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Pastor Frank breaks down the Kingdom Parable, The Labourers in the Vineyard, from Matthew 20.
Pastor Frank teaches on the Biblical order of corporate worship from 1 Corinthians 14:26-33
Pastor Frank breaks down the story of the Shunammite woman and the extravagant hospitality she shows to Elisha.
Andrew takes us through Mark's account of the storm on the Sea of Galilee, highlighting the perfect peace of God
Jordy Yeatman breaks down Psalm 91:9-11 in a beautiful way to show God's promise to us and what we must do to obtain it.
Eric shares some interpretative tips for understanding Jesus' parables and then gives an example with The Parable of the Ten Minas in Luke 19:11-27, explaining the historical context Jesus shared it in.
Sybrand continues his journey through the Gospel of John and draws our attention to chapter 8, where Jesus speaks about the freeing power of truth.
Pastor Frank begins a new series this week on the postures of our heart. He kicks things off by exploring what it means to have a heart of worship.
Annette unpacks the story of blind Bartimaeus from Mark 10 and its relevancy to our lives.
Pastor Frank shares another message from The Table series by looking at the salt covenant formed over the sharing of a meal and the hope we find in the Scriptures that speak of the Lord hosting us at His table.
Jordy Yeatman shares a message on the names of God; how they reveal His character and what happens when our experienced reality doesn't match the truth of who God is.
Andrew shares from Isaiah 43 and encourages us to forget the 'how' and remember the 'who' this year so as not to put God in a box; for He is doing a new thing.
Pastor Frank gives a brief outline of the fruit of hospitality in the Early Church and what we can learn from them for today.
Andrew Kulasingham examines the messiness of the Christmas story and our lives, but how we can see divine moments when we change our lens.
Pastor Frank continues our Biblical Feasts series by looking at the last of the four Feasts Jesus fulfilled in His first coming.
Pastor Frank concludes our Biblical Feasts series by exploring how the remaining three Feasts could point to the return of Jesus, national salvation of Israel and judgement of the nations, and the Millennial Reign.
Pastor Frank continues our Biblical Feasts series by exploring the shadows of Jesus in Passover, Unleavened Bread, Firstfruits.
Pastor Frank continues our series on the Biblical Feasts with Sabbath - What is the Sabbath? Which day of the week is Sabbath, Saturday or Sunday? Why do Christians observe Sunday Sabbath? Does it really matter? Is it a binding command to Christians? Join us as we explore the beauty of Sabbath.
Pastor Frank begins a new series looking at the Biblical Feasts from Leviticus 23. To start the series, it's important to first look at what are the Feasts and answer the question - should they matter to me? As this is the foundation from which we can explore the Feasts without worrying about legalism or anything of the sorts.
Pastor Frank shares a short message with us today on 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 before opening up the space for a time of ministry.
Annette shares a prophetic word on the power of others words spoken over us and Ezekiel's vision of dry bones in Ezekiel 37.
Pastor Frank continues to expound on some points Annette made in her message "Which Tree are we Eating From?" and reminds us that we are clothed in the righteousness of God.
Pastor Frank looks at the two Gospel accounts of this well-known parable and it's relevancy to us today.
Pastor Frank completes this mini series by looking at Paul's jars of clay metaphor from 2 Corinthians 4
Today we have our Youth Pastor, Daniella Tikitiki-Whittaker sharing a recent testimony of deliverance and Annette Yeatman bringing an amazing word from Genesis 2 and 3 about which tree are we eating from - the Tree of Life or the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil?
Pastor Frank teaches us about what praise and worship are and looks at 7 of the main forms of praise we see in the scriptures that God delights in.
Our guest speaker, Dr Shirley Carpenter shares a timely and prophetic teaching about the split and reconciliation of Paul and Barnabas and what we can learn from this in preparation for future events.
Pastor Frank continues the Metaphors of Paul series. This week we look at another metaphor Paul uses in 2 Corinthians 3 where he refers to the Corinthians as a "Letter from Christ" - what does that mean and how might it relate to us?
Pastor Frank begins a mini-series on the metaphors Paul uses in 2 Corinthians. Today, he unpacks what it means to be a Christ-like fragrance.
Annette Yeatman shares from 1 Kings 18, the story of Elijah versus the prophets of Baal.
Pastor Frank looks at the life of Daniel and his three friends as examples of living faithful and uncompromised for God in an ungodly society much like we find ourselves today and how we can do the same.
Pastor Frank looks at the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the first Gentile in Acts 10 and the effects of forgetting that once we Gentiles were outsiders and now we treat others as outsiders.
Pastor Aimee teaches us about the unique practices of an ancient Galilean wedding and how Jesus used these practices to describe his relationship with His followers and His anticipated return.
