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Sermons are posted for the previous 3-4 months.
Sermon Title: The apostolic blessing in our lives
Date: 4 June 2023
Preacher: Matt Bishop
Text: 2 Corinthians 13:11-14
Summary: On this Sunday that included children and parents of the St Paul Lutheran School receiving Bibles donated by the St Paul congregation, the sermon unpacked the significance of this blessing that emphasises the trinity, and using a variety of props, demonstrated how it has practical implications for all of us in our lives.
Date: 4 June 2023
Preacher: Matt Bishop
Text: 2 Corinthians 13:11-14
Summary: On this Sunday that included children and parents of the St Paul Lutheran School receiving Bibles donated by the St Paul congregation, the sermon unpacked the significance of this blessing that emphasises the trinity, and using a variety of props, demonstrated how it has practical implications for all of us in our lives.
Sermon Title: Go!
Date: 28 May 2023
Preacher: Matt Bishop
Text: Numbers11;24-30
Summary: In celebrating Pentecost, the giving of the Holy Spirit, there is an awareness of how the Spirit provides lots of very practical gifts that enable us to GO and put those various gifts into action within the communities in which we find ourselves.
Date: 28 May 2023
Preacher: Matt Bishop
Text: Numbers11;24-30
Summary: In celebrating Pentecost, the giving of the Holy Spirit, there is an awareness of how the Spirit provides lots of very practical gifts that enable us to GO and put those various gifts into action within the communities in which we find ourselves.
Sermon Title: Blessed!
Date: 21 May 2023
Preacher: David Altus
Text: Luke 24:44-53
Summary: When Jusus ascended to heaven he blessed his disciples - a blessing that went with them into the future. We too receive that blessing today. David outlines the many ways he and we are blessed in our personal and church lives and how this can comfort and inspire us into our futures.
Note: The following video has been made available to all Lutheran Churches in SA.
Date: 21 May 2023
Preacher: David Altus
Text: Luke 24:44-53
Summary: When Jusus ascended to heaven he blessed his disciples - a blessing that went with them into the future. We too receive that blessing today. David outlines the many ways he and we are blessed in our personal and church lives and how this can comfort and inspire us into our futures.
Note: The following video has been made available to all Lutheran Churches in SA.
Sermon Title: To be known and not loved
Date: 14 May 2023
Preacher: Tom Kitson
Text: John 14:15-21
Summary: One of the saddest things we can imagine in this life is to be known but not to be loved. We are reminded in this sermon of the fact that through our faith in Jesus we are fully known and fully loved and that there is nothing in this life that can separate us from that love.
Date: 14 May 2023
Preacher: Tom Kitson
Text: John 14:15-21
Summary: One of the saddest things we can imagine in this life is to be known but not to be loved. We are reminded in this sermon of the fact that through our faith in Jesus we are fully known and fully loved and that there is nothing in this life that can separate us from that love.
Sermon Title: The Way, the Truth, the Life
Date: 7 May 2023
Preacher: Tom Kitson
Text: John 14: 6
Summary: in this text from the gospel of St John Jesus proclaims himself as the way, the truth and the life - not just one way, one truth and one life, but the way, the truth and the life. Vicar Tom teases out the profound significance of this for our lives.
Date: 7 May 2023
Preacher: Tom Kitson
Text: John 14: 6
Summary: in this text from the gospel of St John Jesus proclaims himself as the way, the truth and the life - not just one way, one truth and one life, but the way, the truth and the life. Vicar Tom teases out the profound significance of this for our lives.
Sermon Title: The gift
Date: 30 April 2023
Preacher: Matt Bishop
Text: John 10:1-10
Summary: This sermon for Good Shepherd Sunday focuses on one of the number of 'I am ...' statements of Jesus - "I am the gate" and unpacks what Jesus is telling us and what this means in practical terms for our lives.
Date: 30 April 2023
Preacher: Matt Bishop
Text: John 10:1-10
Summary: This sermon for Good Shepherd Sunday focuses on one of the number of 'I am ...' statements of Jesus - "I am the gate" and unpacks what Jesus is telling us and what this means in practical terms for our lives.
