Pelsall Evangelical Church Sermons

11 - Flight or Faith

Psalm 11 - Steve Hope
The Temptation of Flight (vv. 1-3)
The Foundation of Faith (vv. 4-7)
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05 - A song for the beloved

Isaiah 5 - Tim Smylie
A lover of God sings of the delight and disappointment of God (vv1-7)
The disappointment of those who delight in bad fruit (vv8-30)● Living to accumulate and indulge leads to loss (vv8-17)● Rejecting God’s wisdom leads to decay and defeat (vv18-30)
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04 - Deliverance for the Jews

Esther 8 - Dan Parkinson
The request of deliverance (v3-6)
The decree of deliverance (vv7-14)
The result of deliverance (vv15-17)

09-10 - The Wicked Wont Win!

Psalms 9-10 - Steve Hope
Praise: The Lord is judge of all (9:1-12)
Petition: Don’t let the wicked win (9:13-20)
Problem: The wicked prosper (10:1-11)
Petition: Don’t let the wicked win (10:12-15)
Praise: God is King Forever (10:16-18)
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04 - Our shelter and our glory

Isaiah 3:1 - 4:6 - Tim Smylie
Searching for security and significance in the falling city (3:1-4:1)
Finding it all in the renewed city (4:2-6)
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08 - How Majestic is Your Name

Psalm 8 - Steve Hope
The Majesty of the Lord Declared (v. 1a, 9)
The Majesty of the Lord Displayed in the Heavens (v. 1b)
The Majesty of the Lord Displayed in Humanity   (vv. 2-8)
Human Fragility (vv. 3-4)
Human Dignity (v. 5)
Human Authority (vv. 6-8)  
 

03 - The splendour of his majesty

Isaiah 2:6-22 - Tim Smylie
Self-exaltation brings us low (vv6-9)
In the end, the LORD alone will be exalted (vv10-22)
- and that’s good news for those who humble themselves and put their hope in him today.

07 - The Song of the Slandered Saint

Psalm 7 - Steve Hope
A cry for deliverance (vv. 1-2) 
A claim of innocence (vv. 3-5)
A call for justice (vv. 6-17)
Request for justice (vv. 6-9)
Ready for justice (vv. 10-13)
Reality of justice (vv. 14-16)
Responding to justice (v. 17)
 

02 - Restorer of the City

Isaiah 1:21 - 2:5 - Tim Smylie
The present city – a dis-ordered place (1:21-23)
The promise of restoration (1:24-31)
The future city – a re-ordered place (2:1-5)

01 - The Father speaks

Isaiah 1:1-20 - Tim Smylie
The vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem – which all creation needs to hear (vv1-2a)
The Father mourns a broken relationship and its bitter consequences (vv2b-9)
A non-solution: religion that is heartless, not relational (vv10-15)
The only solution: renewed relationship through inner washing and changed lives (vv16-20)

06 - Praying Well when not Feeling Well

Psalm 6 - Steve Hope
Pray, crying in your anguish (vv. 1-3) 
Pray, calling on God to act (vv. 4-7)
Pray, confident God will answer (vv. 8-10)
 

Love - Philemon

Philemon - Kevin Vroom
Philemon: A man of love (v1-7)
Onesimus: Transformed by God’s love (v8-16)
Paul: Appealing in love (v17-25)

03 - The Great Reversal

Esther 5-7 - Dan Parkinson
Esther’s Request. (CH 5:1-8)
Haman’s Pride. (CH 5:9-14)
Mordecai’s Honour. (CH 6)
Haman’s Downfall (CH 7)
 
 

11 - We need to talk

Colossians 4:2-18 - Tim Smylie
We need to talk....
Persistently to God – about our lives and the spread of the gospel (vv2-4)
Carefully to outsiders – with boldness and sensitivity (vv5-6)
Affectionately to one another – with interest in the big and the little things (vv7-18)

God’s gift to the world

Who came at Christmas?
Why did he come?
What does He give?
 

Carol Service 24th December 2023

Tim Smylie

The Legitimacy of the King

Matthew 1:1-17 - Steve Hope
Jesus is King with perfect legitimacy
Jesus is King with not so perfect ancestors
Jesus is King - human and divine (v16)
 

05 - Praying against propaganda

Psalm 5 - Steve Hope
How David Appeals: God’s Character (vv. 1-7)
What David Asks: God’s Justice (vv. 8-11)
Why David’s Assured: God’s Favour (v. 12)

10 - Breaking old moulds

Colossians 3:18 - 4:1 - Tim Smylie
Wives and husbands (3:18-19)
Children and parents (3:20-21)
Slaves and masters (3:22-4:1)

09 - A new people in Christ

Colossians 3:11-17 - Tim Smylie
As a new people in Christ we are called to:
Display the unity we have in Christ (vv11-14)
Tune our hearts to the peace we have in Christ (vv15-17)
 

04 - Who will bring us prosperity

Psalm 4 - Steve Hope
Where to go in our distress (vv. 1-2) 
What to do in our doubts (vv. 3-5)
Who to trust in our droughts (vv. 6-8)
 

08 - New life in Christ

Colossians 3:1-10 - Tim Smylie
The art of living our new life in Christ involves:I. Learning our new orientation – to Christ’s rule over all (vv1-4)II. Developing our new character – leaving old ways behind (vv5-10)

02 - Trusting the Sovereign God when calamity strikes

Esther 3-4 - Dan Parkinson
Haman’s unrighteous plan. (3)
Mordecai's unshakeable hope. (4:1-14)
Esther’s uncomfortable choice. (4:15-17)
 

07 - Don’t go chasing shadows

Colossians 2:16-23 - Tim Smylie
Spiritual reality is found in Christ – not in special regulations (vv16-17)
Spiritual progress comes through relationship with Christ – not through incredible experiences (vv18-19)
So pursue true maturity – not just the appearance of maturity (vv20-23)

03 - Confidence in crisis

Psalm 3 - Steve Hope
David’s Crisis (vv. 1-2)
David’s Confidence (vv. 3-6) 
David’s Cry (vv. 7-8) 
 

06 - Freedom in Christ

Colossians 2:8-15 - Tim Smylie
True freedom is only found in Christ (vv8-10)
He has freed us from: (vv11-15)
Our present slavery to sin (vv11-12)
Our past record of sin (vv13-14)
All other powers (v15)

God is Sovereign - it is He alone who gives peace

2 Chronicles 15:1-15 - Gerald Tanner
1). God is Sovereign over the events in the nations
2). God is found by those who earnestly seek him
3). God strengthens those who seek him and he gives them peace.

02 - The ONE to worship

Psalm 2 - Steve Hope
The rebellion of the nations (vv. 1-3)
The rebuke of the Lord (vv. 4-6)
The rule of the Messiah (vv. 7-9)
The response to the decree (vv. 10-12)

05 - Christ our treasury

Colossians 1:28 - 2:7 - Tim Smylie
 Jesus Christ has everything you need for wholeness… (1:28-2:3)
. …so pursue wholeness in him – not anywhere else (2:4-7)

01 - The way of worship

Psalm 1 - Steve Hope
The blessed way of the righteous (vv. 1-3)
The destructive way of the wicked (vv. 4-6)