Sermon Series: Christians at Work and in the Marketplace

Back in May I preached my first ever topical sermon series which happened to be on Christian faith in the secular workplace.

You can listen to them by clicking on the links below.  I hope they might be helpful for you in someway.

A special mention goes to Tim Keller and his great book Every Good Endeavour which was a great help in my preparation.

Week 1: Work as Good and Cursed
Week 2: Priesthood of All Believers
Week 3: Living as Exiles in the City
Week 4: Agents of Justice and Peace
Week 5: Workplace Evangelism

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Hebrews Sermon Series

I've just finished my first ever full blown exegetical sermon series.  I decided to tackle Hebrews over eight weeks.  You can listen to them by clicking on the links below.

I'd love your feedback.  I think they get off to a slow start (first few weeks) but finish well.

It's been wonderful to sit with this book for such a long time.  To put my Hebrews commentaries back on the shelf today felt a bit like saying goodbye to an old friend I won't be seeing for a little while.

Here are the links:

Week 1 - Hebrews 1:1-14
Week 2 - Hebrews 2:1-18
Week 3 - Hebrews 3:1-4:13
Week 4 - Hebrews 4:14-5:10
Week 5 - Hebrews 7:1-8:2
Week 6 - Hebrews 9:11-10:18
Week 7 - Hebrews 10:19-39
Week 8 - Hebrews 11:1-12:3

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Two sermons

My most recent sermons that I haven't posted here yet.

First one was in our series on Taboo Topics and it was on the 'Uniqueness of Christ'.  Listen in here

Second one was in our series on the four purposes of our church.  It was on Become based on Titus 1:1-16.  Listen in here

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Preaching on Doubt

Recently I preached a sermon on doubt, based (loosely) on the story of Thomas in John 20.

Listen here

At the start I showed this video

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Preaching Luke 7:36-50

This Sunday just gone I had the great privilege of preaching on the story of the sinful woman anointing Jesus' feet with oil from Luke 7:36-50

It was a great story which reminded me about how anyone can come to Jesus, no matter what they've done, no matter how bad  they've been.  And it also reminded me that all of us are in need of Jesus, no matter how good we are or how good we've been.  Everyone has a debt that only Jesus can pay.

You can listen or download it here

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Preaching 2 Tim 3:10-4:8

Lots of preaching going on at the moment.  My Senior Minister (aka boss) has been in Cambodia and come back with some sort of exotic infection, so there will be even more to come as he recovers.  (Prayer's appreciated)

Here is my sermon from last week on 2 Tim 3:10-4:8.  Wrapping up our series on 2 Timothy.

You can listen/download it here

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Preaching 2 Tim 2:1-13

This Sunday just gone I preached on 2 Tim 2:1-13.  A great passage written by Paul to Timothy charing him with taking on the ministry of the gospel which will involve a life of suffering.

You can listen to it here

On a slightly different note, tomorrow I head to Melbourne and then to Germany/France and Switzerland on Friday for two weeks soaking up the sights and sounds of the Reformation.  Should be good!

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Preaching

I've preached a bunch of times since starting at Wellspring.  You can hear them all by clicking on the links below.

John 12:1-8
Easter Sunday
David and Goliath
David and Absalom

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Preaching 1 Corinthians 1

So I preached this sermon a couple of months ago on 1 Corinthians but I forgot to put it up on here.

So here it is for your edification and/or comment so I can get better!

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Final sermon at HTD

Two Sunday's ago (11 Dec) I preached my final sermon.  It was a charge from Philippians 2 to live united humble lives so that our community would grow and the gospel would grow.

You can listen to it here

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A video of me preaching

Now you can see me as well as hear me.  This was my sermon on Psalm 146

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Preaching on Isaiah 53

I preached a few weeks ago on Isaiah 52:13-53:6.

You can listen to it here

This could well be my last sermon at Holy Trinity Doncaster!  Sad times!

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Preaching Psalm 146 - Trust

I preached last Sunday night on Psalm 146.  The theme was trust and my goal was to be faithful to the text and short.  I think I succeeded in both.

You can listen here

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Preaching on John 11

A couple of Sundays ago I preached on the miracle of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead.  It ended up being more a topic sermon on ressurection and the implications of our belief in that for how we live.

It was emotional and a bit long.  But I'm passionate about this subject.

Listen to it or download it here

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Preaching 1 John 2:1-27

I preached again on Sunday night.

You can listen to it here or download it by right clicking here

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Spirit Filled Love Sermon

This was the last in my 3 week preaching run at HTD over December.  The topic Spirit Filled Love.  Basically, the idea was that as Spirit Filled Christians the thing that we need above all else and will define is above all else is Love.

You can listen here or download here

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Spiritual Gifts Sermon

I preached again this Sunday.  This time it was on the rather controversial topic of Spiritual Gifts.

I tried to major on the idea that gifts are given for the benefit of the church, not the individual, and that we should be active in ministry in our churches either using our gifts or doing things to help discover our gifts.  I tried to avoid defining what tongues is, or how healing works etc.

I preached probably an open-but-cautious-but-not-to-cautious view of the Spiritual Gifts (especially in relation to the miraculous).

You can listen here or download here

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2 John Sermon now available

As I said in my last post, on Sunday 5th Dec I preached on the small book of 2 John.  I very much enjoyed it.  The title, (pre-doing that much work on the passage) was "Know and Love the Truth".  However, I think a better title now, post sermon would be something like, "Walking in Truth and Love".

You can download it here or just listen to it here

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Sermon: Galatians 4:1-20

Last Sunday I preached on Galatians 4:1-20 on Gospel Freedom.

You can listen to it here or download it here

It is a pretty complex passage.  But I think it's all about the Spirit.

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Philemon sermon now online

Click here to listen to me preach on the book of Philemon.

Main point: Christians are duty bound to act out of love towards their fellow believers.

Philemon is an example of how a Christian should act out of love towards a fellow Christian. A radical way of life!

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