SERMON TOPIC: Acts 17
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 9 September 2013
Sermon synopsis: Acts 17:24 “The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands. 25 And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed.....
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SERMON TOPIC: Unexpected Opportunities
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 28 July 2013
Sermon synopsis: Ex 3:7 The Lord said, “I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering. 8 So I have come.....
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SERMON TOPIC: God our father
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 21 July 2013
Sermon synopsis: Despite being Lord of all, God is our father.
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SERMON TOPIC: Dealing with disappointment
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 14 July 2013
Sermon synopsis: 2 Cor 1:3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any.....
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SERMON TOPIC: Our travelling companion
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 7 July 2013
Sermon synopsis: Our travelling companion
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SERMON TOPIC: A Changed Perspective
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 30 June 2013
Sermon synopsis: 2 Kings 6:8 Now the king of Aram was at war with Israel. After conferring with his officers, he said, “I will set up my camp in such and such a place.”
9 The man of God sent word to the king of.....
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SERMON TOPIC: Making a Vegetable Garden out of a Vineyard
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 23 June 2013
Sermon synopsis: 1 Kings 21:1 Some time later there was an incident involving a vineyard belonging to Naboth the Jezreelite. The vineyard was in Jezreel, close to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. 2 Ahab said to.....
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SERMON TOPIC: At Just the Right Time
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 16 June 2013
Sermon synopsis: Galatians 6:7 Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. 8 Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from.....
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SERMON TOPIC: A Servant Heart
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 19 May 2013
Sermon synopsis: A Servant Heart
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SERMON TOPIC: Jesus and the tax collectors
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 14 April 2013
Sermon synopsis: Jesus and the tax collectors
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SERMON TOPIC: Leaving room around the edge
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 6 April 2013
Sermon synopsis: SCRIPTURE PASSAGE: Leviticus 19
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SERMON TOPIC: How to catch a monkey
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 5 April 2013
Sermon synopsis: Ecclesiastes 4:4
And I saw that all toil and all achievement spring from one person’s envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
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SERMON TOPIC: Easter Sunday
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 31 March 2013
Sermon synopsis: Easter Sunday
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SERMON TOPIC: Breaking Barriers
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 17 March 2013
Sermon synopsis: SCRIPTURE PASSAGE: Acts 1
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SERMON TOPIC: Remain true to your calling
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 10 March 2013
Sermon synopsis: SCRIPTURE PASSAGE: Acts 26
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SERMON TOPIC: Matthew 11v1
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 24 February 2013
Sermon synopsis: Matt 11:1 After Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and preach in the towns of Galilee.
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SERMON TOPIC: Moses
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 17 February 2013
Sermon synopsis: Exodus 2:21 Moses agreed to stay with the man, who gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage. 22 Zipporah gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner.....
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SERMON TOPIC: Colossians 1
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 27 January 2013
Sermon synopsis: Colossians 1:21 Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. 22 But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you.....
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SERMON TOPIC: Romans 7v13-24
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 6 January 2013
Sermon synopsis: Rom 7:13 Did that which is good, then, become death to me? By no means! Nevertheless, in order that sin might be recognized as sin, it used what is good to bring about my death, so that through the.....
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SERMON TOPIC: Ezekiel 36 Extravagant love
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 2 December 2012
Sermon synopsis: Ezek 36:33 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: On the day I cleanse you from all your sins, I will resettle your towns, and the ruins will be rebuilt. 34 The desolate land will be cultivated.....
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SERMON TOPIC: Jacob wrestles with God
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 25 November 2012
Sermon synopsis: Genesis 32:22 That night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female servants and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. 23 After he had sent them across the stream, he sent.....
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SERMON TOPIC: Remembrance Sunday
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 11 November 2012
Sermon synopsis: John 15:13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends.
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SERMON TOPIC: Caleb
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 28 October 2012
Sermon synopsis: Joshua 14:6 Now the people of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the Lord said to Moses the man of God at Kadesh Barnea about you.....
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SERMON TOPIC: Proverbs 16 v 9
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 14 October 2012
Sermon synopsis: Prov 16:9 In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps.
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SERMON TOPIC: Disciples
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 30 September 2012
Sermon synopsis: Mark 1:14 After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God. 15 “The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good.....
