything that moves in them,</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="3ia3d-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"> The descendants of his servants will inherit it,</span></div>
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Adam Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10529205651128141787noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094129254577679061.post-32185324415371219002020-04-18T16:34:00.000+01:002020-04-18T16:34:59.181+01:00(SERMON) God is Sovereign: Hope, Peace, and Mourning in God's worldThe book of Job is fantastic in so many ways. One of the main themes that it addresses is the utter and complete sovereignty of God over our lives. In a time when the world and our lives are being turned upside down by a "natural disaster" it is important to take a step back and ask where is God in all of this? How can I respond faithfully to this tragedy?<br />
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In Scripture we see that God is utterly sovereign in many ways. He is<br />
- Sovereign in creating<br />
- Sovereign in sustaining<br />
- Sovereign in ordaining<br />
- Sovereign in allowing<br />
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Through all of this we can discern many reasons why God does what He does, but it would foolish to point to one and proclaim it alone to be the cause behind the movement of God's hand.<br />
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As Christians we are uniquely equipped to respond to the tragedy around us, whatever it may be, with hope and peace -- but this hope and peace does not diminish nor relativise the real weeping and mourning we express and feel when calamity comes.<br />
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<iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/801608458&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe>Adam Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10529205651128141787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094129254577679061.post-71550745508342697402020-04-04T16:03:00.001+01:002020-04-04T16:03:43.412+01:00(SERMON) Matthew 22.1-14 You're invited: the Invitation to the FeastIn this parable we learn that the call of God, the invitation to an eternal life of joy, feasting, peace, and health goes out to all people. However, many simply don't care, some are openly hostile, some appear to accept but then don't truly follow through, and a chosen few enter into eternal joy.<br />
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This teaching should lead to our lives being marked by two priorities:<br />
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1.) The dailing repenting of sin and clothing ourselves in the robe of Righteousness Divine -- the robe that Jesus alone can give us.<br />
2.) Doing our part to spread the call and invitation to the Feast to anyone and everyone across the globe.<br />
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<iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/790728055&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe>Adam Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10529205651128141787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094129254577679061.post-22212501236932883422020-03-30T12:31:00.000+01:002020-03-30T12:31:30.865+01:00(SERMON) 1 Corinthians 15.50-58 "We believe in the resurrection of the dead"In this last sermon on the Nicene Creed we look at the wonderful hope given in the truth of the promised resurrection of the dead; the fulfilment of the work and life of Jesus.<br />
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The unbreakable promise of the resurrection should change how we live our lives today:<br />
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1.) We should live during this life sacrificially knowing what is to come.<br />
2.) We should live steadfast and immovable in our faith, our doctrine, and war against sin.<br />
3.) We should be always seeking to excel in all that we do. Christians above all others should strive for excellence in all of our life.<br />
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<iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/786673948&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe>Adam Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10529205651128141787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094129254577679061.post-47359538124607353732020-03-15T19:54:00.000+00:002020-03-15T19:54:11.686+00:00(SERMON) Matthew 11.25-30 Giving rest and finding restLife is exhausting. Between the stresses of the world and life, the pressures we place on ourselves and others force upon us, the weight of shame and guilt from sin and darkness, we all desperately need a holiday.<br />
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Jesus says to everyone and anyone "Come to me all who are weary and burdened and I WILL give you rest." He can make this promise because He is Lord of all and He can give us this rest because He died for our sins in our place and rose again.<br />
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Once we receive this peace we offer our whole selves to Him and place our lives in His hands. There we find peace for our souls -- the kind of peace which makes Christians do and survive extraordinary things.<br />
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<iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/776647375&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe>Adam Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10529205651128141787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094129254577679061.post-78172209452385895362020-03-11T22:39:00.000+00:002020-03-11T22:39:29.523+00:00(SERMON) Mark 4.26-29 Both Outward and Inward God gives the growthIn this simple parable Jesus teaches us two great truths which should lead to changes in how we live our lives.<br />
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Firstly, He teaches us to not be afraid or daunted by the task of evangelism and mission whether in our local neighbourhood or on the other side of the globe. What little we sow He can use and in the end it is always Him who gives the growth, Him who changes the hearts of people to accept Him through faith.<br />
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Secondly, He teaches us that inward spiritual growth is something we all must go through and in which, though we should seek to give every opportunity for growth, all growth ultimately rests at the feet of Jesus our King. This means that we should neither become disheartened looking at those who are more mature than ourselves in the faith nor look down and despise those who know less than we ourselves or have travelled as far along the way.<br />
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<iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/774619231&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe>Adam Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10529205651128141787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094129254577679061.post-12055976060372465032020-02-27T20:03:00.000+00:002020-02-27T20:03:08.504+00:00(SERMON) John 14 -- Our common purpose and mission, a Mother's Union service of New Beginnings <div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="2q82k" data-offset-key="eqq8f-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
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<iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/767592226&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe>Adam Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10529205651128141787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094129254577679061.post-24638630432917434242020-02-24T19:52:00.001+00:002020-02-24T19:52:51.265+00:00(SERMON) Matthew 25.14-30 The Mission of the ChurchThe parable of the talents not only contains the words we should most long to hear but also tells us about three grand truths<br />
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1.) The nature of true faith<br />
2.) The relationship between Creator and Creation<br />
3.) The mission of the Church and our role in it<br />
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Revenge and Forgiveness are key themes in Scripture. Here Jesus shows us that Christians are to turn the natural way of things upside down and in the place of unlimited vengeance offer unlimited forgiveness.<br />
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This isn't easy -- it can even seem impossible.<br />
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What we need to have is new hearts; hearts which recognise how much of a debt of sin we owed to God, how great His mercy was in Christ, and that because we have been so miraculously and undeservedly forgiven we too are moved to forgive.<br />
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But what does all of this actually mean?<br />
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The Early Church was divided between the teachings of Alexandria and Antioch, between the errors of Apollonarianism and Nestorianism. It had to find the biblical middle ground and did so at the Council of Chalcedon in 451AD<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">—</span>what was taught there, and is taught in the Bible, should impact our daily lives and even our theology of the Lord's Supper.
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We must stand firm because Scripture teaches that Jesus is truly God, begotten not made.<br />
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We must stand firm because if the person of Jesus is a created thing, no matter how exalted, all our worship is idolatry.<br />
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We must stand firm because unless Jesus is truly, fully, God - and not just close to God or like God - then our sins have not been forgiven.<br />
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We must stand firm because in this truth is great comfort and blessing: knowing that God is a loving Father and not a distant and cold loner.<br />
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