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Last Five Sermons

05/02/12	I remember you Lord	Jonah 12
29/01/12	Salvation of the World	Jonah 1:1-17
22/01/12	Mark 1	Mark 1:1-20
15/01/12	God's provision	Gen 24
08/01/12	Genesis 22	Gen 22:1-18

Sermon on the Mount

18/02/07	Naming	Matt 5:1-12
25/02/07	Honest to God	Matt 5:3-5
11/03/07	Restoring Memory	Matt 5:6-8
18/03/07	War and Peace	Matt 5:9-12
15/04/07	To Put it Another Way	Matt 5:13-16
29/04/07	It all comes down to this	Matt 5:17-20
06/05/07	Don't make me angry	Matt 5:21-26
13/05/07	Affairs of the heart	Matt 5:27-32
03/06/07	And nothing but the truth	Matt 5:33-37
24/06/07	Worst case scenario	Matt 5:38-42
01/07/07	Humpty Dumpty Christianity	Matt 5:43-48
11/02/07	You cannot be serious	Matt 5-7
22/07/07	Being seen in the right company	Matt 6:1-6
29/07/07	Desperate times call for desperate measures	Matt 6:7-15
26/08/07	Investment of a lifetime	Matt 6:19-34
02/09/07	Eye-to-I	Matt 7:1-6
09/09/07	WWYD and the Image of God	Matt 7:7-11
16/09/07	Golden Rule or Fool's Gold	Matt 7:12-14
23/09/07	Wolves, Trees, Miracles, Houses & Following Jesus	Matt 7:15-27

Philippians

23/08/09	Brothers in Arms	Phil 1:1-11
13/09/09	Sharing Christ in the Midst of 'Life'	Phil 1:12-18
04/10/09	The Stand	Phil 1:18-30
18/10/09	The Servant King	Phil 2:5-11
06/12/09	Shining like stars	Phil 2:12-18
24/01/10	Living the gospel: our lives are the best example	Phil 2:19-30
21/03/10	He's my King - Do you know Him?	Phil 3:1-11
18/04/10	Religious status: A Relationship with Christ	Phil 3:12-14
26/09/10	True Peace and Happiness	Phil 4:8&9
03/10/10	Contentment in Christ	Phil 4:10-23

Parables

17/02/08	The Good Samaritan	Luke 10:25-37
29/06/08	The Friend at Midnight	Luke 11:5-13
11/05/08	The Rich Fool	Luke 12:13-21
08/06/08	The Great Banquet	Luke 14:15-24
27/04/08	The Prodigal Son - the father	Luke 15:11-32
04/05/08	The Prodigal Son - Younger Son	Luke 15:11-32
09/03/08	The Shrewd Manager	Luke 16:1-13
30/03/08	A Life Squandered	Luke 16:19-31
28/09/08	The Persistent Widow	Luke 18:1-8
02/03/08	How not to pray	Luke 18:9-14
31/08/08	The Growing Seed	Mark 4:26-29
22/06/08	The Wicked Tenant	Mark 12:1-12
06/04/08	The parable of the Sower	Matt 13:1-13
03/08/08	The Wheat and the Weeds	Matt 13:24&36
21/09/08	Mustard Seed & Yeast	Matt 13:31-35
25/05/08	The Twin Parables	Matt 13:36-46
18/05/08	The Unforgiving Servant	Matt 18:15-35
01/06/08	The Labourers in the Vineyard	Matt 20:1-16
27/07/08	Parable of the two sons	Matt 21:28-34
06/07/08	The Ten Bridesmaids	Matt 25:1-13

Mountains of God

03/04/11	6th Mountain -Mt Carmel: Elijah	1kgs 18:20-44
01/05/11	8th Mountain - Mt Horeb: Elijah	1kgs 19:9
10/07/11	11th Mountain - Mt of Transfiguration	2pet 1:12-21
28/08/11	14th Mountain - Mt of Ascension	Acts 1:1-11
27/03/11	5th Mountain - Mt Nebo: Moses	Deut 3:23-28
13/03/11	3rd Mountain - Mt Horeb: Moses	Exod 3:1-15
20/03/11	4th Mountain - Mt Sinai: Moses	Exod 19:3-19
13/02/11	1st Mountain - Mt Ararat: Noah	Gen 6-9
06/03/11	2nd Mountain - Mt Moriah: Abraham	Gen 22
15/05/11	10th Mountain - Mt of Prayer: Jesus	Luke 6:12-19
14/08/11	12th Mountain - Mt of Olives: Peter	Mark 14:26-32
08/05/11	9th Mountain - Temptations of Jesus	Matt 4:1-11
17/04/11	7th Mountain - Mt of Olives: Jesus	Matt 21:1-12
21/08/11	13th Mountain - Mt in Revelation	Rev 21:1-22

