Tag Archives: Discipleship

Sermon – Acts: Risen. Reigning. Reaching: Encouragement Together (Acts 4:32-5:16)

Read the text – Acts 4:32-5:16

The early church has started coming together, and Acts details how they would share resources and money for the good of one another. But not everyone gave truthfully. In this sermon of the sermon series ‘Acts: Risen. Reigning. Reaching’, Nick Lindeback speaks on the the account of Ananias and Sapphira, two people who lied to the church about their giving.
Join us as we learn of the importance of not only a generous and loving community, but also the seriousness of hypocrisy and why we should a strive to be honest as well as generous in our hearts and actions. This message was given at Lower Mountains Anglican Church, Glenbrook evening service.

Sermon – Acts: Risen. Reigning. Reaching: No Other Name (Acts 4:5-31)

Read the text – Acts 4:5-31

In this sermon of the sermon series ‘Acts: Risen. Reigning. Reaching’, Ken Noakes speaks on the Sanhedrin held in Acts after the healing of a cripple. He shows that there was more than a simple trial of men, but instead John and Peter’s chance to share the message that Jesus is the only way to salvation. Despite threats and pressure from the religious leaders, they stood firm in that message. And if unschooled, ordinary men can do it, we can have courage to stand firm in Christ as well.

Sermon – Acts: Risen. Reigning. Reaching: Walking and Jumping and Praising God (Acts 3:1-4:4)

Read the text – Acts 3:1-4:4

This sermon is part of the sermon series ‘Acts: Risen. Reigning. Reaching’. In this verse, we see more miracles made in Jesus’ name. It is seen that Jesus did not just Rise, he restores. We are called to repent so that we, too, can be restored. This message was given at Lower Mountains Anglican Church, Evening Service.

Sermon – Acts: Risen. Reigning. Reaching: Grow Deep and Wide (Acts 2:42-47)

Read the text – Acts 2:42-47

In this sermon of the sermon series ‘Acts: Risen. Reigning. Reaching’, Ken Noakes speaks on the earliest church gatherings and how they acted as a community. The passage shows that there is joy and fulfillment within the church as they deepen their relationship with God and each other, and how God widens the church by adding to their number.

This message was given at Lower Mountains Anglican Church, Glenbrook Evening service.

Sermon – Acts: Risen. Reigning. Reaching: What does this Mean? (Acts 2:14-41)

Read the text – Acts 2:14-41

In this sermon of the sermon series, ‘Acts: Risen. Reigning. Reaching’, Nick Lindeback speaks on Peter’s first sermon after the Pentecost where he told the crowds that Jesus had risen. He explains that this sermon was more than just the sharing of good news, but a call to respond, repent and follow Jesus.


This message was given at Lower Mountains Anglican Church, Glenbrook evening service.

Sermon – Acts: Risen. Reigning. Reaching: The Pentecost. (Acts 2:1-13)

Read the text – Acts 2:1-13

The Pentecost is the momentous occasion written in the book of Acts when the Holy Spirit was passed to the Disciples. In this sermon of the sermon series, ‘Risen. Reigning. Reaching’, Neil Atwood speaks on just what the Holy Spirit means to us; another step to God’s global kingdom and and confidence as we strive forward in the name of Jesus Christ.

This message was given at Lower Mountains Anglican Church, Glenbrook morning service.

Sermon – Acts: Risen. Reigning. Reaching: What Never to Forget. (Acts 1:12-26)

Read the text – Acts 1:12-26

Part of the sermon series ‘Acts: Risen. Reigning. Reaching’, this sermon follows the second half of Acts Chapter 1, where we see that while the disciples were waiting for the Holy Spirit Jesus promised, they did not wait idly. Join us as Nick Lindeback speaks on the actions the Disciples took and what lessons we learn about preparing and serving Christ even now.
This message was given at Lower Mountains Anglican Church, Evening Service.

This message was given at Lower Mountains Anglican Church, Glenbrook evening service.

Sermon – The Call and the Commission (Matthew 9:35-38 & 28:16-20)

Read the texts – Matthew 9:35-38 & Matthew 28:16-20

‘The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few’, Jesus observed as he then called his disciples to prayer. In compassion he shows us a great need. ‘Go out and make disciples of all nations’, Jesus directed as he sent his disciples to work. By commission he gave all disciples a job to do.

In this talk Ken Noakes helps to show that it was by compassion for the lost that drives what disciples of Jesus do, and it is by commission of Jesus that we do it.

Sermon – Kingdom Coming: Son of Man Revealed (Matthew 16:13-28)

Read the text – Matthew 16:13-28

Famously Jesus challenges his disciples: ‘Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me’ (Matt 16:24). What does it mean today to be a disciple of Jesus? In an age when we express our individualism in many and numerous ways, this message is a challenge for it asks us to put Jesus before ourselves. Yet, Jesus gives very good reasons to follow him.

In this talk, Ken Noakes helps us look first at the identity of Jesus – and as a result to consider what that should mean for anyone who wants to follow him.