Yahweh speeches
This week I preached on God’s speeches in Job 38-42 at our church.
Meet God in God’s people (sermon on Deuteronomy 4)
Observe God’s ways carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding to the nations, who will hear about all these decrees and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people…” This sermon is from 24 July 2011 at Christ Church Hawthorn. Includes 9-minute, 40-verse reading from […]
Sermon: the persistent widow
A couple of weeks before Arthur preached on the parable of the tenants, I spoke on Luke 18:1-8, commonly called the parable of the persistent widow. Here is the sermon. I preached from my own translation of the passage, which is below along with the photo I refer to at […]
Revolutionary Jesus (a sermon on the parable of the tenants)
The parable of the tenants (Luke 20:9-19) is the parable in which Jesus speaks most strongly about himself, claiming to be “son” and “cornerstone”. It’s also an unrepeatable parable, inseparable from its historical context of Jesus’ attack on the Jerusalem temple system. So, while it’s an immensely important part of […]
The King of Glory (Psalm 24 sermon)
I was asked to pick a psalm for our home church in Adelaide and chose Psalm 24, one of the ascension songs. The St Matt’s version (2 January) focuses on work and relationships. The first couple of minutes are missing from this recording. The Christ Church Hawthorn version (6 February) focuses […]
Stick it to the Man! (Sermon)
Here is a talk I gave last year to youth and young adults at Christ Church Dingley, covering Revelation 17-19 with a nod to School of Rock. There is a handout that goes along with it, as a tool to give people a cultural hook and a vocabulary with which to speak […]
Sermon: Nahum
Here‘s the sermon I preached on Nahum at Christ Church Hawthorn last Sunday. It’s the last in a series we’ve done called ‘Encountering God in the Old Testament’.
Meet Jesus at uni 