Sermons by Andrew McCausland (Page 5)
Who, being in very nature God
On Advent Sunday, 2nd December, we started to look at the famous passage in Philippians Chapter 2 concerning Jesus. We shall be looking at this over the next four weeks as we look forward to celebrating the coming of Jesus.
Think differently
On 18th November, Andrew and a group of people started by sharing feedback from the Open Doors conference they had attended the previous day. Andrew said that one thing had struck him most about the suffering people who had spoken; and that was they thought differently to many of us. They always seemed to focus on what God wanted in their situation, however bad it was.…
Justice
On 4th November, Andrew spoke again from Acts chapter 16, the account of the early church in Philippi. In particular he focused on how Paul and Silas sought justice for themselves and the early church. Even when they had been released they didn’t sneak off quietly, but made sure that the injustices done to them were readdressed. Andrew and Will Luff then picked up…
Life in all its fullness
On October 21st, Andrew continued our series from Philippians. He talked through the early chapters of the letter, looking at how Paul assured the young church at Philippi of his love and prayers for them. The pivotal verse comes in chapter 2, verse 12-13, where Paul, having assured the people in the church that they are saved, encourages them to continue to work out…
Being content
On 14th October, at our Harvest service, Andrew returned to the letter to the Philippians which we have been studying. Reading from chapter 4, verses 10-20, he spoke about Paul’s gratitude for the gifts and support he received from the Philippian church. Then he picked up on what Paul wrote in verse 12: “I have learned the secret of being content in any and…
The church at Philippi
During the autumn we will be studying Paul’s letter to the church at Philippi. On September 9th we started this new series, and Andrew introduced us to some of the early characters in the church as described in Acts 16. As we study the letter in future weeks it is important to remember that this was written to real people in a real small community of believers.
175th Anniversary – Andrew McCausland
The finale of our month of celebration was on 24th June. At the start of this recording Andrew speaks about looking forward. Then Denise reads from the letter to the Philippians chapter 1, and Andrew speaks, finishing with an act of commitment from all of us to “press on”.
175th Anniversary – Daniel Joy
On the first Sunday in June we started to celebrate our 175th Anniversary – 1843 to 2018. We were delighted to welcome back Daniel and Heather Joy. Daniel was the minister here from 2012 to 2015. In this recording Andrew speaks first to introduce our Anniversary month, and then Daniel speaks from James 3 v13-18 on the subject of humility.
The gifts and fruit of the Holy Spirit
To finish this series on the Holy Spirit, Andrew led a Bible study on the remarkable transformation in the disciples in the days after Pentecost through an outpouring of the gifts and fruit of the Holy Spirit.
Pentecost!
Sunday 20th May, Pentecost Sunday. We met round the communion table and the first part of this recording is the time of prayer which followed. Andrew’s talk starts around 10 minutes in. He spoke on the significance of the harvest celebration of Shavuot (which we now call Pentecost) in the Jewish calendar, and how the harvest of the Holy Spirit on that first…