Sermons on Faith (Page 2)
Rediscovering Gospel Leadership
Rediscovering Gospel Leadership Reading: Acts 15:1-18 Preacher: Kevin Kim This week we continue our series Foundations of the Early Church by looking at the Jerusalem Council in Acts 15. Faced with conflict and confusion, the early church chose not to divide but to come together—praying, listening, and seeking God’s leading. Through their example, we learn how faithful, Spirit-led leadership can guide the church through hard decisions. In a time when the church today faces many challenges, how can we rediscover Read more
Vision Sunday 2025
Preacher: Phil Swain Luke 13:6-9 & 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 Vision Sunday 2025 is an important day in our church year as we cast a Vision of where God is leading us as a church for the next 12 months. This year will be a critical year as we continue on our journey in discerning what it might look like to be a 2030 church? Our ministry team will be sharing some of the preparation that our church has been doing Read more
Trusting Jesus in Life’s Transitions
Preacher: Phil Swain Reading: Luke 7:1-17 Life is full of transitions – getting older, moving house, changing jobs, having kids … as well as all the changes that society goes through. Transitions bring changes and challenges the status quo, which is probably why many people get anxious when transitions occur. Jesus lived in a time of transition. In the early chapters of Luke we have seen that during the beginning of Jesus ministry, he constantly pushed the boundaries and challenged Read more
Jesus is Lord
Jesus is Lord (includes Mehdi and Jinous’ Statement of Faith)Preacher: Phil Swain Reading: Luke 4:14-30 A special celebration where we as a community, and Jinous and Mehdi in particular, declare that Jesus is Lord! During this service we celebrated the baptisms of Mehdi and Jinous and witnessed their public declaration of faith. This recording includes their statements as well as Phil exploring Luke chapter 6 where Jesus invites us to consider what it mean to acknowledge him as Lord and Read more
God’s Promise to Abraham
God’s Promise to Abraham Preacher: Rev Kevin Kim Reading: Genesis 15:1-6 From this week, we are journeying again with Narrative Lectionary. We will be looking at many different stories from the Old Testament until the end of November for about 13 weeks. For 8 weeks until the end of October, we will explore OT stories with a theme of ‘promise’. This Sunday, we learn from Gen 15, God’s promise to Abraham. Of all the billions of people God created, and Read more
Grow #4 – Reflection & Study
Grow #4 – Reflection & Study Connecting with God through Reflection & Study Preacher: Rev Kevin Kim Readings: Col 1:9-14; 2 Peter 1:1-8 This Sunday is the final edition in our Grow series. Over the last three Grow sermons we have explored some of the ancient spiritual practices and how they might be transformative in our modern context. This Sunday we will be looking at the importance of ‘Reflection & Study’ and how they can help us to connect deeply Read more
Ephesians #5 – The Amour of God
Armour of GodPreacher: Rev Kevin KimBible Reading: Ephesians 6:10-32 This Sunday, we are looking at the last part of Ephesians, Chapter 6. Paul’s final teaching towards people in Ephesus seems somewhat very strong. It is about putting on the armour of God. What might it mean in today’s world situation to encourage Christians to become soldiers for Christ? The people of Paul’s day were certainly familiar with the armour of the Roman soldiers that filled every city in Macedonia. But Read more
I will lift my eyes [10:45]
Preacher: Phil Swain Bible Reading: Psalm 121 (Responsive) and John 14:1-6 Phil reflects on his last couple of weeks and weaves in two beautiful bible readings – John 14 and Psalm 121. There is also some great hymns!
Finding Paradise
Reading: Luke 23:32-43Preacher: Rev Phil Swain Phil’s back from holidays and is keen to share some of the things he has been reflecting on over the past four weeks! Calling on some great teaching from Bible Project Cofounder Tim Mackie, Phil is pondering the question of where (or when) can we find paradise? When Jesus said to the thief on the cross, “Today you will be with me in paradise”, was Jesus referring to heaven, or to something more? Is Read more
Walls and Worship (9am)
Series: Joshua | OnwardTheme: Walls and WorshipBible Reading: Joshua 6:1-27Preacher: Rev Phil Swain Week #2 of our special re-opening sermon series “Joshua | Onward” we are looking at a key moment in the Joshua journey. Just after the joyous re-entry into the Promised Land, Joshua is confronted with a huge hurdle, the walls of Jericho. What are the hurdles that we are finding as we move into this new era of church life? And how can the trust of Joshua Read more