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In this sermon, Luke Prentice explores how the resurrection of Jesus leads directly to God’s mission in the world. Opening Luke 24 and Acts 1, we see the risen Jesus explain the Scriptures, affirm God’s plan to bring forgiveness to all nations, and call His disciples to be witnesses of these things.

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Yet before they are sent, the disciples must wait. Jesus promises the gift of the Holy Spirit—the power they will need to take the gospel from Jerusalem to the ends of the earth.

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This message invites us to consider what it means to be a witnessing church today, relying not on our own strength, but on God’s power at work in us as we share the good news of the risen Christ.

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In this sermon, Luke Prentice explores what the resurrection of Jesus means not only for the past, but for our future. Opening Luke 24 and 1 Corinthians 15, we see the risen Jesus standing among His disciples - real, physical, recognisable, and alive - and we discover the astonishing promise that we will be like Him.

Jesus goes out of His way to show that His resurrection is not symbolic or spiritualised. He invites the disciples to touch Him, shows them His scars, and even eats with them. The risen Jesus has a real, physical body- transformed, powerful, and alive. And Paul explains why this matters: Jesus is the first fruits of those who belong to Him, the guarantee and pattern of our own resurrection.

This message presses two hopeful truths onto us:

The resurrection means our bodies matter.

Our future is transformed forever.

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‍In this sermon, Mike Phillips opens Luke 24:13–35 and walks with two disciples on the road to Emmaus - followers of Jesus who are downcast and disappointed, leaving Jerusalem after His death. They had hoped Jesus was the one to redeem Israel, but now they cannot make sense of all that has happened.

Though they know the facts - that Jesus lived, was crucified, and was reported as risen - they struggle to understand how it all fits together. In a moment of deep irony, they explain the situation to Jesus Himself, unaware that the risen Lord is walking beside them.

Jesus does not condemn their confusion. Instead, He meets them with patience and grace. He opens the Scriptures, showing how His suffering and resurrection are not the failure of God’s plan, but its fulfilment - God’s victory, not defeat.

As the Scriptures burn in their hearts, the disciples invite Jesus to stay. And as He breaks bread with them, their eyes are opened. They recognise the risen Lord and are transformed from despair to joy, rushing to tell others that Jesus is truly alive.

This message invites us to see how meeting the risen Jesus—listening to His Word and welcoming Him in—brings clarity, hope, and meaning to our lives and to God’s work in the world.

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On Easter Sunday, Luke Prentice opens Luke 24:1-12 and leads us into the astonishing moment at the heart of the Christian faith: the resurrection of Jesus. The tomb is empty, angels announce the impossible, and the first witnesses are left stunned, fearful, and unsure what to believe.

This passage invites us into three experiences shared by the first followers of Jesus: proof, prediction, and perplexity. The evidence is there—the stone rolled away, the body gone, the grave clothes left behind. Jesus had foretold it all. Yet even then, belief does not come easily. Confusion lingers. Faith begins to stir.

This message presses an important question onto us today:

‍What will we do with the resurrection of Jesus?

‍ ‍In this sermon you’ll be encouraged to:
• See why the resurrection is essential, not optional
• Consider the historical reality of the empty tomb
• Recognise why confusion and doubt are understandable responses
• Move from perplexity toward faith
• Rejoice in the good news that Jesus truly defeated death

‍Easter declares that death does not have the final word. Jesus died, rose again, sins are forgiven—and God is praised.‍ ‍

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On Good Friday, Mike Phillips reflects on Luke 22:63–23:56 and invites us to face the darkness at the heart of the cross. Jesus is mocked, falsely accused, declared innocent-yet condemned in place of the guilty.

This sermon wrestles honestly with a deep question:
If God is good, how do we understand suffering, injustice, and the cross?

As Barabbas goes free and Jesus is crucified, we see God’s justice and mercy meet. Evil is not ignored, nor excused—but taken fully upon Jesus, the innocent King, who stands in our place.

Good Friday calls us to acknowledge our need, to look to the crucified Christ for mercy, and to hear His promise of forgiveness and hope in the darkest moment.

