Finishing Well Audio:https://www.dropbox.com/s/fgvezv67ka74alz/john%20sermon%20evening%20alive%20%40%205%20mar%203%202.mp3?dl=0 Video: https://youtu.be/Q4KHuawZqnE 4. The Finish of Paul Introduction We started this series with the observation that in the Bible 1/3rd of leaders finish poorly, 1/3rd finish so-so and only a 1/3rd finish well. In an age when … Continue reading
The Thankful Foreigner Luke 17:11-19 Audio https://www.dropbox.com/s/yvjsdfkrc39gljp/morning%20sermon%20john.mp3?dl=0 Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1zuy5g7rJk Introduction As we have gone through Luke’s stories about Jesus we have seen that its people on the margins who experience God’s overwhelming grace in Christ; there was the Gentile centurion … Continue reading
Firestorm After the 6.30 Perth Prayer meeting last week my David mentioned how the Lord was surprisingly connecting him to zealous people across the city. I felt moved to lay hands on him and pray that God’s purposes be fulfilled … Continue reading
Their Hour “the hearts of the children of man are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live” (Eccl 9:3) ““this is your hour, and the power of darkness.”” (Luke 22:53). Introduction The current crisis confronting … Continue reading
Finishing Well John 7:37-39; Acts 1:1-11 3. Finishing in the Spirit Audio: https://www.daleappleby.net/media/podcastmanager/3FinSpirit.mp3 Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eI2WENF_Gc Introduction In the first week of our series on “Finishing Well” I concentrated on the power of “the love of the Father” to overcome … Continue reading
Finishing Well Alive@5 10.2.19 John 4:7-15 Hebrews 11:32-12:3 Audio: https://www.daleappleby.net/index.php/mp3-sermons/51-recent-sermons/916-2-finishing-in-jesus Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44tffuEjJKE 2. Finishing with Jesus Introduction When we began our “Finishing Well” series last week I concentrated on “the love of the Father” (1 John 2:15) as the only … Continue reading
The Soldier who Knew Enough St Mark’s 10.2.19 Luke 7:1-10 Audio https://www.daleappleby.net/index.php/mp3-sermons/87-jesus-at-work-sermons-from-luke/915-the-soldier-who-knew-enough-lk-7-1-10 Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk4FGEPPkvc Introduction Whatever the case today, in the Gospels encounters with Jesus drew out of people extraordinary responses. In last week’s story of the miraculous catch of … Continue reading
https://www.daleappleby.net/media/podcastmanager/DontLoveworld.mp3 https://www.stmarksbassendean.church/post/dont-love-the-world Finishing Well Alive@5 3.2.19 1 John 2:7-17; 2 Tim 4:1-11a 1. Don’t Love the World Introduction One of the gurus on biblical leadership, Bobby Clinton, reckons we have enough information to interpret the start to finish ministry of … Continue reading
Turning Barns into Baskets Introduction Over the years I have unashamedly taken building supplies, food, clothes, electronic goods etc, out of rubbish bins. So when the Lord started to speak about the baskets of left-overs from Jesus’ miraculous multiplication of … Continue reading
Australia’s Day to Fear An original version of this article was prepared for: https://christiantoday.com.au/ After I finished this article I read in the day’s news that 5% of our population under 17 are Indigenous, but 40% of suicides in that … Continue reading
Delighting in Lowliness Phil 2:1-13 (NKJV) Zion Fellowship 30.1.18 Introduction Christians are often short-sightedness (2 Pet 1:9) about problems in their own spirituality which they can easily see in secular society. I was reading a newspaper article recently about … Continue reading
The Word became Flesh John 1:1-18 NLCC 23.12.18 Introduction Whilst John 1:1-18 (often called the prologue) is a regular Christmas reading in traditional churches it seems far removed from the delightful nativity scenes that can still be found in the … Continue reading
M7 Confessing Great Things Alive@5 16.12.181 Tim 3:14-16; 6:11-16 Audio: https://www.daleappleby.net/index.php/mp3-sermons/51-recent-sermons/905-m7-confessing-great-things Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp4WzBByglo&app=desktop “I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these things to you so that, 15 if I delay, you may know how one ought … Continue reading
Beautified by the Word St Mark’s 9.12.16 Gen 1: 1-31 Ps 19:1-11 Heb 1:1-4 John 1:1-18 Introduction Audio: https://www.daleappleby.net/index.php/mp3-sermons/51-recent-sermons/904-watering-withering-plants Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=30&v=hN5sP_Xn90o Since I believe Dale’s claim in last Sunday’s message that much of the Church, including St Mark’s, is under … Continue reading
