sermon Archives - Brian Harris https://brianharrisauthor.com/tag/sermon/ Tue, 05 Aug 2025 02:18:34 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/brianharrisauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/cropped-brianharrisauthor-favicon-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 sermon Archives - Brian Harris https://brianharrisauthor.com/tag/sermon/ 32 32 93416650 Refresh: Things that get in the way… https://brianharrisauthor.com/refresh-things-that-get-in-the-way/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/refresh-things-that-get-in-the-way/#respond Tue, 07 Jan 2025 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=5248 This is the 10th year this blog has been operating. There have been over 500 posts along the way. I always encourage readers to repost and republish if they find the material useful, and recently stumbled upon a website that had done just that. I vaguely remembered writing the post about 3 years ago, and […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/refresh-things-that-get-in-the-way/feed/ 0 5248 When family fails… https://brianharrisauthor.com/when-family-fails/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/when-family-fails/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2016 22:00:57 +0000 http://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=2381 At Carey we recently finished a preaching series on the life of David – author of so many of the Psalms, and Israel’s most successful king. One of my topics was the family life of David – notable largely for its failure. As a fair few people found my reflections on the topic helpful, I […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/when-family-fails/feed/ 1 2381 Why the angels sang… https://brianharrisauthor.com/why-the-angels-sang/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/why-the-angels-sang/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2016 22:00:59 +0000 http://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=2372 With the Advent season officially upon us, I thought it would be worth turning our thoughts towards Christmas. In an Advent message a few years ago I asked the question if the angels were right to sing a song of joy the night Jesus was born. Would a dirge not have been more appropriate given the […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/why-the-angels-sang/feed/ 4 2372 When weak is strong… https://brianharrisauthor.com/when-weak-is-strong/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/when-weak-is-strong/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2016 22:00:26 +0000 http://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=2098 At Carey we are running a series on emotionally healthy spirituality based on Peter Scazzero’s book of that title. It was my turn to speak this week, and I looked at his chapter on hitting the wall. The message was based on 2Cor 12:1-10 and focused on the Pauline paradox in 2 Cor 12:10 For […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/when-weak-is-strong/feed/ 2 2098 Faith, Forgetting and Fruitfulness: Reflections on Genesis 41 https://brianharrisauthor.com/faith-forgetting-and-fruitfulness-reflections-on-genesis-41/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/faith-forgetting-and-fruitfulness-reflections-on-genesis-41/#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2016 22:00:56 +0000 http://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=1883 I was preaching on Genesis 41 yesterday. As I don’t expect you to be able to rattle off what that chapter is about, let me refresh your memory. Genesis 37 tells us that a 17 year old Joseph had a dream in which he saw his brothers bowing down to him. Offended by the arrogance of this […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/faith-forgetting-and-fruitfulness-reflections-on-genesis-41/feed/ 5 1883 What makes a sermon bad? https://brianharrisauthor.com/what-makes-a-sermon-bad/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/what-makes-a-sermon-bad/#comments Mon, 23 May 2016 22:00:52 +0000 http://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=1853 While by instinct I prefer to focus on things that are positive, given that I posted on what makes a sermon good, it is only appropriate that we look at what makes a sermon bad. While it might be tempting to look at the earlier post and say, ‘everything that’s the opposite of the seven good points’, that is […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/what-makes-a-sermon-bad/feed/ 3 1853 Reflections on being made in the Image of God… https://brianharrisauthor.com/reflections-on-being-made-in-the-image-of-god/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/reflections-on-being-made-in-the-image-of-god/#respond Mon, 11 Apr 2016 22:00:18 +0000 http://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=1715 In addition to my role as principal at Vose Seminary, I serve as pastor at large for the Carey group, and this Sunday I preached the treble there (twice at Harrisdale, once at Forrestdale). We are working on a series from Genesis, and my task was to explore how  Gen 1:26-31 and 2:19-25 help us […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/reflections-on-being-made-in-the-image-of-god/feed/ 0 1715 Messy church, messy mission… https://brianharrisauthor.com/messy-church-messy-mission/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/messy-church-messy-mission/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2016 22:00:58 +0000 http://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=1519 You might know that in addition to my role as principal of Vose Seminary, I serve as the pastor at large and chair of the board at Carey – a school and church planting movement which by providing excellent community services wins the right to speak into the lives of thousands of people who would otherwise have no church […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/messy-church-messy-mission/feed/ 11 1519 The Reason for the ‘Go…’: Reflections on Matt 28:16-20 https://brianharrisauthor.com/the-reason-for-the-go-reflections-on-matt-2816-20/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/the-reason-for-the-go-reflections-on-matt-2816-20/#respond Sun, 04 Oct 2015 07:00:16 +0000 http://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=1118 Several people said they found the sermon notes from last week  Is Cross Carrying Passe helpful. So I thought I’d post this weeks notes as well. This is the message I preached at Carey Baptist Church, Perth, today. As always, feel free to use them any way you find helpful. If you pass them on, it is […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/the-reason-for-the-go-reflections-on-matt-2816-20/feed/ 0 1118 Is Cross Carrying Passé? https://brianharrisauthor.com/is-cross-carrying-passe/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/is-cross-carrying-passe/#comments Sun, 27 Sep 2015 07:00:20 +0000 http://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=1076 After preaching I am often asked for a copy of my notes, so I thought I would place them on the blog – well some, at any rate. Here is the text of the message I preached at Carey today. It is part of a series on the portrait of Jesus that emerges from Matthew’s […]

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