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On Palm Sunday, Luke Prentice explores Luke 19:28–44, where Jesus enters Jerusalem as King—welcomed with praise, cloaks on the road, and joyful shouts. Yet as the crowd celebrates, Jesus does something unexpected: He weeps.

This passage reveals the tension at the heart of Palm Sunday. Jesus is the humble, peace‑bringing King, but He is deeply misunderstood. The crowd longs for freedom and victory, while Jesus knows the true path to peace will lead through rejection, suffering, and the cross.

‍ ‍This message asks a searching question:

‍As we see Jesus more clearly, will we move toward Him—or away?

‍Join us as we reflect on who Jesus truly is, why misunderstanding Him is catastrophic, and how real peace is found only by receiving Him on His terms.

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In this sermon, Mike Phillips explores Luke 6:1–16, where Jesus clashes with the Pharisees over what it truly means to rest. As Jesus’ disciples pick grain on the Sabbath and He heals a man with a shrivelled hand, the religious leaders accuse Him of breaking God’s law. Jesus responds with a bold and breathtaking claim:
“The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”

Mike invites us to reflect on our own rhythms of work and rest—why so many of us answer “busy” when asked how we are, and how easily we treat rest as weakness, laziness, or a luxury we can’t afford. Yet Jesus reveals that rest is not a concession to human frailty nor an excuse for rigid legalism. Instead, Sabbath rest is God’s good gift, meant to restore life, deepen joy, and draw us back to Him.

Join us as we discover how Jesus reshapes our understanding of work, rest, and what it means to live a life held in God’s gracious hands.

‍In this sermon, Luke Prentice unpacks the striking moment in Luke 5:27–39 when Jesus calls Levi—a tax collector and social outcast—to follow Him. Levi responds instantly, leaving everything behind and throwing a banquet where Jesus sits among tax collectors and “sinners.” Through this surprising scene, Jesus reveals both His open‑armed welcome and His uncompromising call.

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Jesus’ words cut through the assumptions of the Pharisees:
“It’s not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.”
He comes not for the impressive, but for the broken; not for the self‑assured, but for the spiritually needy. Yet His welcome is never permission to stay the same. Jesus calls sinners to repentance—a complete U‑turn, not a gentle lifestyle adjustment.

Luke helps us see that following Jesus is not a spiritual upgrade or a blend of old and new. Through images of torn garments and bursting wineskins, Jesus shows that His kingdom cannot be mixed with our old ways of thinking. What He offers is something entirely new—a whole‑life transformation.

This sermon presses two questions onto us:

How do you see yourself?
And what does it really mean to follow Jesus?

Whether you feel deeply aware of your need or comfortably settled in your routines, Jesus meets you with both comfort and challenge. His arms are open—but His call is all or nothing.

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In this sermon, Mike Phillips opens Luke 5:12–26 and invites us to reflect on our own reasons for coming to Jesus. In this passage we meet two desperate men—one covered in leprosy, one unable to walk—each carrying deep physical, social, and spiritual burdens. Both come to Jesus with bold faith. And both receive from Him far more than they expected.

Jesus reaches out and touches the man with leprosy—breaking through stigma, isolation, and shame—and He makes him clean, not just healed. Soon after, when friends lower a paralysed man through a roof, Jesus sees their faith and speaks words no one anticipated: “Friend, your sins are forgiven.”
The crowds witness not only healing, but the astonishing reality that Jesus has the authority of God Himself—the authority to restore bodies, cleanse lives, and forgive sins.\

This moment presses the question onto every one of us:

What are you hoping Jesus will do for you? And what if He wants to do even more?

‍In this sermon you’ll be encouraged to:

• See Jesus’ compassion for the outcast, the hurting, and the ashamed

• Recognise the deeper spiritual needs beneath our visible struggles

• Understand Jesus’ divine authority to forgive sins - proved by His power to heal

• Consider how Jesus meets us with both truth and tenderness

• Ask what Jesus might want to do in your life beyond what brought you here today

Luke tells us the people left saying, “We have seen remarkable things today.” As we listen to this passage, we’re invited to see the same remarkable Jesus—the One who heals, restores, forgives, and calls us into new life with God

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In this sermon, Luke Prentice takes us into the dramatic scenes of Luke 4:31–44, where Jesus’ authority and power break into the world with unmistakable clarity. In Capernaum, Jesus confronts evil spirits, heals sickness, and restores the broken — and every moment reveals who He truly is.

