12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. 13 Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and [...]
Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When [...]
So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, 7 rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. 8 See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive [...]
Sermon, Trinity Sunday May 27, 2018, St Petri, John 3:1-17 Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. 2 He came to Jesus at night and said, ‘Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you [...]
Sermon, Sunday March 6th, 2016. Lent 4C Showing Promise IV – Covenant Fellowship Joshua 5:9-12 9 Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” So the place has been called Gilgal[a] to this day. 10 On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, while [...]
Sermon Lent 1B, Sunday February 22, 2015 St Petri That we may know him: Flood of Grace 1 Peter 3:18-22 18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit. 19 After being [...]
Sermon, Baptism of Jesus, Epiphany 1C, Jan 13th, 2013 St Petri God’s Decision for you Isaiah 43:1-4 and Luke 3:15-22 But now, this is what the Lord says—he who created you, Jacob,he who formed you, Israel:“Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;I have summoned you by name; you are mine. I was baptised 46 [...]
That's been my week so far - a packed Luther Park room with the first baptism of a lovely little man named Jack Grope (son of Scott and Lesleah), surrounded by the faith of children on display as the Year two classes led the worship service on Sunday, and then a St Petri church building [...]