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SERMON TOPIC: Acts 9v26
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 9 September 2012
Sermon synopsis: Acts 9:26 When he came to Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he really was a disciple.
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SERMON TOPIC: Isaiah 1
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 2 September 2012
Sermon synopsis: Isaiah 1:2 Hear, O heavens! Listen, O earth!
For the LORD has spoken: “I reared children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against me. 3 The ox knows his master, the donkey his owner’s.....
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SERMON TOPIC: Mission Shaped Communications
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 27 July 2012
Sermon synopsis: Isa 54:2 “Enlarge the place of your tent,
stretch your tent curtains wide,
do not hold back;
lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes.
3 For you will spread out to the right and to the.....
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SERMON TOPIC: Psalm 126
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 22 July 2012
Sermon synopsis: Psalm 126:1 When the LORD brought back the captives to a Zion, we were like men who dreamed.
2 Our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy. Then it was said among the.....
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SERMON TOPIC: That measure of faith
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 8 July 2012
Sermon synopsis: Rom 12:3 For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the measure of.....
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SERMON TOPIC: 2 Tim 3 v 10-14
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 1 July 2012
Sermon synopsis: 2 Tim 3:10 You, however, know all about my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance, 11 persecutions, sufferings—what kinds of things happened to me in Antioch, Iconium.....
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SERMON TOPIC: Malachi 4
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 17 June 2012
Sermon synopsis: Malachi 4:1 “Surely the day is coming; it will burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and every evildoer will
be stubble, and that day that is coming will set them on fire,” says the LORD Almighty......
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SERMON TOPIC: A lifetime of service
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 3 June 2012
Sermon synopsis: Col 3:23 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, 24 since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord.....
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SERMON TOPIC: The unity of the Spirit
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 27 May 2012
Sermon synopsis: Eph 4:1 As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. 2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. 3 Make.....
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SERMON TOPIC: John 1 v 29
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 20 May 2012
Sermon synopsis: John 1:29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! 30 This is the one I meant when I said, ‘A man who comes after me has.....
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SERMON TOPIC: Christian Giving
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 29 April 2012
Sermon synopsis: 2 Cor 9:6 Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. 7 Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not.....
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SERMON TOPIC: Luke 4
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 22 April 2012
Sermon synopsis: Luke 4:14 Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the
whole countryside. 15 He taught in their synagogues, and everyone praised him.
16 He went to.....
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SERMON TOPIC: Easter
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 8 April 2012
Sermon synopsis: Mark 16:6 “Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him.
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SERMON TOPIC: Mark 11
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 4 April 2012
Sermon synopsis: Mark 11:As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples, 2 saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and just as you.....
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SERMON TOPIC: Easter Sunday
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 24 April 2011
Sermon synopsis: Resurrection Sunday.
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SERMON TOPIC: What the Gospel of John says about Christ
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 10 April 2011
Sermon synopsis: What the Gospel of John says about Christ.
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SERMON TOPIC: John 2
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 3 April 2011
Sermon synopsis: John 2
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SERMON TOPIC: John 1
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 27 March 2011
Sermon synopsis: John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
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SERMON TOPIC: Rebuilding the temple
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 20 March 2011
Sermon synopsis: Zech 4:6 So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the LORD Almighty.
7 “What are you, O mighty mountain? Before Zerubbabel.....
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SERMON TOPIC: Samuels call
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 6 March 2011
Sermon synopsis: Samuels call.
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SERMON TOPIC: Joy
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 27 February 2011
Sermon synopsis: Galatians 4v15 What has happened to all your joy? I can testify that, if you could have done so, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me.
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SERMON TOPIC: The Storm Walker
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 20 February 2011
Sermon synopsis: Matt 14:22 Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd. 23 After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside.....
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SERMON TOPIC: The Church that Jesus Built
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 13 February 2011
Sermon synopsis: The Church that Jesus Built
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SERMON TOPIC: Nehemiah rebuilding Jersualems wall
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 30 January 2011
Sermon synopsis: Nehemiah rebuilding Jersualems wall.
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SERMON TOPIC: Priorities
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 9 January 2011
Sermon synopsis: Priorities.
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SERMON TOPIC: Worship
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 5 December 2010
Sermon synopsis: Worship.
