Read the text – John 3:1-16
In the final sermon of ‘Hope 25’, we look at the meeting of Nicodemus and Jesus. John Lavender speaks on this example of a hardened, misguided heart, and how we all need Jesus to heal our own hardened hearts.
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Sermon – Hope 25: Hope for the lost (Ezekiel 34:1-16)
Read the text – Ezekiel 34:1-16
As we continue in the year 2025, it becomes more apparent that we need hope. In this mini-sermon series ‘Hope 25’, John Lavender look’s at the book of Ezekiel to find where we should put our hope, and why we desperately need it.
Sermon – You need Easter: Hope (Matthew 28:1-20)
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.
Sermon – Stand Fast: Until Glory (1 Peter 5:1-14)
Read the text – 1 Peter 5:1-14
In this sermon series, ‘Stand Fast’, we dive into the realities of suffering and Christianity. This sermon, Ken Noakes will discuss the motivation we have for suffering well as Christians, and that the glory of God is worth what we have to face in life. Spoken at LMAP Glenbrook, the evening gathering, the final sermon of ‘Stand Fast’ is a call to hope and perseverance in the face of suffering.
Sermon – Stand Fast: In Holiness (1 Peter 1:13-2:10)
Read the text – 1 Peter 1:13-2:10
God had made Christians his Holy People, and it is our calling to be holy. In this talk in the sermon series ‘Stand Fast’, Ken Noakes speaks on what Jesus had done to earn us the grace of God, and what we’re called to be in building a spiritual house.
Sermon – Stand Fast: In Hope (1 Peter 1:1-12)
Read the text – 1 Peter 1:1-12
God has given Christians a living hope of salvation through Jesus. In this first sermon of the sermon series ‘Stand Fast’, Ken Noakes speaks on 1 Peter 1:1-12, which shows that in a world full of suffering, this hope can fill us with joy even as we suffer in the present.
Sermon – Christmas: Find Hope (Matthew 1:18-21)
Read the texts – Isaiah 9:2-7; Matthew 1:18-21
In the midst of a disconnection epidemic, God connects with us through the birth of his son at Christmas. In this sermon of our ‘Christmas series’, Ken Noakes shows us the hope we can have because of the birth of Christ. Because Christ’s birth was the opening act of God’s salvation plan for mankind, which culminates at the cross where our sins are finally and completely paid for.
Sermon – Pictures of Judgement and Grace: The Angel of the LORD (Isaiah 36:1-37:38)
Read the text – Isaiah 36:1-37:38
The people of Judah face a number of crises from within (their own sin) and without (the alliance of Israel and Syria, the power of Assyria). Who will they trust to rescue them? Themselves? Foreign Nations? or God Almighty?
This is the culmination of everything so far. Jerusalem is under siege, and the situation, humanly speaking, is hopeless. In this sermon, Stephen Hawkins outlines the historical context and explains the choice that the people in Jerusalem are faced with: Who will they trust? There is only salvation when they trust in God for deliverance, and that salvation may be unexpected and beyond belief.
Sermon – Pictures of Judgement and Grace: The Vineyard of the LORD (Isaiah 5:1-6:13)
Read the text – Isaiah 5:1-6:13
The people of Judah face a number of crises from within (their own sin) and without (the alliance of Israel and Syria, the power of Assyria). Who will they trust to rescue them? Themselves? Foreign Nations? or God Almighty?
In this Bible talk, Neil Atwood describes the imagery of the vineyard, in the context of God’s holiness, and how God’s judgement and mercy is a necessary extension of his holiness. And we should rejoice in the holiness God offers to us.
Sermon – Pictures of Judgement and Grace: The Branch of the LORD (Isaiah 2:6-4:6)
Read the text – Isaiah 2:5-4:6
The people of Judah face a number of crises from within (their own sin) and without (the alliance of Israel and Syria, the power of Assyria). Who will they trust to rescue them? Themselves? Foreign Nations? or God Almighty?
In this Bible talk, Nick Lindeback describes how there will be a day when God punishes the sin of his people, but the result of this judgment – a holy people and the beautiful branch of the LORD. Mercy will come through judgement. Therefore flee to Jesus, let him take the judgement for us, so we may we spend eternity in the beautiful presence of the LORD.
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