Jubilee Sermons

Passage: James 4. Our words matter. So hard to actually admit. Too much riding on it. Too many ways we've failed. But the Bible tells us this is so, and also that Jesus is redeeming even our failures to say a Word of Life to this world. 

Passage: James 4:16-17. We're starting a series looking at Christian things we'd agree to in principle but have a hard time living out. The power of prayer is a good place to start. Many of us struggle with the concept of prayer for different reasons, and many give up. But prayer is powerful and we must learn to become people of prayer. 

Passage: Isaiah 9:6-7. In our last advent instalment, we are challenged to see this Christmas baby as the Mighty God. God has always been mighty - rescuing His people - and in Jesus, rescuing the whole world. As His Spirit comes to live in us, we also become the Mighty of God. 

Passage: Isaiah 9:6-7. How has God revealed Himself in Jesus? Why the name Father? How is Jesus the Everlasting Father? And what does it mean for us, today? Tim brings a challenge to surrender and celebration of the joy of the benefits of our adoption. 

Passage: Isaiah 9:6-7. We're deeply impacted by what God calls Himself. The names He reveals Himself through. Today we're challenged to submit to the Prince, and to His rule of peace. The way of Jesus is the way of peace. 

Passage: Isaiah 9:6. We all have things we picture when we hear the words counselor and wonderful. Put them together and we've got a great psychologist. But God came to be know for who He is. It bears looking into what He means when He says His name is Wonderful Counselor. 

Passage: Philippians 4:4. In our last instalment of our series, we are challenged to see our return to joy as a discipline of the Christian life.

Passage: Philippians 2:1-11. We are deeply challenged that service is not just an event but a lifestyle we are meant to embrace. But we can't do it alone, so the discipline of service drives us to deeper relationship with Jesus.

Passage: Isaiah 30:15. As we embark on a series on Spiritual Disciplines, Jonathan challenges us that we struggle with rest because we don't trust God. And so learning the discipline of rest is a practical reminder that God is in control.

Passage: NehemiahAs our friend and guest Reg illuminates the story of Nehemiah, we are challenged to see and hear God in the struggle of life. God is always at work!

Passage: JeremiahAs Andrew embarks on the ambitious task of preaching on Jeremiah, we are challenged to leave behind the old to embrace what God is doing.

Passage: The story of ElijahAndrew takes us on a drop in journey of the life of Elijah only to find that God is meeting us in our discouragement and doing as much in those moments as the mountaintop success stories.

Passage: David and GoliathBrian walks us through the story of David and Goliath in relationship to our own journey of battling the giants in our lives with the stones of grace.

Passage: Judges 6-7As we step into the story of Gideon, we see our own wrestles and struggles, and also the ability of God to do all He purposes with weak but willing people.

Passage: Joshua 11:1-9As we zoom in on a little story in the Big Story, we are challenged that God is looking for something in particular: people who will trust Him with their whole lives.

Passage: Exodus 32Although parts of the Old Testament are hard to understand, we take hope that Jesus saves us from our idolatry and calls us to new life.

Passage: Genesis 11:1-9 In part 1 of our summer sermon series we explore the Big Story through the everyday moments and some of our favourite stories in history. Jonathan opens the tower of Babel and connects it to our own story and the coming of the Spirit.

Passage: Luke 19:1-10A Sunday School favourite story of little man Zacchaeus offers us a window into our own small lives and the challenge to embrace the wide open lavish love of God.

Passage: Luke 18:35-43As the blind man cries out to Jesus, we hear our own heart cry of desperation to encounter the loving Jesus who alone can save us. Note: this podcast includes a response song

Passage: Luke 18:18-34As Jesus confronts the rich young ruler, we are faced with the reality that God wants our whole hearts, and happily the incredible gift of Jesus to make the impossible possible.