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SERMON TOPIC: The persecuted church
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 14 November 2010
Sermon synopsis: The persecuted church
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SERMON TOPIC: Why does God allow suffering
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 7 November 2010
Sermon synopsis: Why does God allow suffering?
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SERMON TOPIC: Evidence for the Resurrection
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 31 October 2010
Sermon synopsis: Evidence for the Resurrection
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SERMON TOPIC: Prophecies of the Bible and Archaeology
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 24 October 2010
Sermon synopsis: Prophecies of the Bible and Archaeology
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SERMON TOPIC: Science and The Bible - Part 2
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 17 October 2010
Sermon synopsis: Science and The Bible - Part 2
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SERMON TOPIC: Science and The Bible - Part 1
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 10 October 2010
Sermon synopsis: Science and The Bible - Part 1
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SERMON TOPIC: Harvest
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 3 October 2010
Sermon synopsis: Harvest - 1 Thess 5
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SERMON TOPIC: Gentleness - Power under control
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 26 September 2010
Sermon synopsis: Phi 4:2 I plead with Euodia and I plead with Syntyche to agree with each other in the Lord. 3 Yes, and I ask you, loyal yokefellow, a help these women who have contended at my side in the cause of.....
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SERMON TOPIC: 2 Timothy 1
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 19 September 2010
Sermon synopsis: An exhortation to study God’s Word.
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SERMON TOPIC: Step Up
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 5 September 2010
Sermon synopsis: Step Up
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SERMON TOPIC: How do we know the Spirit is at work
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 15 August 2010
Sermon synopsis: How do we know the Spirit is at work
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SERMON TOPIC: Dont Look Back
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 11 July 2010
Sermon synopsis: Don't Look Back
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SERMON TOPIC: Fathers
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 20 June 2010
Sermon synopsis: Fathers
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SERMON TOPIC: Ahithophel and Bitterness
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 6 June 2010
Sermon synopsis: Ahithophel and Bitterness
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SERMON TOPIC: Luke 24 - The road to Emmaus
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 30 May 2010
Sermon synopsis: Luke 24 - The road to Emmaus
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SERMON TOPIC: Ascension
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 16 May 2010
Sermon synopsis: Ascension
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SERMON TOPIC: I know that my redeemer lives
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 4 May 2010
Sermon synopsis: I know that my redeemer lives
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SERMON TOPIC: Closed Door Conversions
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 2 May 2010
Sermon synopsis: Closed Door Conversions
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SERMON TOPIC: Wake up o sleeper
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 25 April 2010
Sermon synopsis: Wake up o sleeper
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SERMON TOPIC: How real is your faith
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 18 April 2010
Sermon synopsis: Psalm 73
(A psalm of Asaph) 1 Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
2 But as for me, my feet had almost slipped; I had nearly lost my foothold. 3 For I envied the.....
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SERMON TOPIC: Palm Sunday - Luke 19v28-40
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 28 March 2010
Sermon synopsis: Luke 19:28 After Jesus had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. 29 As he approached Bethphage and Bethany at the hill called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, saying.....
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SERMON TOPIC: 2 Timothy 3
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 28 February 2010
Sermon synopsis: 2 Timothy 3
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SERMON TOPIC: How to find God's will for your life
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 10 January 2010
Sermon synopsis: Ps 37:23 If the LORD delights in a man’s way, he makes his steps firm; 24 though he stumble, he will not fall, for the LORD upholds him with his hand.
Prov 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all your.....
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SERMON TOPIC: Resolutions and Mulligan moments
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 3 January 2010
Sermon synopsis: In Acts 9 when the Lord speaks to Ananias he replies, “Yes, Lord”.
But when the Lord speaks to Saul (who thought he was serving God), he replies “Who are you, Lord?”
Yet God transforms Saul (or.....
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SERMON TOPIC: Hebrews 12
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 13 December 2009
Sermon synopsis: Heb 12:1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the.....
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SERMON TOPIC: Bringing up children
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 22 November 2009
Sermon synopsis: Raising a child is a great blessing but it is also hard work.
Prov 22: 6 Train a child in the way he should go,
and when he is old he will not turn from it.
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SERMON TOPIC: The importance of the spoken word
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 15 November 2009
Sermon synopsis: Matt 4:1 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. 2 After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3 The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the.....
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SERMON TOPIC: John 15v15 "I have called you friends"
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 1 November 2009
Sermon synopsis: John 15:15 “I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known.....
