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 2024 (December 2023)
There has been such a great response to the sermon series over the last three summers, with some churches using them well into the year. We thought we’d gift churches another series. This year’s Sermons On Demand series, is called Encounters with Jesus (released to churches 13 December 2023), has 7 sermons by both Carey Baptist College staff and Baptist pastors. You can use one, use them all, or grab them when you most need a break – post-Christmas, the New Year, or into 2024.
All of the sermons are around 17-25 minutes in length. Most include discussion questions via a one-page PDF and at the end of each video, making them useful in a variety of settings.
We have removed the “Summer” branding, so you can use this series after summer finishes, and we won’t make these easily/publicly available until 1 July 2024 to increase the likelihood that your people haven’t already watched them.
Sermons can be downloaded, or streamed:
- Click this link – a new tab will open in your web browser showing our EzyStream media library.
- A popup window will appear listing the 7 sermons.
- Log in using the same details you use for the Baptist NZ app (if you have set up a log in), or set up a new login (this gives access to the EzySream media library we use).
- Click the blue ‘OWN EPISODE 0.00’ button next to a sermon you want to stream or download. This is set up to purchase the sermon: for FREE.
- You can download using SD – Standard Definition (smaller file, less quality) or HD – High Definition (larger file, higher quality). Your web browser will download the file to the location it usually uses – often the ‘Downloads’ folder on your computer.
Downloading the file means you can play it from your own computer to a live audience without worrying about a good or reliable internet connection. Streaming means you play the sermon from the internet watching as it downloads, which saves hard-drive space, but viewing stops if the internet stops, and may buffer/stall if your internet is slow. - The PDF download option is a one-page document for most sermons that has a summary and a few questions for discussion or reflection.
- After downloading, our system may send you an email from the Baptist Support Centre with a $0.00 receipt of your ‘purchase’ – please ignore this.
We hope you find these sermons helpful. Any feedback can be sent to either:
Karen Warner, Baptist National Support Centre [email protected]
Nicola Mountfort Griffiths, Carey Baptist College [email protected]
Sermons on demand 2023 (December 2022)
Last summer’s Sermons on Demand are now all freely available below or via the Baptist NZ app. To download the media files click here.
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