Sermons
Archives for June 2021
Date Based Archive: June 2024
Year A – Fourth Sunday After Pentecost – the logic of Grace
25 June 2023
When I was serving at Frankston, the manse had hooked up pipes from our drainage system to fill up containers so we could recycle water from our showers and washing… Read more
Year A – Third Sunday After Pentecost – God’s laughable plans
18 June 2023
There is an old saying – if you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans. In our Old Testament reading today it seems that the opposite has happened…. Read more
Year A – Second Sunday After Pentecost – Faithful interruptions
11 June 2023
Do you find these days that interruptions are just nonstop? You’re talking to someone and they check their phone mid sentence because they feel it vibrate or hear it ring…. Read more
Year A – Trinity Sunday
4 June 2023
The question of Creation is a debate that occurs not just between atheists and Christians but even amongst Christians. Did God create the world in 6 literal days or are… Read more
Year C – Third Sunday After Pentecost – Dealing with problem makers
26 June 2022
Last week I began by asking you a question of how do you deal with your problems. The context was the demon possessed man who was deemed too difficult to… Read more
Year C – Second Sunday After Pentecost – Out of mind out of sight
19 June 2022
How do you deal with your problems? Many people like to sweep them under the carpet – out of sight out of mind. But just because you can’t see the… Read more
Year C – Trinity Sunday – Best left unexplained
12 June 2022
The Holy Trinity is an interesting teaching of the Christian church. The word “Trinity” doesn’t appear in the bible so it has been disputed by many denominations like the Jehovah’s Witnesses… Read more
Year C – Pentecost – Healing or hurting Words
5 June 2022
There is the old saying that “the pen is mightier than the sword”. Often we associate that saying with harm that can be done through the words we speak or… Read more
Year B – Fifth Sunday After Pentecost – Persisting In Hope
27 June 2021
In today’s Gospel, we hear two stories of healing. But they come about in different ways. One is what we call through intercessory prayer. When we pray for someone who… Read more
Year B – Fourth Sunday After Pentecost – Crossing over to the “other side”
20 June 2021
Several years ago there was a celebrity psychic by the name of Jonathon Edward who claimed he could make contact with deceased relatives with messages for their loved ones. He… Read more
Year B – Third Sunday After Pentecost – Is Bigger really Better?
13 June 2021
Bigger is better is how we usually understand things. Go to McDonalds and you’ll be tempted to upsize your meal from small to large. Buy something on TV shopping and… Read more
Year B – Second Sunday After Pentecost – Divided We Fall
6 June 2021
I believe that our Old Testament reading today is one of the most important readings to understanding the human condition and how our world works. It especially speaks to what… Read more
Year A – 4th Sunday after Pentecost – Extending our welcome
26 June 2020
The comment has been made by several Pastors during the COVID 19 lockdowns that coming out of lockdown is much harder than going into lockdown. And it’s true from what… Read more
Year A – Third Sunday After Pentecost – Physical and Spiritual Fear
21 June 2020
Our last service in this church was 22nd March – 3 months ago. It was the 2nd last Sunday of Lent just before Palm Sunday which celebrates the triumphal entry… Read more
Year A – 2nd Sunday after Pentecost – Saved by grace
14 June 2020
Today begins our Pentecost season. Even though we celebrated Pentecost Sunday a couple weeks ago this is now what we refer to as the Pentecost “Season”. The Pentecost Season is… Read more
Year A – Trinity Sunday – Our identity
7 June 2020
I love Christmas – I love Advent – I love Lent – I love Easter, Ascension and Pentecost. They are high points of celebration in our church. But for some… Read more
Year C-3rd Sunday after Pentecost-Following Jesus, at what cost?
30 June 2019
Have you ever signed up for something and it’s turned out to be something different to what you expected? Or have you ever committed yourself to something and not realised… Read more
Year C-Pentecost 2nd Sunday after Pentecost-Strength for Ministry in silence
21 June 2019
Have you ever woken up in the morning and thought – I just want to go back to sleep. Do I have to get up? As we move into the… Read more
Year C-Trinity Sunday-Persevering in suffering
14 June 2019
Last Monday we celebrated the Queen’s Birthday and along with it came the Queen’s Birthday Honours. Among them, as usual, was a list of sporting and entertainment celebrities. Along with… Read more
Year C – Pentecost Sunday – Your legal advocate
7 June 2019
A few years ago I was thinking to myself that maybe it’s time I thought about having a will prepared. For a long time I kept hearing that it’s never… Read more
Year C Ascension – Our Jerusalem
2 June 2019
Today we celebrate the Ascension of Jesus into Heaven. For 40 days after Jesus rose from the grave on Easter Sunday he walked the earth to establish eye witnesses so… Read more
5th Sunday after Pentecost-Safe passage through the storm (Year B )
24 June 2018
The nation was shocked last week at the brutal attack and death of a young Melbourne comedian walking through a park in Carlton on her way home from the city. … Read more
4th Sunday after Pentecost-Sown in darkness (Year B)
17 June 2018
Every day I do things that I have no idea how they work. I have no idea how my car works; I just put my key in the ignition and… Read more
3rd Sunday after Pentecost-United we stand, divided we fall (Year B)
10 June 2018
In the story book Aesop’s Fables there is a story called – The Four Oxen and the Lion: A Lion used to prowl about a field where Four Oxen gathered. … Read more
2nd Sunday after Pentecost– The Sabbath – work, rest and play (Year B)
3 June 2018
One of my favourite chocolate bars is the Mars Bar. When I was growing up their slogan was “A Mars a day helps you work rest and play”. I found… Read more
Dealing with sin through Baptism
25 June 2017
The story of Isaac and Ishmael is an interesting story. God had promised Abraham a son with his wife Sarah from which would become a great nation – so numerous… Read more
God’s Mission
18 June 2017
Although last year’s census has not yet released the results for religious beliefs – it is expected that there will be a drastic decline in the number of people who… Read more
Saving the best till last
11 June 2017
There is a saying that you “leave the best till last”. Sometimes it can be misused to cover up an oversight like when you’re thanking a group of people and… Read more
God’s gift to us
4 June 2017
Every year in our household birthdays and Christmas are becoming harder and harder to find a gift to give. As children grow older and no longer scream for the latest… Read more