You can’t live well without saying no to good options (Steve Drinkall)

Study Season – Murder, adultery & divorce (Brian Paris)

We will engage with Jesus’ teaching about murder, adultery, and divorce. We’ll learn how this portion of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:21-32) connects with the larger biblical story. Study Season – Sermon on the Mount Do you enjoy digging deeper into the Bible to understand and apply it? From July 5 – August 16 we’re hosting another Study Season, each Sunday night in the church hall. We’ll have in-depth teaching and discussion on Jesus’ famous Sermon on the Mount. This Study Season will help you make sense of Jesus’ challenging teaching and shape your life around his vision of the Kingdom of God ‘on earth as it is in heaven.’ Sermon on the Mount: how Jesus sees the world Jesus’ famous Sermon on the mount isn’t a list of rules or religious ideas. It’s an invitation into a transformed life with him at the centre. Jesus paints a vision of a completely different kind of life and world – one shaped by mercy instead of revenge, generosity instead of greed, integrity instead of performance, and trust instead of anxiety. These are some of Jesus’ most famous words, but they are also some of his most challenging.   In this series we will walk through Matthew 5-7 using teaching resources from BibleProject to explore how Jesus announces the arrival of God’s kingdom ‘on earth as it is in heaven.’ The series will span three Sunday mornings and seven Sunday nights, in a new Study Season. While the mornings and nights will be different in style, each time we look at the Sermon on the Mount we will wrestle with Jesus’ vision for life. The post Study Season – Murder, adultery & divorce (Brian Paris) [https://thelakes.org.au/sermons/study-season-murder-adultery-divorce-brian-paris/] appeared first on The Lakes Church Cairns [https://thelakes.org.au].

Jesus and the Torah / the Old Testament law (Laura Snook)

We will dig into Jesus’ understanding of righteousness, or ‘right relating’ with others, and see how he advances the story of the Old Testament Torah and Prophets by showing what true righteousness looks like. Sermon on the Mount: how Jesus sees the world. Jesus’ famous Sermon on the mount isn’t a list of rules or religious ideas. It’s an invitation into a transformed life with him at the centre. Jesus paints a vision of a completely different kind of life and world – one shaped by mercy instead of revenge, generosity instead of greed, integrity instead of performance, and trust instead of anxiety. These are some of Jesus’ most famous words, but they are also some of his most challenging. In this series we will walk through Matthew 5-7 using teaching resources from BibleProject to explore how Jesus announces the arrival of God’s kingdom ‘on earth as it is in heaven.’ The series will span three Sunday mornings and seven Sunday nights, in a new Study Season. While the mornings and nights will be different in style, each time we look at the Sermon on the Mount we will wrestle with Jesus’ vision for life. No matter where you’ve come from, you’ll find a spiritual home, great friends and a church family with us. Our church community is here to love people and invite them to join us in a growing relationship with Jesus. Connect with us anytime at https://www.thelakes.church The post Jesus and the Torah / the Old Testament law (Laura Snook) [https://thelakes.org.au/sermons/jesus-and-the-torah-the-old-testament-law-laura-snook/] appeared first on The Lakes Church Cairns [https://thelakes.org.au].

Study Season – The Beatitudes (Geoff Snook)

We will dive into an in-depth exploration of Jesus’ nine beatitudes in Matthew 5. We’ll see how these short wisdom statements imagine a new social world grounded in true justice, peace, and love. We’ll discover how this first section of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:1-12) connects with the larger biblical story. Study Season – Sermon on the Mount Do you enjoy digging deeper into the Bible to understand and apply it? From July 5 – August 16 we’re hosting another Study Season, each Sunday night in the church hall. We’ll have in-depth teaching and discussion on Jesus’ famous Sermon on the Mount. This Study Season will help you make sense of Jesus’ challenging teaching and shape your life around his vision of the Kingdom of God ‘on earth as it is in heaven.’ Sermon on the Mount: how Jesus sees the world Jesus’ famous Sermon on the mount isn’t a list of rules or religious ideas. It’s an invitation into a transformed life with him at the centre. Jesus paints a vision of a completely different kind of life and world – one shaped by mercy instead of revenge, generosity instead of greed, integrity instead of performance, and trust instead of anxiety. These are some of Jesus’ most famous words, but they are also some of his most challenging.   In this series we will walk through Matthew 5-7 using teaching resources from BibleProject to explore how Jesus announces the arrival of God’s kingdom ‘on earth as it is in heaven.’ The series will span three Sunday mornings and seven Sunday nights, in a new Study Season. While the mornings and nights will be different in style, each time we look at the Sermon on the Mount we will wrestle with Jesus’ vision for life. The post Study Season – The Beatitudes (Geoff Snook) [https://thelakes.org.au/sermons/study-season-the-beatitudes-geoff-snook/] appeared first on The Lakes Church Cairns [https://thelakes.org.au].

Introduction to the Sermon on the Mount (Brian Paris)

We will explore Jesus’ announcement of God’s Kingdom—both its intense challenge and its comforting promise—and discover the significance of the Sermon on the Mount within the larger biblical story. Sermon on the Mount: how Jesus sees the world. Jesus’ famous Sermon on the mount isn’t a list of rules or religious ideas. It’s an invitation into a transformed life with him at the centre. Jesus paints a vision of a completely different kind of life and world – one shaped by mercy instead of revenge, generosity instead of greed, integrity instead of performance, and trust instead of anxiety. These are some of Jesus’ most famous words, but they are also some of his most challenging. In this series we will walk through Matthew 5-7 using teaching resources from BibleProject to explore how Jesus announces the arrival of God’s kingdom ‘on earth as it is in heaven.’ The series will span three Sunday mornings and seven Sunday nights, in a new Study Season. While the mornings and nights will be different in style, each time we look at the Sermon on the Mount we will wrestle with Jesus’ vision for life. No matter where you’ve come from, you’ll find a spiritual home, great friends and a church family with us. Our church community is here to love people and invite them to join us in a growing relationship with Jesus. Connect with us anytime at https://www.thelakes.church The post Introduction to the Sermon on the Mount (Brian Paris) [https://thelakes.org.au/sermons/introduction-to-the-sermon-on-the-mount-brian-paris/] appeared first on The Lakes Church Cairns [https://thelakes.org.au].

Hope is one of the most valuable currencies a Christian can hold (Geoff Snook)

No matter where you’ve come from, you’ll find a spiritual home, great friends and a church family with us. Our church community is here to love people and invite them to join us in a growing relationship with Jesus. Connect with us anytime at https://www.thelakes.church The post Hope is one of the most valuable currencies a Christian can hold (Geoff Snook) [https://thelakes.org.au/sermons/hope-is-one-of-the-most-valuable-currencies-a-christian-can-hold-geoff-snook/] appeared first on The Lakes Church Cairns [https://thelakes.org.au].