Easter
Empty!
Luke 24:1-12. Empty! Sermon by Pastor David Williams. Strathalbyn Church of Christ. Easter Sunday 9 Apr 2023. Let’s recap on the Good Friday story. Jesus had been crucified. He died an agonising death hanging on a cross. And to make sure that he was dead, the soldiers thrust a spear in his side and out came blood and water. For his body had already started to decay. He was placed in a tomb with a large circular stone covering the opening. Read more
Luke 24:1-12. Empty! Sermon by Pastor David Williams. Strathalbyn Church of Christ. Easter Sunday 9 Apr 2023. Let’s recap on the Good Friday story. Jesus had been crucified. He died an agonising death hanging on a cross. And to make sure that he was dead, the soldiers thrust a spear in his side and out came blood and water. For his body had already started to decay. He was placed in a tomb with a large circular stone covering the opening. Read more
Rescue through judgment
Lk 23:44-49. Rescue through judgment. Sermon by Pastor David Williams. Strathalbyn Church of Christ. Good Friday 7 Apr 2023. To understand the cross, we need the back story. Ever watched a film that had already started – and you couldn’t work it out? You had to begin at the beginning. Meet the characters. Understand where they were coming from. You needed the back story. There are five characters or groups here: God, Jesus, the Roman soldier, the Jewish crowds and the women who followed Jesus. Read more
Lk 23:44-49. Rescue through judgment. Sermon by Pastor David Williams. Strathalbyn Church of Christ. Good Friday 7 Apr 2023. To understand the cross, we need the back story. Ever watched a film that had already started – and you couldn’t work it out? You had to begin at the beginning. Meet the characters. Understand where they were coming from. You needed the back story. There are five characters or groups here: God, Jesus, the Roman soldier, the Jewish crowds and the women who followed Jesus. Read more
Risen!
Sermon Mt 27:57-28:15. Theme: Risen! Sermon by Pastor David Williams. Strathalbyn Church of Christ. 17 April 2022, Easter Sunday. Jesus is risen! But is he? 3 questions 1. Is it possible? 2. Is it true? 3. Our response? I’ll be addressing those three questions today. Is it possible? Is it possible that a man rose from death? We need to ask a prior question. Is it possible that the universe, that those tiny subatomic particles, that life itself was all created – created by someone outside this universe. Read more
Sermon Mt 27:57-28:15. Theme: Risen! Sermon by Pastor David Williams. Strathalbyn Church of Christ. 17 April 2022, Easter Sunday. Jesus is risen! But is he? 3 questions 1. Is it possible? 2. Is it true? 3. Our response? I’ll be addressing those three questions today. Is it possible? Is it possible that a man rose from death? We need to ask a prior question. Is it possible that the universe, that those tiny subatomic particles, that life itself was all created – created by someone outside this universe. Read more
Crucified!
Sermon Mt 27:27-56. Theme: Crucified! Sermon by Pastor David Williams. Strathalbyn Church of Christ. 15 April 2022, Good Friday. What is our image of God? For many Aussies, God is distant and unpredictable; for others, he is careless and indulgent. Either way, he can look a lot like our own fathers. Are we making God in our own image? So who is God? What is he like? And how does he view us? Read more
Sermon Mt 27:27-56. Theme: Crucified! Sermon by Pastor David Williams. Strathalbyn Church of Christ. 15 April 2022, Good Friday. What is our image of God? For many Aussies, God is distant and unpredictable; for others, he is careless and indulgent. Either way, he can look a lot like our own fathers. Are we making God in our own image? So who is God? What is he like? And how does he view us? Read more
Tried!
Sermon Mt 26:57-68; 27:1-2; 11-26. Theme: Tried! Sermon by Pastor David Williams. Strathalbyn Church of Christ. 10 April 2022. The Easter story is extraordinary when you consider it as a report from history. There is no other story in history like it. But it also extraordinary – not just as a story, but because it provides the answer to the human problem. It is the answer to life, to your own life problems. Read more
Sermon Mt 26:57-68; 27:1-2; 11-26. Theme: Tried! Sermon by Pastor David Williams. Strathalbyn Church of Christ. 10 April 2022. The Easter story is extraordinary when you consider it as a report from history. There is no other story in history like it. But it also extraordinary – not just as a story, but because it provides the answer to the human problem. It is the answer to life, to your own life problems. Read more
Betrayed!
Sermon Mt 26:1-27:10. Theme: Betrayed! Sermon by Pastor David Williams. Strathalbyn Church of Christ. 13 Mar 2022. “Were you there when they crucified my Lord?” Answer, Yes! Because all of humanity is represented by those who were there – by Judas the betrayer, Peter the denier, the Jews who plotted his death, the Romans who crucified him. It was not just Judas who betrayed Jesus. In a way, all the players betrayed him. Read more
Sermon Mt 26:1-27:10. Theme: Betrayed! Sermon by Pastor David Williams. Strathalbyn Church of Christ. 13 Mar 2022. “Were you there when they crucified my Lord?” Answer, Yes! Because all of humanity is represented by those who were there – by Judas the betrayer, Peter the denier, the Jews who plotted his death, the Romans who crucified him. It was not just Judas who betrayed Jesus. In a way, all the players betrayed him. Read more