Resurrection Church Sermons

Many people have struggled with certain besetting sins and character flaws for years, if not decades. Can people ever really change? Paul says Christians can and must change. And he shows us the engine for change that transforms us from the inside out. 15-06-2025 - Lucas Durant

"Live a life worthy of the calling by which you have been called." Knowing the high calling on the church in Ephesians 1-3, how could we ever live up to it? By God's grace we have been given gifts to equip us for the worthy life.08-06-2025 - Lucas Durant

As Paul moves from explaining God's big plan for the universe to the practical implications of that plan for the church, he prays. His prayer gives us a great model of how to pray for our church in particular and the church universal. 01-06-2025 - Lucas Durant

When we read the book of Acts, we find that in the earliest days of the church there was a Copernican revolution in terms of understanding God's plan for His People. The mystery that was formerly hidden but now revealed is that Christ's salvation is open to all people without distinction. Jews and Gentiles have been equally incorporated into third-kind of humanity, one new family - the church.25-05-2025 - Lucas Durant

Everywhere we look in the world, people are divided. Public discourse, politics, international trade - it's all become increasingly hostile. What is God's answer to our divisions? The Cross of Christ. There at the cross, our hostilities were put to death and we were reconciled to God and one another.18-05-2025 - Lucas Durant

Becoming a Christian always requires a miraculous work of God. Paul reminds Christians of what we were, tells us what are and explains what we are for.11-05-2025 - Lucas Durant

What is God's blueprint for your life? Knowing God's master plan will enable you to live confidently and give you a sense of direction. Ephesians summarises God's big plan.27-04-2025 - Jack Wong

If Christ was raised from the dead, then death is not the end and there is an eternity of joy ahead for all Christians. It's a wonderfully comforting thought. But is it true? And if it is, what does it mean?20-04-2025 - Lucas Durant

Where do we expect to find God? Are there dark places in the world and in yourself where you are certain he cannot be found? The cross crucifies what we know about how God works. 13-04-2025 - Lucas Durant

What do you do with overwhelming guilt? Remorse is not enough. Bring it to the cross. 30-03-2025 - Lucas Durant

Amid false testimony, sham trials, denials and cursing - Jesus remained silent. Understood rightly, his silence sounds like grace.23-03-2025 - Lucas Durant

How can we understand Jesus' deep and sudden sorrow in Gethsemane? It is a foretaste of the cup of God's wrath that he would soon drink for us. And knowing exactly what it would cost him, he went through with it.16-03-2025 - Lucas Durant

Jesus uses the passover meal to give us an interpretive grid for his death. Christ's death is the source of salvation and the the centre of salvation history.09-03-2025 - Lucas Durant

What is Jesus worth? Some will calculate his worth according to whether he helps or hinders their goals. Love ends calculations. 02-03-2025 - Lucas Durant

When the end of all things comes, and Jesus Christ returns, what should we expect? The judgement of all people. If all will be judged, then it is important to know who will judge and what his criteria will be. 23-02-2025 - Lucas Durant

Christ will return, the end will come... but how should that shape our priorities in the present. Jesus' parable of the talents explains how best to invest our present labours in light of the end.16-02-2025 - Lucas Durant

Christ will come again and bring the world as we know it to a sudden, unexpected, cataclysmic end. No one knows when. So, keep watch and be ready. 9-02-2025 - Lucas Durant

It's the end of the world as we know it... or is it? The disciples heard news that made them think that everything was collapsing, but Jesus' instruction was "stand firm". Let's take him at his word.02-02-2025 - Lucas Durant

In his inaugural sermon among his home congregation, Jesus preached good news for the poor. The initial response was delight, but quickly shifted to violent outrage.26-01-2025 - Lucas Durant

Jesus' first miraculous sign was turning water into wine. This can be seen as a foreshadowing of the pattern of his entire ministry. As we examine this sign, we see three essential aspects of what Jesus came to do - remove shame, transform lack, reveal glory. 19-01-2025 - Lucas Durant

Epiphany is the time of year when Christians celebrate the revelations concerning Jesus' unique glory. The Magi were some of the first to have receive such an epiphany. God rearranged the heavens to bring them near, he spoke to them through the scriptures to make it clear, and coming into his presence his glory appeared. 05-01-2025 - Lucas Durant

Happy New Year! But what does that mean? Where does blessing come from, what is it, and how can we receive it? 29-12-2024 - Lucas Durant

Christmas is the antidote to all our anxieties. In the first Christmas song, sung by Mary, we learn how we can go on singing. 15-12-2024 - Lucas Durant

In the midst of what seems like chaos, God has a plan. Far from making us passive, God tells us his plan in order to call us to live by faith in Him. Faith in God's plangives us ultimate hope in the face of every trial. 08-12-2024 - Lucas Durant

Evil should make us angry. But when does righteous anger crossover into unrighteousness? When wicked behaviour is dealt with wickedly, how does God respond? 01-12-2024 - Friedemann Barinske

God says we need to be changed into the image of His Son. But most of us hate change. How does God accomplish his work? He wrestles us. 24-11-2024 - Lucas Durant

There are many ways that people try to secure blessings for themselves. But there is ultimately only one source from which all blessings flow. 17-11-2024 - Lucas Durant

