I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: ² preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.

-2 Tim. 4:1-2.

Now that we can do audio, welcome to the latest addition to veritaspraebita–the infamous sermons that got ST canned, for lack of ‘grace’ and ‘joy’, and sundry vague issues of ‘tone’ and ‘style’.  Messages from the series on the first Gospel were also characterised as ‘That Matthew Stuff’, while in mid-summer 2015 a sermon on 2 Peter 3:10-18 elicited criticism and earning the I-suppose-not-intended-to-be-flattering epithet ‘John the Baptist stuff’.  Check back frequently, as ekklescake will continue to post ‘new’ messages.

SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2015: PHILIPPIANS.

Because the ‘joy’ drum was beaten so often (and apparently is still a buzzword in those parts?), our first posted messages will be tangible proof that Simon listened, and indeed, was willing to meet people more than halfway–and address their concerns and dwell on the topic for an extended period of time–from the pulpit.  Sadly, we only got a short way into the text before 13 and the naysayers, for whom the ‘joy’ mantra functioned as a Pavlovian bell peal as well as a fig leaf, conveniently ignored this evidence that ST was not a tyrant, and, being the ones who actually had the power and the will to use it, issued their edicts, and suspended and terminated him anyway.

At any rate, we open with the morning service series from 20 September-4 October 2015, from the New Testament Epistle in which we find the most well-known passages on joy: Philippians.

MESSAGE 1:

September 20, 2015 AM: Meet Philippians! (Phil. 1:1-11.)

Others in the Philippians Series:

Message 2: A Prayer for Abounding Love.

Message 3: The Important Thing.

 

From the Series ‘The Gospel According to Matthew’:

September 7, 2014: The King in His Glory.

ekkles’ personal favourites:

February 1, 2015: Sit and Be Blessed.