The crowds recognise His astonishing authority. The demons recognise His identity. But Jesus will not let evil define Him — instead, His words and works show us His unmatched power and His deep compassion.

This passage presses two key questions onto us today:

‍ Who is Jesus?
And how will we respond to His authority and care?

‍ Luke helps us see the bigger biblical canvas: Jesus has come to undo the work of the devil, to defeat darkness, to heal, to restore, and to proclaim the good news of God’s kingdom. He invites us to consider what trusting Jesus looks like in real life — asking for His help, obeying His words, finding assurance in His victory, and enduring faithfully when the world still feels broken.

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In this sermon, Luke Prentice walks us through the dramatic and confronting moment in Luke 4:14–30 when Jesus returns to His hometown of Nazareth and declares who He truly is: the fulfilment of God’s long‑promised good news. Jesus proclaims freedom, sight, and release for all who will receive Him—but the people of Nazareth respond with rejection. Why? Because He didn’t fit their categories, challenge their expectations, and exposed the truth of their hearts. This passage presses the same questions onto us today: Who is Jesus? And how will we respond to Him? Luke unpacks Jesus’ mission to proclaim and to bring about God’s favour, and he helps us wrestle with what it means to receive Jesus rather than resist Him. We’re invited to consider the freedom, healing, and new sight Jesus still offers—freedom from sin, fear, addiction, bitterness, and more; and the renewed vision to see who we are, how deeply we’re loved, and the life God calls us into. Will you receive Him, or reject Him? Join us as we explore this powerful moment in Jesus’ ministry and what it means for us today.

In Luke 4:1–13, Jesus is led by the Spirit into the wilderness, where He faces the full force of temptation. Yet unlike Adam, Israel, and every one of us, Jesus remains perfectly obedient. Luke Prentice unpacks this powerful moment, showing how Jesus proves Himself to be the true and faithful Son of God. This sermon highlights two key truths:

• There is no shortcut to glory — Jesus refuses the easy path, choosing obedience over power, comfort, or recognition.

• True trust doesn’t demand — Jesus entrusts Himself to the Father without forcing God’s hand, modelling a faith that rests rather than manipulates.

A rich and encouraging message that helps us see Jesus clearly and invites us to follow Him with the same patient, trusting obedience.

In this sermon on Luke 3:21–38, Mike Philips explores one of the most important questions anyone can ask. Drawing on Jesus’ baptism, the voice from heaven, the descent of the Spirit, and even the long genealogy back to Adam, Mike shows how Luke reveals a rich, multidimensional portrait of Jesus. Far from being just a prophet, teacher, or political figure, Jesus is unveiled as:

• God the Son — the divine second person of the Trinity

• God’s Anointed Messiah — empowered by the Spirit to rescue and restore

• The True Human — the new Adam who succeeds where humanity failed

Mike invites us to consider not only who Jesus is, but what it means for us to follow Him—worshipping the Son, trusting the Messiah, and imitating the true human who restores us as beloved children of God.

As we step into a new year, Mike Phillips opens Luke 3:1–20 to remind us that God has always been at work preparing the way for His people. Luke begins this chapter with historical detail, grounding the story of John the Baptist in real time and real places. Mike helps us see why that matters: the gospel is not myth or imagination, but God’s unfolding plan in human history.

From there, we follow John the Baptist as he calls God’s people to repentance, preparing their hearts for the arrival of Jesus. Mike explores what true repentance looks like, why John’s message was so urgent, and how it still speaks powerfully to us today.

As we look ahead to 2026, Mike invites us to reflect honestly on the sin that entangles us and consider what patterns, temptations, and habits we want to turn from as we follow Jesus more faithfully.

