Category: Resurrection - St Stephen's Whangaparaoa

We are Witnesses

4/4/2021

Preacher: Ian Hardcastle [Texts: John 20:1-18; Acts 10:34-43; 1 Corinthians 15:1-11]
Here we have the testimonies of three eyewitness followers of Jesus writing of his resurrection from the dead - not legend, not imagination, not hallucination, but solid evidence from those who were there.

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Our Hope of the Resurrection

10/11/2019

Preacher: Ian Hardcastle [Texts: Luke 20:27-38; 2 Thessalonians 2:1-17]
What do you make of the resurrection? Jesus believed in it. Paul believed in it. What about you?

191110_resurrection.pdf
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Live in Him

18/8/2019

Preacher: Ian Hardcastle [Text: Colossians 2:6-23]
Having established his credentials with them, Paul challenges the false teachings which threaten the faith of the Christians at Colossae. While we may not be subject to exactly the same errors, there are common principles which are valuable for us as we face the challenges of today's world and its thinking.

190818_live_in_him.pdf
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Three Responses

5/5/2019

Preacher: Ian Hardcastle [Texts: Acts 9:1-20; Revelation 5:11-14; John 21:1-19]
We are given the responses of three different people to Jesus: Thomas who struggled to believe; Peter who had denied Jesus and Saul who had persecuted the church. As we look at their responses, what is our own?

190505_three_responses.pdf
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What did Jesus teach his disciples after he rose from the dead?

29/4/2018

Preacher: Ian Hardcastle [Text: Acts 8:26-40; (Luke 24:36b-48)]
We are in the Easter season, in these 40 days Jesus appeared repeatedly to his disciples and taught them - what? We are not told - or are we?

180429_jesus_post-resurrection_teaching.pdf
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Eating with the Risen Christ

30/4/2017

170430_eating_with_the_risen_christ.pdf
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He IS risen

16/4/2017

Preacher: Ian Hardcastle [Texts: Matthew 28:1-10; Acts 10:34-43; Colossians 3:1-4]
Matthew's gospel records the women meeting Jesus alive after he had been dead for about 40 hours. In this sermon, Ian considers the evidence and its value as a basis of belief.

170416_he_is_risen.pdf
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Resurrection

2/4/2017

Preacher: Ian Hardcastle [Texts: Ezekiel 37:1-14; John 11:1-45]
What is happening in these two texts - metaphor, reality, resuscitation?

170402_resurrection.pdf
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Resurrection

3/4/2016

Preacher: Ian Hardcastle [Texts: John 20:19-31; Acts 5:27-32]
John has carefully presented his eyewitness account to give us the evidence we need to believe. So what will you do with it? What will flow out of such belief?

160403_resurrection.pdf
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The Ascension

14/5/2015

Preacher: Ian Hardcastle [Text: Ephesians 1:15-23]
We often look at the ascension from Luke accounts or even Daniel's vision. But Paul touches on it as well. What is it about, what does it mean?

150514_the_ascension.pdf
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Love Wins!

5/4/2015

Preacher: Ian Hardcastle [Texts: John 20:1-18; Acts 10:34-43]
The crucifixion looks like the greatest disaster but ;that is not the whole story. The eye-witness accounts of the following Sunday morning change everything. The final outcome - Love Wins!

150405_love_wins.pdf
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Don't Be Afraid (Text version)

24/5/2014

Preacher: Ian Hardcastle [Text 1 Peter 3:13-22]
The Apostle Peter continues telling us not to be afraid giving us the assurance that Christ is the Victor over evil powers. He goes on to teach about baptism. The power of baptism lies in the resurrection of Jesus.

140525_dont_be_afraid.pdf
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Resurrection

19/4/2014

Preacher: Ian Hardcastle [Text: Matthew 28:1-10]
His claims were extraordinary; his resurrection verified them - so how do you respond?

140420_easter.pdf
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Resurrection

6/4/2014

Preacher: Ian Hardcastle [Text: Ezekiel 37:1-14; John 11:1-45]
Valley of the Dry Bones - Raising of Lazarus; What do you make of these stories? Metaphor/Resuscitation/Resurrection?

140406_resurrection.pdf
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God makes a way where there is no way.

9/6/2013

[Preacher: Ian Hardcastle. Text: 1 Kings 17:17-24; Acts 20:7-11; Luke 7:11-17]
It seemed impossible - her son had died. Yet God made a way where there was no way.

130609_god_makes_a_way.pdf
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Dead Wrong

2/9/2012

1 Samuel 28:3-20; Acts 15:16-18; Luke 16:19-31
Saul consults a medium, Paul drives a demon out of a fortune teller; Jesus and the state of the dead. Do Old Testament prohibitions on the occult have any relevance to Christians?

120902_dead_wrong.pdf
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Death Could Not Hold Him

29/4/2012

Mark 16:1-8
Resurrection - not merely of historical interest but a life-changing event for us all!

120408_death_could_not_hold_him.pdf
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