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
167 episodes
Can You See?
We come across a familiar account of a 1 in 10 chance today. Ten very unwell and isolated people receive way more than they bargained for from Jesus but only one of them really ‘sees’ Jesus and responds wholeheartedly. It is the story of the 10...
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21:05
Fan Into Flame The Gift Of God
We often take love, kindness, and relationships for granted, letting them lose their joy and passion. The same can happen in our Christian life when faith becomes routine. True growth means striving to be more like Jesus through love, care, and...
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26:02
The Treasure Hunt We’re All On
Every human heart is on a treasure hunt. Some chase wealth, others chase security, others chase recognition or comfort. Paul, in this closing chapter of 1 Timothy, draws our eyes away from false treasures to the true riches found only in Christ...
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18:12
Sowing and Reaping Freely
After several short stints which have seen us journey through the Letter to the Galatians over twelve Sundays, we complete the journey today.We hear Paul signing off to the people he loves and wants the best. He has tried to convince...
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29:10
Fruit Of The Spirit
How do we cope with that struggle within? Our earthly longings and desires and the internal desire of the Holy Spirit within us to bring the glory, beauty and love of Jesus to our hearts day by day. This tussle with human wayward attitude...
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30:36
Confidence In Freedom
Who are the people of God's promise? What is the gift of "living in freedom" and how do we keep being "free"? Pastor Adrian shares some insights as to how we can stand in that freedom for all that we are facing.Pastor Adrian
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25:47
Family Is Important
Family is important. I think we all know this and spend a lot of time supporting our family in a lot of different ways. This is good. God has put us in families for our wellbeing and for the good of the world.Paul takes up his strong enc...
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27:12
Complaining vs Gratitude
We work hard to achieve and to be very good and strive to perform well and live life under our own steam, maybe trying to earn blessing and hope and identity in our lives. Whilst this can be good, we can also become slaves to this. ...
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25:51
The Baton Change
Did you know that together we're part of a story? It's a baton-race that is being written right now.And now we are running a leg of that faith relay right here in Nuriootpa. We're here with a purpose. Backed by a great cloud of Christian...
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31:01
Free To Encourage One Another
Millions, maybe billions, have died for the cause of “freedom”. Every year, we remember those who fought and died for the civil freedom we have today. And rightly so. There are examples of non-Christians making great sac...
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25:47
Undeserved Goodness
Possessions in themselves are not a problem. Problems come through our attitude and relationship to our possessions. God knows we need many things to get through life. He is our dear Father, and he graciously provides our needs and gifts us wit...
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18:46
Set Free To Live Free
I need reminders every day that I am saved by grace through faith in Jesus alone, and that I also exist by grace to live by faith in Christ alone. The Holy Spirit, our Helper and Encourager, has gifted us to live for Jesus, and grows within us ...
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24:02
One Thing Is Needful
We are in familiar territory this morning – in the home of Jesus’ close friends, Mary and Martha. We hear of their different ways of serving their Lord, and we get the sense that Martha struggles with that invisible line we all have close to us...
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21:28
Children Of God
I wonder how you think you ensure your life is blessed and goes well? It is very common for people to believe that it is all about doing the right thing, knowing the right things and avoiding the bad things. If you do all that, then...
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22:42
The Law and the Gospel
I wonder how you think you ensure your life is blessed and goes well? It is very common for people to believe that it is all about doing the right thing, knowing the right things and avoiding the bad things. If you do all that then ...
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31:11
Never Left Behind
A lot of people know that faith in the grace of God in Jesus is the crucial thing for living this life with sure hope and a bright future even beyond suffering and death. But it is very easy to leave this life-giving thing on the sh...
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25:41
Free People Living Free
Comparing ourselves to others is deadly for living freely together. We can make our own story, our own likes and dislikes and our culture’s divisions and expectations way too much, and the all-encompassing acceptance and love of God...
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17:47
Holy Trinity
It is the Sunday we ponder and celebrate the uniqueness of God and the Christian confession of faith about him. It is Holy Trinity Sunday.It is a difficult thing to try and ponder how God can be altogether one and yet also altogether thr...
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22:52
Pentecost Day
Everyone has got problems. We all try to deal with them with some mind of grace. Sunday was Pentecost Day. It is the day we celebrate how the risen Jesus delivered on his promise to fill us with new life, new hope and give us a sure fu...
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26:11
Where’s Jesus?
We have made it to the end of another Easter Season. Does that mean we have come to the end of Jesus? It can seem that Jesus has indeed departed to some other ‘spirit’ place as if he has no place in this place – until the end when ‘we will all ...
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21:57
Poolside Mercy
There is a question that seems odd to our ears in the gospel account of Jesus healing a man living with a long-term debilitating disability. This man has been living poolside for 38 years. He has been seeking healing in the intermittent bubblin...
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18:25
Breaking Down Barriers
Human beings love to erect boundaries. In Jesus day, there was a big barrier between Jew and non Jew. Today, we have our own barriers that separate people on social, racial and political lines.So you can imagine the scene when Peter meet...
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34:41
Risen Life
It is easy to believe that Christianity is only for the super-spiritual people who can pray a mountain to move or raise the dead and power on through anything in life untouched by the ordinary things of the day.Big things can happen in t...
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22:49
