Kia ora and welcome to the St Francis Church sermon podcast. We’re so glad you’ve joined us. Our prayer is that as you listen, you would encounter God’s presence, be refreshed in your faith, and equipped for everyday life with Jesus. As a church, we are learning to faithfully follow Jesus by practising His Way at His Pace. For more about who we are and what God is doing among us, head to www.stfrancis.co.nz (http://www.stfrancis.co.nz). Grace and peace.
Most of us don’t say no to God; we never get round to replying. In Jesus’ parable of the wedding banquet (Matthew 22:1–14), a generous invitation is ignored, then opened to the streets. Discover how God’s grace welcomes us as we are but changes us, and why following Jesus means making room: for him, and for the neighbours around us.
4 Oct 2026
Don't Admire Him - Follow Him || Matthew 11: 25-30
Most of us picture St Francis as a garden statue with a bird on his shoulder, admired but never followed. The real Francis gave everything away and got off his horse to kiss a leper. On St Francis Sunday, Tony explores Matthew 11:25–30 and asks what it would take for our church to stop admiring Jesus and actually follow him.
1. Where are you more an admirer of Jesus than a follower right now — and what would one step of following look like this week?
2. Which yoke are you carrying that isn’t Jesus’ — hurry, proving yourself, keeping everyone happy? What would his “gentle and humble” pace change?
3. Francis found Christ in the man he’d been riding past. Who might you be moving too fast to notice — and what would it take to get off the horse?
27 Sept 2026
"Is the Lord among us or not?" Exodus 17: 1-14 || Matthew 21:23-32
"Is the Lord among us or not?" — asked in a dry place, on a route God had chosen. Scripture doesn't tidy the question away; it names the place after the argument. Tony on bringing the honest question rather than the polite one, and on a God who answers not by proving his power but by going all the way down.
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