Sermon Title: The gift
Date: 23 April 2023
Preacher: Matt Bishop
Text: 1 Peter 1:10-23
Summary: In this sermon we hear the apostle Peter reminding us of the magnitude of the gift that we have received through the death of Christ and how this should inspire and empower us to love one another as He (Jesus) loves us.
Date: 23 April 2023
Preacher: Matt Bishop
Text: 1 Peter 1:10-23
Summary: In this sermon we hear the apostle Peter reminding us of the magnitude of the gift that we have received through the death of Christ and how this should inspire and empower us to love one another as He (Jesus) loves us.
Sermon Title: Forgiveness pronounced and passed on to us
Date: 16 April 2023
Preacher: Matt Bishop
Text: John 20:22-24
Summary: This sermon is based on the account of Jesus appearing through locked doors to his disciples after his resurrection, where Jesus gives them his peace (and by implication, his forgiveness) and then passes on to them the power and responsibility of forgiving sins. This first ordination has since then, been enacted by the church through the ages and we benefit from it.
Date: 16 April 2023
Preacher: Matt Bishop
Text: John 20:22-24
Summary: This sermon is based on the account of Jesus appearing through locked doors to his disciples after his resurrection, where Jesus gives them his peace (and by implication, his forgiveness) and then passes on to them the power and responsibility of forgiving sins. This first ordination has since then, been enacted by the church through the ages and we benefit from it.
Sermon Title: We can't help but believe
Date: 9 April 2023 - Easter Sunday
Preacher: Matt Bishop
Text: Acts
Summary: In this sermon we hear about another sermon provided by the apostle Peter to the Roman Centurian, Cornelius, about how he was unable to do anything but believe in the risen Jesus once he had experienced him living after his crucifixion. We too are changed by our conviction of this fact. It becomes the motivating force in our lives!
Date: 9 April 2023 - Easter Sunday
Preacher: Matt Bishop
Text: Acts
Summary: In this sermon we hear about another sermon provided by the apostle Peter to the Roman Centurian, Cornelius, about how he was unable to do anything but believe in the risen Jesus once he had experienced him living after his crucifixion. We too are changed by our conviction of this fact. It becomes the motivating force in our lives!
Sermon Title: From deepest despair to highest hope
Date: 7 April 2023 - Maundy Thursday
Preacher: Tom Kitson
Text: Psalm 22
Summary: In this sermon the dramatic parallels between what was fortold in Psalm 22 and what unfolded with Jesus' death on the cross are teased out. The underlying reassurance is given that no matter how deep our despair, God is there, providing hope and salvation.
Date: 7 April 2023 - Maundy Thursday
Preacher: Tom Kitson
Text: Psalm 22
Summary: In this sermon the dramatic parallels between what was fortold in Psalm 22 and what unfolded with Jesus' death on the cross are teased out. The underlying reassurance is given that no matter how deep our despair, God is there, providing hope and salvation.
Sermon Title: Not my will, but thine be done
Date: 6 April 2023 - Maundy Thursday
Preacher: Tom Kitson
Text: Matthew 26:36-46
Summary: This sermon focuses on the state of mind of Jesus when he is in the Garden of Gethsemani suffering under the immense pressure of what is about to happen to him. Despite knowing what will occur he understands what is at stake - the salvation of all mankind.
Date: 6 April 2023 - Maundy Thursday
Preacher: Tom Kitson
Text: Matthew 26:36-46
Summary: This sermon focuses on the state of mind of Jesus when he is in the Garden of Gethsemani suffering under the immense pressure of what is about to happen to him. Despite knowing what will occur he understands what is at stake - the salvation of all mankind.
Sermon Title: A well instructed tongue to sustain the weary
Date: 2 April 2023
Preacher: Matt Bishop
Text: Matthew 21:5a and Isaiah 50
Summary: In this sermon for Palm Sunday pastor Matt looks at the connections between the event of Jesus coming into Jerusalem to crowd praise with the prophesy of Isaiah regarding the foretelling of a saviour that would 'set his face like flint' (i.e. show great determination) to go though the pain and suffering and ultimately die on the cross for us.
Date: 2 April 2023
Preacher: Matt Bishop
Text: Matthew 21:5a and Isaiah 50
Summary: In this sermon for Palm Sunday pastor Matt looks at the connections between the event of Jesus coming into Jerusalem to crowd praise with the prophesy of Isaiah regarding the foretelling of a saviour that would 'set his face like flint' (i.e. show great determination) to go though the pain and suffering and ultimately die on the cross for us.
