Matthew
Blessed? Now and Not Yet.
Sermon Mt 5:1-12. Blessed? Now and Not Yet. Pastor David Williams. Strathalbyn Church of Christ. 13 Nov 2022. How to find true happiness? Is it possible. Is it even the right question? Let’s look at the Beatitudes to find some answers. 1. Clues 2. Blessings 3. Persecution Background Jesus was the new Moses. On Mount Sinai, Moses gave the law to Israel – to show them how to live as the people of God. Read more
Sermon Mt 5:1-12. Blessed? Now and Not Yet. Pastor David Williams. Strathalbyn Church of Christ. 13 Nov 2022. How to find true happiness? Is it possible. Is it even the right question? Let’s look at the Beatitudes to find some answers. 1. Clues 2. Blessings 3. Persecution Background Jesus was the new Moses. On Mount Sinai, Moses gave the law to Israel – to show them how to live as the people of God. Read more
The King Comes
Sermon Mt 4:12-25. The King comes. Pastor David Williams. Strathalbyn Church of Christ. 6 Nov 2022. Charles has just begun his reign. What sort of king will he be? Will he turn the Palace grounds into an organic market? In today’s passage, Jesus is just starting out as the new king. What sort of King will Jesus be? We get some inkling from the passage. In old times, a king had absolute power – the power over life and death. Read more
Sermon Mt 4:12-25. The King comes. Pastor David Williams. Strathalbyn Church of Christ. 6 Nov 2022. Charles has just begun his reign. What sort of king will he be? Will he turn the Palace grounds into an organic market? In today’s passage, Jesus is just starting out as the new king. What sort of King will Jesus be? We get some inkling from the passage. In old times, a king had absolute power – the power over life and death. Read more
Temptation
Sermon Mt 4:1-11. Theme: Temptation. Sermon by Pastor David Williams. Strathalbyn Church of Christ. 23 Oct 2022. Temptation 1. Why temptation? 2. Why Jesus? 3. 3 temptations 4. Should I feel guilty? 5. How to resist? Why does God allow temptation? To tempt also means to test. It is the same word in Greek. And it has these two sides. Satan tempts us to do evil, but God can use temptation to test us – our faithfulness, our maturity. Read more
Sermon Mt 4:1-11. Theme: Temptation. Sermon by Pastor David Williams. Strathalbyn Church of Christ. 23 Oct 2022. Temptation 1. Why temptation? 2. Why Jesus? 3. 3 temptations 4. Should I feel guilty? 5. How to resist? Why does God allow temptation? To tempt also means to test. It is the same word in Greek. And it has these two sides. Satan tempts us to do evil, but God can use temptation to test us – our faithfulness, our maturity. Read more
Baptism of the King.
Matthew 3:11-17. Theme: Baptism of the King. Sermon by Pastor David Williams. Strathalbyn Church of Christ. 2 Oct 2022. 1. The coming King, v11-12 John’s role, as we heard last week, was to announce the coming of the Messiah. Israel had long hoped for a Messiah, but this Messiah was not at all what Israel expected. For starters, the man Jesus was divine. Over 700 years earlier, Isaiah had prophesied, Read more
Matthew 3:11-17. Theme: Baptism of the King. Sermon by Pastor David Williams. Strathalbyn Church of Christ. 2 Oct 2022. 1. The coming King, v11-12 John’s role, as we heard last week, was to announce the coming of the Messiah. Israel had long hoped for a Messiah, but this Messiah was not at all what Israel expected. For starters, the man Jesus was divine. Over 700 years earlier, Isaiah had prophesied, Read more
Baptism
Matthew 3:1-12 Theme: Baptism. Sermon by Pastor David Williams. Strathalbyn Church of Christ. 18 Sept 2022. 1. Prophet 1-5 One of the odd things about the English is they love queuing. Yet even for the English the queue to see the Queen’s coffin broke all records – the maximum wait at one point was 24 hours.[1] These crowds give us some sense of the intense interest generated by an odd fellow in the Judean desert 2000 years ago. Read more
Matthew 3:1-12 Theme: Baptism. Sermon by Pastor David Williams. Strathalbyn Church of Christ. 18 Sept 2022. 1. Prophet 1-5 One of the odd things about the English is they love queuing. Yet even for the English the queue to see the Queen’s coffin broke all records – the maximum wait at one point was 24 hours.[1] These crowds give us some sense of the intense interest generated by an odd fellow in the Judean desert 2000 years ago. 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
Sent!
Sermon Mt 28:18-20. Theme: Sent! Sermon by Pastor David Williams. Strathalbyn Church of Christ. 20 Mar 2022. Lord Jesus Christ, open our ears and our hearts to receive your word this day, Amen. Anyone learning a trade will make plenty of mistakes. Usually, these can be patched up later on the job, but sometimes that can be too late. Take electricians. If an apprentice is not well taught, he may end up making mistakes on the job. Read more
Sermon Mt 28:18-20. Theme: Sent! Sermon by Pastor David Williams. Strathalbyn Church of Christ. 20 Mar 2022. Lord Jesus Christ, open our ears and our hearts to receive your word this day, Amen. Anyone learning a trade will make plenty of mistakes. Usually, these can be patched up later on the job, but sometimes that can be too late. Take electricians. If an apprentice is not well taught, he may end up making mistakes on the job. Read more