Sermons and Talks
Here you can listen to or download sermons and talks given at Prince George, in mp3 format. Click on an item to listen in your browser, or right click and save to download for use on ipods, mp3 players, etc. If you want to read the passages on which the sermon is based, please click the relevant link which will open a new window at www.biblegateway.com.
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Love is an unconditional commitment to the best interest of the beloved. Love remains the same, but it's expression changes with circumstance; love shown to a baby is very differently expressed than to a teenager or a spouse. So it is with God's love. It is constant and overwhelming but is expressed in different ways, depending on our response to God. |
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Rev Paul Fuener |
Sunday 11th July 2010 |
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When Jesus sent out seventy two disciples to heal and declare the Kingdom of God near at hand, he set the pattern for us in evangelism - pray and go, focused, humble and without excuse. |
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Rev Andy Morgan |
Sunday 4th July 2010 |
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The cost of following Jesus is both everything and nothing. It will mean leaving behind all those things which hinder our walk with the Lord, but as we pass through the fire into eternity we discover that none of it was worth anything anyway. Let us lay everything down for Christ and follow him, not looking back. |
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Rev Paul Fuener |
Sunday 27th June 2010 |
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Nothing that we say about Jesus changes who He is, but who we say He is and our response to it has eternal consequences. |
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Rev Paul Fuener |
Sunday 20th June 2010 |
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People outside the Church often accuse Christians of hypocrisy, and in many cases it is true. Sadly we don't always live up to our call, nor live in the light of our salvation. |
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Rev Andy Morgan |
Sunday 13th June 2010 |
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The Bible is full of accounts of resurrection - God raising the dead to life. The challenge to us is to give Him those things which are dead in our lives for Him to resurect with His new life. |
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Rev Paul Fuener |
Sunday 6th June 2010 |
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Whilst it would make no sense to 'create' a Trinitarian god, this is what we need, and this is what God is. Beyond the mystery of how one God can be three persons, we need a Holy and righteous Father, Jesus who was prepared to die to take away our sins and the Holy Spirit to give us new life and sustain us. |
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Rev Paul Fuener |
Sunday 30th May 2010 |
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We can be the fittest person on the planet, but without the Holy Spirit living in us, we are dead people walking. |
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Rev Andy Morgan |
Sunday 23th May 2010 |
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When Christ prayed for the church at the Last Supper, it was that we might be united in Him. |
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Rev Paul Fuener |
Sunday 16th May 2010 |
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People rely on many things as they pass through life, but in order to ensure we reach our final destination, we need one trustworthy thing: Jesus. He is not only the way but the destination too. |
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Rev Andy Morgan |
Sunday 9th May 2010 |
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The Glory of Jesus - His sacrificial love Jesus glory was His sacrificial love. God calls us to love others as Christ loves us. The supreme way we love others is to share with them the love of Christ for them. All other acts of kindness and compassion are not at all if they don't come with a sharing of the Gospel. |
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Rev Paul Fuener |
Sunday 2nd May 2010 |
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Ever since Jesus declared that He gives eternal life and that He and the Father are one, people have been taking offense at Him and the good news He brings. |
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Rev Paul Fuener |
Sunday 25th April 2010 |
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Christ offers so many things, including providing for our temporal needs, our eternal needs, and the need to build His kingdom - and our part in that can't be separated from His provision. |
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Rev Paul Fuener |
Sunday 18th April 2010 |
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There are many responses to the account of Jesus' resurrection, but the only one which makes sense is to 'get on-board'; to give yourself to Him. |
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Rev Paul Fuener |
Easter Sunday 4th April 2010 |
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How can the day Jesus died be called Good Friday? The only way that the death of Jesus could be described as 'good' is if He is the Son of God. |
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Rev Paul Fuener |
Good Friday 2nd April 2010 |
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At the 'last supper' Jesus took the role of the lowliest servant, despite being the King of Glory, and in doing so, showed us what it is to be a service. We are called to bring everything we are and have into his service. |
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Rev Andy Morgan |
Maundy Thursday 1st April 2010 |
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Perfect justice is found in no-one but God alone. Jesus went to the cross, not because injustice overcame a good man, but because it was His Father's will and God brings vindication and justice. We must follow Christ, trusting the Father to right all the injustice in our lives in his time. |
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Rev Andy Morgan |
Sunday 28th March 2010 |
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Being our own god and rejecting the love of God the Father has consequences, but He stands with open arms, ready to embrace and forgive all those who will return to Him. |