Sermon Title: The teacher is here and is asking for you
Date: 26 March 2023
Preacher: Matt Bishop
Text: John 11:1-45
Summary: This sermon is based on the profound account of the raising of Lazarus from the dead by Jesus. Just prior to doing this Martha comes to Mary and says 'The teacher is here and is asking for you". Jesus wants Mary to come and learn something extremely important about death and how he, Jesus, deals with it. Jesus also wants each of us to come to Him and learn what this means for us when we face our death and prior to that, how we live life with Him.
Date: 26 March 2023
Preacher: Matt Bishop
Text: John 11:1-45
Summary: This sermon is based on the profound account of the raising of Lazarus from the dead by Jesus. Just prior to doing this Martha comes to Mary and says 'The teacher is here and is asking for you". Jesus wants Mary to come and learn something extremely important about death and how he, Jesus, deals with it. Jesus also wants each of us to come to Him and learn what this means for us when we face our death and prior to that, how we live life with Him.
Sermon Title: Appearances and what really counts
Date: 19 March 2023
Preacher: Matt Bishop
Text: 1 Samuel 16:1-13
Summary: In this sermon Pastor Matt uses the account of David being selected by God (via the prophet Samuel) to take over the kingship of Saul to illustrate how God uses very different selection criteria than most of us use to determine who should take on this position of great importance. This should encourage us to place importance what God sees in us rather than on outward appearances.
Date: 19 March 2023
Preacher: Matt Bishop
Text: 1 Samuel 16:1-13
Summary: In this sermon Pastor Matt uses the account of David being selected by God (via the prophet Samuel) to take over the kingship of Saul to illustrate how God uses very different selection criteria than most of us use to determine who should take on this position of great importance. This should encourage us to place importance what God sees in us rather than on outward appearances.
Sermon Title: Hope does not disappoint
Date: 12 March 2023
Preacher: Tom Kitson
Text: Romans 5:1-11
Summary: This text captures succinctly the amazing grace of God's act of salvation through the death of his son, Jesus. At times in our lives when we endure suffering we are encouraged with the knowledge that Jesus has gone before us with his suffering to give us something that we don't deserve - forgiveness and the sure hope of eternal life.
Date: 12 March 2023
Preacher: Tom Kitson
Text: Romans 5:1-11
Summary: This text captures succinctly the amazing grace of God's act of salvation through the death of his son, Jesus. At times in our lives when we endure suffering we are encouraged with the knowledge that Jesus has gone before us with his suffering to give us something that we don't deserve - forgiveness and the sure hope of eternal life.
Sermon Title: Seeing the kingdom of God by being born again
Date: 5 March 2023
Text: John 3:1-23
Summary: This sermon is based on the account of an in-depth conversation Jesus had with a very learned and devout pharisee named Nicodemus where he introduces to Nicodemus the unusual concept of being 'born again'. Something that Nicodemus had real trouble understanding. We need to grasp this fact if we are to really understand the practical significance of the Gospel in our lives.
Date: 5 March 2023
Text: John 3:1-23
Summary: This sermon is based on the account of an in-depth conversation Jesus had with a very learned and devout pharisee named Nicodemus where he introduces to Nicodemus the unusual concept of being 'born again'. Something that Nicodemus had real trouble understanding. We need to grasp this fact if we are to really understand the practical significance of the Gospel in our lives.
Sermon Title: Dealing with temptation
Date: 26 February 2023
Text: Matthew 4:1
Summary: If we are honest with ourselves we know that temptation is a constant in our lives. We also know how often we fail to resist it, resulting in failure and guilt. However the account of Jesus being tempted in the desert shows that when we are tempted he is there for us, having already won the fight against temptation for us - an act of pure grace!
Date: 26 February 2023
Text: Matthew 4:1
Summary: If we are honest with ourselves we know that temptation is a constant in our lives. We also know how often we fail to resist it, resulting in failure and guilt. However the account of Jesus being tempted in the desert shows that when we are tempted he is there for us, having already won the fight against temptation for us - an act of pure grace!
