This Sunday we continue on with our sermon series in Philippians with chapter 2:1-11. In this part of his letter Paul encourages the church to focus on aspects of the Trinity and from God’s example build a Trinitarian Church. This will not only glorify God but make them strong and able to face anything theContinue reading “2020-09-27 Sermon – A Trinitarian Church”
Category Archives: Sunday Sermons
2020-09-20 Sermon – God’s Unlikely People
Today, Neville brings a sermon on God’s Unlikely People. It doesn’t matter who you are, where you are from or what you do, God can use you!
2020-09-13 Sermon – Carey Baptist College Sunday
This Sunday we are highlighting the important work of our Baptist training arm Carey Theological College. We hear from John Tucker , principal and my preaching and church history professor while I was in training. He preaches on the last words of Jesus before He ascended into Heaven. Enjoy!
2020-09-06 Sermon – For me to live is Christ
This week we continue our sermon series on Paul’s letter to the church at Phillipi. We look at Chapter 1, verses 12 to 30. What can we learn from this part of Paul’s letter? Suffering and persecution is part of being a follower of Jesus, but God will always use all events to advance HisContinue reading “2020-09-06 Sermon – For me to live is Christ”
2020-08-30 Sermon – Faith Seeking Understanding
This Sunday we begin a new sermon series looking at Paul’s letter to the Philippians. Paul writes from “lockdown” in a prison in Rome with a surprisingly joyful tone. In his introduction of the letter, Paul prays that their love will “abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight.” He encourages them toContinue reading “2020-08-30 Sermon – Faith Seeking Understanding”
2020-08-23 Sermon – The Perfect Picture
This is the third and final week of Prayer and Self-Denial in support of our Baptist missionaries. God’s masterpiece is the fulfillment of His Will, it will be “Picture Perfect.” In the meantime we are blessed at times to see glimpses of the Kingdom. Psalm 27 is an encouragement in the times when we wonderContinue reading “2020-08-23 Sermon – The Perfect Picture”
2020-08-16 Sermon – Mending the Mess
This is week two of Prayer and Self-Denial, an annual appeal for our Baptist ministries working overseas. This week’s sub-theme is “Mending the Mess – God is weaving our threads together.” God uses every thread of our lives, the good and the bad, to draw us closer to Him. God is in the business ofContinue reading “2020-08-16 Sermon – Mending the Mess”
2020-08-09 Sunday Sermon – Woven Together
This is the first week of New Zealand Baptist’s prayer and self-denial appeal in support of our missionaries based overseas. This year’s theme is The Master’s Piece derived from the well-know metaphor of a beautiful woven tapestry. This week we look at Whiriwhiri te tangata which means woven together or God is weaving the people.Continue reading “2020-08-09 Sunday Sermon – Woven Together”
2020-08-02 Sermon – Sweet Aroma
In this week’s sermon, we look at John chapter 12. Here we see Mary’s extravagant anointing of Jesus which is a deeply personal act of praise and thanksgiving. This is in stark contrast to the attitude of Judas, who gives the impression of holiness and piousness, but this is merely to mask his selfish andContinue reading “2020-08-02 Sermon – Sweet Aroma”
2020-07-26 Sermon- I am the Resurrection and the Life
John 11 tells of the resurrection of Lazarus. In this chapter we see that although God knows the outcome of all things, yet He sympathizes which us and shared in our grief. Even though Jesus knew that He would resurrect Lazarus, he still shared the grief of Martha and Mary. Verse 35 is one ofContinue reading “2020-07-26 Sermon- I am the Resurrection and the Life”
