St Peter the Fisherman Talks and Sermons

Every Christmas we ask ourselves what are we getting and what are we giving. In Jesus Christ we get the gift of God with us. Text Isaiah 7:10-16Sermon preached by Peter Tepper at St Peter the Fisherman on 21 December 2025.

Whether religious or not, we are all waiting for a Messiah. Some look for a Truth-teller, other a Guilt-Bearer, or a Righteous-Ruler. In Jesus Christ we get that and more. Text: Matthew 11:2-11 Sermon preached by Peter Tepper on 14 December 2025 at St Peter the Fisherman, New Smyrna Beach.

Advent is a season of preparation, calling believers to ready themselves for Christ’s coming in three ways: physically, spiritually, and expectantly. Physical preparation involves intentional actions like gathering for worship and serving others, while spiritual preparation requires repentance and humility, turning away from self-righteousness and toward God’s grace. Finally, we are urged to prepa...

We all want to have a sense of home. We desire to be fully known and fully love. The promise of the Messiah is the promise that we will be brought home and fully reconciled. Text: Isaiah 2:1-5Sermon preached by Peter Tepper on 30 November 2025 at St Peter the Fisherman, New Smyrna Beach, Florida.

Stop trying to be your own king. Embrace Jesus’ kingship, which brings freedom, peace, and reconciliation. As Advent begins, we await the once and future King who came in humility and will return in glory. Text: Luke 23:35-43Sermon preached by Peter Tepper on 23 Nov 2025 at St Peter the Fisherman, New Smyrna Beach, Florida.

We all seek things to build our life on. Will the things we trust in hold the weight of our desires, hopes and aspirations? Text: Luke 21:5-19Sermon preached by Peter Tepper on 16 November 2025 at St Peter the Fisherman, New Smyrna Beach, Florida.

The sermon explores the resurrection as a powerful promise from God, not a silly or abstract idea, but a deeply rooted truth that transforms how we live and die. Text: Luke 20:27-38 Sermon preached by Peter Tepper at St Peter the Fisherman, New Smyrna Beach, Florida on 9 NOV 20225.

The Church is the people of God, in all time and all places. This beautiful doctrine gives us hope, tells us of an incredible inheritance, and an immeasurable power. Text Ephesians 1:11-23 Sermon preached by Peter Tepper at St Peter the Fisherman, New Smyrna Beach, Florida on 2 November 2025.

The sermon, based on Jesus’ parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector (Luke 18), explores the theme of authentic generosity through three key lenses: Jesus contrasts two characters: a Pharisee , outwardly generous but inwardly prideful, and a tax collector , outwardly greedy but inwardly repentant. The Pharisee boasts of his righteousness and giving, while the tax collector humbly asks for mer...

Drawing from Jesus’ parable of the persistent widow and the unjust judge (Luke 18:1–8), this sermon explores the nature of petitionary prayer—prayer that asks God for something—with three key themes: Petition : Like the widow who brings her case before the judge, we are invited to bring our requests to God. Petitionary prayer is one of many types of prayer, and it reflects our dependence on God fo...

The Psalms illustrate the biblical tradition of crying out to God for mercy, acknowledging human limitation and affirming God’s merciful nature. In the Gospel story of the ten lepers who cry out to Jesus for mercy. All are healed, but only one—a Samaritan—returns to give thanks and worship. Puccetti highlights the significance of this man’s response: not only did he receive healing, but he sought...

Paul tells Timothy how to pass on the faith. He tells him that it is by remembering what God has done for him, reminding himself of Jesus' sacrificial love that the Spirit will be able to rekindle the fire in him. Text: 2 Timothy 1:1-14Sermon preached by Peter Tepper at St Peter the Fisherman, New Smyrna Beach, Florida on 5 October 2025.

