Modern Idols: Equality

Modern Idols: Equality

December 4th, 2011 (PM) - By: Richard Blayney

Well this is the last sermon in our autumn evening series looking at Modern Idols.  I hope you’ve found it interesting. More than that I hope you’ve found it personally challenging as we’ve sought to expose some of the idols that are widespread in our society, and in us. I hope you’ve found it helpful [...]

Modern Idols: Self Esteem

November 27th, 2011 (PM) - By: Rob Frame

My mama told me when I was young We are all born superstars She rolled my hair and put my lipstick on In the glass of her boudoir “There’s nothing wrong with loving who you are” She said, “‘Cause he made you perfect, babe” “So hold your head up girl and you’ll go far, Listen [...]

Modern Idols: Entertainment

November 20th, 2011 (PM) - By: Matt King

The author of the book Jayne Eyre, Charlotte Bronte, once said “I feel monotony and death to be almost the same”. Victor Hugo wrote something similar in his novel Les Miserables “There is something more terrible than a hell of suffering — a hell of boredom.” And so for them, entertainment is salvation from death [...]

Modern Idols: Approval

November 13th, 2011 (PM) - By: Dan Martin

The idol of approval is deeply rooted in what the Bible calls the ‘fear of man’, which itself has its roots in shame, a consequence of sin.

God calls us to get to know his glory, and rejoice in His love – and that this will dissolve fear of man.

On the Cross, Jesus took away our shame.

Modern Idols: Luxury

November 6th, 2011 (PM) - By: Richard Blayney

In the late 1980s there were historic events happening around the world that were changing the face of world politics and international relations.  Perhaps most iconic was the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989.  I was seven years old in 1989 and one of the enduring images in my mind from that time [...]

Modern Idols: Choice

October 30th, 2011 (PM) - By: Dan Martin

Our freedom to choose is an idol in our culture; we think of it as a Saviour (something that will improve our lives) and as a Lord (something we can’t challenge, but only obey).

Jesus constrains ‘choice’ by placing emphasis on the right choices (not merely the right to choose), and on our responsibilities (not just our rights).

Modern Idols: Religion

October 23rd, 2011 (PM) - By: Guest Preacher

The other night I was walking home from church over the Metro bridge. And as I was wandering across I noticed long freight train running up the line into Newcastle. It was dark, but on every freight truck quite clearly was written in big letters: ‘coal’. The train was carrying coals to Newcastle. As proverb [...]

Modern Idols: Sex

October 16th, 2011 (PM) - By: Dan Martin

Sex, marriage, homosexuality, pornography…and the Kingdom of Jesus.

Modern Idols: Humanity

October 9th, 2011 (PM) - By: Rob Frame

What is the purpose of humanity? That’s the question we’re thinking about in this second part of our modern idols series. Last week Rod unveiled the idol of ‘me’, of individualism the desire to have no one else tell us how to live. This week were zooming out to look at the idol of ‘humanity’. [...]

Modern Idols: Me

October 2nd, 2011 (PM) - By: Rod Earnshaw

Rod Earnshaw delivers a message entitled “Me” as part of the 2011 series entitled “Modern Idols”. Transcript to follow.