Sermons – 2016
Unless otherwise indicated all sermons were preached by Rev. Dr Craig Thompson.
- 25 December – Being present
- 11 December – Baptism: a new humanity
- 27 November – A sign of the times – Sermon preached by Sandy Yule
- 6 November – A gospel for rich and poor
- 16 October – Prayer and work
- 9 October – Hope
- 2 October – Faith in a faithful God – Sermon preached by Peter Blackwood
- 18 September – The dishonesty of God
- 11 September – Abraham and the Ultimate Test – Sermon preached by Bruce Barber
- 28 August – An uninvited prophet and the judgement of love – Sermon preached by Andrew Gador-Whyte
- 21 August – Abraham’s faith in Christ
- 14 August – ‘So it is with those who store up treasures for themselves but are not rich toward God’ – Sermon preached by Chris Mostert
- 7 August – God’s present absence
- 31 July – Faith without consequences
- 24 July – Viral Forgiveness
- 10 July – Journeying to Jerusalem – Sermon preached by Rob Gallacher
- 3 July – Why did Jesus die?
- 26 June – Hypocrisy, or death
- 19 June – The difficulty of grace
- 12 June – Lost in Translation – Sermon preached by Bruce Barber
- 5 June – The gift
- 29 May – Praying our hellos
- 22 May – The unfinished story of God
- 15 May – The great work of the church
- 8 May – That the world may know
- 1 May – God’s life, inseparable from ours
- 24 April – Heaven: an impossible thought
- 17 April – Another perspective on caring for the disadvantaged – Sermon preached by Gwen Ince
- 10 April – Worthy is the Lamb! – Sermon preached by Rob Gallacher
- 3 April – Forgiveness as getting sin right
- 27 March – Smile
- 25 March – Breaking Bad on Good Friday
- 20 March – Getting the joke
- 13 March – The metaphor of death
- 6 March – God’s gift economy
- 28 February – God at home with us
- 21 February – Jesus pities Jerusalem – Sermon preached by Chris Mostert
- 14 February – Temptation and identity
- 10 February – Ash Wednesday
- 7 February – Changed in Christ’s light
- 31 January – Looking forward to praising God
- 24 January – No mere body politic
- 17 January – Epiphany at Corinth and Cana – Sermon preached by Bruce Barber
- 10 January – The Baptism of Christ – Sermon preached by Robert Gribben
- 3 January – “And the Word became flesh” – Sermon preached by Bruce Barber