Canterbury Baptist Sermons

How do we pray when our life falls apart? We all have seasons where our life becomes a ruin: our hopes and dreams crumble, our health gives way, relationships fall apart. Our life that was once so orderly and felt so secure has now become disheveled, uncertain, ruinous. Where is God in this season of life? Psalm 74 takes us into this experience and points us to where God connects with us in these dark and confusing experiences of life.

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/5xjX_bzEcL8

Rev. Natalie Dixon-Monu from Boroondara Community Outreach (BCO) joins us today. Using the story of the four men who carried their paralysed friend to Jesus, even having to dig a hole through the roof to get him to Jesus, Natalie leads us to consider how we can be such a friend to those who have needs around us. She particularly draws our attention to the needs in our own community—both from those who appear affluent and those whose needs are more open. And Natalie challenges us not to look at people with needs simply through a "deficit model"—that is, asking what their problems are and how we can fix them. Instead, she asks us to consider how we can build "assets" into people's live, assets such as "joy," and "community," and "connection."

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

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Credits:
— Sermon by Rev. Natalie Dixon-Monu
— Produced 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/1-pgWin8XbU

Many of us have an equation in our mind: the more God is “good” to me, the better my life will be! God’s goodness = my well-being. Psalm 73 takes us to the sick-bed of a faithful, God honouring, man as he wrestles with why he is sick while unfaithful, even evil, people are enjoying health and success. How is this right? How is this just? If you've ever wondered why God doesn't simply make your life better, then join us we wrestle our way through Psalm 73.

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/xkFwbq2o_GQ

2024 will be Canterbury Baptist’s last year in our current premises. 2025–26 will be a building program that will require us to vacate our building. Our conviction, though, is that this is God calling us out into our community. We anticipate new opportunities to be the light and life of Jesus through this time of change and disruption. This “Vision 2024” presentation outlines the key decisions and reflections this move requires of us and how we can prepare ourselves to follow God’s leading out into a new season as a Church.

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/XFVpV0jbkUU

Psalm 72 describes what a perfect king brings to the people. What would it be like to live under the leadership of someone who lived out these values? And who is the perfect ruler this Psalm is pointing us to? Join the Canterbury Baptist Congregation as we reflect together on the vision of this Psalm, on how Jesus is the perfect king, and what that means when we live the values of this king in our own lives.

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/WsD-oZgA_uM

Psalm 71 is the song of an older person, grey-haired and feeling their vulnerability and growing weakness. How do we face seasons of life when our life is diminished and no amount of prayer and effort can give us back what we have lost? What does faith in God look like in these seasons? The Psalmist takes us into this pain while showing how God meets us in this place.

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/1lx8QdYviIs

Jesus finishes his teaching in Matthew 6 with the powerful and challenges instruction, "Do not worry." How quickly and easily worry about our physical needs can squeeze down our faith and trust in how God is calling us to live. We think God's call can be a 'zero-sum' equation—the more we give to God, the less our own needs will be met. Jesus, instead, reminds us that God cares for His creation, and even more for us as we are His children.

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/mlctfxK6HdM

Jesus warns us that nobody can live a life that serves two masters. But we try to please God and live for our desires and ambitions at the same time. One of those masters will have our true devotion, and the other we will end up despising as we feel they keep getting in our way. Who is your true master? Who or what are you truly trying to please?

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/yhswh-Fuz04

You travel in the direction you are looking at. Jesus draws an image for us of light coming through our eyes and bring purpose and direction to our soul. But Jesus challenges us to consider whether we are looking into the light, or whether we are looking into darkness and calling it light. We reflect on the light that floods our soul and guides our steps.

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/1KJuv-eLbN8

All of Jesus' teaching in the Sermon on the Mount so far has been leading up to this challenge: what do you truly treasure? Today Jesus calls us to discern what our highest treasure is and to consider the true value of that treasure in the light of eternity. 

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/Kndc2B224Xg