Though the LORD can radically heal and restore a person's life, the cause and effect consequences of sin normally knock on long after repentance and conversion. Why does the LORD allow those difficulties to continue? Laban's Deception and Leah's Disappointment show us that it is the LORD's Discipline for our good. 10-11-2024 - Lucas Durant

This episode in Jacob's life is profoundly encouraging. It shows us that God is not distant. His power is actively shaping directing world and his presence is intimately close to his people. Jesus Christ is the connection between heaven and earth. 03-11-2024 - Lucas Durant

This ranks as one of the most dramatic stories in the Bible. The characters each have their own aims and they will stop at nothing to achieve them. But while each person sinfully pursues their own goals, God achieves his purpose. God cannot be stopped. 27-10-2024 - Lucas Durant

How do we explain the difference between those who embrace the Christian faith and those who reject it? Do people become Christians because they are more moral, more clever or better in some way? The story of Jacob and Esau powerfully dismantles that idea. God's saving purposes in the world are advanced by his sovereign election. 24-10-2024 - Lucas Durant

Christians are motivated by God's grace to give generously. Yet even when we are motivated to give, we must still determine how to give. Paul's instruction to the Corinthians helps us to invest our resources wisely, trusting God to produce a harvest.  13-10-2024 - Lucas Durant

According to the scriptures, the way we use our money can tell us a great deal about the condition of our hearts. A heart that has been changed by God's generous grace is revealed in generosity. This section of 2 Corinthians gives us a model for what a healthy heart looks like and a prescription for bringing our hearts to full health.  06-10-2024 - Lucas Durant

The hospitality of Christian people has been one of the most powerful tools that God has used to advance the gospel and change the world. God still works through this sacramental means. When we show hospitality to strangers, we may be entertaining angels without knowing it. 29-09-2024 - Lucas Durant

Humanity is rife with divisions. False worship retells human stories and reinforces those divisions. Biblical worship reveals reality from God's perspective and invites us to participate in God's story. True worship must shape the whole life of a Christian. 22-09-2024 - Lucas Durant

Hospitality, according to the Bible's use of the word, means "love for strangers", and it was primarily shown by welcoming weary people one's own home and providing for their needs. According to Ephesians 2, Christ meets us as weary strangers, alienated from God and one another. But in his hospitality toward us, Christ welcomes us in and makes us family. 15-09-2024 - Lucas Durant

Why is there something rather than nothing? Many people buy into the secular materialist worldview which tells us that nothing became everything by chance and that human beings are the product of countless generations of violence. To believe this is to believe that the world is fundamentally a hostile and meaningless place characterised by scarcity and competition. The Bible tells a very different story about a Creator God who is the ultimate host, making total provision for his honoured guests and welcoming them into fellowship with him. To believe this is to see the world as a fundamentally delightful and meaningful place characterised by abundance and love. Which world are we living in? 08-09-2024 - Lucas Durant

What are you boasting in? What is the thing that thrills you, gives you purpose, and gives you confidence. Paul says there are only two kinds of boasting - boasting that may look outwardly impressive but is ultimately empty, or boasting in the cross. 01-09-2024 - Lucas Durant

The Gospel puts our lives in order and helps us to restore others. It gives us a concern for God's glory to show forth in our own lives and in the lives of others. 25-08-2024 - James Hall

How do we grow in the Christian life? Paul teaches that the way we become Christians in the first place is the way we grow as Christians throughout our lives. It is as we turn to Christ in faith that the Spirit makes us fruitful. 11-08-2024 - Lucas Durant

The highest value in our modern world is freedom. We want to be free from every impediment to doing what we want. But what is true freedom? It is more than freedom from something, it is freedom for something. What is true freedom for? 04-08-2024 - Lucas Durant

God helps those who help themselves...or does he? The story of Hagar and Sarah shows that God's grace is for those who cannot help themselves. Their two sons, point to two religions, with two results. 28-07-2024 - Lucas Durant

You know people who are struggling, and you want to be an agent for change in their lives. But how? In this text, Paul explains the kind of gospel ministry that changes people. 21-07-2024 - Lucas Durant

Who inherits all the blessings of God? Is it on the basis of our performance or God's promise? Paul argues that we must check the exact terms of the will. 07-07-2024 - Lucas Durant

Paul's opponents tried to convince the Galatians to go back to a more proven method of getting right with God. But in this section Paul gives four proofs that faith in Christ is (and always was) the only way.

How do people get right with God and receive his approval? By our own efforts or by the work of another? The answer we give to that question will impact our entire way of life. 23-06-2024 - Lucas Durant

The gospel of Jesus Christ is not of human origin, but directly revealed by God. For this reason it can radically change lives and bring unity across great differences. 16-06-2024 - Lucas Durant

There is only one Gospel, but many counterfeits. The god-given message at the heart of the Christian faith is about rescue through the death of Jesus Christ. It is a gift, not a grind. Don't be deceived. 09-06-2024 - Lucas Durant

As Moses brings his final sermon to a close, he calls the people of God to action. Relationship with God is very near to us, we need only make a simple choice. 02-06-2024 - Lucas Durant

A Christian's relationship with God is both personal and collective. Moses shows how God's people are connected to one another across time and space, and he charges us to look after each other so that we might all enjoy God's blessings. 19-05-2024 - Kristian Odebjer

Sometimes Christians know what they have been saved from, but they fail to see what they have been saved for. Here we find a 5-fold programme for life-long discipleship and the motivation to live it out. 12-05-2024 - Lucas Durant