Yass Valley Anglican Sermon Podcast

#117 - Slaves For Righteousness (Romans 6:12-23) Date - 28 June 2026 Preacher - Rev Luke Collings Paul deals with another potential objection to the message of Peace With God that comes through the gospel of Jesus. This time it is the accusation that sinful behaviour no longer matters because we live under Grace rather than Law. Instead, Paul maintains that our righteousness in Christ demands that...

#116 - Leaving The Old Behind (Romans 6:1-11) Date - 21 June 2026 Preacher - Rev Luke Collings Paul addresses the objection that the increase of sin would just reveal the growth of divine grace by reminding the Roman church of the reality of their baptism into the death of Jesus.

#115 - Adam, Jesus, and Us (Romans 15:12-21) Date - 14 June 2026 Preacher - Rev Luke Collings Paul's declaration of peace with God is followed by an explanation of how through the death of Jesus the curse of death that had been brought through Adam's sin in Eden is overcome.

#114 - Peace With God (Romans 5:1-11) Date - 7 June 2026 Preacher - Rev Luke Collings After demonstrating his case for the righteousness of God received through faith in Jesus, Paul states that the resulting peace with God results in true hope and true reconciliation.

#113 - Going Back to Go Out (Matthew 28:16-20) Date - 31 May 2026 (Trinity Sunday) Preacher - Rev Luke Collings The disciples gather back in Galilee where the risen Jesus gives them a challenge for mission that will mean it is impossible to go back to their previous lives.

#112 - The Holy Spirit Arrives (Pentecost) Date - 24 May 2026 (Pentecost Sunday) Preacher - Mal Bullock When the Holy Spirit descended on the disciples of Jesus in Jerusalem during the Jewish festival of Pentecost it was not just a matter of amazing spiritual signs, but an announcement that the great plans of God from the Old Testament to gather humanity together from the nations was being realise...

#111 - The Final Practical Prayer (John 17:1-11) Date - 17 May 2026 Preacher - Rev Luke Collings Just before Jesus is arrested on his final night with his disciples, he prays to his Father that through his coming sacrifice the Father and Son might both be glorified, and that the disciples will be protected in the difficult times ahead.

#110 - The Spirit is Coming (John 14:15-21) Date - 10 May 2026 Preacher - Rev Luke Collings As Jesus prepares to leave his disciples, he promises them that they will not be left as orphans, but will have the personal presence of the Holy Spirit to strengthen them for their mission of witnessing to the truth.

#109 - The Genuine Son (John 14:1-14) Date - 3 May 2026 Preacher - Rev Luke Collings The disciples are anxious because Jesus has said that he will soon leave them. However, Jesus gives them comfort that he will prepare a place for them with the Father because he is the genuine Son who will be their trustworthy Way.

#108 - The Shepherd and Gate (John 10:1-10) Date - 26 April 2026 Preacher - Rev Luke Collings Jesus confronts the unfaithful leadership of the Pharisees by describing himself as both the shepherd who faithfully calls the sheep and the gate that offers them true protection.

#107 - Recognising Jesus on Faith's Road (Luke 24:13-35) Date - 19 April 2026 Preacher - Rev Luke Collings Two of Jesus' disciples are "kept" from recognising him as they walk from Jerusalem to Emmaus. How does their experience help us in recognising Jesus in our own lives of faith?

#106 - Don't Fear Missing Out (John 20:19-31) Date - 12 April 2026 Preacher - Rev Luke Collings Thomas misses out on seeing the risen Jesus and asks for a more tactile revelation than that given to the other apostles. However, when Jesus does appear to Thomas we understand that there are blessings to those who believe without having seen.

On Good Friday Rev Luke spoke with Richard Perno at 2CC about the blessings of Easter and how the message of the risen Jesus can bring hope to an often troubled and skeptical world.

#105 - The Case of the Missing Body (Matthew 28:1-15) Date - 5 April 2026 (Easter) Preacher - Rev Luke Collings Matthew's gospel records that both supporters and opponents of Jesus admit that his body disappeared from the tomb on the Sunday morning after his death. Matthew addresses the Stolen Body theory and instead points us to the experiences of the women who were at the tomb and saw Jesus...

#104 - Doing Something about Christ Crucified (John 19:1-15) Date - 3 April 2026 (Good Friday) Preacher - Rev Luke Collings Pontius Pilate desperately wanted to avoid having to do something about this Jewish mystic who seemed no danger to anyone, but the anger of the city leaders meant that he had to act one way or the other. The same challenge remains with us as we think about Jesus crucified tod...

#103 - The King Has Come (Matthew 21:1-11) Date - 29 March 2026 (Palm Sunday Combined Churches Service) Preacher - Rev Luke Collings Jesus arrives in Jerusalem by deliberately drawing attention to his identity as the one who will fulfil the promises of God regarding the Messiah that the children of Israel had been waiting so long to be realised.

#102 - The Resurrection and Life (John 11:1-45) Date - 22 March 2026 Preacher - Rev Luke Collings Jesus comes to his friends Martha and Mary to both share their sufferings over the death of their brother Lazarus and to provide hope to him in the resurrection.

#101 - Seeing Jesus With Open Eyes (John 9:1-41) Date - 15 March 2026 Preacher - Rev Luke Collings A blind man is healed, and those who witness the miracle cannot seem to agree on what happened and whether Jesus could have done it.

#100 - The True Hope of Righteousness (Romans 4:18-25) Date - 8 March 2026 Preacher - Rev Luke Collings The apostle Paul brings his argument for the righteousness of God by faith to a close by demonstrating by Abraham's example how faith triumphs over our worldly hope.

#99 - The Faith of Abraham (Romans 4:1-17) Date - 1 March 2026 Preacher - Rev Steve Neuhaus In order to prove his case for God's righteousness received by faith, the apostle Paul raises the example of Abraham to show that faith was always the rule and not the exception for righteousness.

#98 - A New Kind Of Righteousness (Romans 3:21-31) Date - 22 February 2026 Preacher - Rev Luke Collings After excluding the possibility of either Jew or Gentile being called righteous on their own merits, the apostle Paul presents a wonderful alternative - righteousness by faith alone!

#97 - No Righteous One (Romans 3:1-20) Date - 15 February 2026 Preacher - Rev Luke Collings Paul concludes the first part of his argument for righteousness coming by faith by ruling out completely any chance of natural righteousness from either Jew or Gentile.

#96 - Who Fulfils the Law? (Romans 2:17-29) Date - 8 February 2026 Preacher - Rev Luke Collings After dealing with the general condition of humanity under sin, Paul turns his attention to the question of whether the Jewish members of the Roman church have any special claim to righteousness because of their relationship to God through the Torah covenant.

#95 - The Impossibility of Spiritual Finger-Pointing (Romans 2:1-16) Date - 1 February 2026 Preacher - Rev Luke Collings After establishing the reality of sin as the rejection of divine truth and the consequences of depraved bodies and minds in Romans 1, the apostle Paul goes on conclude there is no case for any preferences for access to divine righteousness either for Gentiles outside the Law or...

#94 - Exchanging the Truth for a Lie (Romans 1:18-32) Date - 25 January 2026 Preacher - Rev Luke Collings As the apostle Paul begins his case for the righteousness of God which is revealed in the gospel, he first establishes the problem of universal human sinfulness as a wilful exchange of divine truth for worldly lies.