In this sermon, Daniel Pardo reflects on Luke 5:1–11 and explores what it really means to trust in Jesus. Through Peter’s unforgettable encounter on the lake, we see how Jesus steps into an ordinary life, reveals His power, exposes our need, and calls us into something far greater than we could imagine. Daniel traces Peter’s journey—from hesitant fisherman, to failing disciple, to restored leader and bold witness—and reminds us that Peter’s transformation didn’t come from his own strength, but from Jesus’ unwavering faithfulness. Even when Peter fell short, Jesus lifted him up, restored him, and shaped him into the person He promised he would become. This passage presses an important question onto us today: What does it mean to trust Jesus when following Him feels risky, costly, or uncertain? In this message, you’ll be encouraged to:

• See Jesus’ power and authority revealed in the miraculous catch

• Recognise your own need for the One who heals, restores, and forgives

• Remember Jesus’ faithfulness—even when His followers fall short

• Understand what it means to “fish for people” and bring others to life in Christ

• Trust Jesus daily as Lord, Redeemer, and the One who calls hesitant people into His mission .

The same Jesus who stepped into Peter’s boat is the same Jesus who steps into your life—calling you, restoring you, and inviting you to trust Him no matter the cost.

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In this sermon, Helen Henzell leads us through the well‑known moment in Luke 5:1–11 where Jesus steps into Simon Peter’s boat, teaches the crowds, and then commands the weary fishermen to let down their nets once more. What follows is the miraculous catch — but as Helen reminds us, it’s not about the fish.

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This story reveals something far greater: who Jesus is, and how people respond when His authority, power, and presence break into ordinary life. Simon obeys Jesus not because the timing makes sense, but simply “because you say so.” And in that moment of obedience, he encounters the holy, powerful, compassionate Lord who commands creation itself.

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The miraculous catch becomes the turning point where Simon truly sees Jesus — and where Jesus calls Simon, James, and John into a new mission: to follow Him and “fish for people.”

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In this sermon you’ll be encouraged to:

• ‍See Jesus’ authority over creation and His power to transform lives

• Recognise the excuses that keep us from taking Jesus at His word

• ‍Reflect on Simon Peter’s response: humility, awe, and trust in Jesus’ call

• Understand God’s rescue plan — to free us from the captivity of sin through Jesus’ sacrifice

• Hear Jesus’ invitation to follow Him with confidence, wherever we are and whatever we do

This moment by the lake is not just about nets and fish — it’s about seeing Jesus clearly, trusting Him deeply, and stepping into the life and purpose He calls us to.

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Third Sermon in our Mission Month Series, Mike preaches on Luke 4:14-22 showing how Jesus is meets the need of those who are often marginalised. All to often we will encounter those on the margins and, regardless of our faith, choose not to reach out. But we will also go further, separating ourselves from these people. Mike helps us to understand that not only is Jesus for people such as these, but that we are all in need of the freedom found in Christ.

It's easy for the events of Jesus' birth to become just another story, Greg encourages us to be amazed at the Christmas story as seen in Luke 2:1-20, and to see how God is at work throughout.

With one day to go before Christmas, Luke unpacks the implications of the birth of John the Baptist, encouraging us to look past the presents and to seek Jesus as our lifeline this Christmas.

The passage for this sermon is Luke 1:57-80 (NIRV)

When Mary went to visit her cousin Elizabeth, they were moved to praise God for their blessings. Greg unpacks this passage from Luke 1:39-56 and encourages us to be ready to praise God for our own blessings, how many can you think of?

God's messengers come to ensure that his people know the true story. Greg explores what it means for an Angel to come to Mary and encourages us to trust that in God nothing is impossible.

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Our advent series continues, Luke unpacks Luke 1:5-25, showing the ways that God is at work, challenging Christians to ask God to work in them and change their hearts.

In this first sermon of our advent series, Greg dives into Luke 1:1-4, exploring the certainty and hope found in the Gospels. As we prepare our hearts for the Christmas season, he encourages us to reflect on the solid foundation of our faith and the reasons we have to believe in the Good News.