Canterbury Baptist Sermons

By special request: a re-release of a sermon from earlier this year added as an epilogue to the Bible Series. This message explores the journey of faith through belief, learning, and doing…and what happens when that engine crashes on you! Reflecting on spiritual “crashes,” seasons of dryness, and the call to surrender, it invites us all to move from striving and performance toward trust, rest, and a deeper way of being with God.

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Credits:
— Opening Music: “Revive Us” by Joyspring (sourced through Epidemic Sounds)

A video of this sermon is available at https://youtu.be/8EHy0znMufc

In this final sermon of our Bible series, we explore how the way we imagine the end of the story shapes how we live now. Drawing on Jesus’ mission in Luke 4, the victory of the resurrection, and the promise that Christ reigns until every enemy is defeated, we hear a hopeful vision: God is not abandoning the world but renewing it. The Church is called to live out that future now, as faithful participants in God’s work of healing and reconciliation.

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Credits:
— Opening Music: “Revive Us” by Joyspring (sourced through Epidemic Sounds)

A video of this sermon is available at https://youtu.be/A0Zx5jl6hec

This week we pick up the story after Pentecost, as the Holy Spirit births the early Church and the Gospel begins to spread. We trace the big flow from Acts through the Epistles: Stephen’s martyrdom, Paul’s dramatic conversion, the Gentile controversy, and the mission that carries Jesus’ blessing to the nations. Along the way, we learn to read the Epistles as “letters from the mission field” and rediscover our calling as Christ’s ambassadors today.

To contact Canterbury Baptist, email [email protected]

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Credits:
— Opening Music: “Revive Us” by Joyspring (sourced through Epidemic Sounds)

A video of this sermon is available at https://youtu.be/RVsE6e9y9dQ

This week we tackle a big Roast Pastor question: Do men rule over women? Can women lead in church? We deep-dive into three “hot” passages—1 Corinthians 11, 1 Corinthians 14, and 1 Timothy 2—and ask whether they really teach a rigid hierarchy of men over women, or something more context-specific. Along the way we explore creation, the curse, and how Christ breaks the curse to call men and women into shared ministry.

To contact Canterbury Baptist, email [email protected]

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Credits:
— Opening Music: “Revive Us” by Joyspring (sourced through Epidemic Sounds)

A video of this sermon is available at https://youtu.be/nnZtz9oAUkg

This week we move from the cross to the empty tomb, from Passover to Pentecost. We explore why the resurrection of Jesus is the centre of our faith, what it means that the risen Christ sends the Holy Spirit to us, and how that moment gives birth to a Church shaped by love, service, mercy, and reconciliation. We then consider Christ's calling to be a Church community that embodies resurrection hope in everyday life.

To contact Canterbury Baptist, email [email protected]

  To support Canterbury Baptist please give:
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— By Direct Bank Deposit: BSB: 013345; Acc No.: 008615819; Name: Canterbury Baptist Church; Swift: ANZBAU3M
— By BPay: Biller Code: 970384; Ref:11114

Credits:
— Opening Music: “Revive Us” by Joyspring (sourced through Epidemic Sounds)

A video of this sermon is available at https://youtu.be/sdiXr97GcRY

This week we tackle the life and death of Jesus in a single message. Starting where all four Gospels converge—at Jesus’ baptism and temptation—we explore how each Gospel highlights a different facet of Jesus' ministry and why that path leads to the cross. 

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— By BPay: Biller Code: 970384; Ref:11114

Credits:
— Opening Music: “Revive Us” by Joyspring (sourced through Epidemic Sounds)

A video of this sermon is available at https://youtu.be/8GnM2xTLxZA

This episode marks the shift from Old to New Testament as we trace the so-called “400 years of silence” from Persia to Rome, the Maccabees to Herod, and watch promises deepen rather than disappear. We explore how Israel’s hopes, factions, and fears frame the birth of Jesus. And we reflect on how Mary, Joseph, shepherds, sages, and tyrants all reveal the kingdom Jesus brings.

To contact Canterbury Baptist, email [email protected]

  To support Canterbury Baptist please give:
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— By Direct Bank Deposit: BSB: 013345; Acc No.: 008615819; Name: Canterbury Baptist Church; Swift: ANZBAU3M
— By BPay: Biller Code: 970384; Ref:11114

Credits:
— Opening Music: “Revive Us” by Joyspring (sourced through Epidemic Sounds)

A video of this sermon is available at https://youtu.be/Cj7811gytVg

This is a re-recording of the sermon, as the original wasn’t captured due to a technical issue.

We pick up the Bible’s story as Israel shifts from tribal judges to kings. Meet Samuel—the last judge—and the first three kings: Saul, David, and Solomon. We trace the Abrahamic promise, the fight to hold the land, and how each king starts well yet stumbles. Through failure, consequence, and mercy, God’s covenant endures, pointing beyond David’s house to a faithful, unending kingdom.

To contact Canterbury Baptist, email [email protected]

  To support Canterbury Baptist please give:
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— By Direct Bank Deposit: BSB: 013345; Acc No.: 008615819; Name: Canterbury Baptist Church; Swift: ANZBAU3M
— By BPay: Biller Code: 970384; Ref:11114

Credits:
— Opening Music: “Revive Us” by Joyspring (sourced through Epidemic Sounds)

A video of this sermon is available at https://youtu.be/Fw-OAWTfuXU

After seventy years in Babylon, the exiles finally come home...but the home they find isn’t what they remembered. Amid joy and tears, leaders rebuild the altar, lay new foundations, and face fierce opposition. Prophets Haggai and Zechariah rekindle courage, promising a glory greater than before. As Ezra reforms faith and worship, a new identity takes shape; one that still echoes in how we understand faith today.

To contact Canterbury Baptist, email [email protected]

  To support Canterbury Baptist please give:
— By Card or through PayPal  click here.
— By Direct Bank Deposit: BSB: 013345; Acc No.: 008615819; Name: Canterbury Baptist Church; Swift: ANZBAU3M
— By BPay: Biller Code: 970384; Ref:11114

Credits:
— Opening Music: “Revive Us” by Joyspring (sourced through Epidemic Sounds)

A video of this sermon is available at https://youtu.be/9BlSq6Bn4Yw

This week we enter the darkest chapter so far: Judah’s fall and the Babylonian exile. We trace the history that led there, then pause to hear the raw voices of suffering: Jeremiah’s Lamentations and the captives’ song in Psalm 137. Yet even here, God plants seeds of hope: Jeremiah 29’s call to build, plant, and seek the city’s good, and Lamentations 3’s quiet courage. Finally, we look to Jesus—the Man of Sorrows—who meets us in grief and leads us toward resurrection hope.

To contact Canterbury Baptist, email [email protected]

  To support Canterbury Baptist please give:
— By Card or through PayPal  click here.
— By Direct Bank Deposit: BSB: 013345; Acc No.: 008615819; Name: Canterbury Baptist Church; Swift: ANZBAU3M
— By BPay: Biller Code: 970384; Ref:11114

Credits:
— Opening Music: “Revive Us” by Joyspring (sourced through Epidemic Sounds)

A video of this sermon is available at https://youtu.be/deDrFME3GHk