In our final talk in our series of Kingdom Values we unpack what it means to run towards generosity. Text: 1 Timothy 6:6-19Sermon preached by Michelle Tepper at on 28 September 2025 at St Peter the Fisherman, New Smyrna Beach, Florida.

In our 4 talk in our five part series in Kingdom Values we unpack what St Paul means when he asks us to pray. Text 1 Tim 2:1-7Sermon preached by Peter Tepper on 21 September at St Peter the Fisherman, New Smyrna Beach, Florida.

God calls us to be honest about who we are, how broken the world really is, and honest about his nature and character. Text 1 Timothy 1:12-17 Sermon preached by Peter Tepper at St Peter the Fisherman, New Smyrna Beach, Florida on 14 September 2025.

The gospel brings reconciliation. We are reconciled to God, we are reconciled with ourselves and we are reconciled with others. Paul powerfully expounds in Philemon how the Gospel brings forgiveness and reconciliation. Text : Philemon 1-21Sermon preached by Peter Tepper at St Peter the Fisherman, New Smyrna Beach, Florida on 7 September 2025.

Hospitality is at the heart of the Gospel. It is a holy God welcoming a sinful people into his presence. God invites us to share his life that we might share his life with others. Text: Hebrews 13:1-8 Sermon preached by Peter Tepper at St Peter the Fisherman, New Smyrna Beach, Florida on 31 August 2025.

The life of faith is a life ablaze in the Holy Spirit. The writer invites us to experience the life and power of the Holy Spirit. Text: Hebrews 12:18-29 Sermon preached by Peter Tepper at St Peter the Fisherman, New Smyrna Beach, Florida on 24 AUG 2025.

The life of faith is one of looking back and seeing those who have run the race before us, looking forward to the finish line, and realizing that we cannot run this race without Christ carrying us across the finish line. Text: Hebrews 11:29-12:2Sermon preached by Michelle Tepper at St Peter the Fisherman, New Smyrna Beach, Florida on 17 August 2025.

Faith is not just a set of beliefs or propositions. Faith is trust. Faith leads to hope. Faith leads to a lifelong adventure with the one who is author and finisher of our story. Text: Heb 11:1-3, 8-16 Sermon preached by Peter Tepper at St Peter the Fisherman, New Smyrna Beach, Florida on 10 August 2025.

Good things can become central things. The Bible sometimes calls this "our life." When we center our life Christ we discover a new way an unshakeable life. Text Colossians 3:1-11 Sermon preached by Peter Tepper at St Peter the Fisherman, New Smyrna Beach, Florida on 03 August 2025.

This sermon explores what it truly means to be “made alive in Christ” , contrasting spiritual vitality with the metaphor of “The Walking Dead.” Drawing from Colossians 2:6–15, this talk emphasizes that believers, once spiritually dead, have been resurrected through Christ’s power and are now called to live fully in Him. Sermon preached by Peter Tepper at St Peter the Fisherman, New Smyrna Beach, F...

The Psalms teach us that worship is more than just words, it is a lifestyle. The Holy Spirit gives us the desire to dwell, a liturgy for lifestyle and a permanent promise. Text: Psalm 15 Sermon preached by Michelle Tepper at St Peter the Fisherman, New Smyrna Beach, Florida on 20 July 2025.

In Psalm 82, we wrestle with the deep questions of justice, suffering, and divine responsibility. Why do bad things happen? Is God really in control? And who will fix the brokenness of our world? We are reminded that God not only hears our cries—but steps into our pain to rescue and restore. Text: Psalm 82 Sermon preached by Peter Tepper at St Peter the Fisherman, New Smyrna Beach, Florida on 13 J...

Sing the glory of his name; make his praise glorious. Psalm 66:2 Praise is central to the human existence, it is what we were created for. We all give praise to someone or something. We were made to praise God. It is in praising meaning that we remove ourselves from the center of things and place God at the center. Text: Psalm 66:1-8 Sermon preached by Peter Tepper on 6 July 2025 at St Peter the F...