Senior Pastor, Southland Church
Rob Norman: Priorities | Family
Family is a God-ordained institution that only works when we follow His blueprint for building the family institution. Our vision is an institution building aspiration that seeks to realign families with God’s original design.
Rob Norman: Priorities | Worship
Worship places us in a posture of submission to the Father from which all other priorities and practices flow. I would go as far as to say that worship is at the very heart of every true disciple’s relationship with God.
Rob Norman: Priorities | Scripture
Priorities are where we invest the bulk of our time, energy and money. These are the pillars that we build life and ministry on. Scripture is foundational to all we say and do.
Rob Norman: Looking Ahead | 2020 Vision
In optometry, 2020 vision is a measure of visual acuity or sharpness of vision. 2020 may also be prophetic in terms of the unfolding sharpness of our vision.
Rob Norman: Advent| God Became Flesh
‘The Word became flesh (John 1:14) is this is the lynch pin of the Christian confession. Jesus did not cease to be God when he was born into the World as a human baby. He was not all-of-a-sudden God minus the bits that don’t fit into a baby. Jesus is the ‘One and Only’.
Rob Norman: Our Core Values| The Works of God
There are many churches that preach a Gospel that is devoid of the miraculous kingdom works of Jesus. Even, Charismatic churches, often default to a position that is aimed at attracting people to church by providing a presentation.
Our preference if to provide a demonstrating of the power of God through the works of Jesus. This is the reason we have a ministry time.
Rob Norman: Our Core Values| The People of God
People are God’s most valuable possession and as such we are committed to helping people, just like you and me, to grow in their faith in and service to Jesus and His Church.
Rob Norman: Our Core Values| The Presence of God
The reason we ‘pursue’ the presence of God, as a priority, is that the presence of God is intrinsically valuable and worthy of pursuit.
Rob Norman: Our Core Values| The Word of God
Our treatment of the word of God flows out of our deep roots into Conservative Evangelical orthodoxy. What does this mean?
Rob Norman: Hebrews| The Way Ahead
Heptathlon?
Hebrews 13:11-25
Hebrews calls believers to move on: The way ahead is –
Rob Norman: Hebrews| How To Win A
Heptathlon?
Hebrews 13:1-10
This first part of Hebrews chapter 13 lays some very important foundations for the church. The Christian life is portrayed as a race that we must win, and we win it by finishing everything Jesus calls us to.
What we haven’t realized, perhaps until now, is that the race is a heptathlon.
Rob Norman: Hebrews| understanding God’s Grace
Hebrews 12
Hebrews paints the picture of a kingdom that is on a continuum; rather than discrete periods or ‘dispensations’ where God behaved differently and had different expectations of His people. In other words; the OT and the NT are a part of the same narrative; the God of the OT is the same as the God of the NT.
Rob Norman: Hebrews| Winning The Race
Hebrews 12
The Christian life is a race we must win; for the sake of those who are dying apart from Jesus. Winning requires discipline and tough coaching. Hebrews 12:1-13 delivers the winning formula.
Rob Norman: Hebrews| Living By Faith
Hebrews 11
These champions of the faith were real people who had real struggles, they were imperfect and often committed real and serious sin, yet they carried a hope in their hearts that we can also carry.
Rob Norman: Hebrews| Kingdom Living
Hebrews 10
The Christian life is not a “tweak” we make to our lives to help us through the tough times, provide us with good times or provide us with a free ticket to the afterlife club including your very own cloud and an eternity’s supply of harp lessons.
The Christian life is a completely new way of living. It is a complete game changer and it doesn’t integrate well into the world or environment around us.
Rob Norman: Hebrews| The Kingdom Of Heaven
Hebrews 9, 10
The Tabernacle and everything in it were copies (or representations) of what takes place in Heaven.
In Heaven, God’s kingdom is executed perfectly every time. We know by experience that is not the case here in the natural world! Do we always see sick people healed every time we pray?
The sacrifices that took place in the Tabernacle were an imperfect representation of Heaven’s requirement for the payment for sin. Only the perfection of Jesus could satisfy God’s justice.
This passage provides a great, classic, description of the Kingdom of God…
Rob Norman: Hebrews| The Ultimate Sacrifice
Hebrews 8
In order to understand most of the OT we must understand that when sin entered the world there were catastrophic consequences. This was no trivial thing…
Rob Norman: Hebrews| Heaven & Earth
Hebrews 8
When a new version arrives the old becomes obsolete. Obsolescence is a good thing because it is indicative of something better coming. This is how the kingdom of God works and Hebrews 8 highlights the eternal reality of heaven against the shadow of our earthly experience.
Rob Norman: Hebrews| Types & Shadows
Hebrews 7
The OT provide us with picture upon which New Testament teachings are prefigured. Types appeared in the OT and the antitype is revealed in the NT. This sermon looks as an OT Melchizedek as a type for Christ.
Rob Norman: Hebrews| Growing Up In The Faith
Hebrews 5-6
Over the years I have seen many conservative evangelicals get bogged down on the fundamentals of the Christian faith because their focus was on doctrinal purity. In the process, they were resistant to the person and works of the Holy Spirit and become immature as Christians. Without the Holy Spirit Christians don’t grow up!
Rob Norman: Hebrews| Priesthood & Calling
Hebrews 4-5
Calling takes place when God selects and appoints someone for a task. Without calling it would be impossible to survive ministry. This not applies to pastoring a church but to every aspect of the Christian life.
Rob Norman & Phil Moss: Raising Children in the 21st Century
Training children is central to parenting. Sociologists tell us that a person’s worldview is mostly formed during in the first 12 years of their life. Education, the internet and child-care are all areas many parents are losing control in raising children. Rob and Phil look at some practical ways parents can regain control in raising their children.
Rob Norman: Hebrews| Our Boldest Pursuit – God’s Kingdom
Hebrews 4
The Sabbath is a ‘type’ or ‘shadow’ of the kingdom of God. We don’t do Sabbath just to rest from working, we do Sabbath to be intentional about entering the kingdom of God.
Rob Norman: Hebrews| Battling unbelief
Hebrews 3
Nobody wanders into belief and obedience. Unbelief, on the other hand, is easy. It happens by doing nothing!
Rob Norman: Hebrews| The Humanity Of Christ
Hebrews 2
Jesus, the eternal Word of God, entered our world in a human body (the incarnation). He did not set aside any of the attributes that were rightly His, however, He voluntarily limited Himself to being a human being. His humanity came with certain restrictions. He could only be at one place at a time. He needed to eat, rest, and sleep. He could feel pain, bleed, and die. Before He became a man, He had no such restrictions.