SLE Church Sermons

More important than the truth of the resurrection of Jesus is our desperate need for it to be true. Without the resurrection of Christ Jesus, we live life in the shadow of death without escape ... Read More

Laodicea, rich and successful, became self-sufficient and Jesus-deficient. The church thought greatly of themselves, yet Jesus has the opposite assessment. The church needed to renew their zeal for Jesus and for what Jesus gives or ... Read More

Philadelphia, the city of brotherly love, was not showing much love to Christ’s church. Opposition was not new, the other churches were encountering it as well. But in the face of discouragement and hostility, Jesus ... Read More

In a time of increasing persecution and the need to persevere under trial, Sardis was a bright shining light: a church that had it all together. The envy of all other churches and the place ... Read More

The church at Thyatira, an insignificant trade city, faced great socioeconomic pressures to conform to false worship and works. The church were strong in doing the works of Jesus, but they made the grave error ... Read More

Pergamum, at the very centre of Roman Religious Worship, where ‘Satan’s throne is’, posed a huge challenge to the Pergamum Church. The great threat of compromise to avoid pain or to enjoy gain was exacerbated ... Read More

Following Jesus is hard – not just because our sinful nature wants to keep rebelling against our loving saviour, but also because our world (and even some who claim the name ‘God’s people’) press hard ... Read More

Ephesus is enduring and discerning but has lost its first love. Jesus, the ruler of his church, calls them to repent, warning them of failure to listen and encouraging them with a promise for those ... Read More

In our first part of this series, we will be exploring the letter to the churches (Revelation 1-3). John’s message to the seven churches is a message that God’s church needs to hear through every ... Read More

In what is one of the strangest parables Jesus ever taught, we are challenged to be better than the world in living in light of the future. The people of this world cleverly and consistently ... Read More

“Forgiveness… can you imagine?” A line sung at one of the most poignant moments in the musical Hamilton when the main character’s wife shows him forgiveness after an adulterous affair. The lyric rings with astonishment: ... Read More

Following Jesus is hard. The past few weeks we’ve read Jesus laying down challenge after challenge to our discipleship. But I think that in this week’s passage Jesus will throw down the ultimate challenge: if ... Read More

As Jesus feasts with the Pharisees, we see clear reasons why they will NOT be a part of the heavenly feast when the Kingdom of God comes in full in the future. Their attitudes and ... Read More

Life is full of BIG questions, but none are more important than questions about salvation. In this passage, an unnamed questioner asks Jesus: “will those who are saved be few?”. Jesus responds by urging his ... Read More

A disciple of Jesus walks daily in personal repentance be it through suffering or blessing.

Christmas is coming! With that deadline, despite all that is happening in our world today, we’re busy preparing ourselves: getting presents ready, making travel plans to (hopefully) be able to see family, and generally organising ... Read More

Money and material possessions are good gifts from God, but they have a way of troubling all people – fostering greed in those who want more and more and inducing anxiety for those striving after ... Read More

The Christian faith will always be lived out amidst disapproval, opposition and persecution. What Jesus experienced will be unavoidably experienced by all his disciples. So then how are we to deal with this fact of ... Read More

It’s not often we get to see the anger of our Lord Jesus on full display. Imagine standing in the room as Jesus scolded the Pharisees with some of the harshest words you’ve ever heard ... Read More

CS Lewis popularised the idea that Jesus is either liar, lunatic, or Lord – we can treat him no other way. Well, in this week’s passage Jesus is not only accused of being a liar ... Read More

What if I could guarantee that your prayers would always be answered positively? Maybe you’d ask in return, ‘How can you pray with such confidence? On what are you basing this confidence?’ Well, what Jesus ... Read More

Love God. Love neighbour. Nothing new for believers. The great challenge is extent – disciples are to be devoted to lavishly loving others unconstrained by limits and loving Jesus by drawing near and listening. These ... Read More

Being on mission for Jesus. Sharing the gospel. Evangelism. Our first responses to hearing these things can often be guilt, fear and a sense that we are duty-bound. In our passage this week in Luke’s ... Read More

Who is Jesus and what does it mean to follow him? In this confronting passage, the cost of following Jesus is shown to us. Following Jesus will cost us our personal pride and will completely ... Read More

The call to follow Christ Jesus can seem to be difficult and daunting. He graciously provides experiences of his glory and majesty to encourage and enable ongoing faith and obedience. In the word of God ... Read More