Read the text – Matthew 28:1-20
In this special Easter series, we explore the Death of Jesus Christ, the events that proceeded it and what it means for us as Christians. For Easter Sunday of 2025, Gary Haddon speaks on why we need Jesus as our hope.
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Sermon Series – RethinKING Easter
Forget crowns and castles! What does it REALLY mean to be a king? This Easter, it’s time to rethink everything you thought you knew about power, sacrifice, and the true King who changed the world forever. We are “RethinKING Easter.”
Palm Sunday – The King of Peace
Read the text – Zechariah 9:9-17; Luke 19:28-44
We can define a king as one with the power to raise an army yet Jesus defies this kind of kingship because he comes as one who is “gentle and riding on a donkey”. The kingship that he brings is one of peace in the face of war. We need not be threatened by Jesus but welcome him with praise.
In this talk Ken Noakes helps us to see the long-term fulfillment of what was long proclaimed about God’s King – and story that spanned 500 years from prophecy to fulfillment.
Good Friday – The King of Service
Read the text – Exodus 12:14-28; Luke 22:1-37
We can define a King as one who people serve, yet Jesus defies this kind of kingship by being the one who came to serve, laying down his life for his friends.
In this talk, Gary Haddon helps us to see in Jesus a sovereign King who suffered and a king who suffered in order to save.
Easter Sunday – The King of Life
Read the text – Luke 23:50-24:35; Acts 2:22-39
A way to define kingship by succession – yet we still recognize that for every king, no matter his power, or influence, or riches – they will one day die. Yet Jesus defies kingship in almost every way – not least of all in his death and then resurrection. A king, who in death gave his riches as an internal inheritance for all who trust in him. That is Easter.
In this talk Neil Atwood will help us consider the significance of Jesus’ resurrection as a certain indicator of Jesus’ true kingship over all of life.
Sermon – Firm Faith: Living under Christ (Colossians 3:15-4:1)
Read the text – Colossians 3:15-4:1
Any teaching that wants to suggest that Christians need Jesus PLUS … (anything else) to be a Christian or to live as a Christian is guilty of contradicting the supremacy of Christ. Being told we need more than him (either for salvation or to live as a Christian) means that we are being taught that what he has done is not enough. We need to stand firm in our faith in Jesus as all we need for this life and the next.
In this sermon, Gary Haddon helps us to understand that every part of life, all our relationships, need to be brought under the authority of Christ.
Sermon – Firm Faith: Contending for Christ (Colossians 1:24-2:5)
Read the text – Colossians 1:24-2:5
Any teaching that wants to suggest that Christians need Jesus PLUS … (anything else) to be a Christian or to live as a Christian is guilty of contradicting the supremacy of Christ. Being told we need more than him (either for salvation or to live as a Christian) means that we are being taught that what he has done is not enough. We need to stand firm in our faith in Jesus as all we need for this life and the next.
In this sermon, Gary Haddon helps us understand that growing in Christ doesn’t happen without effort on our part. It must be pursued, and there will be struggle, but we can encourage each other as we contend for Christ together.
Sermon – Firm Faith: The Supremacy of Christ (Colossians 1:15-23)
Read the text – Colossians 1:15-23
Any teaching that wants to suggest that Christians need Jesus PLUS … (anything else) to be a Christian or to live as a Christian is guilty of contradicting the supremacy of Christ. Being told we need more than him (either for salvation or to live as a Christian) means that we are being taught that what he has done is not enough. We need to stand firm in our faith in Jesus as all we need for this life and the next.
In this sermon, Gary Haddon invites us to see who Jesus really is, to see just how far above everything he is, and to find out what that means for our salvation.
Sermon – The Light of the World (John 8:12-18)
Read the text – John 8:12-18
Christmas is a time. The season when we deck our houses with lights and a season when Christians proclaim Jesus as the ‘Light of the World’. In this Christmas Day talk, Gary Haddon looks at the wonderful claim of Jesus that he is the “Light of the World’ and that whoever follows him will never walk in darkness. It is time to worship him.
Sermon – The Light of the World: The Light Shining in the Darkness (2 Cor 4:1-6)
Read the text – 2 Corinthians 4:1-6
Jesus is the light of the knowledge of God’s glory. In this second talk of this Christmas Series, Gary Haddon helps the Christian family consider both the message and the manner in which the Christmas message is proclaimed – challenging the listener to set forth the truth plainly.
This talk will help prepare the Christian person for the Christmas season.
Sermon – Wisdom Through Suffering (Job 32-37) – Listen to MY Words
Read the text – Job 32:1-10 & Job 33:1-33
We meet Job’s younger friend Elihu. He has been patiently listening to all that has so far been said and finally he breaks his silence and implores Job to listen (33:1-2). He wants Job to trust his words for he is – sincere (33:3), compassionate (33:6-7) and he speaks with the spirit of God (33:4-5).
His argument: Job is not suffering because he has sinned, but he cautions Job not to sin in his suffering.
Gary Haddon helps the listener consider how we react when suffering – do we look up and down? The ‘why’ of suffering is not the question, but who we are trusting for salvation.
Sermon: Wisdom through Suffering (Job 1-2) – An ‘Upright Man’
Read the text – Job 1:1-2:10
With suffering wherever you look around the world, we being to ask many questions… Where is God? Why does he allow this? How can God be good when things are not? In the book of Job, we see these questions. We follow his struggle to understand what was happening to him. And yet we also see the development and growth in his understanding of God, and the kind of Saviour we all need.
In this Bible Talk, Gary Haddon introduces this book of wisdom and we look at the upright man named Job – a man who fears God and shuns evil. This man who experiences some extraordinary trials which shape argument of the Book of Job.
Sermon – Kingdom Coming: Forgiveness (Matthew 18:15-19:2)
Read the text – Matthew 18:15-19:2
Sin and hurt come hand in hand with the human experience – forgiveness not so much. For how hard it is to forgive when you have been hurt by others? Jesus taught his disciples how to deal with sin among believers such that the sin is not swept away or forgotten, but so that believers might know how to truly and genuinely forgive those who trespass against them.
Gary Haddon carefully handles this personal and tricky teaching of Jesus – and in doing so helps us to see the value of forgiveness.
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