Spirited Word
By God's Word proclaimed, the Holy Spirit works faith in God's grace in Jesus, when and where he pleases. Sermons by Pastor Adrian Kitson, Lutheran Church of Australia.
St Petri Lutheran Church, Nuriootpa, Barossa Valley, South Australia.
www.stpetri.org.au
Episodes
193 episodes
The Beauty Of The Cross
22 March 2026We are walking through one of the four Servant Songs in that ‘5th gospel’- the book of Isaiah. We are in chapter 53, and we come across something new that has not been said so far by Isaiah.Isaiah has been telling us ...
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Blindess
15 March 2026What does it mean to truly see? This Sunday we explore how the Light of the world opens our eyes - not simply to the world around us, but to Jesus himself.In John 9, Jesus heals a man who has never seen the light of day....
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The Beauty Of The Cross: Part Two
08/03/2026There are four songs about this ‘Servant’ in Isaiah. We are in one of them in Chapter 53.Today's verses are pure gold for the Christian. They are like a golden neon sign beaming out a message of hope when we are at our v...
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The Beauty Of The Cross
01/03/2026We are hearing the Prophet Isaiah as we hear Jesus go to that cross this Lent. Issiah is often called the ‘Fifth Gospel’ since the gospel writers draw so deeply from his poetic, colourful words about the Servant, whom they kne...
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Diagnostic
22/02/2026We welcome Pastor Mark Schultz from LCANZ International Mission today. Pastor Mark and I worked together in the fair city of Auckland, New Zealand, some 25 years ago and have been friends ever since. He spent two decades ...
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Vision New
It is Transfiguration Day again. It marks the beginning of the Lenten season now close.There is much in Matthew’s telling of the extraordinary events experienced by some rather overwhelmed disciples. One thing I notice this time around t...
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A Bigger Life
08/02/2026Big questions come along in life. Things happen, things change, transitions come and with them, questions.Questions like:• What kind of person do you want me to be, God?• What kind of things do you want me to do,...
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Take The Baby!
2026-02-01As Epiphany season draws to a close, we hear of the first happening post-birth even in Jesus’ young life – the day he was presented to the priests at the Jerusalem temple, in accordance with the requirements of God’s Law in the...
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God Is In The Manger - New Year's Eve 2025
God is in the Manger – light is here in our darkness, hope is here in any despair, joy is here in all circumstances.Pastor Adrian Kitson
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God Is In The Manger: From Waiting To Joy Part 4
Sunday 28th DecThis Advent and Christmas we have been hearing two voices shedding different light on the stunning reality that Christians hold in their hearts – God is in the Manger. Dietrich Bonhoeffer reflects on this good news of whic...
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God Is In The Manger - Christmas Day 2025
God is in the Manger – light is here in our darkness, hope is here in any despair, joy is here in all circumstances. Pastor Adrian Kitson
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God Is In The Manger - Christmas Eve 2025
God is in the Manger – light is here in our darkness, hope is here in any despair, joy is here in all circumstances. Pastor Adrian Kitson
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God Is In The Manger: From Waiting To Joy Part 3
This Advent and Christmas we have been hearing two voices shedding different light on the stunning reality that Christians hold in their hearts – God is in the Manger.Dietrich Bonhoeffer reflects on this good news of which Isaiah speaks ...
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God Is In The Manger: From Waiting To Joy Part 2
We are hearing two voices to hopefully see and hear God speaking in a way that helps us receive the glory and splendour of what he did in being in that manger.Isaiah breaks into a glorious and splendid, good news word this morning. In his w...
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God Is In The Manger: From Waiting To Joy
We are hearing two voices to help us see something new in this God in the manger this Christmas. We are hearing the prophet Isaiah speak of this world-shifting event of “The Servant” arriving to serve the world in love some seven hundred years ...
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God Is In The Manger
How do we cope with waiting? This week we hear that there is great value in our waiting. It is in waiting that we hear the invitation to let this Jesus in the manger into our lives. Will we let him into our various questions and troubles and ne...
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The End: What Do We Do?
We come to the Last Sunday of the church year before we switch to that season of waiting and watching for the celebration of the coming of the Saviour.We hear one of those parables Jesus tells to address a particular issue. In this case,...
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The End: Wasting Time Until The End?
As the year’s end comes up you might find yourself beginning to think over your year. How has the year gone? How did I do when it comes to our plans, retirement, goals we set, things we did and if we are doing paid work - how is my work going?<...
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Powering Your Life
It is strange how the people around Jesus who seemed to have the most trouble receiving his authority over their life were the people who were very religious.We hear from the Sadducees, who were a group of experts in theology, driven by ...
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