M6 The Glory of Angels Heb 1:1-14; Rev 19:6-16 Audio https://www.daleappleby.net/index.php/mp3-sermons/51-recent-sermons/902-m6-the-glory-of-angels Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn3F44vRkaI Introduction Whilst the activity of angels occupies a significant place in the teaching of scripture their role seems rarely understood. Churches either effectively ignore the … Continue reading
Drowning Background A few weeks ago, in our early morning Perth Prayer session several of us simultaneously sensed that the Lord was calling his people to go deeper in him. Even as it’s good to see a grid of prayer … Continue reading
Authority to Disciple (Power to Change, Fremantle Dec 2018) “Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. 17 And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted. 18 And Jesus … Continue reading
More Than Conquerors St Mark’s 2/12/18 Romans 8:31-39 Introduction Audio https://www.daleappleby.net/index.php/mp3-sermons/51-recent-sermons/901-the-love-of-god-rom-8-31-39 Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-Mv0guVX_A Our society is dominated by a little game in which there are celebrity “winners” in sport, finances, entertainment etc. and “losers”, people like addicts, the homeless, … Continue reading
Word for word Introduction The motivation behind “The Power of the Spoken Words” (sic) is completely correct. In nations like Australia there is widespread neglect of Bible reading and scripture-based praying in the Church. We are in a famine of … Continue reading
M5 Restoring God’s Reputation Isa 52:13-53:12; Phil 2:5-11 Alive@5 25.11.18 Audio: https://www.daleappleby.net/index.php/mp3-sermons/51-recent-sermons/900-m5-restoring-god-s-reputation Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLNEJcB_kdo Introduction The Western Church has become accustomed to scandals at every level. The scale of the disgrace exposed by the Royal Commission into Institutional Child Sexual … Continue reading
M4: Stephen and the Final Judgement Luke 22:66-70;Acts 7:51-60 Introduction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq0LQE3ekcU The saying “Grace is always surprising” proved true when in the middle of preaching a sermon in Myanmar, one I’d already preached here, I was deeply moved by a … Continue reading
Franklin Graham 2019: A Sign of Disunity Introduction I keep away from writing about contemporary ministries unless multiple people engage me for a response. This has become the case with respect to the forthcoming visit of Franklin Graham (FG). As … Continue reading
M1: Overcoming the Last Obstacle to Revival Alive@5 21.10.18 Introduction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMnXIkCDcto I was preaching in an Assembly of God Church in Nagaland (far NW Myanmar), a denomination which, like many others e.g. Methodists, Salvation Army, was birthed in revival. Unfortunately, … Continue reading
M2: The Word and Spirit of Love Introduction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN-sPnIToMA The gospel, as we all know, came to Burma…India…China…to the cannibals of the South Pacific and so on through the great Protestant mission movement in the 18th-19th centuries. So spiritually sacrificial … Continue reading
Fear’s Gift of Humility Introduction It is usual for Christians to say that more than anything else they want to be like Jesus; often however we desire exaltation without humiliation and glory without lowliness. I am convinced that there is … Continue reading
Common Feet “Now the full number of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things that belonged to him was his own, but they had everything in common. 33 And … Continue reading
Inheritance is Christ Rom 8:12-17; 1 Cor 3:21-22; Eph 1:11-14; Heb 1:1-4; Rev 21:1-8 Introduction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQEkyvv8_nE It’s a funny thing to find yourself quoted, this happened last week as I was looking through a manuscript prior to its publication. The … Continue reading
Under the Canopy of Heaven 8. The End of Heaven Alive@5 16.9.18 Rev 21 Introduction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCr2EF8u6dA Tonight’s title, “The End of Heaven” refers principally to heaven as the goal or destiny of all the works of God. This must be … Continue reading
Under the Canopy of Heaven 7. The Father in Heaven Alive@5 9.9.18 Isa 63:15-64:8 Mk 1:4-11 Introduction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNF-ZMO59W4 When it comes to living in the revelation of the heavenly Father the contemporary Church is in a very bad … Continue reading
I discovered yet another “prophet” on the internet offering a master class in dreams, visions and angelic visitation. This one claims to be able to release people to see into the spiritual realm etc. He has authored at least one … Continue reading