Message Library
At Blackwood we want to make available previous messages
of the gospel and their application to our lives.
Series Titles
Click on the links in the list below to go directly to the series
of interest.
What's so unique about being a Baptist?
Special Family Service
Ray Frost present the message on "Shopping for Jesus". Click to
download the message.
What's so unique about being a Baptist?
Melinda gave the first message in the new series, "What's so unique
about being a Baptist?, entitled Authority who has the Truth. Click
to download the sermon notes.
Ray Frost gave the second message in the series, "What's so unique
about being a Baptist?, entitled Who wears the dog collar. Click
to download the sermon notes.
Brandon Chaplin gave the third message in the series, "What's so unique
about being a Baptist?, entitled Who wears the pants?. Click
to download the sermon notes.
The final message in ths series was given by Melinda Cousins
speaking on What's public and what's
private. Click to download the sermon notes.
The first message in the new series, "Church History in Plain
Language", was Gossiping the
Gospel. Melinda Cousins and Adam Wood jointly presented this
message. Click to download the sermon notes.
The second message in the series, "Church History in Plain
Language", was Crafting the Church. Melinda Cousins and Katrina Beck presented this
message. Click to download the sermon notes.
The series continued with Brandon and Adam Wood speaking on Defying the Darkness: the Middle Ages. Click
to download the sermon notes.
The fourth message in this series was given by Melinda Cousins and
Brandon Chaplin speaking on the Reformation. Click
to download the sermon notes.
The final message in this popular series was given by Sam Thomson
and Melinda Cousins speaking on the
last 400 years focusing on William Carey. Click to download the sermon notes.
The first message in this series of sermon presented in the morning
service, "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" was given by Elder, Ray
Frost and is entitled "The Parable of the Rich Fool". Click to download the message.
The second message in this series of sermon presented in the
morning service, "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" was given by Melinda
Cousins and is entitled "Finding Real Treasure". Click to download the message and the notes.
The third message in this series of sermon, "Who Wants to be a
Millionaire?" was also presented by Melinda Cousins and is entitled
"The Rich Young Ruler". Click to download the
message and the notes.
The first message in this series of sermons presented in the
evening service, "Thanksgiving Old Testament Style" was given
by Associate Pastor, Melinda Cousins is called "You've got to be
Joking!"
Click to download the
message and the PDF.
The second message in this series of sermons presented in the
evening service, "Thanksgiving Old Testament Style" was given
by Associate Pastor, Melinda Cousins on "Do the Poor Deserve My Help?".
Click to download the
message.
Sam Thomson, presented the third message in this series of sermons
in the evening service, "Thanksgiving Old Testament Style" and is
titled "Freewill Offering". Click to download the message and the
notes.
Melinda Cousins presented the fourth message in this series of sermons
in the evening service, "Thanksgiving Old Testament Style" and is
titled "Fun, Fun, Fun! You;re invited to God's Party". Click to download the message and the
notes.
The first message in this series, "Jesus' Other Sermon" was given
by senior pastor, Brandon Chaplin and is entitled "The Unhappy
Beatitudes". Click to download the
message and the PDF.
The second message in this series, "Jesus' Other Sermon" was given
by senior pastor, Brandon Chaplin and is entitled "An Unnatural Kind
of Love". Click to download the
message and the PDF.
The third message in this series, "Jesus' Other Sermon" was given
by Associate Pastor, Melinda Cousins and is entitled "Unfair Umpiring".
Click to download the
message and the PDF.
Message 4 in this series, "Jesus' Other Sermon" was given
by Senior Pastor, Brandon Chaplin and was on the lifestyles of the
ungodly and the unwise.
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message and the PDF.
The first message in the series "More than Gold" was given by
Melinda Cousins and is entitled "Making the Team". Click to download the message and the PDF.
The second message in th "More than Gold" series entitled Running
to Win was given by senior pastor Brandon Chaplin. Click to download the message and the PDF.
The 3rd and final message in the "More than Gold" series was given by
Ray Frost and was called "The Closing Ceremony". Click to download the
message.
On Sunday 3rd August, the team which had been to Zambia reported on
their experiences. You can hear from the team by downloading Message
and see some of their photographs by downloading the PDF.On Sunday 3rd
August, the team which had been to Zambia reported on their
experiences. You can hear from the team by downloading the message and seeing
some of their photographs by downloading the PDF.
The first message in this new series titled "Living with People"
was presented by Brandon and is titled "One Plus One Equals One". It's
a practical and challenging message. Click on the links to download
the message and notes.
The second message in this series was presented by Elder, Ray Frost
and is titled "How to Live in Harmony". Click on the link to download the message.
