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
201 episodes
Ascending To Heaven?
We draw to the close of these 50 days of Easter as we witness that rather changing moment of Jesus’ ascension. It is hard for us to know what to do with this account Luke gives us – not just once but twice.We don’t treat it anything like...
Everybody Needs Somebody
Sunday 10 May 2026As this 50 days of Easter celebration winds to its conclusion, it might be easy to think that the best part of the church year and our life together is over and things will become a bit ‘ho-hum’.How would it have...
Stop Running
Sunday 03 May 2026Stop Running - Coming to God, not running away.There is so much that we don’t understand about our relationship with God. For example, I will never fully comprehend the extent of God’s grace. And I’m sure it’s th...
Solid Chaos
Sunday 26 April 2026Jesus said he was the Good Shepherd before he was raised. He remains the same now that he is raised. It is Good Shepherd Sunday.The Shepherd said he would lead his sheep into green pastures and living springs o...
Thankful One
19 April 2026 - Harvest ThanksgivingReturning to Jesus and worshipping him is what that one out of ten healed people do the day that Jesus healed them all. We hear of that account today – the healing of the ten lepers.It is Thanks...
He Meets Us Where We Are
12 April 2026We often give Thomas a hard time. “Doubting Thomas,” we say - as though he alone missed the memo. But it’s worth noticing: Thomas isn’t alone in doubting. He’s just the only one honest enough to say it out loud. No-one expec...
The Beauty Of The Cross: Easter Sunday
4 April 2026We gather over this weekend to celebrate who we are because what God has done for us in this Suffering Servant, Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of God.Christians have always known that the crucifixion, death and resurrectio...
The Beauty Of The Cross: Palm Sunday
29 March 2026We welcome you to this Palm Sunday gathering called and powered by the Spirit of God for encouragement and equipping in Jesus’ kingdom mission. We are glad you are here.The 40 day journey to the joy of Easter Day cont...
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 ...
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....
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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,...
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...
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
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...
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
