
Common Theology
passionate about what God's people have long believed
a media ministry of Christ Covenant Church
Lecture: The Diversity of Spiritual Gifts
One of our pastors at Hills Bible Church, Andrew Courtis, has been teaching an adult Sunday school series on spiritual gifts. He had a...
Sermon: Worship God and Understand Our Broken World (Psalm 73)
In Psalm 73, the Psalmist is overburdened by the reality that wicked people around him are prospering and succeeding in life, while...
Sermon: Worship God and Desire Him More Than Life (Psalm 63)
John Calvin once called the Psalms, “An Anatomy of all the Parts of the Soul; for there is not an emotion of which any one can be...
Sermon: The Word of Life Has Come (1 John 1:1-4)
According to the prologue to John's 1st epistle, true fellowship with God is founded on union with the eternal Word become flesh. In...
Christ's Edifying Presence in the Lord's Supper
Many churches in the 21st century hardly ever talk about the Lord’s Supper. They may practice it, but often, it is seen as an...
Sermon: Christ Speaks Through His Word Preached (Romans 10:14-17)
On the last Lord's Day of 2019, I was blessed to return to the Gospel Hall Melbourne to preach on one of my favourite passages, tackling...
James Fisher's Catechism on the Covenant of Works
I have recently been reading Rowland Ward's God and Adam: Reformed Theology and the Creation Covenant. This book is a wonderfully-written...
Sermon: Training for Godliness (1 Timothy 4:6-10)
Last November 24, I was blessed with the opportunity to minister the Word on the Lord's Day at the Gospel Hall Melbourne. This church was...
Expository Thoughts on 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 and the Theme of "Reconciliation"
"17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. 18 All this is from God,...

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