SLE Church Sermons

As the wall is finished the remnant are counted, and though small the number represents the future hope of Israel.

Fear threatens the work of God, but fails when God is feared and trusted.

The lack of the fear of God in our hearts ruins the people and work of God. What is needed for us to fear God and not mistreat our brothers and sisters in God’s family ... Read More

God’s diverse people are devoted to the work of the LORD and can deal with difficulties because God is at work to achieve His purpose and provide protection. Being assured of this, God’s people are ... Read More

The grace displayed in the gospel of Jesus Christ redirects and reshapes our worship so that it is not focused on ourselves but directed towards God and welcoming of others. Knowing this, Christians are called ... Read More

In Nehemiah’s return to rebuild Jerusalem, God’s good hand works to provide and protect. Know that God has always been and will always be at work to sovereignly bring about His purposes, fulfilling His promises, ... Read More

The dust has finally settled. It has been decades now since Jerusalem fell to Babylon. Their unrepentant sins finally caught up with them – God sent in a foreign nation to exile swathes of people ... Read More

As we come to the end of this sermon series at about the halfway point of Acts, we see the gospel is truly in motion. God is committed to the global growth of the gospel. ... Read More

From individual stories of gentile conversion to an entire church filled with gentiles, Luke continues to show us how the gospel of Jesus impacts anyone who would hear and receive it with faith and trust. ... Read More

We discriminate in many ways, even when it comes to whom we think the gospel is for. But God shows no favouritism; His gospel is for everyone. In our passage today, we will see that ... Read More

The book of Acts contains some very well-known and equally lesser-known stories. Simon the ‘Magician’ and the Ethiopian Eunuch’s stories are probably not high on our most-read list but they offer crucial answers to a ... Read More

They say you cannot teach an old dog new tricks. As we’ll see in this week’s passage, Jewish opposition to Stephen is ultimately opposition to Jesus, which is so typical of their long history of ... Read More

What’s so bad about having no fear? It depends on what you’re fearing. There’s some things that we should take deadly seriously. Acts 4:32–5:42 shows 2 groups of people who don’t fear God and therefore ... Read More

In Jesus’ life, He performed great works, but promised His disciples that they will do “greater works”. The key to these “greater works” was the return of Jesus to the Father and the sending of ... Read More

The disciples were told to wait. While they waited they prayed and held a seemingly insignificant election. Then, 50 days after Jesus rose from the grave, their world’s turned upside-down and the gospel they believed ... Read More

Any group led by a strong leader with charisma faces huge challenges when that leader is no longer in the picture. So, how will the fledgling church survive when Jesus steps out of the physical ... Read More

We finish off this short sermon series in these foundational chapters of the Bible and of human history with one more picture of the human condition. Humanity’s sin is given expression as they unite in ... Read More

Sin’s escalation comes to a peak in the time of Noah. Great sin results in great judgement, yet God graciously remains committed to His creation. Sadly, the dreadful human condition has remained the same after ... Read More

We grieve as we see human sin’s ongoing and downward spiral is revealed in murder, violenceand death, marvel at moments of grace, are warned about the paths of sin, and yearn for somerelief to this ... Read More

War between nations, war in our relationships, the daily struggles of work and life, the internal struggles of fear and shame, the slowing of our bodies in age, death and decay. We see it all ... Read More

The empty grave means Jesus is alive: this bears great personal and eternal significance for each one of us and for the world. In a world under the dark cloud of death, Jesus is the ... Read More

Who am I? Why am I here? All people, in all times, have sought to find answers to these questions of identity, significance, and meaning. Where do we go looking for answers? How have traditional ... Read More

The one true God creates a good world powerfully by his words in an orderly way. We read and celebrate the creator who also creates humanity personally with the ultimate goal of rest with him.

The Bible opens with a picture of paradise; it closes with an even greater picture of paradise. Our longings for life that is full and whole, filled with blessing and goodness will be fulfilled if ... Read More

“What is heaven like?” At some point we all ask this, and parents know what it’s like to try and fumble an answer when your very young child pops that question! So, how would you ... Read More