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13 October - The Jesus Revolution - Slow Down and Fast - Audio
After the most famous prayer in the bible, Jesus turns his attention to the practice of fasting. For most of us, fasting is something we associate with preparing for an operation or else we might have distant memories of fundraising campaigns for World Vision. This week Matt will explore what...
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6 October 2019 - The Jesus Revolution - The Revolutionary Prayer Part 3 - Audio
Jesus was absolutely clear that each one of us finds ourselves in a spiritual battle for our lives that we cannot win in our own strength. Matt will be concluding our mini-series on the Lord's prayer by engaging with Jesus words about temptation, deliverance from evil and forgiveness and how each...
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29 September 2019 - The Jesus Revolution - The Revolutionary Prayer Part 2 - Audio
This week we engage with the second half of the world’s most famous prayer. After starting by helping his followers understand their relationship with God and encouraging them to bring their needs to Him, Jesus turns his attention to the spiritual battle we all find ourselves in. Our society…
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22 September 2019 - The Jesus Revolution - The Revolutionary Prayer (part 1) - Audio
One of the most famous parts of the bible is known as "the Lord's Prayer" or "Our father". Over the next two weeks, Matt will be working through this short passage of the bible that has had such a big impact. As we look at the Lord's prayer we will be glimpsing the very heart of who Jesus was and...
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15 September 2019 - The Jesus Revolution - Where Spiritual Ministry Begins - Audio
Following Jesus is the absolute heart of what we are about at Citywide Baptist Church, and for that to be true each one of us needs to learn what it means to spend the kind of time with him that allows us to relate to him like the friend and brother He is. Jesus teaches us that we need to learn…
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8 September 2019 - The Jesus Revolution - Giving to Get - Audio
Jesus doesn't avoid talking about money... in fact he specifically focusses on it and challenges the hypocrisy of people who use money to demonstrate their moral superiority to others. This week we are looking at what true generosity looks like and what it asks of us as followers of Christ. The...
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1 September 2019 - The Jesus Revolution - Unrestricted Love - Audio
This Fathers Day Pastor Dan will be talking about God's unrestricted love for all and sets the example for His children to strive for perfection. The notes are here http://bible.com/events/680302
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25 August 2019 - The Jesus Revolution - Radical Resistance & the Myth of Redemptive Violence - Audio
We all know and have experienced bullies. We all know that the way to defeat evil is to for a good person to metaphorically (and sometimes actually) have a bigger gun. We learn this in the backyard battles with siblings and friends, in the school playground and in almost every movie we have ever...
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11 August 2019 - The Jesus Revolution - Radical Truth - Audio
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20-01-2019 - Renata Carmichael - Audio
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06-01-2019 - John Bignall - Audio
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06 - Into Authentic community - Audio
We finish our exploration of the future of our church today by digging deeper into what it means to be an Authentic Community. Pastor Dan and Paul Kerrison will be talking about Life Groups and how things are moving forward
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04 - The joy of the adventure - Audio
This Sunday Dan is looking at Philippians 1:3-11, joining the Apostle Paul who shares his joy for the adventure with an authentic community who are following Jesus.
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02 - Changing the world - Audio
Matt is talking about the core practises that shape the church: Follow, Bless and share.
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01 - We follow Jesus - Audio
Today we begin an important journey. We will be engaging with the question of what kind of church God is inviting us to become. This is a great Sunday for visitors to get a sense of the heart of our church.
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15 - It is not 42 - Audio
We conclude our exploration of the Meaning of Life through the book of Ecclesiastes, and the answer isn't 42.
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14 - Making decisions in an uncertain world - Audio
In such a complicated world how do you make decisions? Matt is looking at the framework for decision making that Solomon outlines in the second half of chapter 10 and chapter 11 of Ecclesiastes.
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13 - Separating the truth from all the noise - Audio
These days it seems like no-one knows who to believe. Our social media feeds and universities are full of people who claim to know the truth, yet they are all saying different things. This week Matt will be exploring how we navigate this complicated world we find ourselves in as we continue our...
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12 - The power to change - Audio
As we learn to listen to God, see injustice and make sense of the world, we know we need to do something. But what? This week Matt will be exploring what it means to engage with people in power in order to bring about change as we engage with Ecclesiastes chapter 8.
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10 - Listening prayer - Audio
Matt is exploring what it means to move to actually being open to God's voice.
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09 - What's the point of prayer? - Audio
Most people experience prayer as talking to God... Matt will be exploring part of Ecclesiastes that seems to indicate we would do better to listen rather than talk. We will begin to ask how that might actually work in practise....
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08 - Escaping the trap of history - Audio
As we re-engage with Ecclesiastes after a detour to celebrate the history of our church, Matt will be exploring the dangers inherent in focussing too much on the the past. As a church we are preparing ourselves to articulate the future God is calling us towards. Ecclesiastes reminds us that our...