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SERMON TOPIC: The heart of our prayerful Saviour
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 18 October 2009
Sermon synopsis: Matt 6:5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received.....
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SERMON TOPIC: The heart of God
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 11 October 2009
Sermon synopsis: 1 Sam 13: 13 “You acted foolishly,” Samuel said. “You have not kept the command the LORD your God gave you; if you had, he would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time. 14 But now.....
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SERMON TOPIC: Mark 10v32-45
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 27 September 2009
Sermon synopsis: Mark 10: 32 They were on their way up to Jerusalem, with Jesus leading the way, and the disciples were astonished, while those who followed were afraid. Again he took the Twelve aside and told them.....
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SERMON TOPIC: Finding strength in the Lord our God
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 20 September 2009
Sermon synopsis: 1 Sam 30:1 David and his men reached Ziklag on the third day. Now the Amalekites had raided the Negev and Ziklag. They had attacked Ziklag and burned it, 2 and had taken captive the women and all.....
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SERMON TOPIC: Romans 12v1-2
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 13 September 2009
Sermon synopsis: Romans 12:1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship. 2 Do not conform any.....
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SERMON TOPIC: Who do you say I am
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 6 September 2009
Sermon synopsis: Mark 8:27 Jesus and his disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked them, “Who do people say I am?”
28 They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say.....
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SERMON TOPIC: Pentecost and the gifts of the Spirit - Part 4
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 19 July 2009
Sermon synopsis: Pentecost and the gifts of the Spirit - Part 4
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SERMON TOPIC: Pentecost and the gifts of the Spirit - Part 3
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 5 July 2009
Sermon synopsis: Pentecost and the gifts of the Spirit - Part 3
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SERMON TOPIC: Pentecost and the gifts of the Spirit - Part 2
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 14 June 2009
Sermon synopsis: Pentecost and the gifts of the Spirit - Part 2
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SERMON TOPIC: Pentecost and the gifts of the Spirit - Part 1
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 7 June 2009
Sermon synopsis: Pentecost and the gifts of the Spirit - Part 1
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SERMON TOPIC: Rising above the storm
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 24 May 2009
Sermon synopsis: Acts 27:21 After the men had gone a long time without food, Paul stood up before them and said: “Men, you should have taken my advice not to sail from Crete; then you would have spared yourselves.....
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SERMON TOPIC: The fragrance of Christ
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 17 May 2009
Sermon synopsis: Mark 14:1 Now the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were only two days away, and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were looking for some sly way to arrest Jesus and kill him. 2.....
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SERMON TOPIC: Palm Sunday
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 4 May 2009
Sermon synopsis: Matt 21:1 As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey.....
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SERMON TOPIC: Settling for second best
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 3 May 2009
Sermon synopsis: Haggai 2:1 On the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the word of the LORD came through the prophet Haggai: 2 “Speak to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, to Joshua son of Jehozadak,.....
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SERMON TOPIC: Storms
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 19 April 2009
Sermon synopsis: 1 Kings 19:3 Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there, 4 while he himself went a day’s journey into the desert. He came to a broom tree,.....
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SERMON TOPIC: Easter Sunday
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 12 April 2009
Sermon synopsis: John 20:1 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. 2 So she came running to Simon Peter.....
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SERMON TOPIC: Jesus in the Old Testament - Part 3
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 22 March 2009
Sermon synopsis: Some people view the Bible in 2 distinct, unrelated parts – the Old Testament and the New Testament. To some, the Old Testament is a collection of books written thousands of years ago in a.....
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SERMON TOPIC: Jesus in the Old Testament - Part 2
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 20 March 2009
Sermon synopsis: Some people view the Bible in 2 distinct, unrelated parts – the Old Testament and the New Testament. To some, the Old Testament is a collection of books written thousands of years ago in a.....
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SERMON TOPIC: Jesus in the Old Testament - Part 1
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 8 March 2009
Sermon synopsis: Some people view the Bible in 2 distinct, unrelated parts – the Old Testament and the New Testament. To some, the Old Testament is a collection of books written thousands of years ago in a.....
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SERMON TOPIC: Peter do you love me
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 12 October 2008
Sermon synopsis: In John 21, Jesus asks Peter 3 times if he loves him. But the words in the original Greek throw more light on this passage where Jesus restores the disciple who denied him.
