Sermons
Coronavirus update
While we are unable to meet in person, Rugby Baptist Church's services have gone online. You can find the sermons below, but please see our Video page for a fuller experience. We hope they will bless you, and God be with you in this season.
Sermon archive
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| Forgive them | David Higham | 1st November 2020 | 17,226 Kb |
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| we continue our series, Praying Dangerously, and look at 2 prayers from the Apostle Stephen at his stoning and our Lord, Jesus on the cross. Both prayers are said as each experienced horrific deaths; uttered in their dying breaths. Both Stephen and Jesus share a vision beyond their horrific experiences to a World for God, full of grace and compassion, where all share in a true and lasting relationship with the Father. The challenge to each of us is made clear not through their death but in the way in which they died. | |||
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| The prayer of Agur (Proverbs 30:5-9) | David Fleming | 18th October 2020 | 11,561 Kb |
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| Agur's prayer in Proverbs is one of deep humility: 'keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches'. He knows his weaknesses, and asks - as Jesus would teach many years later - not to be led into temptation. But this, too, is a dangerous prayer. | |||
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| Praying to be sent (Isaiah 6:1-8) | Peter den Haan | 11th October 2020 | 15,661 Kb |
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| Our next dangerous prayer is Isaiah's, who encounters God in all his holiness and says 'Here am I. Send me!' This is among the most dangerous prayers we can pray, as it can lead us in unexpected directions and often into total dependence on God's power and provision. | |||
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| The prayer of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 14:1-9) | David Fleming | 4th October 2020 | 15,585 Kb |
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| Jeremiah asks God to act for the sake of his name. It takes great courage to ask not for our own comfort, but for God to display his holiness, glory and grace in our lives. | |||
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| Harvest (Genesis 1:26-31) | David Fleming | 27th September 2020 | 11,423 Kb |
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| In this Harvest service, we are exploring BMS World Mission's Operation Chad. For the first time, we were live streaming from church! | |||
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| Praying to be filled (Ephesians 3:14-21) | Peter den Haan | 20th September 2020 | 13,555 Kb |
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| Paul prays for the church in Ephesus to encounter all of the love of Jesus, so they can be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. We explore how this is the kind of prayer that changes lives - and churches. | |||
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| The prayer of Jacob (Genesis 32:22-32) | David Fleming | 13th September 2020 | 9,955 Kb |
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| Jacob said to God after wrestling with him, 'I will not let you go unless you bless me.' That was a wonderful yet dangerous prayer to pray, and his life would never be the same again. As David kicks off this new series, ask yourself: do I have the courage to pray dangerous prayers? | |||
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| Di-vine fruit (John 15:1-17) | Steve Moody | 6th September 2020 | 14,464 Kb |
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| As David is inducted as our new Senior Minister, and we look ahead to a whole new season at Rugby Baptist, Steve Moody helps us reflect on Jesus' parable of the vine and the branches in John 15:1-17. | |||
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| A committed heart (Psalm 84) | David Fleming | 30th August 2020 | 13,630 Kb |
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| 'Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere.' Perhaps particularly poignant words during this time of scattered services; this psalm is the prayer of a heart deeply committed to the things of God, aching for the Almighty's presence. | |||
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| There is a season (Ecclesiastes 3:1-11) | Peter den Haan | 23rd August 2020 | 16,207 Kb |
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| There is a season for everything under the sun. What does that mean for the season we are in right now? Does it really mean that God wants disease and suffering? | |||
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| Losing your foothold (Psalm 73) | David Fleming | 16th August 2020 | 10,493 Kb |
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| 'As for me, my feet had almost slipped; I had nearly lost my foothold.' How do we respond when life's storms toss us about, as they sometimes do for all of us? | |||
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| The way of grace (2 Kings 6:8-23) | Martin Tiller, Peter den Haan | 9th August 2020 | 23,568 Kb |
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| The prophet Elisha has power over his enemies, but rather than exercising that power he chooses the way of grace. So God reveals his character in the prophet. It's also 75 years ago today that a nuclear bomb detonated over the city of Nagasaki in Japan; we spend some time thinking about war, weapons, and grace. | |||
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| The Fortress (Psalm 46) | Mell Keenan | 1st August 2020 | 18,246 Kb |
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| Mell reflects on Psalm 46. "God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble." | |||
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| The Downcast Soul (Psalm 42 and 43) | Abbie Meacham | 26th July 2020 | 9,605 Kb |
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| Life ebbs and flows, doesn't it, and we would be forgiven for experiencing a bit of an ebb right now. No better time to read Psalms 42 and 43: 'As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God.' In the ebbs of life as well as the good times, let's cultivate a thirst for the presence of God. | |||
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| May the Force be with you (John 20:26-29; Acts 2:1-12) | Mick Daulman | 19th July 2020 | 16,328 Kb |
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| What might Star Wars have to teach us about life in the Spirit? A scattered service by the Rugby Girls' and Boys' Brigades. | |||
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| What is in the heart (1 Samuel 15:34-16:13) | Peter den Haan | 12th July 2020 | 14,820 Kb |
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| 'Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.' What might God have seen that made him reject king Saul and choose king David instead, that impulsive and deeply flawed character? And what does it mean for us? | |||
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| The Joy of Repentance (Psalm 32) | David Higham | 5th July 2020 | 16,696 Kb |
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| This Sunday we reflect on Psalm 32, that most poetic of psalms from King David. Like so many, David was tormented with regrets and guilt from his embrace with sin. He finally realised that his future peace and joy could only be found in repairing his relationship with God. This joy of reconciliation awaits each one of us. So let’s reflect and remind ourselves how we can secure this lasting joy in our lives. | |||
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| Power (Ephesians 6:10-24) | Peter den Haan | 28th June 2020 | 16,253 Kb |
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| The church is engaged in a spiritual battle. It is time to take the armour of God away from Sunday school simplicity into a serious discussion of spiritual warfare in the power of God. | |||
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