Sermon Archive

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 of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” 20 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. 21 Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you....


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March 27, 2016 -
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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 (to fulfil the Scripture), “I thirst.” 29 A jar full of sour wine stood there, so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it to his mouth. 30 When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.


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March 25, 2016 -
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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 faith is futile and you are still in your sins.” The resurrection has been denied from many sides. There are those who deny the resurrection on certain scientific assumptions. That because we don’t see dead people resurrecting today, therefore it could never happen. Modern day scholar Bart Ehrman disqualifies the resurrection on the basis that miracles cannot be proven by repetition. There have been...


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April 05, 2015 -
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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 darkness over all the land until the ninth hour. 46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”’ What was happening that the sky was darkened by God; how could the eternal Son who had enjoyed unbroken fellowship with the Father cry out about...


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April 03, 2015 -
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