EV Church Sermons

1 Peter chapter 3 encourages and challenges us with big truths about who we are as men and women. Andrew Heard shares the Bible's wisdom on marriage that brings something much better than any alternative our culture can offer.

Andrew Heard explains that the key to understanding Jesus is not that he came to give us an example of how to live. The key is that he came to bear our sins to save us.

God's purposes centre on Jesus as the cornerstone that brings stability. Jez Reynolds speaks on the chosen people of God who have heard and humbled themselves before him, and become living stones precious to him.

Is Christianity a set of arbitrary rules? Jez Reynolds speaks on how our desire to live a holy life, connects to our hope in Jesus and is pleasing to God.

We give thanks to God for motherhood, for the joys and the heartaches, and yet there are even bigger things than motherhood that form our identity. Andrew Heard speaks on the value and worth given to us by God, who created us to know him.

This world, and this life is not your home! As we endure hardships and suffering, the letter of 1 Peter encourages the people of God to look towards our true heavenly home. Andrew Heard introduces this series and challenges us to see God's work in our current trials and circumstances.

What does it mean to pick up our cross to follow Jesus? Grahame Fuller looks at the radical and counter-intuitive call of Jesus to lose ourselves in order to gain everything.

Our world reduces the Easter message to bunnies and religious curiosities... they cannot believe the unbelievable. So, is it true?? Andrew Heard speaks on the exalted Jesus, who is raised to life and given all power, and before whom all will bow the knee.

2000 yrs of the cross has desensitised us to its shock and scandal. Jez Reynolds takes us back to the 1st Century to appreciate the depths of God's love in his son humbling himself to death - even death on a cross.

Doubts about Christianity are not always an intellectual issue but often a deeper heart problem driven by sin and rebellion. Andrew Heard speaks on the doubts of John the Baptist and Jesus' response to him and to us today.

Jesus calls his followers to love in the most radical, unnatural and costly way. Jez Reynolds unpacks what it means to love our enemy, what it doesn't mean, and how we can do the seemingly impossible.

What Jesus says in Luke 6 doesn't fit with who our culture says is blessed and who is cursed. Andrew Heard helps us understand the context of Jesus teachings and what is true blessings, especially for us today.

The Bible brings us truths about life, in particular the importance of time and God bringing in his kingdom. Andrew Heard speaks on Jesus bringing in the promised new kingdom of God and the impact this has for our lives today.

Jesus' first sermon in his hometown started well but ended with him almost thrown off a cliff. What happened to trigger such a violent twist? Jez Reynolds digs into how the answer helps us see Jesus rightly and then ourselves rightly in relation to him.

There is more to life than the material, the devil and his strategy is a real threat to our eternal destination... Grahame Fuller shares that we can have confidence in Jesus as the Son of God to overcome the devil's temptation and fulfil his role of suffering servant for us.

John the baptist didn't preach a 'safe space' message to the crowd but challenged them with repentance that was evidenced by a changed life. Jez Reynolds speaks from Luke 3 on the good news this message of repentance brings for them, and us, as it points to the salvation available in Jesus. Is repentance real in your life?

Merry Christmas ;) Luke chapter 2 tells us the story of Jesus' birth, a fulfilment long prophesied about through the Old Testament. Jez Reynolds takes us through the place, the person, and the purpose of this account to lift our gaze to the big picture of Jesus and our salvation.

Why does the Gospel of Luke begin with John and not Jesus, a choice echoed in all four Gospels? Andrew Heard reveals that this is no accident but a display of God's perfect plan, preparing the way for Christ, fulfilling prophecy, and showing that God hears every prayer and draws near to the broken-hearted and weak.

The gospel of Luke is a carefully researched and investigated account of Jesus' life and ministry. Andrew Heard challenges us to see that the certainty of the Christian message points to reasoned and rational response of faith in Jesus.

Every person, in every culture has a thought or question about what happens after we die... and death is coming for all of us! Grahame Fuller shares from the Bible the confronting yet beautiful truth that we can have eternal life with Jesus.

Many of us don't know why we exist, yet we are constantly searching for meaning and purpose in life. Andrew Heard explores this question and shares from the Bible how only God can give us ultimate purpose... deep, true, and meaningful existence that's bigger than us.

The question of suffering is one that every generation asks. Jez Reynolds steps through the Bible's layered response and the comfort and hope it offers.

Why isn't it more obvious that God's there, and why aren't we seeking him? Andrew Heard shows us from the Bible in Acts 17, how God has made himself known, and the challenge to examine our own hearts and seek him.

The scriptures tell us that God loves us and wants to save! Andrew Heard speaks from the end of Luke's gospel, that Jesus preached he must suffer and die, and that this message must be preached to the world for salvation.

