Sermons from 2014

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Restoring identity

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Bible reading John 4:1-42 Jesus talks with a Samaritan woman 4 Now Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that he was gaining and baptising more disciples than John – 2 although in fact it was not Jesus who baptised, but his disciples. 3 So he left Judea and went back once more to Galilee. 4 Now he had to […]

You must be born again

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Bible reading John 3:1-17 Jesus teaches Nicodemus 3 Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. 2 He came to Jesus at night and said, ‘Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are […]

Baptism & Confirmation Service

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Testimonies: Kate Ahladeff, David Moller, Tracie Jenkins. Bible reading 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 Christ crucified is God’s power and wisdom 18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written: ‘I will destroy the wisdom of […]

Gratify self or glorify God?

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Bible reading Matthew 4:1-11 Jesus is tested in the wilderness 4 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted[a] by the devil. 2 After fasting for forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3 The tempter came to him and said, ‘If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to […]

Slow down and glimpse God’s glory

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Bible reading Matthew 17:1-9 The transfiguration 17 After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. 2 There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light. 3 Just then there appeared […]

Jesus – Living the life (3)

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Bible reading Matthew 6:25-34 Do not worry 25 ‘Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or […]

Jesus – Living the life (2)

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Bible reading Matthew 5:17-32, 43-48 The fulfilment of the law 17 ‘Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfil them. 18 For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a […]

Jesus – Living the life (2)

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Bible reading Matthew 5:17-32, 43-48 The fulfilment of the law 17 ‘Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfil them. 18 For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a […]

Jesus – Living the life (1)

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Bible reading Matthew 5:13-20 Salt and light 13 ‘You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. 14 ‘You are the light of the world. A town built on a […]

Jesus – Releasing the voices

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Bible reading Luke 2:22-40 Jesus presented in the temple 22 When the time came for the purification rites required by the Law of Moses, Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord 23 (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, ‘Every firstborn male is to be consecrated to the […]