Easter Sunday
In this sermon, we celebrate Easter Sunday by examining the encounters that Christians have had with God that bring them to faith. The sermon especially focuses on the conversion of Paul in Acts 9. We find that:
Meeting Jesus is personal.
Meeting Jesus transforms you.
Meeting Jesus is of grace.
In this sermon, we celebrate Easter Sunday by examining the encounters that Christians have had with God that bring them to faith. The sermon especially focuses on the conversion of Paul in Acts 9. We find that:
Meeting Jesus is personal.
Meeting Jesus transforms you.
Meeting Jesus is of grace.
Good Friday 2026
And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”
This Good Friday, we revisit the role of the sacrifice of the coming of Jesus that is echoed through the Bible starting from the book of Genesis. From the time where Adam and Eve were clothed during the fall with the skins of animals, again and again a substitute for the failings of man is given.
We rejoice that in Jesus’s death, the ultimate and only substitute for our sins was put in place, where Jesus gave over himself willingly.
Heb 10:1-10 For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near. Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have any consciousness of sins? But in these sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year. For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. And by that will (God’s will) we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
Matthew 21:9-11 | Jesus is King
And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”
Matthew 21:9 And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”
Rejoice greatly and shout aloud. Behold, your king is coming to you!
In the lead up to the crucification, we look at what is means that Jesus is King. On Palm Sunday, we look at the day that the arrival of Jesus was welcomed to God's city. Where he was met with joy, before later being crucified in that same city. He who was promised.
Underneath God's rule we were designed to flourish and multiply over the Earth. The plan was very good - but we rejected God's authority over us, we rejected our King. But it was foretold that the promised offspring would come as king. That the throne would be filled not by an earthly king, but by Jesus who would come and reign over his people forever and ever.
On this Palm Sunday, we look at the moments where we almost had it right, where there were shouts of 'Hosanna to the Son of God'. But only five days later, He was again rejected by His people to shouts of 'Crucify Him'. We await the day when Jesus returns, not humbly on a donkey, but established in His full glory.