Southside Community Church - Milton

Sunday, July 4, 2021 Speaker: Ian Campbell James 2.14-26 Maurice Blondel said " The one who talks, especially if he talks to God, can affect a great deal, but the one who acts really means business and has more claim on our attention. If you want to know what a person really believes, don't listen to what he says but watch what he does." James presses this point powerfully as we shall see on Sunday!

Sunday, June 27, 2021 Speaker: Ian Campbell James 2.2; 1 Samuel 16.7 What kind of person impresses you, honestly? With the wisdom of Scripture in our hearts and on our minds, remember that humanly we see what's on the outside while God sees what's in the heart. "What do you see before you look?"

Sunday, June 20th 2021 Speaker: Ian Campbell Luke 15 The most famous father in the Bible is perhaps that of what is called the prodigal son. Did you ever wonder what happened the next day after the celebrations were over?

June 13, 2021 Speaker: Ian Campbell James 1.19-26 Did you ever wish you could take back something you said? Here is one of James' practical applications in his "walk the talk" letter. How can we learn to hold our tongues when we should and yet know when not to be silent when we should not be reluctant to speak out?

June 6, 2021 Speaker: Ian Campbell James 1:13-18 One of the ways that testing comes our way is in the area of temptation. Starting with our great ancestor Eve we have all been the target of this strange desire. What tempts you? How do you respond to this .. we all face it, right?

May 30, 2021 Speaker: Ian Campbell James 1:2-1 & 5:7-11 There is perhaps no greater challenge to life and faith than very, very difficult circumstances. For some they are a threat to faith while for others they are the very reason to hold on to faith. James gives us detailed help for hard times.

Sunday, May 23, 2021 Speaker: Ian Campbell James 1 Who do you see when you look in the mirror? What do people see when they look at you? As we begin a study in James we'll have a look at how he saw himself as well as how other NT writers saw themselves. What is my identity?

Sunday, May 16, 2021 Speaker: Ian Campbell Romans 4:5 James 2:18 Faith or Works? Which is more important? We might like to put Paul and James in the same room and as flies on the wall listen to them argue this out. Martin Luther stepped up and declared James as a "strawy" letter (that's a negative review!) What do you think?

Sunday, May 9, 2021 Speaker: Ian Campbell 1 Peter.3.6 Romans 4.18,19 Let's turn our thoughts and attention away from Abraham on Mothers' Day and think about Sarah. Have you ever been caught in the middle of someone else's story over which you have no control? Let's see how she handled it.

Sunday, May 2, 2021 Speaker: Ian Campbell Romans 4:24-25 What does it mean to "believe in God?" That's what the Apostle Paul says gets us "righteousness," so what is that? What do we get by believing in God? Maybe a simple question, but obviously critical for humankind.

Sunday, April 25th 2021 Speaker: Ian Campbell Romans 4.11-16 "Father Abraham" is called the father of us all as the Apostle tells us where it all begins for humankind to join in a faith that brings together all kinds of people in all kinds of places.

Sunday, April 18, 2021 Speaker: Ian Campbell Romans 4.1-5 Works or Faith? We'll see that Abraham is the prime example of a relationship with God that is Faith based. How easily we slip into being wrongheaded in our religion and turn it back into something we do or work at. How freeing it is to live by what has already been done.

Sunday, April 11, 2021 Speaker: Ian Campbell Romans 4.18 One of the most dramatic narratives of the Bible is the saga of Abraham and his exploits. The three words taken from Romans 4.18 are perhaps the best summary of his life. And he is the "father of us all" so his life is certainly worth knowing and being inspired to live the life of faith that these simple words capture.

Sunday, April 4, 2021 Speaker: Ian Campbell 1 Peter 1.18-19 Was Jesus' death a ransom? Peter claims that Jesus was chosen as a ransom before the beginning of the world. What exactly was the ransom and to whom was it paid and by whom?

Sunday, March 28th Speaker: Ian Campbell John 13.1-5 On this Palm Sunday we'll remember one of Jesus' last days with his disciples when we're told that "He loved them to the very end." He gives the disciples a very dramatic demonstration of His love and a profound example for them to follow by washing their feet.

March 23, 2021 Speaker: Ian Campbell 1 John 2.5 John 3.16 "Do not love the world.." "God so loved the world.." which is it? Can it be both? This Sunday we will conclude our short series about the travels of love.

March 14, 2021 Speaker: Ian Campbell Mark 12.31 Luke 10.27-37 The beloved Mr. Rogers asked a lovely question of his audience - presumably made up mostly of children. As a Christian Fred Rogers exemplified Christian attitudes and set the bar for many of us. Here's the question: "Won't you be my neighbour?" What does this spin of neighbour love have to teach us?

March 7, 2021 Speaker: Ian Campbell John 13.34-35 1 Peter 1.21 Tertullian, an early Church Father, commented on Christians that even though they were persecuted and misunderstood their love for one another was compelling and was a great evidence of their faith.

Sunday, February 28, 2021 Speaker: Ian Campbell Mark 12.31 1 John 3.1 Are we allowed to love self as Christians or is that not virtuous enough or self sacrificial enough? In a day of self harm let's have a fresh look at the question as we think of the love of self as one of the directions of love's travels.

Sunday, February 21, 2021 Speaker: Ian Campbell 1 John In this Lenten series as we join the ARK project in which we will try to show love of neighbour in practical ways we will also explore the grand "love letter" written by the Apostle John. In which direction does love most often travel in your experience?