Senior Pastor, Brandon Chaplin presented the third message in this
series, titled "Communicating in Each Others Language". Click on the
link to download the message and
the notes.
On the occasion of the opening of our new children's facility - The
Loft - Brandon gave a message on Building lives for the future.This is
No 4 in the series "Living with People". Click on the
link to download the message and
the notes.
This set of five messages looks at the various aspects of suffering
in our lives. The series titled "Where is
God when it hurts." contains five messages.
Brandon presented the first message, "Where is God when it hurts".
Click on the links to download the message and notes.
The second message in the series, by Melinda Cousins was titled
"Is Pain a Message from God. Click on the links to download the message and the sermon notes
Ray Frost, Elder, presented the second message at the Healing
Service. The message was based on the scripture, "the prayer offered
in faith will make a sick person well". Click on the
link to download this message
Melinda Cousins gave the third message in the series, titled,
"Where is God when it hurts". Click on the link to download the message and pdf.
Brandon gave the final message in the series "Where is God when it
Hurts?". The subjest was "How do we cope with pain?". Click on the
links to download the message and
the notes.
In this new series we will be exploring how you can make a
difference. The first message, by Brandon Chaplin is "Make a
Difference: The Power and the Passion. Download the message and notes.
Melinda Cousins, Associate Pastor, presented the second message in
the series "You can make a difference - the Attraction of
Authenticity". It was a very practical and challenging message with
10 suggestions how we can demonstrate to the people around us that God
makes a difference in our lives. Download the message and notes.
The third message in the series "You Can Make a Difference" was
given by Melinda Cousins. It is titled, "Understanding the Heart of
the Gospel". Click the links to download the sermon and the notes.
The fourth message in the series You can Make a Difference" was
presented by Brandon Chaplin, Senior Pastor and focussed on the three
types of people illustrating the minds of unchurched people who live
and work around us. Click on the links to download the sermon and the notes.
This week saw the commencement of a new series of messages, under
the title "Wisdom from the Ages". The first one was given by Brandon
and was called Job - Blessed Be Your Name. Each
message will be based on an Old Testament book but will also be linked
to one of the songs used regularly in our worship.
For the first message in this series, click on the links to
download the Sermon
Outline and hear Brandon's message.
The Second
message in the series Wisdom from the Ages was given by
our Associate Pastor, Melinda Cousins. Six lessons for life to be
learned on the journey. It is highly recommended that the PDF outline be
opened to watch as you listen to the message.
"The 3rd
message in the current series "Wisdom from the Ages" was
given by Ray Frost. It was based on the Song of Solomon and featured
the well-loved song 'The Power of Your Love'.
"Melinda Cousins gave the fourth message in the "Wisdom from the
Ages" series. In a two-part message she gave an explanation of the
word 'Lament' as it occurs in the Bible, then went to the book of
Lamentations for a message on the faithfulness of God. Listen to the
message and
follow it using the pdf.
Brandon began his Easter Sunday message with a quiz on important
dates in history, coming finally to the most important date in history
- the day Jesus rose from the dead. View the sermon outline and/or listen to this message
The First in the series was given by Associate Pastor, Melinda
Cousins and was titled "Preparation for the Kingdom", an explanation
regarding how John the Baptist was a herald of the Kingdom. Melinda
used road signs to illustrate the Purpose, the Message, and the Life
of the Herald and our response to the Herald. You can download a sermon outline and the sermon.
In the second of the series of messages 'Announcing God's Kingdom',
senior pastor, Brandon contrasts the symbols of earthly kingdoms with
those which the Bible gives as symbols of Jesus which are simple,
powerful and relevant to our lives today. Download a sermon outline and click here for this sermon.
Brandon Chaplin, senior pastor, gave the third message, "the Keys
of the Kingdom in the series on "Anouncing God's Kingdom". He likened
the question which Jesus put to his disciples "What do people say
about me" to the many opinion polls of our day. What is really
important is not what people say, but what God says. Download the message and the sermon outline.
The fourth message was given by one of the church Elders, Ray
Frost, a practicing lawyer. It was based on the parable of Jesus "The
Workers in the Vineyard." in Matthew 20. We sometimes complain about
what we perceive to be God's treatment of us, but Ray reminded us of
God's amazing grace towards us and challenged us to be like the
foreman who gave out the wages to the workers. Download the message.
In the 5th message, Melinda set the scene for Palm Sunday by
showing some pictures she took on her visit to Israel. Viewing the Outline while listening to the sermon will give the opportunity to
see these pictures. Use icon on PDF toolbar - "Rotate View
Clockwise".
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