Sermon Archive

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Sunday, 26 October 2008 - 01:42

Hebrews: Jesus is better #1 Jesus is better than angels

Summary: As we look at the opening bit of the book of Hebrews today,
we’re going to see three clear things.
Firstly, we’ll see that under the Old Covenant God had spoken to his people,
but Jesus is better. God speaks his final word through his Son.
Secondly, we’ll see that God rules the Universe through His Son,
Jesus, who is better than the angels.
And thirdly, we’ll get a warning to not drift away from the message about Jesus.
Because Jesus is better.
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Sunday, 19 October 2008 - 01:28

Tough Questions 4: Isnt faith just believing things you have no proof for

Summary: The tough question for today is: isn’t faith just trusting something
or someone when you have no proof to back it up?
Many people want to suggest that faith is totally different from something
that you know for certain. You know, like, for some things we have facts,
and for other things we just have to have faith.
I want to say that this is just not right.
Yes, faith is more than just knowing facts,
but it doesn’t exist without some facts to base it on in the first place.
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Sunday, 12 October 2008 - 00:36

Tough Questions 3: Arent all religions right?

Summary: Paul Hallam looks at the Apostle Paul in Acts 17 to answer this question
that has become so prevalent in our pluralist society.
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Sunday, 5 October 2008 - 00:09

Tough Questions 2: What about suffering?

Summary: Colin Smith heads to the Bible to answer the question that follows Christians
through the ages: What about suffering?
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Sunday, 28 September 2008 - 01:57

Tough Questions 1: Who am I

Summary: In our first sermon in the series on tough questions,
Gary attempts to head towards an answer to the question: Who am I?
The question today is about our meaning and significance and place in the Universe.
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Sunday, 21 September 2008 - 01:37

25th Anniversary Service

Summary: As we celebrate 25 years of ministry of the Anglican church in St Clair & Erskine Park,
our special guest speaker, Archbishop Peter Jensen, reminds us of how we can know
for certain that God is a God who loves us.
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Sunday, 14 September 2008 - 23:50

Knowing God as our Lord

Summary: In the final sermon in the ‘knowing God’ series, Gary shows us what it means to know God as “Lord”. There are two things we can understand about this word as we think about
knowing God as Lord:
1)    that it should give us the sense of power and authority that is justified,
        not just given because of some office or fluke of birthright, and,
2)    that it speaks of a close personal relationship as well.
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Sunday, 7 September 2008 - 09:00

As our Father

Summary: On this Fathers' Day, Gary leads us through the Parable, not of the Prodigle Son, but of the Proper Father, to show us the unexpected grace and compassion that God as our father has for the lost. It is in our Father God that we can find that special welcome home, that understanding of forgiveness and belonging through faith in His Son, Jesus Christ. More

Sunday, 31 August 2008 - 09:00

Therefore STAND FIRM as an alien family.

Summary: Paul Hallam wraps up our series on 1 Peter with the message that we can stand firm as an alien family. We can stand firm because the christian glory is not like the glory of this world that is temporary. We are 'bound for glory' because of what Jesus has done for us, and we can stand firm in the face of persecution, and in the face of the temptations from the devil to walk away from our faith. More

Sunday, 24 August 2008 - 09:00

Therefore expect alien SUFFERING

Summary: As a kid, the rules for survival at my school were simple.

Don't stand out.
Fit in and you survive.

Those who stand out get picked on. Those who were different suffered for no good reason but simply because they were different. In the book of 1 Peter, we're reminded that as christian people we are the strangers and aliens in this world because we are citizens of heaven. Rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed... If you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name. More

Sunday, 17 August 2008 - 09:00

Therefore your Alien lives should point to GOD

Summary: How we live our aliens lives should point people to God. It's not just the result that matters, but the way we go about it matters as well. In all areas of our lives, in all our relationships, the way we go about it is what people will notice. Instead of being something that gets in the way of people seeing God, our lives should point people in the right direction. More

Sunday, 10 August 2008 - 09:00

Therefore be HOLY aliens!

