Sermons from Pinelands Baptist

In this first part of the series, we look at the theme of cities in the bible and what role cities play in the Kingdom of God.

Following on the past two sermons on various parables of Jesus, we look at what Jesus says in Luke 14:23-35. We see how the Kingdom comes as an invitation and an opportunity but we must carefully consider the cost of accepting his invitation.

This sermon is based on the scripture of Isaiah 55:1-13. We look at our thirst mentioned in this scripture passage, God's invitation and our response to that invitation.

We look at the parable of the leaven in Matthew 13:33 and how the Kingdom grows. Craig speaks about the Kingdom spreading through it's King, it's message and people who'll do the hard work & give all they've got.

As a part of our Holiday Club commissioning, Craig speaks about the spaces of commissioning of Jesus in Mark 1:14-20. Jesus tells the fishers to follow him and makes them fishers of men.

As a part of the commissioning of the Holiday Club leaders, Bevin looks at one of the parables where Jesus says "the Kingdom of Heaven is like". The parable used is that of the drawing in the net and is found in Matthew 13:47-50.

As a final goodbye, Sunday preaches from Exodus 3:1-10 on Moses' departure to Egypt. He looks at God's call to Moses, Moses' objection to the call and how God responds to his objection.

For Father's Day we look at the Parable of the Lost Son in Mark 15:11-32. We look at the lost older son, the lost younger son and the prodigal father.

In the context of Father's Day and Youth Day we look at how involved Jesus is in our pursuit for justice. We look at how unjust the Romans were in the time of Jesus and how Jesus reacted to that injustice (Matthew 22:15-22).

For Father's Day Craig speaks about the role of a father in establishing identity and launching ministry in the lives of their kids. The scripture passage used is Luke 3:15-23

Scripture used: Romans 8:15-39 While a large part of Romans 8 forms the basis of this sermon, we focus specifically on verse 28 and break it down into several pieces that we look at more deeply.

In this sermon we look at Abraham's story though Genesis and how he goes from Abram to Abraham. In his life we can clearly see God's faithfulness over the years, despite challenging times where it would have been difficult to follow the Lord.

Our PBC Mercy & Justice team lead the service. Vaughan first shares a short message on the genealogy of Jesus and how God used broken people to bring Jesus to the world. Then Jacqui interviews three people from our community about how they are actively bringing mercy and justice to our city.

In this sermon we do a character study on the story of Joseph (Genesis 37-50). We particularly look at how through his whole life, despite times of suffering, the Lord was with Joseph and that reality impacted Joseph.

This is the final part of the Equip series but also the final part that looks at the forgiveness lifestyle and what true forgiveness looks like as Christians.

Based on John 14:15-27, Andrew shows us how the Holy Spirit is our very best friend, someone who is with us and for us, who tells us the truth about ourselves and who we appropriate through love and obedience.

For Pentecost we read Acts 2 and we look at how the Holy Spirit is biblical, he is Jesus and he is for each of us.

This sermon builds on last week's sermon where we looked at the forgiveness lifestyle.

In this sermon we continue the Equip Series by looking at the forgiveness lifestyle that we are called to as Jesus followers.

Julia gives us a short presentation on what it means to worship God and how there are many different ways to do so.

In this sermon we look at "why it is necessary for Christians to suffer". The scripture used is 2 Corinthians 2:1-10.

For Mothering Sunday, Andrew looks at the story in Genesis 16 and the mother that never wanted to be one.

This is the last part of the series on Hope. Hilary talks about speaking hope and blessing. The main verse used is Romans 15:13

In the second and final part of our short series on Mental Health, we have a panel discussion with Michele Parker and Andrea Brown. The focus of the discussion is depression and factors that influence that.

Craig looks at a further three habits that help us become people of hope. This sermon builds on the previous week's sermon. Bible passage used is Philippians 4:4-9