Matthew – Hobart Baptist Church

A Time to Weep, July 5 2020

God’s Gift of Lament The entire service, approx 35 minutes, is available on YouTube, below. Sermon Title: Jesus Lives Lament “The Bible actually responds to real life. We jump so quickly to everything’s going to be fine and awesome. We forget that the Bible actually allows us, and in fact encourages and maybe even commands […]

Catching the Vision, 15 Mar 2020

Celebrating the Birth of Jesus – Christmas 2020 marks a pivotal moment in the life of Hobart Baptist Church. The upgrade of the buildings will be completed; we will be raising funds for the upgrade of the Tab; it will be our second year of engagement with Dark MoFo; and we prepare to celebrate the […]

Tell Him He’s Dreaming, 9 Feb 2020

Sermon Title: A Life Sentence “Tell him he’s dreaming” from the Aussie classic, The Castle, has become part of the Australian vernacular. The Sermon on the Mount comes with such high expectations and ambitions one could say the same to Jesus. Yet, throughout history thousands have been inspired by this teaching–from Augustine to Gandhi, Leo […]

Tell Him He’s Dreaming, 2 Feb 2020

“Tell him he’s dreaming” from the Aussie classic, The Castle, has become part of the Australian vernacular. The Sermon on the Mount comes with such high expectations and ambitions one could say the same to Jesus. Yet, throughout history thousands have been inspired by this teaching–from Augustine to Gandhi, Leo Tolstoy to Dietrich Bonhoeffer and […]

Tell Him He’s Dreaming, 26 Jan 2020

Sermon Title: Oh God! Help! “Tell him he’s dreaming” from the Aussie classic, The Castle, has become part of the Australian vernacular. The Sermon on the Mount comes with such high expectations and ambitions one could say the same to Jesus. Yet, throughout history thousands have been inspired by this teaching–from Augustine to Gandhi, Leo […]

Tell Him He’s Dreaming, 19 Jan 2020

Tell Him He’s Dreaming, 12 Jan 2020

Sermon Title: Upside Down Blessings “Tell him he’s dreaming” from the Aussie classic, The Castle, has become part of the Australian vernacular. The Sermon on the Mount comes with such high expectations and ambitions one could say the same to Jesus. Yet, throughout history thousands have been inspired by this teaching–from Augustine to Gandhi, Leo […]

Tell Him He’s Dreaming, 5 Jan 2020

A Plan to Save the Planet Today’s Preacher: Stephen Baxter “Tell him he’s dreaming” from the Aussie classic, The Castle, has become part of the Australian vernacular. The Sermon on the Mount comes with such high expectations and ambitions one could say the same to Jesus. Yet, throughout history thousands have been inspired by this […]

Jesus First, September 22 2019

Money, Money, Money Being a follower of Jesus means he comes first in our lives. Not just our spiritual lives and not just on Sundays, but in everything. In this new sermon series, we will explore what it means to put Jesus first in the good and the bad times. So that means when we […]

Jesus the Good Shepherd, Apr 7 2019

Today’s Preacher: Michael Henderson Jesus is the Good Shepherd, who cares for children The gospels describe Jesus as the continuation of the heart of our God, powerfully illustrated as the good shepherd in John 10. It is a description of Jesus as he was then and how he is today: intimately present, powerfully active, full […]