Summary: Our new Student Minister, Paul Hallam, continues our series by encouraging us that since we have been given a new birth into a living hope, since we are aliens, then we ought to live out who we really are. Unlike the "aliens" in the movie 'Men in Black', we SHOULD be not ashamed to be different from the people around us. More

Sunday, 3 August 2008 - 09:00

New BIRTH as an alien

Summary: According to 1 Peter, Christians are ALIENS! This is because we have been given "a new birth into a living hope". This means that our citizenship is in heaven, we're just here on temporary resident visas. See how this idea is foundational to the rest of the book of 1 Peter, which we will be going through over the next six weeks. More

Sunday, 27 July 2008 - 09:00

All about sex

Summary: Today we open the "sealed section" of the Scriptures! Today we get a glimpse of the book of Song of Songs, that great book of love poetry which is all about sex. Why is it in the Bible and what does it teach us about God and us? More

Sunday, 20 July 2008 - 09:00

Return to God with open hearts

Summary: Relationships suffer a lot of the time simply because people either won't apologise, or if they do, they don't know what a real apology looks like. God's call for his people, that we see in Hosea chapters 12-14, is for them to RETURN. Return to the covenant relationship that God and his people share. More

Sunday, 13 July 2008 - 09:00

Cutting into the heart

Summary: If there's one thing that annoys people, it's telling them that there is only ONE WAY – especially if we claim there is only one way to God. Things haven't changed. Hosea's message that there is only one way wasn't well received back in the 8th century BC either! More

Sunday, 6 July 2008 - 17:00

Booking in for surgery

Summary: In Hosea chapters 8 & 9 we see the fears of the pessimist fulfilled in that we get a glimpse of 'the worst thing that could happen' to the nation of Israel under the Old Covenant. More

Sunday, 29 June 2008 - 17:00

Jesus as light of the world brings life

Summary: We take a break from our Hosea series to celebrate Family church in the morning, looking at the journeys of faith that the Sunday School has been teaching. Today we focussed on John chapter 9:1-7, seeing the way that Jesus, as light of the world, brings life. More

Sunday, 22 June 2008 - 17:00

No option but surgery

Summary: Today we see that Israel’s problem in the time of Hosea was a heart problem – their hearts were turned away from God. And in our chapters today we see that there is no other option but drastic heart surgery. Jesus himself quotes Hosea as he points out the fact that the Pharisees of his own day were so worried about the law that they were ignoring the God who gave it to them. They were so caught up in the legalities of things that their hearts were ignoring God himself. More

Sunday, 15 June 2008 - 17:00

Israel's blocked arteries

Summary: A pirate went to see his doctor. His doctor said, what seems to be the problem?

Of course, the pirate said, "Arrr, me hearty."

In the book of Hosea, we're not introduced to any pirates, or any doctors for that matter, but we are introduced to Israel's problem. And their problem is a heart problem. More

Sunday, 8 June 2008 - 17:00

Gods open heart surgery

Summary: We begin our series on the Old testament book of Hosea, a minor prophet with a major message! The book starts with the object lesson provided by the marriage and children of the prophet Hosea. More

Sunday, 1 June 2008 - 17:00

Meeting with Gods family

Summary: In a society that is focused on the model of 'self serve', our final back to basics talk is about serving not ourselves, but others. Especially in our attitude to meeting together as God’s family. More

Sunday, 25 May 2008 - 17:00

Communicating with God

Summary: Relationships are all about communication, so why do we so often not pay any attention to our communication with God? Today's back to basics sermon is a real challenge to include prayer as a daily habit in our life. More

Sunday, 18 May 2008 - 17:00

Trusting in God

Summary: In our second 'back to basics' sermon, we think about the irony there is in the way we act as people who have been saved by grace. Do our attitudes and actions really show that we trust in God alone? More

Sunday, 11 May 2008 - 17:00

Why worry?

Summary: On this Mothers' Day, we look at Jesus' call that goes against everything that mothers do – a call not to worry! More

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