We all want to have a sense of home. We desire to be fully known and fully love. The promise of the Messiah is the promise that we will be brought home and fully reconciled.Text: Isaiah 2:1-5Sermon preached by Peter Tepper on 30 November 2025 at St Peter the Fisherman, New Smyrna Beach, Florida.

Stop trying to be your own king. Embrace Jesus’ kingship, which brings freedom, peace, and reconciliation. As Advent begins, we await the once and future King who came in humility and will return in glory.Text: Luke 23:35-43Sermon preached by Peter Tepper on 23 Nov 2025 at St Peter the Fisherman, New Smyrna Beach, Florida.

We all seek things to build our life on. Will the things we trust in hold the weight of our desires, hopes and aspirations?Text: Luke 21:5-19Sermon preached by Peter Tepper on 16 November 2025 at St Peter the Fisherman, New Smyrna Beach, Florida.

The sermon explores the resurrection as a powerful promise from God, not a silly or abstract idea, but a deeply rooted truth that transforms how we live and die.

Text: Luke 20:27-38

Sermon preached by Peter Tepper at St Peter the Fisherman, New Smyrna Beach, Florida on 9 NOV 20225.

The Church is the people of God, in all time and all places. This beautiful doctrine gives us hope, tells us of an incredible inheritance, and an immeasurable power.

Text Ephesians 1:11-23

Sermon preached by Peter Tepper at St Peter the Fisherman, New Smyrna Beach, Florida on 2 November 2025.

The sermon, based on Jesus’ parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector (Luke 18), explores the theme of authentic generosity through three key lenses:

• Jesus contrasts two characters: a Pharisee, outwardly generous but inwardly prideful, and a tax collector, outwardly greedy but inwardly repentant.
• The Pharisee boasts of his righteousness and giving, while the tax collector humbly asks for mercy.
• True generosity stems from internal transformation, not external performance.

• Authentic generosity is marked by grace received and grace given.
• It’s not limited to financial giving; generosity includes time, hospitality, privacy, and presence.
• Children, who naturally receive gifts without expectation, are used as examples of grace-filled living.
• The sermon challenges listeners to consider their “currencies”—what they have to offer beyond money.

• The key lies in the tax collector’s prayer: “God, be merciful to me, a sinner.”
• The Greek word used for “mercy” here refers to propitiation—a deep appeal to God’s grace, not just mercy.
• Jesus, as the High Priest, offers himself on the mercy seat, fulfilling the role of ultimate sacrifice and grace-giver.
• Generosity flows from recognizing how much we’ve been forgiven and loved by God.

The sermon calls believers to:

• Reflect on their motives for giving.
• Embrace a lifestyle of generosity rooted in grace.
• Offer their time, talents, and treasures in response to God’s abundant love.

Drawing from Jesus’ parable of the persistent widow and the unjust judge (Luke 18:1–8), this sermon explores the nature of petitionary prayer—prayer that asks God for something—with three key themes:Petition: Like the widow who brings her case before the judge, we are invited to bring our requests to God. Petitionary prayer is one of many types of prayer, and it reflects our dependence on God for justice, healing, provision, and reconciliation.Persistence: The widow’s relentless return to the judge, despite his indifference, illustrates the kind of bold, persistent prayer Jesus encourages. The sermon likens this to a child persistently asking a parent for something, and emphasizes that God sometimes gives a “yellow light”—a “wait”—rather than a “yes” or “no.” Persistence is not about nagging God, but about trusting His timing and character.Pronouncement: Ultimately, we seek a verdict—a pronouncement—from God. Unlike the unjust judge, God is just and loving. Through Jesus, our advocate, we are not only heard but declared innocent. The sermon highlights the theological truth that God’s justice, not just His mercy, ensures our forgiveness because Jesus has already paid the price. This gives us the boldness—chutzpah—to approach God with confidence.Text: Luke 18:1-8Sermon preached by Peter Tepper at St Peter the Fisherman, New Smyrna Beach, Florida on 19 OCT 2025.

The Psalms illustrate the biblical tradition of crying out to God for mercy, acknowledging human limitation and affirming God’s merciful nature.In the Gospel story of the ten lepers who cry out to Jesus for mercy. All are healed, but only one—a Samaritan—returns to give thanks and worship. Puccetti highlights the significance of this man’s response: not only did he receive healing, but he sought communion with God, recognizing Jesus as the true High Priest and divine presence.In the Eucharist, believers today encounter the real presence of Christ. Like the Samaritan, worshipers are invited to respond to God’s mercy with gratitude, love, and worship.Text: Luke 17:11-19Sermon preached by Fr Garrett Puccetti at St Peter the Fisherman, New Smyrna Beach, Florida on 12 October 2025.

Paul tells Timothy how to pass on the faith. He tells him that it is by remembering what God has done for him, reminding himself of Jesus' sacrificial love that the Spirit will be able to rekindle the fire in him.Text: 2 Timothy 1:1-14Sermon preached by Peter Tepper at St Peter the Fisherman, New Smyrna Beach, Florida on 5 October 2025.

In our final talk in our series of Kingdom Values we unpack what it means to run towards generosity.Text: 1 Timothy 6:6-19Sermon preached by Michelle Tepper at on 28 September 2025 at St Peter the Fisherman, New Smyrna Beach, Florida.