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A Warm Welcome To Ashford Common Baptist Church (Sunbury)

I'm delighted to welcome you to our website. We are a small friendly church meeting in Sunbury. We come from a variety of backgrounds and welcome all who visit us, whether that's for our informal but heart-felt worship or to our home-based fellowship and bible study groups. We started in 1983 as a part of another local Baptist Church, but most of our members have no specific Baptist background when they join us.

Why not visit us soon, but in the meantime I hope our web-site will help you find out more about us.

Nigel Degenhart - Pastor

For a full listing please refer to our YouTube libraries at www.bit.ly/ACBC-youtube or:

Sermons and services 2020-2021 - YouTube or https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKduCtOuz9RA_wwr8lA5Q9hlt7PxeyZVi

Sermons 2022 - YouTube or https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKduCtOuz9RCPfixIJ7B6qTzn6Yn7Bcw5

 


The Character of False Religion

Chris continues to explore Colossians and draws attention to the character of false religion (verses 16-23) a) Special diets (v. 16) b) Rigid calendars (v. 16) c) Ritual humiliations (vv. 17, 23) d) Worshipping angels (v. 18) e) Imposing rules (v. 21)

Resistance fighters

Nigel encourages us to be Resistance Fighters against our spiritual enemy. We need to have resilience, conviction and a good leader. He cites some heroes from the past and to build a relationship with Jesus to allow Him to move in or lives.

Vive la Difference

David explores the scriptures to see that God made us in His image, but that we can celebrate the differences we have because we are One in Jesus

Agape Love

Farai gives a background to the true love as Jesus showed and asks what His example means for each of us

Forgiveness from Christ

Forgiveness from Christ (Cols 2:13-15), in particular - He cancels our debt (vv. 13-14) - He defeats our enemies (v. 15) So this section of Colossians is all about Jesus giving us Freedom, Fulness, Forgiveness. Last time we looked at Freedom, Fulness, so this time we will dwell on Forgiveness

The Promise Prevails

David looks at the story of Jacob and we see that despite his flaws, the promise of God prevailed for him.

The Year to Come

It's a good time to re-evaluate our lives. We are encouraged to: + Set our heart on things above + Set your head/ mind on trusting God + Set our lives on following God

Facing the Future - Daniel 2

David takes a look at Nebuchadnezzar's Dream, draws parallels with our situation as we look forward from 2020. God is our FUTURE HOPE for 2021 and beyond

Jesus brings Freedom, Fullness, Forgiveness

Chris shows that 1. Freedom through Christ (verse 8) • From Deceptive Philosophies • From Human Traditions • From Basic Principles • From Sin 2. Fullness in Christ (verses 9-12) • Who he is (vv. 9-10) • What it means (v. 10) • How it works (vv. 11-12) 3. Forgiveness from Christ (verses 13-15) • He cancels our debt (vv. 13-14) • He defeats our enemies (v. 15)

Peace

David takes us to three passages of scripture to illustrate examples of peace: Genesis (completeness) Deuteronomy (harmony) and Matthew (working and walking with Jesus)

Scattered Servants

Terry takes a look at Acts 8 and considers the effect of scattering of the early disciples

Do you know who Jesus is?

Who do you say Jesus is today and what does that mean for yourself and others? We have a look at Matthew 16

A Long Walk in the Same Direction

Chris explores 2 verses in Colossians 2 and points to "The Way you begin (the Christian life) is the way you finish (the Christian life)"

Facing Hardship and Forgiving

When faced with persecution, how can we love and what difference does it make when we forgive? Nigel puts Matthew 5:43-48 into today's context

Gaining Wisdom

David looks at Proverbs 2 verse 6 to ask what we mean by Godly wisdom and sees that it the Holy Spirit's led application of knowledge and understanding

It is not about words - It IS about Power

Church can only be relevant when the Holy Spirit stokes the fire. Let's come to God and expect the unexpected.

The Gospel threatened by trouble makers

Everything we might want to ask of God and his Plans and Purposes – can be answered in Jesus, in especially the Crucified and Risen Jesus. Paul invites us to explore Jesus with eagerness by using such words as Riches, Treasures etc. of him. Challenges to us here from this Passage • Do we do God’s work with all our hearts? • Are we in full battle Array? • Are we prepared and ready for Battle? • Is our wall of defence solid?

Wonderful God of the Harvest

As we celebrate harvest, we think of our wonderful creator God who sustains His creation, including us. We ask what our role is in sustaining the world

The Holy Spirit Within

We praise the Father and Son but less often do we praise the Holy Spirit. It's the Spirit who enables us to praise, who puts power in us to changes us and is the seal of the promise of God. How close a friend is the Holy Spirit to us today?

Spiritual Warfare seen in Nehemiah (2 of 2)

This Sermon is the 2nd of two where we go through Nehemiah 6 and look at Nehemiah and Spiritual Warfare. This examines the 2nd two of the Four Attacks on him and sees how he successfully responds to them . Intimidation, Deception and Discouragement are weapons used to attack Nehemiah