Category Archives: Sermons

In this sermon Pastor Lani speaks about living lives as Christians that win over non-believers. I’m excited for what’s been happening in church life. Haberfield is slowly growing, it seems each week someone new comes to join us. We also have baptisms coming up next week which I’m excited  to do for one of ourContinue reading “1 Peter 2:11-12 Sermon Live Good Lives”

OK, We are looking at Peter’s letter to these churches that had emerged through the early missionary work of the Apostles…  And despite some wobbles… he had been filled with the Holy Spirit after the resurrection So last week he told them to grow up in their salvation. Read 1 Peter 2:4-8 (Sydney Smith) 4 AsContinue reading “1 Peter 2:4-8 Sermon – Jesus our Cornerstone”

In this sermon, Pastor Tim looks at some of the responses to the gift of our salvation. Because of what Christ has done, primarily we are called to love one another deeply from the heart. But what does that look like? Lets read todays passage – 1 Peter 1:22-25  Now that you have purified yourselves byContinue reading “1 Peter 1:22-25 Sermon on loving one another deeply”

In this sermon Peter explore the new way of life that we have been redeemed into through Jesus Christ. As the children of God we find ourselves as foreigners in the culture that surrounds us and drawn to a new way of living. We are continuing our series in Peter and I’m sure like meContinue reading “1 Peter 1:17-21 Redeemed into New Life by Peter Brooks”

HOLINESS IS TO BE WHOLLY GODS 1 Peter 1:13-16 NLT – A Call to Holy Living 13 So prepare your minds for action and exercise self-control. Put all your hope in the gracious salvation that will come to you when Jesus Christ is revealed to the world. 14 So you must live as God’s obedient children.Continue reading “1 Peter 1:13-16 Be Holy Sermon – Kirrily Smeallie”

In this sermon from 1 Peter 1:6-9 Pastor Tim looks at the now and not yet of the Kingdom through the lens of inaugurated eschatology! We live in the age of trials and suffering, but also inexpressible and glorious joy! How can that be? Well we are 3 weeks into our series on 1 PeterContinue reading “1 Peter 1 Sermon – Trials and Joy”

In this sermon Pastor Tim looks at 1 Peter 1:3-5 and the living hope of the resurrection. Well we looked at the story of Peter last weekend and how that related to his greeting the churches with grace and peace. But I had a good laugh at this video because after all something happened… haha!Continue reading “1 Peter 1 Sermon Living Hope”

In this sermon, Pastor Tim opens our new series in the Book of 1 Peter be tracing the story of Peter through the New Testament and his greeting to the church of grace and peace in abundance! OK, I want to read 1 Peter 1:1-2 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To God’s elect, exiles scattered throughout theContinue reading “1 Peter 1:1-2 Sermon – Grace and Peace”

In this sermon, Pastor Tim looks at Jesus prayer in John 17, that his followers would be sanctified by the truth. It is the Word – both Jesus himself and the scriptures that show us the truth and set us free. We have been doing a series in the Gospel of John, focusing in onContinue reading “Sanctified by the Truth Sermon (John 17:15-19)”

In this sermon, Tim speaks into Jesus’ prayer for his disciples in John 17 where he prays for our protection in order that we may be one, and be safe from the evil one. Audio and text of the sermon are below! We have been doing a series in the Gospel of John, focusing inContinue reading “John 17 sermon – Jesus prays for our protection”