Christ Church Hawker sermons
Sermons from Christ Church Anglican in Hawker ACT, Australia.
Episodes
62 episodes
Lost and found | Bush Church Aid
Paul Sampson from BCA takes us through the parable of the lost sheep.
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Quiet hope | Matthew 1:18-25
As Christmas approaches, it’s easy to rush ahead to the familiar themes of joy and celebration. But Advent asks us to slow down — to wait, to prepare, and to hope.In this sermon, we focus on the often-overlooked figure of Joseph, the qui...
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Repent on repeat | Matthew 3:1-12
This week for the second Sunday in Advent, Phil takes us into the wilderness with John the Baptist and the unsettling but life-giving call to repentance.We explore what it means to prepare for Christ’s coming—not with fear or self-righte...
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Famous last words | 2 Timothy 4:6-22
What does it take to live a good life? Is it possible to live in a way that means we'll look back and say, 'I did everything I was put here to do'? In these final verses of 2 Timothy, Paul seems to have plenty of unfinished business. And yet he...
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Practice makes proficient | 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5
In cricket, a batter has less than half a second to decide what to do with a 140km/h ball. No time to think. Only muscle memory. Only reflex.Paul says discipleship often works the same way.This week we’re in 2 Timothy 3:14–4:5, wh...
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Haters gonna hate | 2 Timothy 3:1-13
In this episode, we look at one of the most confronting but clarifying passages in the New Testament: Paul’s warning to Timothy that the “last days” — the time between Jesus’ victory at the cross and his return — will be brutal, deceptive, ...
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Watch out for word games | 2 Timothy 2:14-26
When life gets complicated, it’s tempting to make faith simpler by changing the words — to make the gospel sound more believable. But in 2 Timothy 2, Paul warns that “wrangling over words” doesn’t save the gospel — it ruins it. In t...
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Eyes on the prize | 2 Timothy 2:1-13
When life gets noisy, it’s easy to forget why we started following Jesus in the first place.In 2 Timothy 2, Paul reminds us to keep our eyes on the prize:to remember who we are—soldiers, athletes, farmers; to remember why ...
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Don't be ashamed | 2 Timothy 1:8-18
In this episode, Phil unpacks 2 Timothy 1:8–18 and challenges the idea that faith is a private matter. From Caesar’s Rome to modern-day Canberra, declaring that Jesus is Lord has always been a public act — one that inevitably clashes w...
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Fire up | 2 Timothy 1.1-7
In today’s message, we’re looking at 2 Timothy chapter 1, where Paul reminds a young and timid Timothy that the Great Commission comes with a Great Provision — the Holy Spirit, who gives us power, love, and self-discipline.Whether you’re...
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Christ in the older testament | Luke 24:13-27
In this sermon, Bob Mendelsohn from Jews for Jesus takes us through through the Hebrew Bible, showing us how all signs point to the fact that Yeshua (Jesus) is the long promised Messiah.
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I'll live with you | Exodus 25-40
Exodus chapters 25–40 are all about the tabernacle—the tent God asked his people to build in the wilderness. At first glance, it can seem like endless details about curtains, lampstands, and priestly robes. But in fact, these chapters reveal th...
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The Invitation | Exodus 19-20
A mountaintop experience. A deeply spiritual moment. A meaningful, tangible experience of God. These are not what most of us think of when we think of the 10 commandments. And yet, this is what God was inviting the Israelites to when he gave th...
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Learning to live free | Exodus 16
We live in a culture that never stops—always hustling, always busy, always on. In Exodus 16, Israel faced the same temptation in the wilderness: to act as if survival depended on constant striving. But God gave them manna, not just to feed them...
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