True spirituality isn't seen simply in how someone talks - but what they're like with their wife, kids and at work | Colossians 3:18 - 4:1
Why only Men?
The Church of Scotland allowed female elders in 1966. Why don’t we? | 1 Timothy 2:12-15
A Worshipping People
It says ‘sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs'. So why do we just sing psalms? | Colossians 3:16-17
I thirst
Our Lord Jesus said ‘I thirst’ so that we would never have to experience the awful, eternal thirst of Hell | John 19:28
What called people look like
How Christians are to live in light of the glorious calling they've received | Colossians 3:12-15
Why Elders?
Why should we have elders?
Because Jesus as King requires us to
Because Jesus as King rules through them
Because Jesus as King has given them for the sake of the faith of God’s elect
Putting sin to death - why, what, how
Killing sin in our lives - not to try and earn our way to heaven, but because it's already secure | Colossians 3:5-11
Pray for Elders!
Pray for men who've experienced God's work in their own lives pray for men who are ready to suffer, pray for men who recognise that it's God's flock, pray for men who care for the sheep the way Jesus did, and pray for men who have their eyes on the prize | 1 Peter 5:1-4
Living by Heaven's timezone
How our heavenly inheritance should affect our lives here and now | Colossians 3:1-4
The Limits of Human Leadership
The end of the book of Nehemiah ultimately points us forward to Jesus Christ, a leader who has the power to change peoples' hearts | Nehemiah 13