Jonah

29/01/12			Salvation of the World	Jonah 1:1-17
05/02/12			I remember you Lord	Jonah 12

Jeremiah

05/02/06	The Weeping Prophet	Jer 1:1-19
12/02/06	A Court Summons	Jer 2
26/02/06	What do you want first? The good news or the bad?	Jer 4:19-31
12/03/06	Jeremiah on Door Duty	Jer 7:1-15
26/03/06	The life and times of sin	Jer 17:1-13
14/05/06	The potter and the clay	Jer 18:1-12
02/04/06	Jeremiah, the pottery jar and hell	Jer 19:1-15
21/05/06	Confessions	Jer 20
30/04/06	Leadership to die for	Jer 23:1-8
07/05/06	Meaninglessness	Jer 23:16-23
28/05/06	Where do I stand with God?	Jer 24:1-10
13/08/06	You've got mail	Jer 29:1-14
04/06/06	Salvation by the hand that wounded me	Jer 30:12-21
11/06/06	Family matters	Jer 31:15-22
25/06/06	Heart transplant	Jer 31:31-34
20/08/06	God's Will	Jer 38:14-28
27/08/06	9-11 (586BC)	Jer 39&52
17/09/06	The Disillusioned Disciple	Jer 45
15/10/06	Endings	Jer 52

Genesis

20/02/11	Created in God's image - with dignity & value	Gen 1:26
06/02/11	The God of Creation	Gen 1-2:1-3
10/04/11	The lie of the enemy!	Gen 3
29/05/11	Amazing Grace	Gen 6:6-9
12/06/11	Be the Miracle	Gen 12:1-9
18/09/11	Abraham's Faith	Gen 18:16-33
04/12/11	God responds to our cry	Gen 21:8
15/01/12	God's provision	Gen 24

Galatians

26/04/09	Jesus has set them free	Gal 5:1-6
03/05/09	The Great debate	Gal 5:7-15
24/05/09	The Great battle.	Gal 5:16-25
02/08/09	Living by the Spirit	Gal 6:1-10

Ephesians

10/05/09	The Church of Ephesus	Eph 1:1-14
17/05/09	Dividing Walls	Eph 2:1-18
31/05/09	Building the Church	Eph 2:19-22
28/06/09	Suffering	Eph 3:1-13
05/07/09	Prayer	Eph 3:14-21
12/07/09	5 + a Day	Eph 4:1-16
19/07/09	Why the Christian Life can be Unnecessarily Hard	Eph 4:17-32
26/07/09	Light	Eph 5:1-21
09/08/09	Husbands & Wives	Eph 5:21-33
06/09/09	Parents & Children	Eph 6:1-4
20/09/09	Armour of God	Eph 6:10-20

Emmaus Road

04/09/11			Emmaus Road - The 1st Question	Luke 24:13-35
25/09/11			Emmaus Road - The 3rd Question	Luke 24:27-36

Elijah

04/01/09	Elijah - just like us	1kgs 17:1-6
11/01/09	Demands - but Rewards	1kgs 17:8-24
18/01/09	Baal Worship vs True Worship	1kgs 18:20-37
25/01/09	Mt Carmel vs Mt Horeb	1kgs 19:1-18
01/02/09	Serving God or Serving Self	1kgs 21
08/02/09	Changing your image of God	2kgs 1:1-16
15/02/09	The Spirit	2kgs 2:1-18

Amos

07/02/10	Fire of God	Amos 1-2
21/02/10	The Lion roars	Amos 3:1-8
28/02/10	Fast Forward	Amos 5:18
07/03/10	Interceding	Amos 7:1-9

