We have reached the grand finale of our sermon series on Isaiah exploring “God’s Take” on modern culture. Today we stick religion into the shredder and see what’s left!
Listen… 111225GodsTakeOnReligion
Dec 18
G’day all. Here is the final installment in our Advent sermon series which explore our modern culture in the light of the prophecies of Isaiah. Today we look at the modern obsession with superheroes and ask “is something spiritual going on underneath this?”
Listen… 20111218 Gods Take On Superheros
Dec 11
G’day all. This week we tackle the fashion industry and explore God’s take on vogue magazine and beauty!
The Sermon Includes This Video At The Start… Dove Evolution Video
Listen… 111211 Gods Take On Vogue
Read… Advent 3 – Isaiah 61 God’s Take On Vogue Magazine
Dec 04
G’day all. Through Advent we are exploring God’s take on Lady Gaga, TopGear, Vogue and Super Heroes… It’s not all just frivolous fun – we are actually looking at the book of ISAIAH!!!!! Today we meditate on a “Top Gear” kind of Bible passage from Isaiah and see where it takes us!
Listen… Gods Take On Top Gear
Nov 27
So what would God say to Lady Gaga? As we considered this we considered art and played with clay (actually play dough but it was close enough!). Here is a picture of some of the beautiful sculptures made during today’s sermon…
Click to listen… Gods Take On Lady Gaga
Click to read… Isaiah 64.8 – Advent 1 – God’s Take On Lady Gaga
Nov 20
G’day all. Open your eyes, that is, the eyes of your heart! But you’ll need help with that so I’ll pray for you. That’s Paul’s prayer in Ephesians 1:18 and we explore it today.
Nov 13
This week I leave you with three big questions from the teaching of Jesus – three ‘take home teasers’ . Consider the parable and let these questions work on you! You might email me your thoughts about these questions too! Grace and Peace – Matt.
Listen… 111113 Parable of the Talents
Read… Matthew 25.14 Three Take-home Teasers From The Teacher’s Tale Of The Talents
Nov 06
G’day all. Today we explore the Art of Comforting. May you be comforted and discover you ‘inner comforter’. That last ‘inner comforter’ bit was a pretty pathetic joke, but it is my prayer that this sermon will truly comfort in the name of Christ.
Listen… The Art Of Comforting
Nov 01
So what peeves you the most? What things absolutely break your heart? What makes you want to curse? Come on, there surely is something! Today we look at the seven things that make Jesus want to curse and we get right to his heart.
Listen… TheSevenWoes
Oct 17
G’day all, I’m currently giving some Bible studies at Pastor’s Conference. If you want the notes here they are for your use, abuse, dissection and general enjoyment!
IT Study 1 – The Original Facebook – The Face Of God In Scripture
IT Study 2 – To Form Or Be Formed – Technology In Genesis
IT Study 3 – Cryptography – Secrecy In The New Testament
IT Study 4 – Survey Discussion Time
Oct 09
This week, after all the sporting grand finals, we get to Solomon’s grand finale! We reach the end of the book of Ecclesiastes and we look at highlights in the last few chapters as Solomon gradually circles and finishes on the theme of… DEATH! So today I am sharing with you some very practical advise on how to prepare for your own death. This week I have prepared some resources on ‘thinking through your own funeral’ which I encourage you to make good use of. Prepare now!
Read… Ecclesiastes 6 – Preparing For The End Sermon
More resources… Immanuel Lutheran Church Website – Thinking Through Your Funeral
Sorry the recording went awry today again, but our techie Lester fixed it after the service so we are fully back online next week.
Oct 02
Deception and lies are common in nature. Caterpillars pretend to be twigs and butterflies pretend to be birds. Creatures lie and deceive to survive. But humans are quite strange in our common practice of deceiving ourselves. We actually hurt ourselves by lying to ourselves – how strange! Today we investigate seven ways we tend to ‘fool ourselves’. Which is your favourite? Sorry no recording this week so it’s in print form only. Click to read… Ecclesiastes 5 – Are You Fooling Yourself
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