Sermon for Flinders Park Church February 2019 One question that often troubles people is ‘What is the purpose of my life?’  I Googled the purpose of life and found a few different answers.  Here are some examples: satisfying work, responsibility … Continue reading →

Sermon for Flinders Park Church January 2019 Instead of working through a topic, I have chosen to work through a book, in this case, 2 Peter.  The choice was based on two things: first, I have not heard it preached … Continue reading →

Mercy Series 1. Introduction and Old Testament    Ex 25:17-22; Lam 3:13-33 Alive@5 26.5.19 Audio: https://soundcloud.com/user-522235343/alive-5-the-mercy-of-god-in-ot Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVNc6rdRpOE This series on the Mercy of God was provoked by two things. First, a follow up to my last sermon here, “Handed Over … Continue reading →

Assyrians Defeated but Babylon Triumphs Isaiah 36-39 is a symbolic story for our time. The Assyrians are poised to conquer Judah, the godly king Hezekiah mourns, prays and seeks the prophetic word of liberation. In response the Lord slaughters the … Continue reading →

Sermon for Flinders Park Church 2018 We have probably all recited the Nicene Creed and the Apostles’ Creed many times.  The final line of the Nicene Creed is “We look forward to the resurrection of the dead, and to life … Continue reading →

A Sermon for Flinders Park Church June 2018 About sixteen years ago, my oldest daughter got glandular fever.  This is nothing strange since many teenagers get glandular fever.  But she did not seem to get better.  Months went by in … Continue reading →

Sermon for Flinders Park Church June 2018 Over the last couple of years, my mum has become frailer and finds it impossible to do the things she used to do.  For years she ministered to drug addicts and street kids … Continue reading →

Sermon for Flinders Park Church August 2018 A couple of weeks ago, I discussed why we need not fear the Day of Judgement if we are united to Christ by faith.  We cannot stand at the judgement on our own … Continue reading →

Sermon for Flinders Park Church July 2018 “People are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment” (Heb 9:27).  The inevitability of judgement seems like a cause for fear.  I believe that even Christians are afraid of the … Continue reading →

Sermon for Flinders Park May 2018 So let me give a bit of a clue about what my series is about and why I chose to do this rather than something else.  This church is getting older.  The reality is … Continue reading →

Sermon for Flinders Park Church May 2018 Back in 2006 my Dad was dying of leukaemia.  He lived with us for the last six months of his life.  During that time I experienced a kind of anticipatory grief because I … Continue reading →

Handed over by God  Alive@5 12.5. 191 Sam 5:1-12; Rev 1:9-20 Audio: https://www.daleappleby.net/index.php/mp3-sermons/51-recent-sermons/943-the-hand-of-god Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzNXlnBahSY Introduction The Lord has been impressing things upon me which, at one level, I would rather not know. Last week, the Lord spoke to me in … Continue reading →

Experiencing Nothing    Tabor College 8.5.19   Phil 2:1-13 Introduction Since human beings were made for the most intense of spiritual experiences (Isa 43:6) it’s not surprising that religious structures, from soaring cathedrals with their huge organs and superb choirs able to … Continue reading →

Made for Glory Isa 43:1-7; Ps 8; 2 Cor 3:7- 18; John 1:1-14   Audio: https://www.daleappleby.net/media/podcastmanager/MadeforGlory.mp3   Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWPmEaW7m4M   Introduction   As a depressed teenager, especially when on alcohol, I was driven almost to the point of insanity about why … Continue reading →

Revival 5. The End of Revival Alive@5 28.4.19    Ps 110; Acts 2:1-41 Audio: https://www.daleappleby.net/index.php/mp3-sermons/51-recent-sermons/939-the-end-of-revival Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVFMeL8rXJA   Introduction My final talk in this series “The End of Revival” is about God’s ultimate purpose in sending revival. Teachers on revival are … Continue reading →

The Very Happy Executioner Luke 23:26-49 Good Friday 2019 Audio https://www.daleappleby.net/index.php/mp3-sermons/51-recent-sermons/936-the-happy-executioner-lk-23 Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABkdecEB7OU Introduction Is it OK for the AFL to put games on Good Friday, and for you to watch them on TV? Was my mum in tune with … Continue reading →

The Persecuted and Forgotten Jesus ““Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?” 5 And he said, “Who are you, Lord?” And he said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.” (Acts 9:4-5) “Remember those who are in prison, as though … Continue reading →

Studies in Revival 3. The Fullness is Christ  Alive@5 17.10.19 Eph 1:15-22; 3:14-4:13 Audio: https://www.daleappleby.net/index.php/mp3-sermons/51-recent-sermons/930-revival-and-the-fullness-of-christ Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGmO09g_tSI “Man is a vessel destined to be filled with God and as he is filled so he expanded and as he is expanded so … Continue reading →

Revival Studies 4. Beautifying the Bride  Isa 60:1-14; Rev 21:1-14   “Beauty will save the world.” (Dostoyevsky) “God’s beauty embraces death as well as life, fear as well as joy, what we might call the ugly as well as what … Continue reading →

The Ambitious Assistants St Mark’s 7.4.19 Luke 22:7-38 Audio: https://www.daleappleby.net/index.php/mp3-sermons/51-recent-sermons/932-the-ambitious-assistants-lk-22-7-38 Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFZvcdTpkMA Introduction The centre point of today’s reading is the declaration of Jesus, “I am among you as the one who serves” (v.27). He serves us today as he … Continue reading →

Revival Studies 2. The Spirit and Revival  Heb 5:1-10; Rom 8:18-27 Alive@5    24.3.19 “I have one passion: it is Jesus, Jesus only.” (Zinzendorf) “Pentecost will become a reality only when we come to the point where we find the misery … Continue reading →

Studies in Revival Audio: https://www.daleappleby.net/index.php/mp3-sermons/51-recent-sermons/925-revival-and-earnest-prayer Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENhEfhOxka8 “a movement of the Holy Spirit bringing about a revival of New Testament Christianity in the Church of Christ and its related community” (J Edwin Orr) “a renewal of God’s people to do God’s … Continue reading →

Self-Examination  Alive@5   10.3.19       1 Cor 11:23-32; 2 Cor 13:1-10 Audio: https://www.dropbox.com/s/15yvqlqjab6909r/REC_0012.aac?dl=0 Video: https://youtu.be/9dUD8s-yY-g Introduction When I was informed that the under 31’s writing for the Christian Today website unanimously declined to opt in for a yearly critique by senior writers … Continue reading →

Rich Young Ruler St Mark’s 10.3. 17 Luke 18:18-30 Audio:https://www.dropbox.com/s/q0t94h5kw5qgv5h/2%20Wilson%20Street%20John%20morning%20sermon.m4a?dl=0 Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53GtY8ok2XA Introduction Time and again in Luke we have seen that against all expectations, marginalised people, such as Gentiles, women, sinners and Samaritans, experienced the power of God. The … Continue reading →

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 →