By special request: a re-release of a sermon from earlier this year added as an epilogue to the Bible Series. This message explores the journey of faith through belief, learning, and doing…and what happens when that engine crashes on you! Refle...

In this final sermon of our Bible series, we explore how the way we imagine the end of the story shapes how we live now. Drawing on Jesus’ mission in Luke 4, the victory of the resurrection, and the promise that Christ reigns until every enemy ...

This week we pick up the story after Pentecost, as the Holy Spirit births the early Church and the Gospel begins to spread. We trace the big flow from Acts through the Epistles: Stephen’s martyrdom, Paul’s dramatic conversion, the Gentile contr...

This week we tackle a big Roast Pastor question: Do men rule over women? Can women lead in church? We deep-dive into three “hot” passages—1 Corinthians 11, 1 Corinthians 14, and 1 Timothy 2—and ask whether they really teach a rigid hierarchy of...

This week we move from the cross to the empty tomb, from Passover to Pentecost. We explore why the resurrection of Jesus is the centre of our faith, what it means that the risen Christ sends the Holy Spirit to us, and how that moment gives birt...

This week we tackle the life and death of Jesus in a single message. Starting where all four Gospels converge—at Jesus’ baptism and temptation—we explore how each Gospel highlights a different facet of Jesus' ministry and why that path leads to...

This episode marks the shift from Old to New Testament as we trace the so-called “400 years of silence” from Persia to Rome, the Maccabees to Herod, and watch promises deepen rather than disappear. We explore how Israel’s hopes, factions, and f...

This is a re-recording of the sermon, as the original wasn’t captured due to a technical issue.We pick up the Bible’s story as Israel shifts from tribal judges to kings. Meet Samuel—the last judge—and the first three kings: Saul, David, ...

After seventy years in Babylon, the exiles finally come home...but the home they find isn’t what they remembered. Amid joy and tears, leaders rebuild the altar, lay new foundations, and face fierce opposition. Prophets Haggai and Zechariah reki...

This week we enter the darkest chapter so far: Judah’s fall and the Babylonian exile. We trace the history that led there, then pause to hear the raw voices of suffering: Jeremiah’s Lamentations and the captives’ song in Psalm 137. Yet even her...

Today we turn south to Judah, where the core question is: "Where is God worshiped?" In the battle between Temple and the spread of high places, we follow reformers Hezekiah and Josiah and the tragic tipping point under Manasseh that seals judgm...

Due to technical issues, sermon 10 "Kings" in this series was not recorded.After the death of Solomon the nation of Israel divides in two! In today's sermon, we focus in on the Northern Kingdom. Breaking away from the dynasty of David, w...

In Judges, Israel flourishes when faithful to God but falls into oppression when chasing idols. Today we track the cycle of faith to faithlessness to judgement to salvation and back to faith through the lives of the six Judges raised to save th...

The promise of land is realised in the conquests under Joshua, as Israel takes possession of Canaan. These stories celebrate God’s faithfulness in fulfilling His word, yet they also confront us with the troubling reality of the destruction of w...

How do we make sense of the rituals and sacrifices in God’s Law? This sermon explores the themes of priesthood, holiness, and sacrifice, and offers a framework for how they still speak into our lives today.To contact Canterbury Baptist, ...

God builds the people of Israel together as a nation by giving them the Law. But how do we read this Law today? In this sermon, we explore how to read and apply these Laws into our lives as Christians. To contact Canterbury Baptist,...

God's promise to Abraham took over 400 years to begin to look secure. We trace the story of the children of Abraham and their struggle to see this call become a reality. We finish by considering the question, "Why does God build struggle into H...

Genesis 4–11 shows God addressing sin with marks, floods, and scattered nations…yet none could fix the problem. In Genesis 12, God shifts: not judgment, but covenant promise and commitment.To contact Canterbury Baptist, email cbc@canterb...

If Creation was "very good," why is it so messed up today? In this sermon we look at the topic of "what went wrong."To contact Canterbury Baptist, email cbc@canterburybaptist.org  To support Canterbury Baptist please give:

We start our journey through the Bible by looking at the creation stories of Genesis 1 and 2. How do we read them? And how do they speak to us today?To contact Canterbury Baptist, email cbc@canterburybaptist.org  To support C...

What is the Bible and how do we read it? Today's sermon takes us through the structure and layout of the Bible and the reflects on how it speaks to us. This is part 1 of a series where we will journey through the story of the Bible.