Healing and Authority     Ps 36:1-9; Isa 35:1-8; John 5:1-29 Sermon Pt 1. John 5:1-18 Audio: https://www.daleappleby.net/index.php/mp3-sermons/51-recent-sermons/1059-healing-and-authority-john-5 Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4psQDVHN1R8 Introduction John 5 has a number of unique features compared to the other miraculous signs stories in the Gospel. William Barclay said … Continue reading →

Prophets and the Pathos of the Lord  Ezek 5:11-17 Hos 11:1-9 John 11:28-44 Audio:https://www.daleappleby.net/index.php/mp3-sermons/51-recent-sermons/1058-prophets-and-the-pathos-of-the-lord video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU981UN384I Preamble Strong inner traumas brought me to Christ, and for a long time afterwards I struggled to understand my own intense emotions.  I remember … Continue reading →

A sermon for Dalkeith Road Church of Christ 23/8/2020 “It does not dishonour others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs” (1 Cor. 13:5 NIV). It is far easier to say, “I … Continue reading →

Prophets and Unity Ps 133; Eph 4:1-6; John 17:1-26 Audio: https://www.daleappleby.net/index.php/mp3-sermons/51-recent-sermons/1056-prophets-and-the-unity-of-the-church Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSG5tETkufY Introduction Over the last two weeks I have made some remarks about past Great Awakenings. Great they were, but perfect, in the sense Jesus prayed for in … Continue reading →

Prophets and Great Awakenings Ps 35:22-28; Isa 51:9-16; Rom 8:31-37 Audio: https://www.daleappleby.net/index.php/mp3-sermons/51-recent-sermons/1052-prophets-and-great-awakenings Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzthS7x-08k&t=1346s **PLEASE see note at bottom of video, text supplied where audio missing (about 23.34 for 4 mins). Introduction All students of history’s periodic revivals in the … Continue reading →

Prophets and the Altar of the Lamb   Gen 8:20-22; Isa 6:1-13; John 12:23-26, 36-41 Audio:https://www.daleappleby.net/index.php/mp3-sermons/51-recent-sermons/1054-prophets-and-the-lamb Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OncSjHLh40 Introduction Last week I spoke of Great Awakenings and attempted to ground what happened in the tremendous revivals of past centuries in the … Continue reading →

Prophets and the Coming Weight of Eternity Eph 2:1-10 2 Cor 4:7-18 Jesus Talk 29.6.20 Audio:https://www.daleappleby.net/index.php/mp3-sermons/51-recent-sermons/1050-prophets-and-the-coming-weight-of-glory Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-cWTRd9MhQ Introduction In the context of praying for tonight’s message, two stories came my way. First, someone shared that their Christian friends do … Continue reading →

Jesus and All the Things of Life    Gen 18:16-33; 2 Pet 2:4-10; Matt 28:18-20 Audio: https://www.daleappleby.net/index.php/mp3-sermons/51-recent-sermons/1049-jesus-and-all-the-things-of-life Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJ20Sel8MhI Sermon part1: Introduction An interesting exchange happened at our recent Church Council meeting. Someone suggested that we meet every two months rather … Continue reading →

A Sermon for Dalkeith Road Church of Christ 26th July 2020 “Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant” (1 Cor. 13:4 ESV) Today I get to consider one aspect of love within … Continue reading →

Prophets and the Gift of God Jesus Talk 19.7.20 Matt 25:14-30; 2 Cor 9:6-15 Audio: https://www.daleappleby.net/media/podcastmanager/ProphGift.mp3 Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhkKYyCV0KE Introduction Most of us here tonight could quote John 3:16, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, … Continue reading →

Prophets and the Glory of God Rom 1:16-25; 1 Cor 15:35-49 Audio: https://www.daleappleby.net/index.php/mp3-sermons/51-recent-sermons/1046-prophets-and-the-glory-of-god Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOhddn-hsRM Introduction Over the last 4 weeks we have been discussing how prophets are constrained to prophesy by their discernment of God’s, “plan for the fullness … Continue reading →

Prophetic Intercession Jesus Talk 5.7.20   Isa 52:13-53:12; Heb 7:11-28 Audio: https://www.daleappleby.net/index.php/mp3-sermons/51-recent-sermons/1044-prophetic-intercession Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93N3V7VZUNM Introduction In the first teaching of this series I described prophets as men and women who proclaim the Plan of God in Christ which existed before the … Continue reading →

Prophetic Worship     Jesus Talk 28/6/20      John 4:16-26 Jude 24-25 Rev 5:1-14 Audio: https://www.daleappleby.net/index.php/mp3-sermons/51-recent-sermons/1042-prophetic-worship Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCQMyQaZj3U “I think we delight to praise what we enjoy because the praise not merely expresses but completes the enjoyment; it is its appointed consummation. It … Continue reading →

A Heart that Belongs to Jesus St Mark’s 28.6.20 Audio: https://www.daleappleby.net/index.php/mp3-sermons/51-recent-sermons/1041-the-heart-that-belongs-to-jesus Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txWm4o40Www Isa 59:15b-21 Preface In terms of a marriage (cf. 2 Cor 11: 2), the Lord has our hand, but he doesn’t have all of our hearts. Today … Continue reading →

