Category Archives: Dave Swan

Sermon – The Desire of Nations: From Out of the Heart… (1 Kings 9:1-9)

Read the text – 1 Kings 9:1-9

Part of the sermon series ‘Desire of the Nations’, this sermon continues Solomon’s story in the book of 1 Kings. These chapters tell of the kingdom’s highest point and what caused it’s greatest downfall.
Dave Swan walks us through these chapters to show us the great promise God had given King Solomon and how easily and quickly it can be forgotten. And yet, God still remains faithful. This sermon is given at Lower Mountains Anglican Church, Glenbrook evening service.

Sermon – The Desire of Nations: The Glory & The Mercy (1 Kings 5:1-18)

Read the text – 1 Kings 5:1-18

Chapter 5 onwards of 1 Kings focuses on the construction of the Temple built by Solomon, the first permanent place of worship and residence of God on earth. In this sermon of the sermon series ‘Desire of the Nations’, Dave Swan speaks on the great promise of God, and how this promise still stands with His faithfulness thousands of years later, long after the Temple itself had fallen. This was given at Lower Mountains Anglican Church, Glenbrook morning service.

Sermon – The Desire of Nations: Fear of the Lord is the Beginning of Wisdom (1 Kings 3:1-28)

Read the text – 1 Kings 3:1-38

This video is part of the ‘Desire of the Nations’ sermon series. In this sermon, Dave Swan looks at 1 Kings, the beginning of King David’s royal line. He speaks on God’s promises and blessings, first for King David and then for King Solomon. This sermon was give at Lower Mountains Anglican Church, Glenbrook evening service.

Sermon – Authentic Easter: Leadership (John 12:12-36)

Read the text – John 12:12-36

The first of our 3-part Easter Sermon series, ‘Authentic Easter’, we start with an encouragement to look deeper into the the story of Easter and see what an authentic Easter is all about. This sermon is given by Dave Swan, starting with Jesus’ humble entrance, on a donkey, to Jerusalem. Dave breaks down the prophecy and meaning behind this seemingly random detail to show how Jesus makes a better king those those that have come before and after and why that matters to us.
The recording was made at Lower Mountains Anglican Church, Glenbrook 6pm service.

Sermon – Galatians – The Fight for the Real Gospel: from Flesh to Fruit (Galatians 5:1-26)

Read the text – Galatians 5:1-26

This sermon is part of the ‘Fight for the Real Gospel’ sermon series. It focuses on the 5th chapter of Paul’s letter to the Galatians, what true freedom in Christ looks like and how we can defend the core gospel. This sermon was given at Lower Mountains Anglican Church, Glenbrook evening service by David Swan.

Sermon – Galatians – The Fight for the Real Gospel: When Rules Replace Relationship (Galatians 2:11-21)

Read the text – Galatians 2:11-21

This sermon was given by Dave Swan at Lower Mountains Anglican Parish, Glenbrook Evening service. It is part of our ‘The Fight for the Real Gospel’ Sermon series, and this time we focus on Chapter 2 of Galatians. In this we see a conflict between allegiance to the law and truth in the gospel. In this we hear our salvation should rely on God’s grace and not our own goodness.

Sermon – Reasons to Believe: The Saviour of the World (John 4:1-42)

Read the text – John 4:1-42

In the sermon series ‘Reasons to Believe’, we analyze the signs provided in John that point to Jesus being the Messiah. In this sermon, Dave Swan speaks on the the meeting between Jesus and the Samaritan woman and shows that Jesus, despite his distance from us, have come to save everyone. He encourages us that there is still work to be done for Jesus’ mission and that we can help give the good news. This message was given at Lower Mountains Anglican Church, Glenbrook evening service.

Sermon – Loving the Church Together: Fight the Good Fight (1 Timothy 6:2b-21)

Read the text – 1 Timothy 6

This sermon is the last sermon of the ‘Loving Church Together’ sermon series. In the this final section of 1 Timothy, Paul finishes with a warning and a charge for young Timothy, both about deciphering truth and fighting the good fight. David Swan speaks on this fight and how to pursue Godliness in what we do. This sermon was given at Lower Mountains Anglican Church, Glenbrook morning service.

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Sermon – Loving the Church Together: The Goal, A Trustworthy Saying, and the Command (1 Timothy 1:1-20)

Read the text – 1 Timothy 1:1-20

The second sermon of the sermon series “Loving the Church Together”, Dave Swan starts off at the beginning of 1 Timothy, where Paul writes to Timothy on leading the church with sound doctrine. Join us in our exploration of 1 Timothy, and how even 2000 years later we can still learn and be equipped to become better leaders under Christ. This sermon is provided at Lower Mountains Anglican Church, Glenbrook 10.30 service.