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07 - Better together: the point of friends on the journey - Audio
We increasingly live in a world where it is normal to dehumanize people who are not like us. Matt will be exploring what the result of this way of doing things actually means for us and what the antidote is.
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06 - Facing painful reality - Audio
After the deep truths revealed in the first part of Ecclesiastes chapter three, Solomon then takes time to face some of the messy and painful reality that we all face. Matt will be exploring what it means for us to "face the pain".
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04 - What is the point of work? - Audio
Pastor Matt is exploring what it means to get your sense of meaning from your work...
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03 - What is the point of having it all? - Audio
Matt is exploring what the point of a lifestyle for pleasure actually is.
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02 - What is the point of being smart? - Audio
Matt will be exploring whether there really is any point in being the smartest person in the room.
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01 - Daring to ask the big question - Audio
Today we begin a journey to ask the biggest question of all questions: What is the meaning of life? Matt will begin the journey by exploring the Nature of the Biblical Wisdom literature and then beginning our Exploration of the big question through the guidance of the book of Ecclesiastes
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07 - To tithe or not to tithe - Audio
Pastor Dan has re-recorded the concluding sermon in our money matters series because of technical difficulties. He will be reviewing the bibles teaching on tithing and talking about his own experience of trusting God with finance.
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06 - Money Matters - Giving and the local church - Audio
Pastor Matt will be drawing together the themes of the previous five sermons and asking "so what does all this actually mean for us when it comes to our money?"
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05 - Money matters - Reciprocal generosity - Audio
On this Mothers Day we were exploring what generosity actually means for us
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04 - Money matters - Generosity that changes the world - Audio
Changing the world is not difficult... Matt is showing how Generosity makes a radical difference
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03 - Money matters - Ownership vs Stewardship - Audio
Matt continues our Money Matters series today, focusing on the question of what we actually own...
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02 - Money matters - Part2 - Audio
Matt will be exploring the assumptions behind our consumerist society and how that has shaped the church in unhelpful ways. The Bible calls us from consumerism to the Kingdom of God and Matt will investigate how that really works.
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01 - Money matters - Why Money Matters - Audio
As we begin our new sermon series, Matt is exploring how important the decisions we make about our money are. We start the series by looking at how Jesus instructed his followers to think about money...
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04 - Glimpses of Grace - 10th Anniversary - Audio
As we celebrate a 10 year journey of wrestling out what it means to be one church in two locations, former pastor Paul Kerrison will unpack some of the ways God has led us as a church family.
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04 - The day the revolution began - Live the revolution - Audio
Matt is exploring how Easter changes everything and the revolution that was started on that weekend is one that we are invited to live out in our daily lives.
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03 - The day the revolution began - Good Friday - Audio
Matt is walking through Jesus's last words from the cross and how they give us a glimpse into the revolutionary nature of what we celebrate today.
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02 The day the revolution began - The power of the cross - Audio
The Apostle Paul claims that the cross has the power to transform lives. If this is true we want to understand and be open to the full message of the cross and the ways it transforms lives and the world. Pastor Matt will be exploring what this means for all of us.
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01 - The day the revolution began - According to the scriptures - Audio
The earliest formulated part of the New Testament declared that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures but what does that actually mean? As we prepare for Easter Matt is exploring how the Easter story was the fulfillment of the story of the whole Old Testament.
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06 - Stepping into your journey - Stepping into your story - Audio
Matt will be exploring what shape our story takes as we step into it...
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05 - Stepping into your journey - Champions, Coaches, Mentors - Audio
Matt is talking about the six kinds of fellowship we all need.
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04 - Stepping into your journey - The cross shaped story - Audio
Today Matt is talking about the paradoxical nature of what it means to step into your story. NOTE: Audio starts and finishes a little strange but bear with it.
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03 - Stepping into your journey - Growing up - Audio
Matt is exploring what it means to move past feeling like a victim of circumstance and become mature on the journey of life.
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02 - Stepping into your story - First steps on the journey - Audio
Matt is talking about the first three steps of stepping into your journey
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01 Stepping into your journey - True meaning of vocation - Audio
Matt is talking about the first three steps of stepping into your journey
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04 - God gave rock and roll to you - Happy - Audio
People are searching hard for happiness - and you have the answer. Today Peter Collins will look at 'Happy' by Pharell Williams.
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03 - God gave rock and roill to you - Stairway to Heaven - Audio
We are continuing our Summer Sermon Series with David Perkins using Led Zeppelin's hot Stairway to Heaven to reflect on the life of Jacob.
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02 - God gave rock and roll to you - Praying - Audio
We are continuing our summer sermon series at both campuses by looking at a popular song from different eras of rock and roll. Today it is 'praying' by Kesha
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