From Community of Hope. It too is from the sermon series on Mark called “God of Hope”. In it, we look at the Triumphal Entry, the Cleansing of the Temple, and this mysterious encounter with a fig tree. Why did he curse it? What did it represent? And what was Jesus trying to teach us [...]
A sermon from Community of Hope. The sermon series was from the Gospel of Mark called “God of Hope”. In it I focused on the confession of Peter – “Who do you say I am?” Who was he? And what did that mean?
A sermon from Community of Hope. Part of a series on Exodus entitled “From Slavery to Freedom”. In it I talk about the holiness and majesty of God in dramatic terms and show how the commandments point the way to Jesus.
This message is less text based and more theology based. It is again from Community of Hope, a weekend where almost half the church was away at District Conference. I was home because I was graduating Seminary on the Saturday, and preaching on the Sunday. My parents and grandparents were in attendance for the first [...]
My second Sermon ever, again at Community of Hope Church. Part of a sermon series on the Book of Daniel. In this message I take a look at the events of Daniel and the Lion’s Den, but look harder at the effect this has on the King and the lessons we can take from his [...]
My first sermon ever, from Community of Hope Church. It was part of a sermon series drawn from the Gospel of John. We look at the Samaritan Woman, who she was, how Jesus responded to her, and how God used her to bring salvation to her whole town.
If you’d like to listen to an historical retrospective on my preaching you can here. It goes right back to my very first sermon. Yikes. I like to think I’m a little better now. January 27, 2008 – (Gospel of John) The Woman at the Well October 19, 2008 – (Daniel) Faith that Saved a King April [...]
This is a big day. Tonight Pastor Philip and I attend Cedar Grove Baptist’s Annual General Meeting. This is a big deal for a few reasons, but I will explain. Before Cheryl and I embarked on this journey towards church planting, we were just a nice couple with three kids attending a church of 1200-1500 [...]
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Who knew? At the same time as a famous Christian blogger, Anne Jackson endeavoured to rekindle her passion for cycling I too began a journey back to a bicycle. I don’t have her literary gifts, but my story goes like this: I got a bike when I was young. Living in a pretty big city [...]
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