Corringham Evangelical Church Sermons: Recent Episodes
Corringham Evangelical Church
This podcast contains sermons from services at Corringham Evangelical Church in Thurrock, Essex. Services are designed to be interactive and Biblically thought-provoking and feature topics that are of relevance to Christians in modern society.
Aim: To understand that God has shown us how we are to worship Him (Exodus 20:1-6; 32:1-8; Deuteronomy 4:15-24)
Aim: What comes after making Jesus Lord and Saviour? The book of Acts lays down the foundations for the life of a disciple of Jesus (Acts 2:41-47; 4:32-37; 7:54-60; 10:34-43)
Aim: To see that we can’t just have Jesus as our Saviour, he must be our Lord too (Acts 2:14-41)
Aim: To see that waiting is not a passive, idle time, but a period of active preparation (Acts 1:12-26)
Aim: To see that the Ascension of Jesus is a vital part of the gospel story (Luke 24:36-53; Acts 1:1-11)
Aim: To see that our past failures need not define us, instead Jesus wants to turn our failures into fruit (John 21:1-25)
Aim: To see that our own encounter with the risen Jesus should lead us to share it boldly and urgently (John 20:11-18; Luke 24:13-35)
Aim: To understand that God never expects us to be free from all doubt, be He does expect us to be single-minded in our faith in Him (James 1:1-8)
Aim: To see that our trials have the ability to shape us into the Christians we were created to be (James 1:1-18)
Aim: To see that our faith must be much more than a feeling or action – it must be lived out (James 1:19-27; 2:14-17)
Aim: To understand our responsibility as Christ’s Church to submit to his headship (Ephesians 1:1-23)
Aim: To understand our responsibility as Christ’s Church to submit to his headship (Ephesians 1:1-23)
Aim: To see that our primary purpose as Christians, and as the Church, is to magnify God (Psalm 34; Luke 1:46-55)
(Acts 6:1-7; Timothy 3:1-13)
Due to a microphone problem during the service the audio quality for this sermon is lower than normal – our apologies.
Aim: To see that Pentecost marked the birth of Christ’s Church as a new ‘Temple’ was established (Acts 1:1-14; 2:1-41)
Aim: To understand what the Bible tells us about structure and governance of the Church (Acts 6:1-7; 1 Peter 5:1-11)
Aim: to see that the attractions of the world are just papering over the cracks of the evil that lies beneath (Revelation 17-18)
Aim: To see that we must be awake to the temptations of the world (Revelation 16:12-21)
Aim: To understand that God’s wrath and anger come from His deep love for his creation (Revelation 16:1-11)
Aim: To see that God will deliver His people to the Promised Land (Exodus 15:1-18; Revelation 15)
Aim: To understand that the world will be divided into two harvests, and to ask ourselves which harvest will we part of (Isaiah 63:1-6; Revelation 14:14-20)
Aim: To see that we have a choice of citizenship – where will we make our eternal home? (Revelation 14:6-13)
Aim: To see that we have a choice of citizenship – where will we make our eternal home? (Revelation 14:1-5)
Aim: To see that we are called to be faithful and holy in the face of the many ‘beasts’ of the world, and the dark force that lies behind them (Revelation 13)
Aim: To see that Pentecost was the day that God consecrated a New Temple – His dwelling place on Earth (Acts 2)
Aim: To see that the devil works in many ways to attack the church and God’s people (Revelation 12:1-6)
Aim: To understand the difference a risen Jesus should make to our lives (Luke 23:50-24:12; John 20:1-18)
Aim: To see that our witness is the means by which God wants to bring the world to repentance, but it might cost us (Revelation 11:1-14)
Aim: To understand that God has revealed His plan for redemption to all Christians, and we are called to make that message known to the world (Revelation 10)
Aim: To see that God uses one evil empire to destroy another as He brings judgement and justice. Are we putting our trust in those earthly kingdoms, or in God’s kingdom? (Revelation 9:13-21)
Aim: To see that evil forces are very real and seek to wreak chaos and destruction while allowed. Our hearts can either be a place of the abyss, or a place marked with the seal of God (Revelation 9:1-12)
Aim: To see that God’s judgement is part of His loving plan to restore His Creation (Revelation 8:1-13)
Aim: To see that the trials and problems of this life all pale into insignificance when we know that God is on the throne (Revelation 4:1-6A)
Aim: To ask ourselves whether our earthly standing is more important to us than our spiritual standing (Revelation 3:14-22)
Aim: To see that we are called to be awake and on our guard at all times, or we run the risk of sleepwalking into disaster (Revelation 3:1-6)
Aim: To see that Christ calls us to hold fast to the Christian life – a life of love, faith, service and endurance (Revelation 2:18-29)
Aim: To see that Christ calls us to hold fast to the Christian life – a life of love, faith, service and endurance (Revelation 2:18-29)
Aim: To ask ourselves if we are influencing the world around us with the kingdom, or have we compromised our faith to ‘fit in’ with society? (Revelation 2:12-17)
Aim: To realise that there are no other gods and that the One True God must come first in our lives (1 Kings 18:16-39; Exodus 20:1-3)
Aim: To ask ourselves whether we hold legalism above love? Have we “abandoned the love we had”? (Revelation 2:1-7)
Aim: To see that Jesus came as the king of a new kingdom – one that we are all to be part of (Luke 19: 28-48)
Aim: To understand that Jesus is not a far off, distant god, but The God who dwells amongst His people (Daniel 7:9-14; Revelation 1:9-20)
Aim: To see that we have nothing to fear in life because God is in control over every aspect of history (Psalm 27; Revelation 1:4-8)
Aim: To see that the book of Revelation is a promise of blessing but also a call to readiness (Psalm 1; Revelation 1:1-3)
Aim: To understand the context and background of the book of Revelation and allow that to inform our understanding of it (Zechariah 6:1-8; Daniel 7:2-8; Ezekiel 1:4-14)
Aim: To consider the different ways in which the book of Revelation has been understood (Proverbs 2:1-11; Revelation 1:1-6)
Aim: To understand the true meaning of Advent love (Isaiah 43:1-3; 54:10; Matthew 1:18-21)
Aim: To ask ourselves if we have lost sight of what church is meant to be (Acts 2:42-47)
Aim: To see that the Purim feast is a foretaste of our eternal future (Esther 9:20-10:3)
Aim: To understand that our faith is based on “being certain of what we do not see” (Esther 9:1-19)
Aim: To see that God’s presence is often seen most in the actions of His people (Esther 4)
Aim: To see that God is working and wants to use us in EVERY situation that we find ourselves in (Esther 2:8-18)
Aim: To understand what it means to be a humble Christian (John 13:1-11; Matthew 6:1-3)
Aim: To understand the context and background of the Jewish people in the lead up to the book of Esther (Esther 1:1-9)
Aim: To understand the six key characteristics that confirm scripture as the only word of God (Psalm 19:7-14)
Aim: To understand that in Christ’s death we are left a permanent legacy – Christ died for the whole world (Romans 5)
Aim: To see that the greatest commandment – to love God and love our neighbour – lies at the core of all teaching in Scripture, and that you cannot have one without the other. Jesus considered them inseparable, and so should we (Deuteronomy 6:1-9; Luke 10:25-37)
Aim: To see that as we celebrate our church anniversary we should recognise the blessings of the past year but our focus should be on the future (Philippians 3:1-4:1)