Sermons

Below you can find links to sermons from Trinity Church offered as streaming audio, and text in PDF format (not all sermons may have audio).

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Entering The Land Of The Gospel

Recorded on Sunday, December 6, 2009

The Gospel of Jesus Christ is very much about and part of the New Covenant established in Jesus during his first coming.  In the days before Christmas 2009 Francis takes time to look at how Jesus brought something John the Baptist predicted but did not know about in his own experience.  Looking at this helps us realise that Christians are called to live in the Grace and Holy Spirit empowerment of God released in Jesus.  Repentance of sin as preached by John the Baptist is preparation for this but not the substance of the Gospel.

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Hope For Life

Recorded on Sunday, November 29, 2009

On the First Sunday of Advent in the lead up to Christmas, Francis looks at the nature of Christian Hope.  Yes Christian hope is different from other varieties and may rightly be part of every believer's life.  The key is recognising and accepting the basis for hope and knowing how to live in it.  This sermon is a primer to help us in hopeful living.

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Christ The King, Experiencing The Sovereignty Of God Today

Recorded on Sunday, November 22, 2009

This sermon for the day marked as Christ the King was an opportunity to get behind some slightly archaic language and ask, "how might we understand and experience the Kingship of God today?".  Francis shares his own experience and meditation on the Sovereign God revealed in Jesus Christ as perceived and experienced today.  In applying this he shares one discipleship lesson learned about trusting Christ's Kingship amidst difficult circumstances and institutional injustice.

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