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Rev Paul Fuener |
Sunday 14th March 2010 |
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We need to take God seriously and live our lives obeying His every words. He is serious about sin and gives us plenty of warnings. We must heed them, recognize the price He paid for our sin and live in complete obedience and love for Him. |
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Rev Andy Morgan |
Sunday 7th March 2010 |
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The way to eternal life is belief in Jesus, and those who believe show their belief through the behavior. Jesus says we are to be perfect as He is perfect, knowing we will fail but our part in faith is to allow him to perfect us. |
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Rev Paul Fuener |
Sunday 28th February 2010 |
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Sin is disobeying God, and He hates it and it leads to death. If we want to live, we need to be born again and to have the Holy Spirit live in us and change us, so that we want to say no to sin. |
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Rev Paul Fuener |
Sunday 21st February 2010 |
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Rev Paul Fuener |
Ash Wednesday |
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Paul's description of love in 1 Corinthians 12 which is so familiar to many through the Marriage service is often misunderstood to be about how we should love, when, in reality we are incapable of living and loving in this way on our own. Only the love of Christ can do this in us. |
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Rev Andy Morgan |
Sunday 14th February 2010 |
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Sermon from our Celebration of Marriage service for Valentines Day 2010. |
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Rev Paul Fuener |
Sunday 14th February 2010 |
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When we look back on our lives or stop to take stock, how do we gauge if we are living well? The measure as seen in the life of Gideon is whether we respond to God's call on our lives, and then whether we follow through in His strength. |
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Rev Paul Fuener |
Sunday 7th February 2010 |
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Hearing, receiving and acting on the Word of God Luke reports Jesus (the Word) reading from The Word (Scripture) - the perfect word on the perfect word, yet the people rejected Him. We need to hear, recieve and then act on the Word. |
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Rev Andy Morgan |
Sunday 31st January 2010 |
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Jesus reveals himself as Messiah and Christ When Jesus read the words of Isaiah 61 and declared that He fulfilled them, he declared himself both Messiah (Hebrew) and Christ (Greek). And by omitting the final line of Isaiah's prophetic word he told his hearer what type of king he would be. |
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Dr Ashley Null |
Sunday 17th January 2010 |
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Isaiah fortells the end of the age in terms of a wedding and Zion (the church) as the bride. Jesus performs the first of His miracles at a wedding, supplying wine, in a foreshadowing of shedding His blood to wash His bride, the church in preparation for His union with the church at the end of time. |
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Rev Paul Fuener |
Sunday 17th January 2010 |
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Isaiah says that Christ will bring justice to the earth, but with so much injustice were Isaiah or Jesus mistaken. No, Christ came to take on the justice of God for sinful humanity, and if we will trust Christ to bear our punishment for us, then we can be bringers of justice in this world. |
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Rev Paul Fuener |
Sunday 10th January 2010 |
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We have every spiritual blessing We are blessed in Christ with every spiritual blessing. Whatever the new year hold, let us thank our Father for what He gives us. (8am service) |
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Rev Andy Morgan |
Sunday 3rd January 2010 |
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In our busy and near instant world, are we waiting patiently and actively for the return of Christ and His kingdom? He is coming! (9am and 11am services) |
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Rev Andy Morgan |
Sunday 3rd January 2010 |
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The eternal Christ came at Christmas Matthew, Mark and Luke all zoom in on the birth of Christ. John begins his gospel by zooming out to show us the eternal Christ who 'put on skin'. |
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Rev Andy Morgan |
Sunday 27th December 2009 |
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Christmas is the answer to a problem. The problem is that we are born into the world, thinking we are the center of everything and nothing we do can change that. The problem can only be fixed when we make Christ the center. |
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Bishop Fitz Allison |
Christmas Day Friday 25th December 2009 (Prince Frederick) |
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Rescue - the true heart of Christmas People often disagree over the true 'meaning' of Christmas, but at it's heart, it is about God's rescue plan for us, and our willingness to respond to it. (We apologize for the poor quality of this recording) |
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Rev Paul Fuener |
Christmas Eve Thursday 24th December 2009 (7.30pm service) |
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Accepting the real Messiah on His terms Before the birth of Christ, many in Israel were preparing for the 'wrong' Messiah - and even the song of praise His mother Mary sang shows some misunderstanding of who He would be. This Advent we need to prepare for the real Messiah. |
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Rev Paul Fuener |
Sunday 20th December 2009 |
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The Holy God of wrath, justice and love There are two very common and equally erroneous views of God. The 'Old Testament' God of wrath and justice, and the 'New Testament' God of affirming love. But the truth is that God is Holy and Just, and Loving, but the only way to understand this paradox is through the life and sacrificial death of Jesus Christ. |
