Yass Valley Anglican Sermon Podcast

#18 - God Grows the Kingdom (Mk 4:26-36) Date - 16 June 2024 Preacher - Rev Luke Collings Jesus uses two short parables about growing seeds to teach his disciples that the growth and flourishing of the Kingdom is fundamentally in God's hands, not theirs.

#17 - A New Holy Family (Mk 3:20-35) Date - 9 June 2024 Preacher - Rev Luke Collings As Jesus' ministry continues to grow, his immediate family are worried that he is losing control of the situation. However, when they arrive to take him back home, Jesus reveals that who is truly "family" in the Kingdom of God is not just a matter of flesh and blood.

#16 - Lord Of The Sabbath (Mk 2:23-3:6) Date - 2 June 2024 Preacher - Rev Luke Collings Jesus comes into conflict with the Pharisees about the issue of keeping the Sabbath. Jesus' answer to their challenge shows the importance of understanding why God's Laws were given to his people.

#15 - The Spirit Arrives (Acts 2:1-21) Date - 19 May 2024 (Pentecost) Preacher - Rev Luke Collings The disciples received the gift of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost as a sign of hope for all nations as the last days of God begin.

#14 - Be Confident in Prayer and Understanding (1 Jn 5:13-21) Date - 12 May 2024 Preacher - Rev Luke Collings In our final talk on 1 John we take a last review over John's message to the churches and look at his final instructions to be confident in prayer and to remain committed to using our understanding to reject the idols of this age.

#13 - Spirit, Water, and Blood (1 Jn 5:1-12) Date - 5 May 2024 Preacher - Rev Luke Collings John tells the churches he is writing to that they should have confidence in the testimony of the Spirit, the Water, and the Blood. What does each of these mean, and why should the church still continue to have confidence in them?

#12 - Test the Spirits (1 Jn 4:1-21) Date - 28 April 2024 Preacher - Rev Steve Neuhaus Not everything that may appear spiritually sound is really from God, but may actually still reflect the values of the world. John encourages his readers to test spiritual experiences in the church so they may not be taken in by false prophets, and to hold on to the true Holy Spirit as a mark of faithful identity...

#11 - Love Your Brothers and Sisters (1 Jn 3:7-24) Date: 21 April 2024 Preacher: Rev Luke Collings John encourages his readers not to fall back into the patterns of hatred and violence that mark the world out for judgment, but instead to embrace practical Jesus-centred love for one another.

#10 - Love God, Not the World (1 Jn 2:15-3:6) Date: 14 April 2024 Preacher: Rev Luke Collings The world and its powers and priorities are passing away, but in the meantime we will see many people presenting different pictures of Jesus in order to justify their own worldliness. The apostle John warns the churches about these people, and encourages them to remain faithful to the Christ they have alw...

#9 - Light, Truth, and Forgiveness (1 Jn 1:1-2:2) Date: 7 April 2024 Preacher: Rev Luke Collings In the opening section of his letter, the apostle John encourages the church to live as people of the Light, to walk in the Truth, and to have confidence in the Forgiveness that is made possible by the sacrifice of Jesus Christ.

#8 - Mary's Unexpected Blessing (Jn 20:1-18) Date: 31 March 2024 (Easter) Preacher: Rev Luke Collings Mary Magdalene arrives at the empty tomb and believes that Jesus' body must have been stolen by his enemies. Although there is evidence to suggest that something quite different had happened, it is only when Mary encounters the resurrected Jesus personally that she understands the amazing...

#7 - A Kingdom Not Of This World (Jn 18:28-40) Date: 29 March 2024 Preacher: Rev Luke Collings The Roman governor of Judea, Pontius Pilate, wanted to know if Jesus was a revolutionary leader preparing to overthrow the government. Jesus' answer to his questions reveal that the Kingdom of God was about more than political power.

#6 - Jesus Christ is Lord (Phil 2:5-11) Date: 24 March 2024 (Palm Sunday) Preacher: Rev Luke Collings Does our place in the Kingdom of God give us the right to be proud or put ourselves over others? Or does the kind of Lord that Jesus came to be direct us to a better way - humility?

#5 - Jesus Our High Priest (Heb 4:14-5:10) Date: 17 March 2024 (Yass Combined Churches Service) Preacher: Rev Luke Collings Jesus stands as the great high priest who can offer the perfect sacrifice of himself because of his purity and his obedience to the will of God the Father.

#4 - By Grace Alone (Eph 2:1-10) Preacher: Rev Steve Neuhaus In a recent sermon we learned from Romans 4 that it is by faith that the benefits of the message of the cross are received. In Ephesians 2 we learn about grace, which is how the benefits of the message are given by God.

#3 - The Power and Wisdom of God (1 Cor 1:18-25) Preacher - Rev Luke Collings The unbelieving world may look at the message of the cross of Jesus and see nothing but foolishness to be ignored or dismissed, but those with the faith of Abraham see something quite different

#2 - The Faith of Abraham (Rom 4:13-25) Date: 25 February 2024 Preacher: Rev Steve Neuhaus The faith of Abraham is the model for us to receive the righteousness of God that has come through Jesus.

#1 - Saved By Resurrection (1 Pet 3:18-22) Date: 18 February 2024 Preacher: Rev Luke Collings Faith must have a strong framework if it is to survive the trials of life. In this first sermon in our series for Lent we learn about the strong framework of the gospel of Jesus Christ - his death for sin, the hope he gives us in suffering, and the promise of an eternal future secured by the resurrection.