Westminster Presbyterian Church Belconnen Sermons
Web Site: Westminster Presbyterian Church Belconnen
Total Sermons: 125
Total Amens: 2
Is baptism a load of rubbish?
The title of this sermon may appear somewhat provocative; our Baptist friends whom we have made endure this morning the so-called "baptism" of an infant may well be thinking to themselves: that's right - infant baptism is a load of rubbish. Now I want to say at the outset of this sermon that despite the fact that I have some bold things to say today, so far as I can see, the overall thrust of what I want to say should not necessarily offend anyone of Baptist convictions. Our subject today is not baptism in itself, rather it is something deeper, something on which I hope all of us will agree.
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Corinthian worship - Is it right?
Corinth was not your ideal church. It was a cliquey sort of church; there was a party-spirit of one-upmanship; there was jealousy and quarrelling; they were blase about immorality; they were boastful of their enlightened liberty; they were proud of their spiritual gifts; and they had perverted the Lord's Supper to such an extent that Paul says "this is not the Lord's Supper" - He is not here. This is the church Paul is addressing in this letter. I just want to pick up on one key verse - 1 Cor 14:26. Let's try to work out how God wants us to take this; what He wants us to do with it. Particularly this matter of there being a personal vocal contribution from a number of people in the congregation.
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Dying well
I wonder what your response would be if I were to stand up here & say: "I believe in euthanasia". Would you throw me out? I hope so! However, euthanasia is actually a good word; it just has a bad meaning and very bad practice attached to it. The word is from the Greek and literally means "good death". It is all about dying well. I believe in "dying well". My point is: Why should the devil have all the good words? He's hijacked it for his own evil agenda. But this word belongs to us; only Christians have a good death; only Christians die well. What does this mean? It is well demonstrated for us in the life and death of Jacob.
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