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Rev Paul Fuener |
Sunday 13th December 2009 |
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Prayer for all occasions - 9am The Bible is full of prayers for all occasions and the Lord gives us plenty of opportunities to pray. Are we willing to engage with Him in prayer? A church that will storm the gates of hell? - 11am Jesus promised Peter that on his confession that Jesus is the Christ, the son of God, He would build His church and the gates of hell will not stand against it. We need to understand that if we confess Christ and trust Him for everything, we will be built into a church which will storm the gates of hell. |
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Bishop Mark Lawrence |
Sunday 6th December 2009 |
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Complacency on a human level can lead to disasters such as the huge loss of life when the 'unsinkable' Titanic sank with not enough lifeboats for the majority of passengers. More serious still is the spiritual complacency which means we don't warn others, or heed the warning ourselves of the impending disaster of not trusting in Christ. |
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Rev Andy Morgan |
Sunday 29th November 2009 |
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Anxiety, fear and thanksgiving Jesus tells His followers not to be anxious about anything (it's a command not a request!), but how can we stop our anxiety which comes from fear? The answer lies in remembering God's provision and promises, leading to thanksgiving, especially for our salvation in Christ. |
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Rev Andy Morgan |
Thursday 24th November 2009 |
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Christ is portrayed as the King of kings, but can it really be true? Is He really the King of those who who deny Him? And most important, is He your King? |
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Rev Paul Fuener |
Sunday 22nd November 2009 |
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The scriptures which refer to the end of time may appear puzzling in their detail, but their message is clear: the end is coming (we don't know when), it wont be pleasant for all (Jesus says there will be a division of those who He knows), and we had better be ready. Only faith in what Christ has done for us will get us through. |
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Rev Paul Fuener |
Sunday 15th November 2009 |
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Left to ourselves, we rarely think we have enough, but by giving and then trusting God we will learn what is truly enough. |
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Rev Paul Fuener |
Sunday 8th November 2009 |
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All the 'beatitudes' are for all Christians. They are the pattern for faith and life, leading us to eternal life. |
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Rev Andy Morgan |
Sunday 1st November 2009 |
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There are many kinds of faith: faith in ourselves, stagnant faith, etc., but the 'go for it' faith of Bartimaeus, born blind but trusting that Jesus can heal him, is the kind of faith we need to move us forward. |
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Rev Paul Fuener |
Sunday 25th October 2009 |
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Being first in the Kingdom of God Often it would be hard today for anyone to identify that the kingdom of God is not built on human political power, but instead on willing service to Christ and at his command, to those around us. |
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Rev Andy Morgan |
Sunday 18th October 2009 |
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The things which come between us and God We allow many things, not the least of which is money, to come between us and God. There is a simple test and cure - give them away! |
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Rev Paul Fuener |
Sunday 11th October 2009 |
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Marriage and our relationship to Jesus Jesus tells us marriage was ordained at creation but there are no marriages in heaven. However, whilst marriage is only for this life - it points us to the kind of intimate relationship we should share with the Lord, now and for eternity. |
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Rev Andy Morgan |
Sunday 4th October 2009 |
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Presumption can be 'cute' in a young child, but in an adult it is a sin which is both obnoxious and hard to detect in ones self. |
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Rev Paul Fuener |
Sunday 27th September 2009 |
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Living the reality of being a servant Understanding the reality of our situation and that in the Kingdom of God we are to be servants of all. |
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Rev Paul Fuener |
Sunday 20th September 2009 |
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Wisdom 1: 1 - 16 |
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The truth often hurts. It was painful for Peter to have Jesus tell him to 'get behind me Satan' , and if we honestly examine ourselves in the light of James writing, it will become painfully clear that we often show partiality. At first sight hearing Jesus say we must take up our cross to follow Him is also a painful truth, but the good news is that's the way which leads to life. |
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Rev Paul Fuener |
Sunday 13th September 2009 |
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Good news for those who tire of bad news We easily tire of bad news. But there is good news of restoration and redemption, not just in the future, but demonstrated in the life of Jesus, and to be shown in the life of us - His redeemed, now. |
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Rev Andy Morgan |
Sunday 6th September 2009 |
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After Jesus had displayed the love and power of God through great miracles the Pharisees could only criticize the disciples for not keeping the traditions of the elders. They had failed to understand that the law given by God through Moses was a call to obey God as an outworking of true love for God. |
