Burwell Baptist Church Sermons

Chris Johnson preaches on 1 Corinthians 1:1-9. We are made holy in Christ, but we cannot continue to live a holy life without the spiritual gifts of God. When we are immersed in Christ we are also immersed in the Holy Spirit.

Unbelievably we are now in the period of Advent, time to reflect on the period of waiting for Jesus' coming. As we enter this time for 2025 Chris speaks on the times where God leaves us waiting, in our minds for seemingly no reason. But we are reminded that God doesn't work on our timing and His ultimate plans are greater than we can ever hope for or imagine. So maybe it's OK waiting sometimes.

This week we were visited by Jim Gourlay from Asia Link. Jim speaks about some of the gospel-spreading work he witnessed when travelling to Nepal earlier in the year and how the church in that country is one of the fastest-growing in the world. As part of that Jim speaks on the story of Zaccheus, particularly Jesus' assertion that he is here to seek and to save the lost. That ties into the evangelistic and mission-based ethos of Asia Link but also into our own lives, we are reminded that we were once lost and Jesus came to save us.

Continuing our series in the book of Acts, Chris this week speaks on Paul's travels after the dramatic events in Ephesus. We have seen over the course of his missionary journeys that Paul has partnered with many others, here he prepares to (temporarily!) leave the mission field and return to Jerusalem with a group composed of fellow mission workers from many of the churches he has visited and helped to establish. We see that from the very beginnings of its history the church draws together those from many different backgrounds, social classes, ethnicities, and giftings, all to work as one for the common goal of making Jesus known.