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Exodus 35:4-5(a), 20-29, 2 Cor 9:6-14 There’s an old preacher’s joke (I am sure you have heard it before) about a minister who gets to his little church one bitterly cold Sunday morning and finds no one there except one old farmer. So, he suggests, considering the low turnout, that Read more…

Luke 14:1,14; Hebrews 13:1-16 This might be a dangerous question – but what is the longest church service you have ever attended? It could have been here at Canberra Baptist. I seem to remember our anniversary service went for a good while! Or was it elsewhere? A few years ago, Read more…

ACTS 2:1-36 Every life that is born yearns for life.  When a child is born their senses awaken, the child opens its eyes and sees light, it begins to breathe, and feels the air, it cries and hears sounds.  It lies beside its mother or father and feels the warmth Read more…

(no audio available this week) Psalm 97, Acts 16:16-34 Sometimes stories grow a little in the telling. For instance, if Aron was to tell you about the first time I drove the hire car in Scotland – a manual and I usually drive an automatic – the skidding and the Read more…

Acts 16:6-15 As I was preparing this week, I read a commentary that said of today’s reading from Acts (the account of Paul and Silas and Timothy’s – Paul was not alone – journey through Galatia and Phrygia and along the region of Mysia and onto the city of Troas Read more…

Guest Preacher: Susy Lee from Baptist World Aid Australia Matthew 6:1-33  

Psalm 23, John 10:1-11 I am the Good Shepherd, I am the gate for the sheep: the Gospel; The Lord is my shepherd – in and with him I have everything I need; the psalm.  This is stuff for pastoralists not urban city dwellers let alone public servants in well Read more…

5th May 2019 – No Sermon recording available Preaching: Gary Moore Psalm 119:105-112, Matthew 5:17-20 Mission & The Reliability of Scripture The Yawos are a people group in Southern Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania. Their history with the rest of the tribes of that area is quite complex. In the era Read more…

John 20:19-31 (No sermon recording available this week) IT was the day after Jesus’ death according to John’s account, the first day of the week.  Mary had been to the tomb early that morning, seen the empty tomb, and met Jesus whom she mistook for a gardener. Peter and another disciple Read more…

Christchurch response – Luke 24:1-12, Acts 10:34-43 Last Easter Sunday, in the afternoon, Grace’s best friend came over to hang out and she said to me, “Belinda, you know about this stuff. Is Easter Sunday a really sad day for Christians?” Now I assumed the question came from her limited Read more…