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The Gospel Works

Stephen Murray — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:34:43 +0000

This last Sunday morning I taught Colossians 1:1-8 at St Stephen’s Church in Claremont, Cape Town. I used Paul’s well-known triad of ‘faith, love & hope’ to explore a very real existential question that exists for many of us in the Christian faith, and that is: Does the Gospel really work?

You can download the full audio here.

Ruth Sermons Online

Stephen Murray — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 07:24:06 +0000

The four sermons I preached on the fantastic little Old Testament book of Ruth are now available online. I preached them all at St Stephen’s Bible Church in Claremont, Cape Town (finished the last one this last Sunday evening) . You can get them here:

Ruth 1: The Return Journey

Ruth 2: The Outsider

Ruth 3: Rest

Ruth 4: Redemption Accomplished and Applied

Or you can download them from the St Stephen’s audio library.

Preaching to the Heart

Stephen Murray — Fri, 29 May 2009 07:40:27 +0000

Acts 29 Quarterly: Preaching to the Heart

Tuesday, June 02, 2009, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Host
JD Senkbile

Location
Jubilee Community Church

Jubilee Community Church Jubilee Centre 21 Nelson Road Observatory 7925 Cape Town, South Africa Cape Town Other

Phone: 082 818 1222

Purpose

To advance church planting in the Western Cape, through bringing church planters,pastors and leaders together for shared encouragement and learning from each other.

Format

We will meet from 11 am to 1pm. The first hour will be content and round table discussion. The second hour will be lunch and fellowship.

Content

Preaching to the Heart

Al Barth, from Redeemer Church Planting Center, will be coming to share with us about communicating the gospel in a way that transforms peoples hearts.

Who should attend?

All pastors, current or potential church planters, and other leaders interested in initiating a gospel-centered, missional movement in their area. You are free to bring your team or other leaders.

Cost

R35 – R50 for lunch.

Directions

PLEASE RSVP JD Senkbile (ASAP) jd@acts29network.org

Andy Stanley on Expository Preaching

Stephen Murray — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:51:17 +0000

Guys that preach verse-by-verse through books of the Bible– that is just cheating. It’s cheating because that would be easy, first of all. That isn’t how you grow people. No one in the Scripture modeled that. There’s not one example of that. (read the rest and the context of his comment here)

Andy Stanley is an extremely gifted communicator and God has used him in a big way but I’m afraid I don’t see eye to eye with him on this one. The reason I’m primarily an expository preacher is theological not methodological nor for any other reason. I’m simply convinced that I am a fallible instrument through which God chooses to make his word known. One of the ways I can compensate for my fallibility and falleness is to allow the Scripture to set the agenda of my messages as opposed to me ultimately deciding which way to present Scriptural truths. It is not easy nor is it cheating – it’s a theological statement and a long list of expository preachers from church history would suggest that actually people do grow through it.