Stephen McDonald
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Rooted and Built Up In Him (Colossians 2:6-7)
Colossians 2:1-14 (NIV 2011) I want you to know how hard I am contending for you and for those at… Read More
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The Deadly Dream – Part 2 (Daniel 2:29-49)
The Deadly Dream – Part 2 (Daniel 2:29-49) Life is unpredictable. How things are today is no guarantee that it’ll… Read More
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The Deadly Dream – Part 1 (Daniel 2:1-35)
What keeps you up at night? What problems run through your head? What regrets haunt you? And what can you do… Read More
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“Today, You Will Be With Me In Paradise” (Luke 23:40-43)
Repentance from Sin (v40-41) Faith in Christ (v41-42) Christ’s Promise (v43) Luke 23:32-43 (RSV) 32 Two others also, who were criminals,… Read More
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The Defiling Diet (Daniel 1:1-21)
Delivered to Babylon (v1-2) Re-educated in Babylon (v3-7) Resolved in Babylon (v8-16) Enduring After Babylon (v17-21) Daniel 1 (NIV) 1 In… Read More
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The Reluctant Evangelist (Jonah 4:1-11)
Are You Prejudiced? (v1-4) Are You Too Comfortable? (v5-9) Do You Have God’s Compassion? (v10-11) Jonah 4:1-11 4 But to Jonah… Read More
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Turn, Turn, Turn, Turn (Jonah 3:1-10)
Return to Grace (v1-3) ‘You’ll Be Overturned’ (v4-5) Turn and Believe! (v5-9) When God Turns Back (v10) Jonah 3:1-10 (NIV… Read More
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Salvation Belongs to the LORD (Jonah 1:17-2:10)
Download the service sheet here. Down and Out? (1:17-2:4) The Lord’s Loyal Love (2:5-9) Up and Out! (2:9-10) Jonah 1:17-2:10… Read More
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Running from God (Jonah 1:1-17)
Turning from the LORD (v1-3) Misguided by Circumstances (v3) Powerless in a Crisis (v4-6) Ashamed of Mission (v7-9) Despairing of… Read More
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‘We Have Come to Worship Him’ (Matthew 2:1-12)
We Have Come to Worship Him (Matthew 2:1-12) From Ignorant to Opposed (v3-8) Informed But Apathetic (v3-6) From Ignorant to… Read More
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Name Him ‘Jesus’ (Matthew 1:18-25)
Name Him ‘Jesus’ (Matthew 1:18-23) Jesus Will Save (v18-21, 24-25) From Their Sins (v21) His People (v21) Because He is… Read More
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Many Parts, But One Body (1 Corinthians 12:12-26)
Sunday 13/12/2020 What do you think the church is like? Is it a family? A business? Or maybe a family… Read More
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Which Road Are You On? (Matthew 7:13-29)
Sunday 05/12/2020 How interested are you in Jesus? Maybe you’re not really interested at all, but you’re here because your… Read More
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‘Do To Others…” (Matthew 7:1-12)
Sunday 29/11/2020 For a long time, the most quoted verse in the Bible was John 3:16, “For God so loved… Read More
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How to Worry (Matthew 6:19-34)
Sunday 22/11/2020 Are you good at worrying? Do you get much practice? At first, it seems easy. Instead of thinking… Read More
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‘Pray Like This…’ (Matthew 6:5-15)
Sunday 15/11/2020 The Lord’s Prayer is one of the most famous parts, not only of the Sermon on the Mount,… Read More
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Perfect Decoys (Matthew 6:1-18)
Sunday 08/11/2020 Operation Bodyguard was a part of the Allies’ plans to invade Nazi-occupied Europe on D-Day in 1944. Operation… Read More
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The Perfect Life (Matthew 5:33-48)
Sunday 01/11/2020 If you asked 100 people what a perfect life looked like, what answers would you expect? And if… Read More
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Lust: Adultery in the Heart (Matthew 5:27-32)
Sunday 25/10/2020 You’ve probably heard someone claim, “Jesus hardly said anything about…” and then name something about human sexuality. Usually,… Read More
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Anger: Murder in the Heart (Matthew 5:21-26)
Sunday 18/10/2020 Jesus said that He didn’t come to do away with the Law but to fulfil it (v16-20). And… Read More
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