Jubilee Sermons

Passage: Isaiah 48:17. In this last instalment of the Things We Don't Believe series, we are challenged to grapple with how God leads us and our struggle to let Him. With trademark openness and vulnerability, Lauren leads us on the journey to follow this God we love. 

Passage: Luke 20:1-18. Jesus responds to his detractors with a story-answer. It speaks to them then, and to us now, and to all humanity forever. What a story! Because we were all made to produce the fruit that God is looking for, we have lots to learn as Jesus teaches in the temple. 

Passage: Luke 19:41-48. Is Jesus emotional? The answer is yes. He was human and felt what we feel. He cares about things that make him feel sad or angry. Like what? And how does this change our lives? 

Passage: Luke 19: 28-40. Jesus isn't a king like the one we imagine. He is true and better. But this also means we'll have to let go of our expectations to take His hand. Can we trust like He does? Can we follow this humble and confident King? 

Passage: Luke 19:11-27. As we step back into our Luke series, we're challenged by the parable Jesus tells. Clearly, we are called to be about the King's business until He returns. But what is His business? What did He give us to do this with? And what's up with the slaying enemies part. 

Passage: 2 Corinthians 5:19. We have so many misconceptions about what it is to be a missionary. But what if we're all called to be missionaries? What would change? How would we live? 

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: Nehemiah As 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: Jeremiah As 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 Elijah Andrew 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 Goliath Brian 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 6-7 As 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.