Canterbury Baptist Sermons

Today we celebrate Cathy’s Induction as our Pastor: Worship, Care, and Connection. After the induction, Cathy preaches a sermon based on the theme of Peter walking on the water. Cathy structures some personal reflections on her experiences of discerning the call to come to Canterbury Baptist around the theme of Peter walking the water. Peter’s heart was moved to go to Jesus as Jesus was walking across the Sea. It was Peter’s idea to walk on the water, but it was Jesus’ invitation to take that step that empowered Peter to leave the boat. God gives us vision and opportunity, but need to step out in faith—be prepared to get our feet wet—as we follow Jesus.

To contact Rev. Stephen Field, email [email protected]

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Credits:
— Producer by Rev. Stephen Field
— Sermon by Rev. Cathy Cudlipp
— Opening Music: “Revive Us” by Joyspring (sourced through Epidemic Sounds)
— Prayer Music: “Amazing Grace” by Deep Instrumental

A video of this sermon is available at https://youtu.be/4NEjBjeIuYI

The Golden Rule is so simple and so clear, how can you even preach a sermon on it? “Do to others what you would have them do to you.” This sermon almost lasted only 2 minutes with the exhortation to go out and do exactly that! But, the Golden Rule is hard for us to live out not because it’s hard to understand, but because it calls from us a radical level of self-reflection and honestly about how we truly like to be treated. In this sermon we unpack how the Golden Rule challenges our heart and speaks into the very deepest parts of our being. 

To contact Rev. Stephen Field, email [email protected]
 
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Credits:
— Producer and Sermon by Rev. Stephen Field
— Opening Music: “Revive Us” by Joyspring (sourced through Epidemic Sounds)
— Prayer Music: “Amazing Grace” by Deep Instrumental

A video of this sermon is available at https://youtu.be/-0KVj1MDR4k

We commonly experience prayer as a passive exercise, sitting quietly with our eyes closed and head bowed. But Jesus teaches that prayer is active. He uses the images of “asking,” “seeking,” and “knocking” to describe the kinds of prayers He is inviting us to pray. And He does this with the assurance that we pray to a good Father, a God who knows how to give good gifts to His children. In today’s sermon we consider how we can ask, seek, and knock in prayer, the ways God gives good gifts, and how to pray when God does not answer our prayers.

To contact Rev. Stephen Field, email [email protected]
 
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Credits:
— Producer and Sermon by Rev. Stephen Field
— Opening Music: “Revive Us” by Joyspring (sourced through Epidemic Sounds)
— Prayer Music: “Amazing Grace” by Deep Instrumental

A video of this sermon is available at https://youtu.be/pQnzRt8Q9-0

One of the most unexpected qualities of Jesus’ ministry was that He wanted to keep it a secret! Our answer to every challenges is to talk, talk, talk. But Jesus would just move on to the next place, heal the next person, minister to those who reached out to him, all without fanfare. One of the pressures we put on ourselves is to take the precious work of God in our lives and thrown it around so people can miss use and mock it. We call this “witnessing.” But Jesus reminds us that we don’t need to do this. We only need to speak to those who are ready to listen.

To contact Rev. Stephen Field, email [email protected]

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Credits:
— Producer and Sermon by Rev. Stephen Field
— Opening Music: “Revive Us” by Joyspring (sourced through Epidemic Sounds)
— Prayer Music: “Amazing Grace” by Deep Instrumental

A video of this sermon is available at https://youtu.be/3ua62rymCzw

“Don’t judge” is a comment thrown around widely. People looking to defend themselves from critique or criticism turn these words into an accusation and so become the judges of those they are accusing of judging! But is this really how Jesus meant His words to be applied? Today we look at Jesus well known words not to judge each other, we examine it not as a command but as a warning, and we learn how this relates to having a log coming out of your eye!

To contact Rev. Stephen Field, email [email protected]

 To support Canterbury Baptist please give:
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Credits:
— Producer and Sermon by Rev. Stephen Field
— Opening Music: “Revive Us” by Joyspring (sourced through Epidemic Sounds)
— Prayer Music: “Amazing Grace” by Deep Instrumental

A video of this sermon is available at https://youtu.be/OFZ3-cOKZb4

How we imagine our story ends will effort how we live. If we imagine that all our worldly efforts will ultimately be fruitless as God destroys all things, then we will see our efforts as largely futile. But if we see that God is working by His Spirit to restore creation, and we are invited to play our part, then our lives and our work take on a whole new meaning. Today we consider how Scripture gives us the vision of God restoring al things, and we reflect on what it means for us to enter into this work of God in our world.

To contact Rev. Stephen Field, 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:
— Producer and Sermon by Rev. Stephen Field
— Opening Music: “Revive Us” by Joyspring (sourced through Epidemic Sounds)
— Prayer Music: “Amazing Grace” by Deep Instrumental

A video of this sermon is available at https://youtu.be/RS4U6LIpkRA

Jesus calls us all to follow Him. But where does Jesus lead us? The answer is, “Into connection: connection with God and connection with our neighbours.” When the disciples followed Jesus they found themselves going into homes the rich and the poor, the powerful and the overlooked, the religious and the sinner. Jesus’ ministry centred on connecting with people where they were at. And this is how Jesus leads us today. When we follow Jesus, He connects us to people so we can show the grace of God to them.

To contact Rev. Stephen Field, 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:
— Producer and Sermon by Rev. Stephen Field
— Opening Music: “Revive Us” by Joyspring (sourced through Epidemic Sounds)
— Prayer Music: “Amazing Grace” by Deep Instrumental

A video of this sermon is available at https://youtu.be/Luvm5oa8iP8

God has called us to participate with Him in His work of mending. The world is broken in so many ways: broken people, broken relationships, broken systems, broken communities. And, we also are broken in our own way. But the very parts of us that are the most broken are exactly the parts that God is wanting to mend in us, so we can then go and mend others. In this sermon we reflect on this great “mending” calling from God.

To contact Rev. Stephen Field, 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:
— Producer and Sermon by Rev. Stephen Field
— Opening Music: “Revive Us” by Joyspring (sourced through Epidemic Sounds)
— Prayer Music: “Amazing Grace” by Deep Instrumental

A video of this sermon is available at https://youtu.be/HBTmu1kYvM8

Jesus is alive! This is the great miracle we celebrate on Easter Sunday. Jesus is Alive! And the world will never be the same again. In today’s sermon, we reflect on what it means that we live in a world where Jesus has been raised into a new and eternal life. We celebrate how this has turned our world around: instead of living in a world where death (in all its forms) has the last word in our lives, we now live in a world where Jesus has defeated death, where life follows death.

To contact Rev. Stephen Field, 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:
— Producer and Sermon by Rev. Stephen Field
— Opening Music: “Revive Us” by Joyspring (sourced through Epidemic Sounds)
— Prayer Music: “Amazing Grace” by Deep Instrumental

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

We start a new series about Jesus: who He is and why He is the Saviour of the world. But, to begin, we start back in eternity with the topic: Jesus is God our Creator. We consider what it means that God is a Trinity — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit — and so God is eternally in relationship. And we wonder at the God who created the world and created us all as an act of love and from a desire to increase the circle of his eternal loving relationship. Join is in this mystery, and wonder at the amazing love of God.

To contact Rev. Stephen Field, 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:
— Producer and Sermon by Rev. Stephen Field
— Opening Music: “Revive Us” by Joyspring (sourced through Epidemic Sounds)
— Prayer Music: “Amazing Grace” by Deep Instrumental

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