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Bible-centered sermons from St Stephen's Christchurch.
St Stephen's Christchurch Sermon Database offers church sermons built around close readings of biblical passages. Recent messages move from Philippians and Exodus to Easter reflections, keeping attention on God's character, Jesus' work, obedience, mercy, and prayer.
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St Stephen's Christchurch Sermon Database is an archive of sermons rooted in Scripture reading and pastoral exposition. The show is less a studio podcast than a record of church teaching. Its rhythm is familiar: a Bible passage, a prayer for understanding, then a sermon that works through the text and presses toward Christian response. Recent episodes spend much of their time in Exodus. The material moves from covenant promises to the Ten Commandments, from the golden calf to Moses' prayers, and from the tabernacle's detailed construction to the claim that God desires to dwell with his people. The sermons take biblical detail seriously. Lists of gold, silver, bronze, yarn, linen, oil, incense, stones, poles, curtains, and altars are not treated as throwaway material. They become evidence in a larger argument about provision, worship, obedience, and divine presence. The tone is orderly. It can also be forceful. The first commandment is presented as exclusive allegiance to the one true God, not a vague spiritual preference among many options. Human sin, idolatry, covenant failure, and judgment are addressed directly, while forgiveness and hope are consistently tied to Jesus. Easter episodes narrow that emphasis around the cross, the resurrection, and the love of God shown while people are still sinners. Good Friday reflects on faith as confidence amid what cannot yet be seen. Easter Sunday turns to the women at the tomb, fear, bewilderment, and the significance of Jesus rising from the dead. Philippians brings a broader horizon, with prayer for love, knowledge, discernment, righteousness, and hope. The preaching frequently moves between ancient Israel, the early church, and ordinary modern discipleship. It asks how people pray for others, where they locate identity, and what it means to trust God's view over the world's. The result is plain, doctrinal, Bible-centered teaching for listeners who want sermons that explain passages in sequence and apply them to worship, repentance, assurance, and prayer.
Made for: Suited to listeners seeking Christian sermon teaching with close attention to Scripture, prayer, covenant, obedience, and hope in Jesus. It fits those who prefer church-style exposition over interviews or casual religious conversation.
What sets it apart: The archive keeps the sermon form intact, including readings, prayers, and sustained attention to specific biblical passages. Recent episodes show particular patience with Exodus, treating ceremonial detail and covenant scenes as central rather than background.
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Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Close readings of scripture become practical sermons about obedience, forgiveness, divine presence and life shaped by Jesus.
St Stephen's Christchurch Sermon Database lets scripture set the pace. A passage is read aloud, followed by expository preaching that traces its argument, supplies context and turns theological ideas toward prayer and conduct.
Exodus gets the full pew-and-page treatment, with your modern loyalties quietly called to the witness stand.
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A sermon on the nations moves through judgment toward hope for Gentiles through Christ.
The sermon begins with Paul's affectionate prayer for the Philippians, then turns to the nations: their place under God's authority, their violence and fragility, and the hope offered to Gentiles through Christ.
Moses' plea after the golden calf guides a sermon on praying for others.
Israel's impatience and Aaron's golden calf lead into a sermon about praying for people who have gone astray. The preacher stays with Moses' response to the broken covenant: he calls Israel God's people, asks that God's name be honored, and recalls the promises to Abraham, Isaac…
A tabernacle sermon traces its materials and furnishings back to God's provision and nearness.
The preacher lingers over the tabernacle's materials and measurements, beginning with the ark and its mercy seat. He asks how a community in the desert could have gathered the gold, wood and other supplies it needed, then turns to Israel's departure from Egypt, when the…
A sermon on Exodus 24 moves from Israel's covenant promises to obedience and identity through Jesus.
In this sermon on Exodus 24, the preacher follows Israel up the mountain and lingers over the people's two promises to do what the Lord has said. He compares their pledge to a citizenship oath, giving the language of covenant a familiar shape.
A sermon on God's promises, Israel's loyalty, and the struggle to listen and obey.
In this sermon on Exodus 23, the preacher reads God's promises of guidance and protection alongside the command to listen to God's angel and turn away from the gods worshipped in the land ahead.
Two Bible translators unpack Scripture's hardest passages, from Revelation's 666 to the Witch of Endor.
Scripture, surrender and faith put into practice.
A reading of 2 Corinthians 12 about Paul's visions and his thorn in the flesh, emphasizing God's grace in weakness.
A reading and reflection on Galatians 6:1-18, emphasizing sowing to the Spirit, doing good, and boasting in the cross.
A reading of Galatians 6:1-10, emphasizing gentle restoration, bearing burdens, and reaping what you sow.
A sermon on Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem and his lament over the city, emphasizing the need for repentance and recognition of God's visitation.
A reading from the Gospel of Matthew describing Jesus' burial and resurrection.
Paul's prayer in Colossians 1:9–14 asks God to fill believers with knowledge of his will, spiritual wisdom, and understanding.
A sermon on Philippians 1:1-11, focusing on Paul's prayer of thanksgiving and his confidence in God's work in believers.
A church service reading and commentary on Exodus 20:1-3 and Mark 12:28-34, focusing on the Ten Commandments and the greatest commandment to love God and neighbor.
A minister delivers an Easter sermon recounting the resurrection of Jesus from the Gospel of Mark and reflecting on its significance.
A reflection on faith and the meaning of Good Friday based on a reading from Luke's Gospel.
A reading of Exodus chapters 35-40 detailing the construction of the tabernacle and priestly garments.
Exodus 32-34 at St Stephen's Christchurch treats the golden calf as a "serious breach of contract" after Israel's covenant in Exodus 24 and the tabernacle instructions of seven chapters.
Exodus 25:8, “I will dwell among them,” is the line the sermon treats as the goal of Exodus 25-31.
Exodus 24, read at St Stephen’s Christchurch, is framed by Joel as a chapter about Israel’s identity under God’s covenant.
God's promises in Exodus 23 depend on listening, obeying, and refusing the gods of the nations.