Sermons
Consider Jesus
Hebrews 12:1-3 Theme: Consider Jesus. Sermon by Pastor David Williams. Strathalbyn Church of Christ. 22 May 2022. Today’s passage has 3 simple but vital messages 1. Consider their faith 2. Consider our faith 3. Consider Jesus. 1. Consider their faith The previous chapter (Heb 11) lists some of the OT saints. By saints, I simply mean believers. The bible teaches that all believers in Christ are saints (e.g., 1 Cor 1:2). Read more
Hebrews 12:1-3 Theme: Consider Jesus. Sermon by Pastor David Williams. Strathalbyn Church of Christ. 22 May 2022. Today’s passage has 3 simple but vital messages 1. Consider their faith 2. Consider our faith 3. Consider Jesus. 1. Consider their faith The previous chapter (Heb 11) lists some of the OT saints. By saints, I simply mean believers. The bible teaches that all believers in Christ are saints (e.g., 1 Cor 1:2). Read more
Faith & Doubt
Hebrews 11:1-6. Theme: Faith & Doubt. Sermon by Pastor David Williams. Strathalbyn Church of Christ. 15 May 2022. We all doubt. We doubt because we can’t know everything, and what we know, or think we know, is tainted by sin. So we doubt who we can trust, and what we can believe in and rely on. There are many types and causes of doubt. Doubt may be intense and crippling, or it may be sitting quietly in the background. Read more
Hebrews 11:1-6. Theme: Faith & Doubt. Sermon by Pastor David Williams. Strathalbyn Church of Christ. 15 May 2022. We all doubt. We doubt because we can’t know everything, and what we know, or think we know, is tainted by sin. So we doubt who we can trust, and what we can believe in and rely on. There are many types and causes of doubt. Doubt may be intense and crippling, or it may be sitting quietly in the background. 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