We’ve prepared some pre-recorded sermons available for use in our churches.
They might be used to give your regular preachers a break, or because the content fits particularly well with what a local church is planning. Feel free to use as many of these as you need.
Sermons On Demand 2025 (December 2024)
There has been such a great response to the sermon series over the last four summers, with some churches using them well into the year. This year the gift comes from Carey Baptist College with a series of video sermons straight out of their weekly chapel services: Mentored for Ministry (video files released to churches 28 November 2024), with 9 sermons by Carey Baptist College staff. You can use one, use them all, or grab them when you most need a break – post-Christmas, the New Year, or into 2025.
All of the sermons are around 17-25 minutes in length. Some include discussion questions making them useful in a variety of settings.
We won’t make these videos easily/publicly available until 1 July 2025 to increase the likelihood that your people haven’t already watched them.
Sermons can be downloaded, or streamed
This year the videos are provided on Carey’s Vimeo channel – you can stream them or download the video file for best results: Sermons on Demand 2025
We hope you find these sermons helpful. Any feedback can be sent to either: Karen Warner, Baptist National Support Centre [email protected] or Nicola Mountfort Griffiths, Carey Baptist College [email protected]
Sermons on demand 2024 (December 2023)
Encounter at the well
This woman has a story to tell! Leaning on research about first-century marriage in Palestine, plus a touch of creative license, we hear from the…
Our true hero
Who is Jesus Christ? Why is he so incredible? This message seeks to answer those questions by examining Jesus’ encounter with three of his close…
God’s acts of the Spirit as God’s love for the world
Walking through Acts 8:26-40, we look at how the Spirit is involved throughout the story of the pursuit and inclusion of the Ethiopian eunuch. In…
Parable of the dishonest manager
What can we learn about Shrewdness and wealth?
Good news for all people
Grace comes to the most unlikely people. Don’t miss it.
When violence meets Jesus
What does encountering Jesus mean for our part in His mission amidst the violence of our hearts and our world?
Jesus, a Lawyer, and a Good Samaritan
Jesus’ stories always contain an element of surprise. His story of the loving Samaritan is certainly shocking. Shocking, of course, because it shows this supposed…
Sermons on demand 2023 (December 2022)
The tiny kingdom
Matthew 13:31-33. Do we have eyes to see the small, yet significant things that God is doing? Tim Hart is pastor at Māngere Bridge Baptist…
Numbering our days aright
Psalm 90. This sermon explores the life-giving biblical theme of being cognisant of the fragility of life. Phil Halstead is Lecturer: Pastoral Care at Carey…
Beautiful Feet
Romans 10: 13-15; Luke 7:36-50. Nicola reflects on the beautiful feet of Jesus, and the beauty of the feet of those who have shared the…
“Our Father”: on learning to pray
Luke 11:1-2 (Matt 6:9). The two words with which the Lord’s Prayer begins contain the sum of the Gospel. If we can hear afresh the…
Very Good News
Isaiah 52:7; 2 Kings 6:8-23. Gospel—as Christians, it’s one of our most treasured words. But what do we mean by it? We know it means…
To love as Jesus loved
John 13:31-35. In washing his disciples’ feet, Jesus gave them a picture of his forgiveness of them. Then he gave them a new commandment: to…
The wise king’s request
1 Kings 3:5-14. There can be no justice without wisdom. Grace Paddison is a 2022 Carey Baptist College Youth Pastoral Leadership graduate and is at…
Praying confidently thanks to Jesus' priesthood
Hebrews 4:14-16, 7:23-25, 9:11, 10:19-23. Jesus is both our high priest and perfect sacrifice who intercedes for us in the heavenly realms. By taking a closer…
Summer Sermon Series (December 2021)
Bonus Kid's Talk: Good vs very good
A kids talk for the featured sermon by Alastair Hall, Pastor, Manukau City Baptist.
Good vs very good: Living a life that makes a difference
Luke 18:18-30 (and it’s not about the money!)A featured sermon by Alastair Hall, Pastor, Manukau City Baptist
Bagels, boats and 'being' the Church: The ingredients that shape the church
A featured sermon Acts 2:42-47by Tim Palmer, Pastor, Franklin Baptist Church
A particular set of skills: Vengeance, justice and mercy
A featured sermon on 1 Samuel 24, 25, 26 by Odele Habets, Pastor, Albany Baptist
I don’t always 'connect with' God over Zoom: Spiritual pathways
A featured sermon on Luke 10:27 by Rachel Roche, Carey Baptist College
Foundations for Gospel Renewal (December 2021)
God: The One who is faithful when we are not
Matthew 1:1-6Christa McKirland, Lecturer in Systematic Theology
Jesus: The Saviour who makes all things new
John 2:1-11John Tucker, Principal, Carey Baptist College
Spirit: The Gift-Giver who enables the impossible
1 Corinthians 12:1-5Mick Duncan, Adjunct Lecturer, Carey Baptist College
Discipleship: Rediscovering our identity and calling as disciples of Jesus
1 John 3:1-3Michael Rhodes, Lecturer in Old Testament, Carey Baptist College
Mission: Reimagining the church and mission in a time of disruption
Acts 1:1-12George Weiland, Director of the Carey Centre for Mission Research and Formation