Without Measure: Christ and the Limits of reality Jesus Talk 21.6.20  Ephesians 2:17-22 John 3:31-36 Audio: https://www.daleappleby.net/index.php/mp3-sermons/51-recent-sermons/1040-without-measure Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz9RyhddseE&list=UUkz-PyfZ7TSSOOVsH7OUegQ “He who comes from above is above all. He who is of the earth belongs to the earth and speaks in … Continue reading →

The Heart of Prophecy Jesus Talk 14.6.20 John 7:37-39; Rev 19:1-10 Audio: https://www.daleappleby.net/index.php/mp3-sermons/51-recent-sermons/1038-the-heart-of-prophecy Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=–gyLch5Oe0 Introduction As a new Christian my attention was seized by two teachings by Geoff Bingham. One was on the plan of God in Ephesians 1, … Continue reading →

Generous God   https://youtu.be/bP17SQKuGrA “He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?” (Rom 8:32) “Our affluence is killing us.” (Young Australian, prior … Continue reading →

Grief: The Deepest Well of Blessing https://youtu.be/kbKGpCyaUYk Preface To the natural mind the ways of God are paradoxical beyond comprehension (Isa 55:8-9). In his kingdom “first” and “last” are reversed (Mark 9:35; 10:31). Long these lines, I have long sensed … Continue reading →

light from Light from Light  https://youtu.be/-uOhSsD3ReY Introduction Vast numbers of committed Christians seem deeply misled about the essential nature of God. We cling dearly to the biblical testimony, “God is love” (1 John 4:8, 16) and uphold power as the … Continue reading →

Laying on of Hands (LH)    https://youtu.be/wFMoscVVbfs Background In recent weeks I have written on the importance of our physical meeting together as Christians as a medium of revelation. This includes touch is an important medium of revelation (1 John 1:1). … Continue reading →

The Hand of God    15.5.20 https://youtu.be/BODPytvToSo Introduction The subject of the “hand of God” is more profound in scripture and in life than most of us have realised. One of the reasons for this is that the “hand” is no … Continue reading →

Behind the Curtain: “Pray Together WA” “We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain, 20 where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, … Continue reading →

Community of the Last Days  St Marks 10.5.20 Isa 58:6-12; Ps 122; Acts 2:37-47; John 13:31-35 Audio: https://www.daleappleby.net/index.php/mp3-sermons/51-recent-sermons/1032-the-community-of-the-last-days Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX5mqz87SFI Introduction Dale been doing a series about living in “the last days”, so this sermon is about the “Community of … Continue reading →

Holy Thirst https://youtu.be/zRqfGhdmKtM Introduction In my recent teaching on “Affairs of the Heart” I described the unbiblical confusion between head and heart which is a part of contemporary Western Christianity. This spiritual misunderstanding so penetrates the experience of believers, that, … Continue reading →

Affairs of the Heart: Divine and Human   Introduction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gaa-45bnidY&feature=youtu.be As a very new Christian I was introduced to the thought of Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758), whose preaching ignited a revival with outstanding manifestations in colonial America. Edwards’ critics considered these … Continue reading →

Resurrection Vindication Acts 2:22-32; Ps 114; 1 Pet 1:1-12; John 20:19-31 Audio: https://www.daleappleby.net/index.php/mp3-sermons/51-recent-sermons/1029-resurrection-vindication Video: https://www.stmarksbassendean.church/post/resurrection-vindication Introduction “[A]n obsession with righteousness . . .  is the normal human condition”, so says social psychologist Jonathan Haidt in his explanation of the animosity … Continue reading →

Standing on the Sea of Glass: A Vision of Victory in Christ Background Walking on an island in the Swan River I felt wonderfully gripped by a sense that I never have to achieve anything. In Christ we have arrived … Continue reading →

The Recipe: COVID 19 and Understanding the Ongoing Plan of God https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XFQs64-4cI&feature=youtu.be “If we have been through so much, God must have something special for Rwanda.” (genocide survivor) Introduction This article is written because I believe that most Australian Christians[i] … Continue reading →

The Spirit of Adoption 3.  Rom 8:12-18; Gal 4:1-7; Eph 1:3-6 Audio: https://www.daleappleby.net/index.php/mp3-sermons/51-recent-sermons/1026-the-spirit-of-adoption-3 Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vER0lx4J8zw Introduction  I started my sermon last week with a profound statement of how the Lord works in our lives, “What the cross cleanses the Spirit … Continue reading →

The Power of God’s Great Announcement Isa 55:1-7; Ps 116; 1 Cor 1:18-25; Matt 26:17-30 Audio: https://www.daleappleby.net/index.php/mp3-sermons/51-recent-sermons/1025-the-power-of-god-s-great-announcement Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elV8wBhoGTc Introduction Even though today is what we would normally celebrate as Psalm Sunday, our readings focus mostly on Christ’s impending death, … Continue reading →