Sermon – February 2, 2025 We use the word bless or blessed all the time. Blessed is a wonderful word. We say “bless you” when someone sneezes, wishing them healing and health. On other occasions, we say “bless you” when ending a conversation or gathering. People generally understand blessedness as wishing for good fortune or…
Paul opens his inner life and Jesus exposes that of people who look like they are in the game but really are not. Getting it together and being aligned is the path of rest Jesus calls us to. It requires we take his yoke and follow him.
Mark hill dives into the inner life of the disciple where Fear, Love and Trust engage.
Why should we live to please God? Why be obedient to the Biblical instructions for living? In the midst of the COVID19 situation we are obeying the Government’s instructions for living. Barbara explores how obeying God, pleasing God who is love, is so much more.
In the summertime it’s good to review our priorities. The readings for today all reflect the need to be sure about what is necessary and what is not in God’s Kingdom economy as represented by Jesus. To give the sound crews a holiday there is not audio for this message.
Hsiang Ling digs into Luke 6:27-36 and explores the challenging teaching of Jesus about loving those who do not love us and returning good for evil. Is this simply about allowing people to walk over us or does Jesus model something else?
In this sixth sermon in the series ‘Grasping the Gospel’ Francis looks at the key word ‘Lord’ in the statement ‘Jesus is Lord’. This phrase gives the ground of the Gospel and the hope that it brings. The message begins with some textual study as once again it’s a Hebrew, Greek to English story to…
Those in Christ have received God’s spiritual treasure in clay jars. To nurture this God prescribes a rhythm of rest and remembering. This instruction began with being told to observe the sabbath day and keep it holy, taking time to remember our journey out of slavery. Unless over stimulated modern people do this we may fall back into the slavery of this age.
Young David was a shepherd boy who wrote a Psalm about himself and God in terms of shepherds and sheep. Jesus was able to refer to this and claim fulfilment in himself as the Good Shepherd. This message points to this and then invites us to learn from David in claiming God as our shepherd…
On the first Sunday in Lent Francis considered baptism. Why did Jesus institute a baptism for all disciples? How was this unique? How is this different from all the reasons leading people to seek baptism for their children today? What is wise baptismal practice for parents wanting to raise their children as disciples?