Where can we find security in our chaotic world? Grahame Fuller points us to the book of Revelation for answers, offering hope in uncertain times.

We live in what's often called a therapeutic age, a culture focused on seeking what makes us "feel good." But is that what we should expect from church? Or from God? Join Andrew Heard as he helps us unpack these questions in the final instalment of our 1 John series.

The phrase 'Love is love' is often used to define love in today's world, but what does it truly mean? Andrew Heard guides us in uncovering the biblical definition of love.

As we continue our journey through 1 John, Andrew Heard helps us identify the evidence of a truly born-again Christian and reflects on the contrasting situations we might encounter as a result.

The Bible's picture of what it means to belong to the Christian community is far richer, far more profound and far more important than most people think. The Apostle John gives a vivid picture of what it means to belong to God's church.

To have confidence of external life requires two surprising qualifications. Jez Reynolds unpacks how Jesus is the greatest of lawyers for the most serious of criminals.

As Jez takes us through 1 John, he reveals how we can have confidence about the future in a world filled with uncertainty.

Our society tends to have two extreme views about children; they are either 'everything' or a 'costly inconvenience'. Grahame Fuller speaks on the Bible's wonderfully positive view of children, that they are part of God's plan for the world and worth our investment in raising the next generation to know him.

Family is a good gift from God, but it is a terrible master. Jez Reynolds traces Jesus' teaching on the danger of family and the priority of the Kingdom of God.

Whatever your experience of earthly family has been, you were made for a far more wonderful, glorious, eternal family. Andrew Heard speaks on the heavenly father with whom we are made for relationship and by the Spirit adopted to sonship.

The Bible is clear that salvation comes from God by faith alone. Andrew Heard speaks on what the Bible says about baptism and why it is a fitting sign to be applied to infants of Christian parents.

Everyone wants to grow - or we should! But how? Colossians 2:16-23 raises the dangers of seeking growth through human traditions, rules, or mystical practices, which sound helpful but can actually be harmful. In Colossians, Paul shows us that Jesus gives us all we need for salvation and growth, and we see how it is that he grows us. Are you giving yourself to the normal ways that Jesus grows you?

The golden calf episode in Exodus provides us with a great warning and a great hope. Andrew Heard speaks on the character of God; his judgement and justice, and his love, compassion and mercy, both displayed in Jesus death for us.

The best human experiences are all about relationship. Andrew Heard speaks on the detailed Tabernacle given to Moses, where God dwells and makes a way for sinful people to relate to him, and looks forward to Jesus, fulfilling God dwelling in our hearts.

The Bible has some tricky parts that require us to trust in a good and loving God. Jez Reynolds helps us think through God's law given in Exodus and the principles that help us love each other well and live to please God today.

Western civilization is deeply shaped by the Bible, yet today the 10 commandments are disregarded as not relevant. Andrew Heard speaks on the 10 special "words" of God that help us understand who he is and how we should respond to him.

God wants Israel as his treasured possession. Jez Reynolds takes us through the covenant with Israel mediated by Moses at Mt Sinai, that also points to the need for a better new covenant found in Jesus.

Who is God and how should we respond to him? Mike Austin speaks from Exodus 14 - 18 and shows us how God's people in Exodus react to their rescue from slavery, and why it matters for us today.

The 'pass over' described in Exodus is a scale model of the even greater rescue we have in Jesus. Grahame Fuller speaks on the final plague of death in Egypt where the Passover lamb points to Jesus blood sacrifice for our salvation.

The Exodus rescue is a picture of the even greater rescue to come. Andrew Heard speaks on the sovereignty of God, his desire to reveal himself to us, and his mercy to save us.

Who is the LORD? God reveals his name to Moses at the burning bush "I Am who I Am". Jez Reynolds digs into what we learn about God as the unchanging, unimaginable, eternal and yet personal God of the universe.

The drama of the great rescue in Exodus brings us a glimpse of the even bigger plan of salvation for God's people in Jesus. Andrew Heard begins this series in Exodus with a reminder of God's mercy to us, which he began before we could even ask.

Christians don't grow in godliness through the Law of Moses - we're free! Ben Broadfoot shares from Galatians, that we grow by doing the things of the Spirit, day after day, simply and humbly, trusting God to transform us as we continue.

The teachings on money in 1 Timothy 6 don't make sense to people who think this life is all there is. But the passage shows us there's a life that's truly life, which is the one in the age to come in eternity with our God, and this changes our whole approach to money.

Leaders are not the most important people in church, but it is most important for church that they lead well. Jez Reynolds draws out the responsibilities we have to honour our leaders and hold them to account.