Jamie follows on from his sermons on vision and mission by talking about the importance of culture. He begins by posing the question ‘Is there more of the church culture in the world or is there more of the world in the church culture?’. Jamie talks about the culture that we’d need to cultivate in order to fulfil God’s mission for us, as well as the importance of the five-fold ministry within church.
Listen to Jamie’s sermon titled Mission Possible. This follows on from last week’s sermon on Vision. Jamie talks about how all Christians have been commissioned to be missionaries by Jesus, but we cannot share the love of God until we have been transformed by the love of God. Jamie gives examples from Jesus’ life of what mission looks like and challenges to think about how we can live this out in our own settings.
Listen to Jamie’s sermon on the Importance of Vision. Jamie shares the vision of our church and four key elements that we’ll be focusing on in this sermon series: Vision, Mission, Culture, and Structure. This sermon focuses on why vision is important for our lives, using examples from the lives of Paul and Nehemiah. Jamie identifies four stages that we may experience when we receive vision: the spirits prompting, certain uncertainty, predictable resistance, and uncommon clarity.
To conclude our Advent series, Anthony talks about the Nativity story with a focus on the wise men.
Listen to Barnaby’s preach from Sunday 24th August. In this sermon, Barnaby talks to us about why we do church and how this relates to us now, as well as when Dwelling Place Glasgow move into the new building.
Listen to Jamie’s sermon titled ‘Promises’ here. This sermon highlights some of the promises that have been given to our church, Dwelling Place Glasgow, as well as warning us of three dangers that can prevent us from living by the promises of God. Jamie gives us examples from Joshua, Paul and his own life to encourage us to keep hold of God’s promises.
Listen to our recent all-aged service as Teeny talks about kid’s ministry. This is concluding the ‘Avenger’s Assemble’ theme that Teeny was doing with the kids.
No situation is beyond the power of Jesus to transform. Yet, like the cripple at the Pool of Bethesda (John 5), many of us remain stuck in situations of hopelessness. Do we make excuses and blame others? Are we unwilling to make the effort it takes to move forward? Do our past experiences negatively affect our expectations? Jesus calls us to come to Him and to listen to His voice, not so that our problems will disappear, but so that, as we learn to obey and embrace His words, we will see His power transform us and our situations.
In this sermon, Jamie asks us if we are ‘All In’. Jesus didn’t preach a gospel of ‘come to me and be comfortable and safe’, He called His followers to give up everything to follow Him, even their lives. Jesus calls us to give up the things in our past, present and future that are preventing us from giving our all to God? He calls us to be ‘All In’.
Many have ideas about who Jesus is. Some ideas are based upon what culture says about Him, some say He is the son of God, but can’t fully explain what that means. In this sermon series, Jamie looks at who Jesus says He is by exploring the ‘I am’ statements that Jesus made about Himself, found in John’s gospel. Jamie ask two questions ‘Who is Jesus to you?’ and ‘Is He to you who He says he is?’
