Shore Community Christian Church

Lord’s Prayer—Our Father

Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:58:46 +1200

When Jesus invites us to address God as “our Father” and pray for the hallowing of God’s name, he is inviting us into God’s story, in which God is liberating, freeing and rescuing people.

One Covenant

Sun, 11 Jul 2010 17:28:14 +1200

The Abrahamic covenant is an overarching story that unifies the whole Bible. Seeing ourselves as part of this covenant gives us a fresh perspective on the Church, Israel and the Old Testament.

Galatians 3

Sun, 4 Jul 2010 10:53:05 +1200

When God is Not Enough

Sun, 20 Jun 2010 11:47:55 +1200

Galatians 3:1-5 Is God enough for you? When your prayers don’t get answered? When you desperately want that job, that boyfriend, that baby, that healing? God wants us to find something greater tha

Justification by Faith

Sun, 6 Jun 2010 12:28:04 +1200

Galatians 2:15-16 Justification is not a doctrine about how individuals get saved and go to heaven. It is about how people become part of Abraham’s family and share in his inheritance.

The Pork Chops Scandal

Sun, 30 May 2010 22:42:58 +1200

Galatians 2:11-14 Paul’s conflict with Peter shows the importance of not allowing our tribal identity markers to become fences between us and others. The only identity marker we need is the cross an

The Power of Our Stories

Sun, 16 May 2010 10:44:12 +1200

Galatians 1:11-24 – Our stories have huge power to influence the hearts of others and remind us of the transforming work of God’s grace in our lives.

People-Pleasing

Sun, 2 May 2010 09:35:49 +1200

Galatians 1:6-10 Paul is accused of being a people-pleaser, which is an addiction to the approval of others. The antidote to people-pleasing is becoming enslaved to the love of Christ and correcting