Join us as we celebrate Pentecost Sunday. Pastor Frank brings a short teaching on what Pentecost is and why the Holy Spirit was poured out on that specific day.
Sybrand continues to walk us through the book of John, focusing on chapter 7 this week.
Pastor Frank shares a message on the dangers of division and the importance of unity in response to a prophetic dream he had.
Pastor Aimee teaches us from Matthew 11:28-30 where Jesus invites us to take upon his yoke and to learn from Him.
Pastor Frank takes us through his favourite Bible story from 1 Samuel 14:1-14 and explains how he believes God is calling our church to respond like Jonathan and his armour bearer in this season of change.
Moses Paulus is an Assistant Pastor in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, and is one of the missionaries that WBCC helps support. Listen as he explores the calling of David, Nehemiah, and Jonah, and shares a bit about his personal call and the work God is doing in Papua New Guinea.
Join us as Eric unpacks the familiar story of the women at the well and draws out lessons we can each learn and apply in our lives.
Join us as Ps Frank walks us through reflections on the Passover, Crucifixion, and Resurrection.
Pastor Frank uses Psalm 133 to share a bit about his and Aimee's heart for greater unity among the local body of churches.
The sole purpose we exist as a church is to be lights. Every christian exists to be a light in the world – to be an avenue for someone to see the Father through us. Without light, there would be no sight. This week, Ps Andrew Kulasingham reminds us that to keep our lamps burning we need to have oil in our lamps. The Challenge is – do we have enough oil in our lamps. He recommends to regular pitfalls that we should make in order to fuel up so we keep burning throughout our journey on earth.
How many of us are fighting battles we do not need to fight? Charging at life as if its a battlefield. The answer lies in the act of surrender. This week Craig Hill takes us through the Biblical concept of surrender and shows us that there is power in living a surrendered life.
In the midst of the global chaos and confusion brought about by Covid, have we as Christians become so pre-occupied by the happenings around us to the point we have neglected our role as followers of Christ? As Christians we are carrying a mandate. We have been given a mission – The Great Commission. We cannot complete this mandate until we fully understand what Jesus meant when He said He has all authority. In this message, we look at the difference between Jesus’ power and Jesus’ authority. When we understand the significance of Jesus authority, we will understand the potential we have as His followers.
We all need reassurance from time to time. From time to time, for whatever reason, Outwardly situations and circumstances can shake us. They can challenge us to the very core of our inner lives. King David, of the Old Testament, knew the extremes streams of life, and most of them he would not have imagined or anticipated for himself. One of David’s psalms is Psalm 139. In our message this week, Ps Janet McCutchan explores this psalm giving us an insight into David's relationship with God and God’s with David. From there we learn the far reaching and fully sufficient reality of God’s love for us all.
People in the world look out for themselves in a way that God’s people often neglect to. Jesus is encouraging us to look out for ourselves too, by taking a long-term view. There are things we can with our earthly wealth that will pay dividends in the afterlife. It will make us heavenly friends and earn us true riches. But he says that we will be trusted with true (heavenly) riches only if we have managed the worldly riches put at our disposal well.
Do you know that as people of God we can develop a serious spiritual condition that can be fatal to our faith journey? Ps Andrew Kulasingham speaks to us about a condition he calls spiritual amnesia. How easily we forget God. How easily we forget what He has done for us. How easily we forget the prayers He has answered, His miracles. We forget too easily. This sermon is about the dangers of forgetting God and the remedies for overcoming spiritual amnesia.
Based on the story in John 4:43-54, where Jesus heals a nobleman's son, Sybrand poses the question to all of us - who will we believe in? Who will we put our trust in? Will it be the one who is above time and space, the author, if you will, of time and space? Or is it something else?
Ps Andrew Kulasingham takes us to the New Testament where Paul speaks about the culture of honour in the context of 3 very important relationships – the relationship between a husband and a wife, the relationship between parents and children and the relationship between employers and employees. In Ephesians 5 and 6, Paul shows us how honour is played out in these three different environments.
Our lessons today are in the book of Mark about sight being miraculously given to a blind man. Arthur Crane revisits the story of the healing of the blind man in Mark 10:42-56 with the hope that we will allow Christ to to open our blind eyes to see, embrace and follow Christ.
Jesus warned us that it is what is in our hearts that defile us. Unless we allow Father God to plant the right seeds in our hearts, we will end up having a heart full of overgrown weeds.
Faith is not an intellectual exercise. Faith is something made visible through our actions. This week we look at James 2:21-22 to see the correlation between our faith and our actions. It is time we activate our faith.
Sermon presented by Pastor Andrew Kulasingham at Welcome Bay and Carmel Community Churches on 3rd January 2021