The Christmas Truce

Over the years, there have been some truly memorable Christmases. On Christmas Day 1223, St Francis of Asisi built the first nativity scene. On Christmas Day 1818, the Christmas carol “Silent Night” was performed for the first time in the church of St Nicholas in...

The Image of God

A sermon on Exodus 20:1-3 by Rev Richard Keith on Sunday 20 December 2020 Our message today is about idolatry. Idolatry seems stupid. Bowing down and worshipping statues. But as the picture posted above tries to show, idolatry can take different forms. And our...

The First Commandment

A sermon on Exodus 20:1-3 by Rev Richard Keith on Sunday 6 December 2020. We Australians pride ourselves on being free spirited. We like to do whatever we want, whenever we want to do it. We look down on laws and orders. We consider such things as merely suggestions....

The Law of Grace

A sermon on Exodus 19 by Rev Richard Keith on Sunday 29 November 2020 In Exodus chapter 20 God gave to the Israelites his ten commandments. That’s right, commandments. They aren’t the ten suggestions. They aren’t the ten optional extras. They come from God clear as...

Behold the Lamb

A sermon on Exodus 12 by Rev Richard Keith on 22 November 2020 Every culture, every civilization, has its own way of counting the days and months and years. In our reckoning today is Sunday, 22nd November. This calendar was set by Julius Caesar over 2000 years ago....

Ignorance and Unbelief

A sermon on Exodus 5 to 11 by Rev Richard Keith on Sunday 15 November 2020   They say that ignorance is bliss, but seriously, what you don’t know can hurt you. If you don’t know what lies round the corner on the freeway, if you don’t know to turn the power off...

The True Start

A sermon on Exodus 2&3 by Rev Richard Keith on Sunday 8 November 2020   Moses was lucky to enjoy the best of two worlds. He was born a Hebrew, one of the people of Israel, the descendants of Abraham. As a little boy from his mother’s knee he would have...