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SERMON TOPIC: The Common Characteristics of a Successful Church Plant (THESIS)
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 1 January 2008
Sermon synopsis: A summary of a dissertation identifying the common characteristics which contribute to the success of a church plant as identified by church planters and organizations around the world. More than.....
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SERMON TOPIC: The vital part a father has to play
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 20 June 2004
Sermon synopsis: How to be a godly father to your children.
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SERMON TOPIC: Finding that one thing
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 4 February 2001
Sermon synopsis: What is the ONE THING we need?
Matt 10:21 Jesus looked at him and loved him. “ONE THING you lack,” he said. “Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in.....
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SERMON TOPIC: Love
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 27 April 1997
Sermon synopsis: In 1 Corinthians 13 Paul tells us that love is more important than eloquence, the gift of prophecy, knowledge and self-abasement.
He then looks at the qualities of love.
Finally he compares love.....
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SERMON TOPIC: The New Covenant
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 6 April 1997
Sermon synopsis: “You’re going to find that there will be times when people will have no stomach for solid teaching, but will fill up on spiritual junk food - catchy opinions that tickle their fancy. They’ll turn.....
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SERMON TOPIC: The In-Between Times
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 23 March 1997
Sermon synopsis: The In-Between Times
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SERMON TOPIC: Build on the Rock
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 9 March 1997
Sermon synopsis: Build on the Rock
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SERMON TOPIC: Watch and pray
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 23 February 1997
Sermon synopsis: Watch and pray
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SERMON TOPIC: The Lord's body
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 2 February 1997
Sermon synopsis: The Lord's body
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SERMON TOPIC: The Saviours Well
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 19 January 1997
Sermon synopsis: The Saviour's Well
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SERMON TOPIC: Kindness and sternness of God
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 1 December 1996
Sermon synopsis: Kindness and sternness of God
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SERMON TOPIC: To me to live is Christ
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 6 October 1996
Sermon synopsis: To me to live is Christ
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SERMON TOPIC: Discouragement
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 25 September 1996
Sermon synopsis: Discouragement is a reality that faces many Christians.
Heb 13:5 Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said,
“Never will I leave you;
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SERMON TOPIC: The kingdom of heaven - The parable of the talents
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 28 February 1996
Sermon synopsis: Matt 25:14 “Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his property to them. 15 To one he gave five talents of money, to another two talents, and to.....
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SERMON TOPIC: Spiritual warfare
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 1 October 1995
Sermon synopsis: Spiritual warfare
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SERMON TOPIC: Gethsemane
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 17 September 1995
Sermon synopsis: Gethsemane
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SERMON TOPIC: Sitting in the shade of the Juniper tree
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 11 June 1995
Sermon synopsis: 1 Kings 19 (NKJV) 1 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, also how he had executed all the prophets with the sword. 2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So let the gods do.....
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SERMON TOPIC: Battling the billows
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 21 May 1995
Sermon synopsis: We’ve seen such a flood of false doctrine coming into the Church that sometimes Christians battle to discern between truth and error.
How do we battle these winds of doctrine that sweep through the.....
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SERMON TOPIC: The governor
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 7 May 1995
Sermon synopsis: The governor
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SERMON TOPIC: Our Sacrifice
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 16 April 1995
Sermon synopsis: (1)Why did Jesus have to die? (2) Why did it have to be a blood sacrifice? (3) Why did He have to offer His flesh? (4) Why did it have to be a death on the cross? Couldn’t God have used a different.....
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SERMON TOPIC: The victorious life
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 12 March 1995
Sermon synopsis: The victorious life
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SERMON TOPIC: God's pattern
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 5 February 1995
Sermon synopsis: God's pattern
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SERMON TOPIC: Treasures
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 29 January 1995
Sermon synopsis: 2 Cor 4:3 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. 4 The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of.....
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SERMON TOPIC: Two kings
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 15 May 1994
Sermon synopsis: A look at the calling, appointment and reign of two of Israel’s most important kings; namely Saul and David – and what we can learn from them.
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SERMON TOPIC: Caught in a crisis
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 13 March 1994
Sermon synopsis: The best time to see where you are spiritually is in a crisis. Different people respond differently.
Are we like Mary who was distracted by distress or Martha whose faith was diminished by her.....
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