John 12:16 — “These things understood not his disciples at the first…” The events of Palm Sunday are well-known but initially they were misunderstood, even by Jesus’ own disciples. In this sermon we see how the disciples eventually came to understand the events they themselves were part of. As we consider the experience of the…
Revelation 22:16-17 — “And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.” In the Christmas story we see two wonderful invitations given by God to come and see His Son. One was given to some shepherds who were watching their sheep on the night Jesus was born.…
Revelation 5:1-14 – “Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.” In this sermon, we consider the book that was in God’s right hand and why the Lamb was worthy to open it. We see how this famous scene connects to…
Matthew 26:36-46, 57-68, Luke 23:24-34 — In our Good Friday message we reflect upon the attitude of Jesus as He went to the cross. We witness Him in the Garden of Gethsemane, in the High Priest’s palace and finally at Calvary. In each scene we see that Jesus went willingly to His death and that…
Matthew 26:1-5 — “Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people…and consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.” As we turn out attention towards Good Friday and Easter Sunday, we begin with a message on the plot to kill Jesus. In the hours before Judas…
Genesis 4:1-8 — “And Eve said, I have gotten a man from the LORD…” Not only was Cain Adam and Eve’s firstborn son, and the first child ever born, he represented hope after all they had lost. Could this be the one who would crush the serpent’s head and restore the human family to Paradise? Tragically,…
Matthew 2:16-18 — The Massacre of the Innocents is the part of the Christmas story that we don’t like to think about. It’s the part that usually isn’t found in the Nativity play that children perform, nor is it mentioned in the Christmas cards we give to our loved ones. It’s difficult to understand why, in…
Luke 2:19 — “But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.” In the 9 months leading up to the birth of Jesus, Mary experienced many extraordinary things. Then as soon as her baby was delivered a group of shepherds turned up wanting to see the child! They said they’d seen angels in…
Luke 1:26-38, 2:1-21 — There are some truly remarkable details in the Christmas story. Some things happened that never had before or since. There are also some parts of the story that are very ordinary. The narrative is a mixture of the common and the unique, the breathtaking and the boring. In this sermon, we…
Luke 24:11 — “And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.” It was a group of women who first discovered that Jesus body was not in the tomb. When they entered the tomb they were met by two angels who told them that Jesus had risen from he dead…