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Rev Paul Fuener |
Sunday 30th August 2009 |
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The blood of Christ - what, why and how Only the blood of Christ can cleanse us, only the blood of Christ gives us life, and if we shrink back from Jesus 'hard saying' that we must drink His blood, where else could we go, except back to our old way of life which leads to death. |
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Bishop Fitz Allison |
Sunday 23rd August 2009 |
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For many years it has been recognized that what you take in affects you. Food affects the body, the behavior of those we associate affects our behavior. Jesus invites us to feed on Him. |
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Rev Paul Fuener |
Sunday 16th August 2009 |
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Our only help and hope is to accept Jesus way of salvation Many regarded the message of Jesus as offensive, and still do today, but we need to set aside our own 'childish wisdom', stop trying to do things our way and instead accept God's plan for salvation through Christ alone. |
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Rev Paul Fuener |
Sunday 9th August 2009 |
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An invitation to walk God's way with it's provision Our natural inclination is to take the easy way, but that is the way of sin and death. Jesus calls us to follow him in His narrow way which leads to life. He has and will supply all our needs. |
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Rev Andy Morgan |
Sunday 2nd August 2009 |
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Our apologies - due to a technical problem this sermon is not available. Sorry. |
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Rev Andy Morgan |
Sunday 26th July 2009 |
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God's way and escalating consequences In human affairs, the consequences of disobedience normally get progressively more severe, but God says that if we acknowledge our sin and need, He will heal us. Only those who wont acknowledge their need will be punished. |
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Rev Paul Fuener |
Sunday 19th July 2009 |
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Scripture is the key to our faith. Without it, we cannot know or understand the loving nature of God and His plan for our salvation. If we pick and choose what we believe, the church is finished. A warning about the danger of heresy in the Episcopal church. |
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Rev Paul Fuener |
Sunday 12th July 2009 |
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Independence and the God who pursues us Independence has brought the US to be a great nation, but we are drifting from the founding fathers' vision of one nation under God. But God pursues us, that we might be dependant on Him. |
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Rev Paul Fuener |
Sunday 5th July 2009 |
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Grasping the power of the Lord, the creator of the universe who demonstrates his love for us by defeating the power of death itself, and then living our lives in the light of that power. |
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Rev Andy Morgan |
Sunday 28th June 2009 |
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Giving as an expression of our love for God God wants us to give, not out of duty or law, but as an expression of our love for Him who has done everything for us. |
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Rev Paul Fuener |
Sunday 21st June 2009 |
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Playing our small part so God can grow his Kingdom Many things in life depend on foundations that were laid in the past. God has laid the foundation for our faith, but we need to play our small part by responding to his love, so God can take our faith and grow it. |
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Rev Paul Fuener |
Sunday 14th June 2009 |
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The doctrine of the Trinity may not fully understandable, but without it we cannot understand the relational nature of the God who seeks us out and want to have a relationship with us. |
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Rev Andy Morgan |
Sunday 7th June 2009 |
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We can possess and be possessed by many things. Christians possess the Holy Spirit by definition and in turn are possessed. But God offers more than just possessing His Spirit - there are gifts and fruit of the Spirit to build up the church and us individually. |
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Rev Paul Fuener |
Sunday 31st May 2009 |
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Continuing to be filled with the Holy Spirit When we first follow Christ we receive the Holy Spirit. We need to continually be re-filled as we continue our Christian journey, and to ask the Lord for His gifts to equip us for life. |
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Rev Paul Fuener |
Going Deeper - Prayer for Pentecost Friday 29th May 2009 |
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Do you feel like you have overcome the world, or more like the world has overcome you? If we are believers, then we we have overcome the world through Christ. |
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Rev Andy Morgan |
Sunday 24th May 2009 |
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Jesus' command is that we love each other with the same love the Father has for Him. Have you ever stopped to think about what that really means - to love unconditionally and sacrificially, giving ourselves even to the point of death? |
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Rev Andy Morgan |
Sunday 17th May 2009 |
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Good News about the impossible task of loving God! Keeping the God's laws is impossible, and even if it were possible, He first wants our love. The only way to love God and keep His commands is to have the Holy Spirit dwelling and active in us. |
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Rev Paul Fuener |
Sunday 10th May 2009 |
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What it means to be God's children and the sheep of His pasture Being described as sheep and little children is generally very affirming, but it means we need the guidance of the Holy Spirit and we have some growing up to do, in order to be like Christ. |
