Canterbury Baptist Sermons

By special request: a re-release of a sermon from earlier this year added as an epilogue to the Bible Series. This message explores the journey of faith through belief, learning, and doing…and what happens when that engine crashes on you! Reflecting on spiritual “crashes,” seasons of dryness, and the call to surrender, it invites us all to move from striving and performance toward trust, rest, and...

In this final sermon of our Bible series, we explore how the way we imagine the end of the story shapes how we live now. Drawing on Jesus’ mission in Luke 4, the victory of the resurrection, and the promise that Christ reigns until every enemy is defeated, we hear a hopeful vision: God is not abandoning the world but renewing it. The Church is called to live out that future now, as faithful partic...

This week we pick up the story after Pentecost, as the Holy Spirit births the early Church and the Gospel begins to spread. We trace the big flow from Acts through the Epistles: Stephen’s martyrdom, Paul’s dramatic conversion, the Gentile controversy, and the mission that carries Jesus’ blessing to the nations. Along the way, we learn to read the Epistles as “letters from the mission field” and re...

This week we tackle a big Roast Pastor question: Do men rule over women? Can women lead in church? We deep-dive into three “hot” passages—1 Corinthians 11, 1 Corinthians 14, and 1 Timothy 2—and ask whether they really teach a rigid hierarchy of men over women, or something more context-specific. Along the way we explore creation, the curse, and how Christ breaks the curse to call men and women int...

This week we move from the cross to the empty tomb, from Passover to Pentecost. We explore why the resurrection of Jesus is the centre of our faith, what it means that the risen Christ sends the Holy Spirit to us, and how that moment gives birth to a Church shaped by love, service, mercy, and reconciliation. We then consider Christ's calling to be a Church community that embodies resurrection...

This week we tackle the life and death of Jesus in a single message. Starting where all four Gospels converge—at Jesus’ baptism and temptation—we explore how each Gospel highlights a different facet of Jesus' ministry and why that path leads to the cross.  To contact Canterbury Baptist, email cbc@canterburybaptist.org   To support Canterbury Baptist please give: — By Card or through PayPal  c...

This episode marks the shift from Old to New Testament as we trace the so-called “400 years of silence” from Persia to Rome, the Maccabees to Herod, and watch promises deepen rather than disappear. We explore how Israel’s hopes, factions, and fears frame the birth of Jesus. And we reflect on how Mary, Joseph, shepherds, sages, and tyrants all reveal the kingdom Jesus brings. To contact Canterbury...

This is a re-recording of the sermon, as the original wasn’t captured due to a technical issue. We pick up the Bible’s story as Israel shifts from tribal judges to kings. Meet Samuel—the last judge—and the first three kings: Saul, David, and Solomon. We trace the Abrahamic promise, the fight to hold the land, and how each king starts well yet stumbles. Through failure, consequence, and mercy, God’...

After seventy years in Babylon, the exiles finally come home...but the home they find isn’t what they remembered. Amid joy and tears, leaders rebuild the altar, lay new foundations, and face fierce opposition. Prophets Haggai and Zechariah rekindle courage, promising a glory greater than before. As Ezra reforms faith and worship, a new identity takes shape; one that still echoes in how we understa...

This week we enter the darkest chapter so far: Judah’s fall and the Babylonian exile. We trace the history that led there, then pause to hear the raw voices of suffering: Jeremiah’s Lamentations and the captives’ song in Psalm 137. Yet even here, God plants seeds of hope: Jeremiah 29’s call to build, plant, and seek the city’s good, and Lamentations 3’s quiet courage. Finally, we look to Jesus—the...

Today we turn south to Judah, where the core question is: "Where is God worshiped?" In the battle between Temple and the spread of high places, we follow reformers Hezekiah and Josiah and the tragic tipping point under Manasseh that seals judgment. Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Micah expose how false worship breeds injustice and calls God’s people back to justice, mercy, and humble obedience. We...

Due to technical issues, sermon 10 "Kings" in this series was not recorded. After the death of Solomon the nation of Israel divides in two! In today's sermon, we focus in on the Northern Kingdom. Breaking away from the dynasty of David, we learn about their kings and the power plays—and assassinations—that runs through the history of this nation. But we mainly focus on the worship o...

In Judges, Israel flourishes when faithful to God but falls into oppression when chasing idols. Today we track the cycle of faith to faithlessness to judgement to salvation and back to faith through the lives of the six Judges raised to save the nation. And we look at the frailty of human saviours in the light of the only one who brings  lasting salvation and breaks the cycle — Jesus.  To contact...

The promise of land is realised in the conquests under Joshua, as Israel takes possession of Canaan. These stories celebrate God’s faithfulness in fulfilling His word, yet they also confront us with the troubling reality of the destruction of whole peoples. As Christians today, how are we to read and wrestle with these accounts of promise and conquest? To contact Canterbury Baptist, email cbc@cant...

How do we make sense of the rituals and sacrifices in God’s Law? This sermon explores the themes of priesthood, holiness, and sacrifice, and offers a framework for how they still speak into our lives today. To contact Canterbury Baptist, email cbc@canterburybaptist.org   To support Canterbury Baptist please give: — By Card or through PayPal  click here. — By Direct Bank Deposit: BSB: 013345; Acc N...

God builds the people of Israel together as a nation by giving them the Law. But how do we read this Law today? In this sermon, we explore how to read and apply these Laws into our lives as Christians.  To contact Canterbury Baptist, email cbc@canterburybaptist.org   To support Canterbury Baptist please give: — By Card or through PayPal  click here. — By Direct Bank Deposit: BSB: 013345; Acc No.:...

God's promise to Abraham took over 400 years to begin to look secure. We trace the story of the children of Abraham and their struggle to see this call become a reality. We finish by considering the question, "Why does God build struggle into His plans for us?" To contact Canterbury Baptist, email cbc@canterburybaptist.org   To support Canterbury Baptist please give: — By Card or th...

Genesis 4–11 shows God addressing sin with marks, floods, and scattered nations…yet none could fix the problem. In Genesis 12, God shifts: not judgment, but covenant promise and commitment. To contact Canterbury Baptist, email cbc@canterburybaptist.org   To support Canterbury Baptist please give: — By Card or through PayPal  click here. — By Direct Bank Deposit: BSB: 013345; Acc No.: 008615819; Na...

If Creation was "very good," why is it so messed up today? In this sermon we look at the topic of "what went wrong." To contact Canterbury Baptist, email cbc@canterburybaptist.org   To support Canterbury Baptist please give: — By Card or through PayPal  click here. — By Direct Bank Deposit: BSB: 013345; Acc No.: 008615819; Name: Canterbury Baptist Church; Swift: ANZBAU3M — By B...

We start our journey through the Bible by looking at the creation stories of Genesis 1 and 2. How do we read them? And how do they speak to us today? To contact Canterbury Baptist, email cbc@canterburybaptist.org   To support Canterbury Baptist please give: — By Card or through PayPal  click here. — By Direct Bank Deposit: BSB: 013345; Acc No.: 008615819; Name: Canterbury Baptist Church; Swift: AN...

What is the Bible and how do we read it? Today's sermon takes us through the structure and layout of the Bible and the reflects on how it speaks to us. This is part 1 of a series where we will journey through the story of the Bible.  To contact Canterbury Baptist, email cbc@canterburybaptist.org   To support Canterbury Baptist please give: — By Card or through PayPal  click here. — By Direct...