1 Thessalonians 4:13-5:11
We can be certain Jesus’ return is closer today than it was yesterday. Tomorrow, it will be even closer. Jesus is coming again. Will you be ready for His return, or will He catch you unprepared?
Preacher: Geoff Cook.
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Faith, Love and Hope
1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 Every church is part of the Father’s mission of love to this world. What drives us? What’s our motivation? Paul talks about the Thessalonians, and their work produced by faith, their labour prompted by love, and their endurance inspired by hope. Preached by Geoff Cook on 28 September 2014 as part of…
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The Family of Faith
1 Thessalonians 2:1-12 Christians should have a heart for each other, not just a dispassionate commitment to do good. Where souls are knit together in the cause of Christ, there is power for the long hard ventures of ministry. Preached by Geoff Cook on 12 October 2014 as part of the Church DNA series.
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The Word at Work
1 Thessalonians 2:13-16 A Bible in the hand is worth two in the bookcase! Don’t let this amazing, invaluable resource go to waste! Memorise it. Meditate on it. Minister with it. Study it. Apply it. Preached by Geoff Cook on 19 October 2014 as part of the Church DNA series.
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Standing Firm in Faith
1 Thessalonians 2:17-3:13 Paul is more interested in the faith of the Thessalonians than anything else. Why so important? Why do we need to stand firm in the faith? What will stop us standing firm in the faith? And how do we stand firm in the faith? Preached by Geoff Cook on 26 October 2014…
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What Are You Living For?
1 Thessalonians 4:1-12 When it comes to mature Christian behaviour, we are all a work in progress and none of us can claim to have arrived. Our aim is to please God ‘more and more’ by the way we choose to live out our lives. Preached by Geoff Cook on 23 November 2014 as part…
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Return Of The King
1 Thessalonians 4:13-5:11 We can be certain Jesus’ return is closer today than it was yesterday. Tomorrow, it will be even closer. Jesus is coming again. Will you be ready for His return, or will He catch you unprepared? Preached by Geoff Cook on 30 November 2014 as part of the Church DNA series.
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Healthy Christian Community
1 Thessalonians 5:12-28 Paul gives some helpful teaching here on the relationship between leaders and congregation. and then moves on to describe relationships between members of the congregation. Preached by Geoff Cook on 7 December 2014 as part of the Church DNA series.
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Rev Geoff Cook is the Minister of FBC.
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Reading the Word
Nehemiah 7:73b-8:18 The critical importance of the Word of God for the Christian believer. What does God want to say to you today? What does God want to say to us today? Preached by Geoff Cook on 19 November 2023.
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Reorganising The Team
Nehemiah 7:1-73 What mattered to Nehemiah was what mattered to God. What has God put into your heart? Preached by Geoff Cook on 12 November 2023.
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Responding To Trouble
Nehemiah 4:1-6:19 When playing our part in the coming of God’s kingdom we will inevitably face trouble and opposition. But God uses these things to build something far more important than a wall: faith. Preached by Geoff Cook on 29 October 2023.
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Rebuilding The Walls
Nehemiah 3:1-32 It’s not just rebuilding a wall. It’s dozens and dozens of people doing their little bit of the wall as well as they know how, to the glory of God. That’s how the purposes of God come about. Preached by Geoff Cook on 22 October 2023.
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Restoring The Vision
Nehemiah 1:1-2:20 Nehemiah, going about his ordinary life and work, was chosen by God to get started on a good work. He didn’t do it alone, but it didn’t happen until he was willing to get started. Allow God to restore his vision in your heart. Preached by Geoff Cook on 15 October 2023.
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Reading the Word
Nehemiah 7:73b-8:18 The critical importance of the Word of God for the Christian believer. What does God want to say to you today? What does God want to say to us today? Preached by Geoff Cook on 19 November 2023.
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Reorganising The Team
Nehemiah 7:1-73 What mattered to Nehemiah was what mattered to God. What has God put into your heart? Preached by Geoff Cook on 12 November 2023.
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Responding To Trouble
Nehemiah 4:1-6:19 When playing our part in the coming of God’s kingdom we will inevitably face trouble and opposition. But God uses these things to build something far more important than a wall: faith. Preached by Geoff Cook on 29 October 2023.
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Rebuilding The Walls
Nehemiah 3:1-32 It’s not just rebuilding a wall. It’s dozens and dozens of people doing their little bit of the wall as well as they know how, to the glory of God. That’s how the purposes of God come about. Preached by Geoff Cook on 22 October 2023.
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Restoring The Vision
Nehemiah 1:1-2:20 Nehemiah, going about his ordinary life and work, was chosen by God to get started on a good work. He didn’t do it alone, but it didn’t happen until he was willing to get started. Allow God to restore his vision in your heart. Preached by Geoff Cook on 15 October 2023.
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Trusting God
Psalm 62:1-12 The three images of God’s character as a rock, fortress and salvation, in comparison to human fragility, are illustrations of why we trust in him rather than trusting in ourselves. Preached by Rachel Taylor on 24 September 2023.
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2023
Following Jesus means introducing him to others.
How can we be more confident about our faith?
Learning how to engage with God by using Habakkuk as a model.
How to co-operate with what God is doing.
2022
No-one can predict what the future holds, but we can face it confidently knowing that Jesus is already there.
We are a resurrection people! A series exploring how we can live in the light of the resurrection of Jesus.
Jonah discovers that God is forgiving and gracious, even to those who we think are undeserving.
A couple of sermons in the run up to Christmas 2022.
2021
An encouragement to make time for Jesus in our lives.
An encouragement to discover more of God through the wilderness times in our lives.
Helping us to trust God though all the seasons of life.
The importance of not losing the habit of meeting together as the people of God.
2020
Helpful lessons from the first few chapters of 1 Corinthians on what it means to be the church of Jesus.
Spending Easter unexpectedly in lockdown means a chance to learn more about ourselves, about Jesus, and how to worship ‘together’ in unusual circumstances!
More lockdown worship and learning, with a different approach to our usual Sundays.
A collection of sermons on various subjects, reflecting the effect of lockdown and the restrictions on meeting together.
Christmas hope following a year of uncertainty and disruption to everyday life.
2019
The book of James offers practical help for living God’s way in God’s world.
A series about some of the important aspects of Christian faith.
Malachi’s mandate was to call the people back to a vibrant relationship with the living Lord. Their problem, like ours often is, was not ignorance, but indifference.
God gives us a new start, forgiven and free.
2018
A series on the book of Haggai.
Jesus is all we need. Sermons from Paul’s letter to the Colossians.
2017
What does it mean for the church to be a covenant people belonging to God?
2016
Following Jesus – in Luke’s Gospel
Stories from Luke’s Gospel that help us to understand what following Jesus is all about.
2015
Mark tells us the stories of Jesus, inspiring us to turn and follow.
2014
Exploring the revelation of Jesus to John.
Paul’s first letter to the Thessalonians is a short and compact letter, that draws us back to the fundamentals of the faith and the fundamentals of how we are to be ‘church’ together.
2013
A very short series on the Trinity.
What does it mean to belong to a community of faith?
A journey through the book of Ephesians, learning who we are in Christ Jesus.
How do we live in the world as Christians? How do we respond to some of the ethical issues of our day?
Recovering the wonder of Christmas, centred on God’s great salvation plan for humanity – the real miracle of Christmas.
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Geoff is the Minister of FBC.