Individual Topics

12/08/07	Righteousness and Justice
24/12/07	Pirates, Princes and People
20/07/08	Three Parables in Nature
14/09/08	Do we have right priorities
23/11/08	Mercy Ships
16/08/09	The Angel of the Lord
17/01/10	How To Be Happy
15/08/10	Remind ourselves why it's important...
17/10/10	Love
24/10/10	What would you do?
14/11/10	Why are you not Going to Heaven.......
27/11/11	Mel's Testimony
28/11/10	The Collision of the Cross	1cor 1:18-31
19/04/09	Yes But...	1cor 1:21-25
15/07/07	Christ Crucified	1cor 2:1-5
24/04/11	Resurrection	1cor 15
27/09/09	Living in Love Perfecting our Loving	1john 4:17-21
22/10/06	The Prayer of Hannah	1sam 1
13/07/08	Saul or David	1sam 15
31/01/10	How We View the World-Others	2cor 5-6:11-2
21/12/08	"I will build you a house"	2sam 7:1-16
20/06/10	Which Life Are You Living?	2tim 1:7
11/04/10	Preparation for power in Christian mission	Acts 1:1-14
15/11/06	Church birthday	Acts 2:1-13
12/09/10	Never hesitate to Proclaim Jesus	Acts 8
08/08/10	How to Grow the Church	Acts 10
05/09/10	For Him Alone	Col 1
21/10/07	I'll only bow down to God	Dan 3:8-18
28/10/07	Ephesians 1	Eph 1:3-14
19/06/11	Bond Servant of Christ	Eph 2:8-10
27/01/08	The God of..	Exod 3:1-15
11/11/07	Body Language/Communion	Exod 12:11-13
22/03/09	Ezekiel 1	Ezek 1
23/05/10	Relationships	Gen 3
27/06/10	Cain and Abel	Gen 4:1
29/10/06	God Coming Down	Gen 11
07/08/11	Is anything too hard for the Lord	Gen 18:1-15
08/01/12	Genesis 22	Gen 22:1-18
18/11/07	Esau or Jacob?	Heb 12:14-17
07/12/08	Isaiah 40:1 - 11	Isa 0
23/12/07	The Zeal of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this	Isa 9:1-7
11/12/11	Tear the Heavens Open	Isa 64:1-8
05/10/08	Praying the ordinary	Jas 5:13-18
18/12/11	The true light that gives light	John 1:1-9
14/12/08	John the Baptist	John 1:6-8
09/12/07	"Nazareth? You've got to be kidding!"	John 1:43-51
20/01/08	The Woman at the Well	John 4:1-26
10/10/10	Do You Want to be Made Well?	John 5:1-9
06/06/10	We Want to See Jesus	John 12:20-36
29/03/09	The Last Supper	John 13:1-5
09/11/08	Questions of God	John 18
12/04/09	Mary in the Garden	John 20:1-15
04/04/10	Why Are You Crying?	John 20:1-18
16/04/06	Easter Sunday	John 20:11-18
23/03/08	Easter Sunday	John 20&21:24&15
25/04/10	Into the Death Zone	John 21:15
08/03/09	Do You Love Me?	John 21:15-19
29/11/09	Nominal Christians	Jude 4-19
04/07/10	For want of a Nail	Judg 11
16/10/11	Lamentations 3:19 - 26	Lam 3:19-26
16/12/07	Joy	Luke 1:5-25
26/12/10	Magnificence	Luke 1:26-38
20/12/09	From Now On	Luke 1:46-55
28/12/08	Luke 2	Luke 2:22-38
27/12/09	Is it Time to Change	Luke 2:41-52
10/01/10	I must decrease - He must increase.	Luke 3:15-20
16/11/08	50th Jubilee	Luke 4:14-30
30/10/11	Two crowds go about life	Luke 7:11
30/11/08	The Parable of the Unfruitful fig tree	Luke 13:6-9
05/08/07	Lost Sheep and lost Coin	Luke 15:1-10
13/12/09	Seeing-Being Present	Luke 19:1-9
28/03/10	Luke 19:28-46	Luke 19:28-46
02/01/11	Today	Luke 23:39-43
22/01/12	Mark 1	Mark 1:1-20
02/12/07	The Specialness of Christmas	Mark 3-3:16
14/03/10	Who do you say I am	Mark 8-9:27-1
14/02/10	The Music of Messiah	Mark 10:45
29/08/10	Feel... Love... Go...	Mark 11:15-19
04/11/07	Mark 4vv3-9	Mark 14:3-9
01/01/12	Where is the Christ?	Matt 2:1-18
11/07/10	Follower or Admirer	Matt 4:17-20
08/07/07	Reaching Out	Matt 9:35-38
22/02/09	Outward Expressions of Inward Reality	Matt 15:1-20
08/11/09	Information Worth Knowing	Matt 16:13-18
05/04/09	Palm Sunday	Matt 21:6-17
16/01/11	I met Jesus Christ	Matt 25:31-46
07/09/08	The Cup	Matt 26:26-36
06/01/08	Testimony	Matt 28:1-15
19/09/10	The Plight of People	Neh 5:1-19
03/02/08	2008 The Way Ahead	Neh 8:1-10
15/06/08	Joy in trials and suffering	Phil 4:4-7
23/01/11	Four Things Too Wonderful	Prov 30:18-19
02/04/10	The Kiss	Psa 2
30/12/07	Psalm 23	Psa 23
13/06/10	He Makes Me Lie Down	Psa 23:1-3
06/11/11	Psalm 33	Psa 33:1-22
27/02/11	The Christchurch Earthquake: Psalm 46	Psa 46
26/10/08	Psalm 49	Psa 49
02/11/08	We are called	Psa 50
07/11/10	I Hear A Voice...	Psa 81:1-16
15/11/09	Highways in the heart	Psa 84
01/03/09	Suffering	Rom 5:1-11
19/08/07	Deep Gladness	Rom 12:3-12
07/06/09	Our Parish at Worship	Rom 12:12-17
05/12/10	Salvation Belongs to Our God	Rom 15:4-15