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Easter Sunday: John 18:1-11: The Arrest of Christ

INTRODUCTION: I had a completely different sermon planned for this one, but in my meditations this week I was drawn to the passage where Jesus is arrested in John 18:1-11.  John’s gospel is unique among...

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Easter Sunday: Revelation 5: The Resurrected Lamb

INTRODUCTION: Jesus Christ is risen from the dead!  But what is the significance of this?  Is it merely a miracle to prove Jesus is who He said He is? Is it only relevant to prove that...

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Good Friday Sermon: Matthew 26:36-46: The Prayers Of Gethsemane

INTRODUCTION: Today in our Good Friday meditation we will be considering Jesus under the shadow of the cross in the Garden of Gethsemane.  The name Gethsemane means ‘oil press’ and seems a very appropriate name...

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Easter Sunday: The Resurrection Mandate

Thanks to Jeremy Kendall for preaching this afternoon; he is from Shore Baptist in Auckland, and is completing an internship at both Shore Baptist and Bays Baptist. Read John 20 Online

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Easter Sunday: The Covenant Meal

Thanks to Jeremy Kendall for preaching this morning; he is from Shore Baptist in Auckland, and is completing an internship at both Shore Baptist and Bays Baptist. Read Matthew 26:26-30 Online

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Good Friday: The Blood of the Lamb

Thanks to Jeremy Kendall for preaching this morning; he is from Shore Baptist in Auckland, and is completing an internship at both Shore Baptist and Bays Baptist. Read Exodus 12:1-42 Online

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John 20:19-23: Resurrection Sunday Sermon

Thanks to Ryan Vinten for preaching this afternoon. Ryan is an Associate Pastor at Gracenet Community Church in Wellington. John 20:19-23: Jesus Appears to the Disciples 19 On the evening of that day, the first day...

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John 19:28-30: Good Friday Sermon

Thanks to Ryan Vinten for preaching this afternoon. Ryan is an Associate Pastor at Gracenet Community Church in Wellington. John 19:28-30: The Death of Jesus 28 After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said...

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Easter Sermon: The Historicity of the Resurrection

Introduction: The resurrection is the lynch pin of the Christian faith. If Jesus had died and not been raised we would be lost, 1 Cor. 15:17 (ESV) “And if Christ has not been raised, your...

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Good Friday Sermon: 2 Corinthians 5:21: Christ made ‘to be sin’

Introduction: Today for our Good Friday meditation we want to try and penetrate the mystery of what Luther calls the greatest words in the Bible from Matthew 27:45-46, ‘Now from the sixth hour there was...