As Christians we have the most incredible news to tell and yet the crazy thing is that we can sometimes be reticent to tell it. This sermon by guest speaker Gary Gibbs, Director of REACH (Elim's national evangelism and church planting department), reminds us that we can have confidence to go because God is not only for us but also with us and in us wherever we go.
In the finale to what has been an eye-opening, life-impacting and vitally important sermon series on eternity, Pastor Dominic answers your questions about the afterlife. Listen for answers to questions on what the Bible has to say about purgatory, whether it is possible to sin in heaven, what age our resurrection bodies will be, whether married couples will be together in heaven, if we'll be reunited with our pets in heaven and much more.
Pretty much every Christian can tell you how to get to heaven; many will struggle, however, to describe heaven. This sermon dispels some of the common myths about what life will be like in heaven by showing what the Bible actually says about it. Listeners will gain a wonderful new appetite for heaven as the biblical truth about God bringing heaven and earth together into the same dimension at the climax of history is explored. Listen and discover the joys and adventures that await the believer on the recreated new earth.
This sobering but highly illuminating sermon sheds light on the biblical doctrine of hell. Highlighting the deficiencies of some of the popular alternatives to hell today, a case is put forth for the historic Christian position on eternal conscious punishment. Christian listeners will bask in the profound and beautiful grace of the cross of Jesus that saves them from hell; they will be inspired to prioritise their lives around proclaiming God's solution to hell. Non-Christian listeners, after learning that there are no second chances after death, will be presented with the most awesome invitation of all: to embrace the only one who can save them from hell and bring them into everlasting life with God in heaven.
On the occasion of our one year anniversary since replanting as One Church, this sermon shows the beauty and power of the local church when she is working right. Unpacking Jesus' prayer for oneness in John 17, you will discover afresh the tremendous capacity of the Church to utterly transform lives and culture. As you listen, you will be reminded of our calling as a church to be one in Christ, one in purpose and one in belonging.
