All Saints Burwood Sermon-Cast

This Sunday we explore further the identity that God give us, and we reflect on the knowledge that when people encounter you, as followers of Christ - there is the opportunity for them to encounter Jesus. Rowan Williams "Christ on Trial" Henri J M Nouwen "Reaching Out" allsaintsburwood.nz facebook.com/allsaintsburwood youtube.com/@allsaintsburwood910 podcasters.spotify.com/pod/...

As we read this week from Matthew, a passage that is not easy to read for us today, but addresses a very contemporary challenge - what we can find is the promise that you will be given an identity by Jesus - you are a child of God. allsaintsburwood.nz facebook.com/allsaintsburwood youtube.com/@allsaintsburwood910 podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/all-saints-burwood "Revival" Kevin MacLeod...

As we read from Matthew this week, we are given a description of Gods kingdom; healing for the sick, freedom for prisoners, good new for the poor. What does this look like practically for us? We hear from Silvan Danuser as he talks about his experience working for Pathways - a social enterprise organisation that believes people can make positive life changes when they are given the tools they need...

As we begin to read from Matthew - we are faced with three different stories dealing with questionable life choices, social exclusion and death. These continue to be things that we struggle with today. The human experience is one where life doesn't go as you planned. Our world can be full of disappointment. One thing here that we do know & the only promise we are given is that we won't...

Today is Trinity Sunday, a day when we remember that God exists in community. It is not found alone, it is found with others in a culture of truth, faithfulness and welcoming. Jesus said I am the way the truth and the life. This is what it means to be human. If we want that deep core satisfaction it is in imitating Jesus, accepting the transformative spirit of Jesus within us. This is what we are...

Here at Pentecost we read from John as Jesus promises Living Water and from Acts 2 as God delivers. And we reflect, that Christianity is not primarily about escaping the wilderness - it is about discovering that God brings living water to it. Pentecost isn't just the birth of the church its the relocation of the presence of God. allsaintsburwood.nz facebook.com/allsaintsburwood youtube.com/@al...

We read from John the Prayer of Jesus. Here we are presented with the two sides of church - a welcoming community and a community with a vocation, and we reflect on what this means for our church. We are an outward facing institution that expresses the love of Jesus to the world. We do have a task - but it matters how we do it. allsaintsburwood.nz facebook.com/allsaintsburwood youtube.com/@allsain...

This Sunday we read from John, as Jesus promises the Holy Spirit. The invitation here is a new community. We don't have to be someone other than who we are - we just have to open ourselves up the presence of Jesus in our lives. God see you and loves you, you are not alone. allsaintsburwood.nz facebook.com/allsaintsburwood youtube.com/@allsaintsburwood910 podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/all-sai...

This week we reflect on what it means to be a community that points to Jesus. We are not being saved individually we are being built together. The challenge here is how do we go from where we are now as a culture to where Jesus calls his people to form. allsaintsburwood.nz facebook.com/allsaintsburwood youtube.com/@allsaintsburwood910 podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/all-saints-burwood Intro Music...

We read this week from Acts Chapter 2 - as the believers form a community. We have an opportunity as followers of Jesus to be a community. But it isn't always easy - there is a call here for something radical and different. That our lives might be transformed by the love and freedom that Jesus offers. allsaintsburwood.nz facebook.com/allsaintsburwood youtube.com/@allsaintsburwood910 podcasters...

This week we welcome Bruce Fraser to preach for us. We delve into the history and growth of the church, and he talks to us about relationships — what happens when relationship breaks, and what it takes to restore it. allsaintsburwood.nz facebook.com/allsaintsburwood youtube.com/@allsaintsburwood910 podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/all-saints-burwood "Revival" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.co...

This Sunday, following Easter we read from John as Jesus appears to his disciples and a doubting Thomas. This is where Jesus comes. The risen Christ does not wait for courage or faith to appear. Jesus presence is not stopped by fear or failure. Jesus meets us - not at our strongest, but at our most fragile. The invitation for us is lift up our head and see Jesus is right there. allsaintsburwood.nz...