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Rev Paul Fuener |
Sunday 3rd May 2009 |
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Do we believe what Jesus said? The disciples and the early church didn't always believe what Jesus said straight away, and a recent pole of mainline Protestants in the US shows this is still true today. Jesus is the only way - we need to believe it and share it. |
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Rev Paul Fuener |
Sunday 23rd April 2009 |
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Jesus was physically raised from the dead and we will be too Because Jesus was physically resurected, so we shall be too. The new heaven and earth of which John speaks are not a place of spiritual disembodiment, but real physical places. |
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Rev Andy Morgan |
Sunday 19 April 2009 |
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Jesus is Risen - find him for yourself! Mark recounts the events of Easter with the empty tomb, but no Jesus. Instead His disciples had to go and find Him. there is plenty of evidence for the resurrection, but we need to find Jesus for ourselves. Knowing is not enough - we need to meet Him. |
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Rev Paul Fuener |
Easter Sunday 12 April 2009 |
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When Jesus cried from the cross 'It is finished' what did He mean? Everything else would carry on, but the payment - Jesus atoning sacrifice was complete. Jesus paid the price for our sin. |
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Rev Paul Fuener |
Good Friday 10 April 2009 |
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When Jesus did the work of a Gentile slave, washing the disciples feet it was shocking to them. But that was only preparation for the humiliation He would suffer on the cross. Jesus example was to serve without reward or honor - even His enemies. |
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Rev Andy Morgan |
Maunday Thursday 9 April 2009 |
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The way of Jesus - leaving justice to the Father The measure of Jesus' greatness was His willingness to lay down His glory, suffer injustice and die for our sins. We cannot replicate His saving works, but we can be like Him in our walk, expecting to suffer injustice for His sake, and leaving justice to the Father. |
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Rev Andy Morgan |
Sunday 5 April 2009 |
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No-one could imagine or make up the Living God People through history have made gods in their own image, but the Living God is utterly different to these idols. After Israel had trampled on the first covenant, God offered a new covenant with mercy, forgiveness and love in exchange for repentance. And this covenant relationship is available to us too through Jesus. |
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Rev Paul Fuener |
Sunday 29 March 2009 |
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God's mercy (This sermon is unavailable due to a technical problem) |
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Rev Andy Morgan |
Sunday 22 March 2009 |
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God's method for dealing with our problem The Law shows much of the character of God, and our problem, but the old covenant with it's animal sacrifices cannot save us. In our generation we cannot offer God any sacrifice or service which can save us. Only trusting in the eternal sacrifice of Jesus can save us. |
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Rev Paul Fuener |
Sunday 15 March 2009 |
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What does the Father's love look like? God 's love wants the very best for us - to be like Jesus. This can be tough as Abraham and Peter discovered, and Christ himself calls us to lay down our lives, die to ourselves and follow Him. |
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Rev Paul Fuener |
Sunday 8 March 2009 |
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Taking our sin as seriously as God does God takes our sin so seriously that the only solution was for Jesus to die, once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring us to God. |
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Rev Paul Fuener |
Sunday 1 March 2009 |
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Encountering rather than avoiding God this Lent Rending our hearts as we come face to face with the living God, and rendering our hearts to Jesus, that our treasure would be in Him. |
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Rev Andy Morgan |
Wednesday 25 February 2009 |
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Go to the mountain and be transformed Encountering the living God on the 'mountain' (that is anywhere we will let God speak to us) and allowing Him to transform us. |
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Rev Paul Fuener |
Sunday 22 February 2009 |
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Learning to obey so that we will receive all God has for us and for His glory. |
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Rev Andy Morgan |
Sunday 15 February 2009 |
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God's primary vision for The Church Understanding that God's primary vision for the church is the same as Jesus' - to preach the Good News that they might know Him and be saved. All other activities flow from this. |
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Rev Paul Fuener |
Sunday 8 February 2009 |
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Christianity and Individualism Is individualism biblical? |
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Rev Andy Morgan |
Sunday 1 February 2009 |
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What does God want to change in our lives? |
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Rev Paul Fuener |
Sunday 25 January 2009 |
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The dangers of having a heart divided between God and our desires |
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Rev Paul Fuener |
Sunday 18 January 2009 |
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All are called to repentance and a relationship with Christ |
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Rev Andy Morgan |
Sunday 11 January 2009 |
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