What do you do with your guilt?
This sermon was preached at WPC Belconnen’s Sunday evening service on May 16, 2021. Ross read the passage, Psalm 32, and Darren gave the Bible talk. Guilt and shame can haunt when we ruminate over things we have done that we now regret. These feelings can keep us awake at night – they can eat […]
Who do you say Jesus is?
This sermon was preached at WPC Belconnen’s morning service on May 16, 2021. Don read the Bible passage, John 1:19-24, and Darren gave the Bible talk. In Isaiah 40:3-4, the prophet Isaiah wrote that foretells that before God would come to reveal His glory, He would send before Him a messenger to prepare the people […]
How to pray when you’re hurting
This sermon on Psalm 22 was preached at WPC Belconnen at our evening service on May 2, 2021. Rob brought us the reading and Darren gave the message. Every Christian will, from time to time, go through times of suffering, loneliness and sorrow. When we do, it is important that we know the comfort that […]
Have you seen the Light?
This sermon, which was preached at WPC Belconnen at the morning service on Sunday, May 2, 2021, examines the latter part of the prologue of John’s Gospel – John 1:6-18. In this text, we learn how God graciously saved us from sin and death. And the heart of today’s text is that in Jesus, God […]
Remembering God’s grace in times of crisis
2020 and 2021 have been characterized by disruption and anxiety. The world has been battling a global pandemic. And Aussies have been struggling with families separated by closed state borders, lockdowns, loss of income and constant disruption to our lives. In such an anxious time, it is very helpful to consider what the Word of […]
The Word you need to know
The Apostle John begins his gospel by speaking about a Word – and in verses 1 to five of chapter one of his gospel, a passage often called the prologue of John’s Gospel – John describes the Word in beautiful, poetic terms. This Word, which is also a person, is the Word of God, the […]
How to live the good life
Where is true happiness to be found? How can we know true joy – a peace and happiness that transcends all of the trials and tribulations of life? According to the Psalms, true happiness is found in a loving relationship with our God. True happiness is found in living a lifestyle characterized by loving, worshipping […]
‘How to live in a broken world’
This sermon, which was preached at WPC Belconnen at our Sunday evening service on August 8, 2021, examines Ecclesiastes 4-6. At the evening services in term three, we have been studying the Book of Ecclesiastes, this profound book of wisdom penned by King Solomon. In his examiniation of ‘life under the sun,’ Solomon noted that […]
‘Why life only works when we know God’ – Ecclesiastes 2:24-3:22
This sermon was preached at WPC Belconnen’s evening service on August 1, 2021. Don read the text for us before the sermon. In Ecclesiastes 1 and 2, Solomon examines the meaninglessness, the frustration and vanity of trying to find joy and meaning and purpose in life while living only for himself. In chapter 2, verse 24, […]
‘Two words that change your life’ – Ephesians 2:1-10
This sermon was preached at WPC Belconnen at our Sunday morning service on August 1. Ross read the text for us before the sermon. In this passage, Paul describes the terrible spiritual state we are born into. We learn that we were once dead in sin, children of wrath and under the power of the […]