We read this Palm Sunday from Matthew the story of Jesus' entry to Jerusalem, and we are encourage to pause and reflect; How do we chose the path of servitude and what do we do when Jesus doesn't give us what we want? Some questions for us to ponder this Sunday: When Jesus does not become the kind of Messiah they want, praise turns to rejection. Do we worship God for who He is, or for what...

We continue our Lenten season, a time where we go without to prepare out hearts for something spectacular. We read again from John the Death of Lazarus - and here the questions is - why didn't Jesus do something? If there is a God that is good, why do bad things happen? This is a story of redemption, while there is still suffering - this is the story of God bringing new life - this is the stor...

We all come with pre-conceptions, how we see the world and that can come sometimes make us blind to a spiritual reality, God's reality at work in the world. We ask ourselves today - are we missing the miracle because of all the things that cloud our judgement - how do we not miss what Jesus is calling us to do? We read today from John as Jesus heals a man born blind and the invitation we find...

This Sunday we welcome Scottie Young. Scottie is currently doing a Masters Degree looking at power in the church and will be preaching to us this week about Pride and Prejudice this lenten season. allsaintsburwood.nz facebook.com/allsaintsburwood youtube.com/@allsaintsburwood910⁠⁠ podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/all-saints-burwood "Revival" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under C...

We are in the Lenten Season - a time when we are called to embrace the darkness, as a necessary preparation for the light. If there is one thing you take away today - it's this incredible promise God loves the world so much that he became human so that we can be saved through him - death, resurrection, promise of new life - this is why we gather, this is why we celebrate, this is the way God l...

We continue to read from Matthew where we hear about how Jesus is tempted in the wilderness. We reflect on what temptations unique to us now and on how we can find self control in an age of success? allsaintsburwood.nz facebook.com/allsaintsburwood youtube.com/@allsaintsburwood910⁠⁠ podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/all-saints-burwood "Revival" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under...

We continue with Matthew this week and reflect on the teachings about anger, adultery, divorce and vows. As we approach lent, we are encouraged to think of what is it that we might need to give up? What we might need to start doing - to differentiate ourselves from this world of lust and exploitation. How are we being different from the world being Christian? The challenge for all of us here is to...

This week we continue to read from The Sermon on the Mount in Matthew Chapter 5. Jesus calls upon his followers to influence the world positively through good works that glorify God If we are to be salt in this world - we have to fight against injustice. If we are to be light in the darkness we have to be able to name what the darkness is. allsaintsburwood.nz facebook.com/allsaintsburwood youtube....

We start this year reading from the book of Matthew and we reflect on The Beatitudes. The challenge we find here, is how, in today's society do we become a better community - where every single person is valued because they are made in the image of God. The invitation is to come into the presence of God and humble yourself before God. allsaintsburwood.nz facebook.com/allsaintsburwood youtube.c...

Today we begin the season of advent, a time to prepare for Christ's birth. This week centered on theme of Hope, in the anticipation of Jesus' birth, his future return, and the promise of redemption and renewal. Matt 24:36-44 allsaintsburwood.nzfacebook.com/ allsaintsburwoodyoutube.com/ @allsaintsburwood910⁠⁠podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/all-saints-burwood Intro Music - "Revival&quot...

Today as we come towards the end of Luke, we read from Chapter 21 as Jesus talks about the future, and we reflect on anxiety and how its dealt with in the chaos of todays world. Edwin Friedman coined the term ‘non-anxious presence'. He used it to describe someone who can stand firm amidst chaos and confusion. In the face of societal turmoil the pattern which emerges across culture is: Anxiety,...

As we read this week from Luke Chapter 20, we ask the question, what makes us worthy? The values of God's kingdom values are very different from those of today's society - it's about service & suffering. The suffering you endure for the sake of God's Kingdom here on earth as it is in Heaven. Here is the invitation & the challenge: To be worthy of eternity, follow Jesus. Jes...

In celebration of All Saints day on Saturday – we take time to reflect of what it really means to be a saint. What does it mean to have life in the kingdom? In reading the Beatitudes from Luke Chapter 6, we hear Jesus proclaim that all people are esteemed in Gods kingdom, not just those whom society traditionally elevates, but everyone, regardless of status or circumstance. We are reminded that Go...