Sermon, Epiphany 5B Sunday February 4, 2018, St Petri 1 Corinthians 9:16-23 16 For when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, since I am compelled to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! 17 If I preach voluntarily, I have a reward; if not voluntarily, I am simply discharging the trust committed [...]
Sermon, Epiphany 4B, Sunday January 28, 2018 St Petri, 10.30 service 1 Corinthians 8: 1-13 Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that “We all possess knowledge.” But knowledge puffs up while love builds up. 2 Those who think they know something do not yet know as they ought to know. 3 But whoever loves [...]
vector apple tree with fruits, over white background Sermon, New Year’s Eve 2017 Luke 13:1-9 6 Then he told this parable: ‘A man had a fig-tree growing in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it but did not find any. 7 So he said to the man who took care of [...]
Sermon, First Sunday after Christmas Sunday Dec 3, 2017, St Petri Luke 2:22-40 22 When the time came for the purification rites required by the Law of Moses, Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord 23 (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, ‘Every firstborn male is to [...]
Sermon, Christmas Day, 2017 St Petri Hebrews 1:1–4 God speaks to us through his Son In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through [...]
Homily, Christmas Eve, Sunday December 25, 2017 St Petri Matthew 2:1-11 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi[a] from the east came to Jerusalem 2 and asked, ‘Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have [...]
Sermon, Advent 4B, Sunday December 24th, 2017 St Petri Luke 1:26–38 ; What Child Is This? Water for the thirsty soul. (Mary) 26 In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of [...]
Sermon, Advent 3B, Sunday December 17, 2017. St Petri John 1:6-8, 19-28 6 There was a man sent from God whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. 8 He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light. [...]
Jonathan Krause from Australian Lutheran World Service - Courage to Love (audio) Homily, by Pastor Adrian Kitson (Text and Audio below) Advent 1B, Sunday December 3, 2017 Mark 13:24-37 24 ‘But in those days, following that distress, 28 ‘Now learn this lesson from the fig-tree: as soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves [...]
Sermon: Day of Fulfilment Yr A Nov 26th, 2017, St Petri Matthew 25:31-46 31 ‘When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as [...]
