Hukanui Bible Church

Join us this week as Shane Wildermoth takes us through part 2 in the story of Absalom in 2nd Samuel 13-18 which he's titled "Overcome by Bitterness". How does a man born into royalty become so bitter? What brought Absalom to turn the people from their king to the point of war? Shane discusses how poisonous bitterness and revenge is in our lives, and how it can ruin lives, and how it created a murd...

Brett Falconer is back again with another challenge for our monthly Sunday evening service, this month discussing "The Call to Serve". Brett starts looking at three passages from throughout the Bible discussing serving. But why should we serve? How does it help the Church and the body of Christ? Brett breaks his message down to three different parts - Risk Is Right: Better to Lose Your Life Than t...

Itinerant Bible teacher Rhys Lamont takes a look at our passage this week, looking at how Absalom won the hearts of the people in 2nd Samuel 14-15. Why does this text matter to you? The Old Testament is not simply a collection of stories to pluck moral teachings from. Instead, it’s redemptive history! Kingdom in crises points us forward to a kingdom in consummation. Throughout this text, Rhys cons...

This week, Peter Sun takes a look at a difficult passage covering the sin of David with Bathsheba in 2nd Samuel 11-12. When approaching today's passage, Peter struggled with if he should hold back on what he talks about on this "sensitive topic" or go all in. Peter looks at how sexual sin can affect anyone, even David who was regarded as "one after God's own heart". But what does this actually mea...

Tom McIvor takes our Baptism service message this week, looking at the question "What Does It Mean To Follow Jesus?". As we are blessed to have 5 of our young adults getting baptised this week, Tom looks at what this actually means. Starting in Matthew, Tom heads to 1st Kings 19 where Elisha is called to follow Elijah. What can we learn from this short passage, and what can it teach us about follo...

Andrew Lintons brings us a look at our passage for this week in 2nd Samuel 9. Today we are looking at the (hi)story of Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, grandson of King Saul. David wants to show kindness to the descendants of Jonathan, as he promised. But this man was crippled, so what will David do? Jonathan Linton starts by reading 2nd Samuel 9 from the NLT version before Andrew comes up to sp...

Join us this week as Tom Leslie looks at our passage for today in 2nd Samuel 7. Should we keep our promises? What about if your parents bribe you with a Playstation if you go to your school ball and then don't keep that promise? Tom talks about these things as he reads through 2 Samuel 7, which he splits into four sections - Houses and Covenants; The Past Promises; The Future Fulfillment; Our Pres...

Gavin Lynch takes our Mother's Day message for 2021, looking at the story of Jochebed in Exodus 2. Who was Jochebed, and what was her legacy in the Bible? Gavin looks at that this week as he looks at this story of Moses' mother. From defying the Egyptians edict which commanded that all Hebrew boys be killed when they're born, to raising her son for Pharaohs daughter, Jochebed was the mother of a p...

The awesome Luke Stevenson spoke this month during our monthly Sunday evening service, his topic being "How Do We Grow Spiritually?". Luke jumps straight into our question today with the statement "Growing spiritually is how do we become perfect by God's standards as we seek to love God with all our being, and love our neighbours?" He then asks if perfection is even possible, and goes on to discus...

As we enter week 3 in our series on 2nd Samuel, Mikey Cooper looks at the moving of the Ark in 2 Samuel 6. Mikey starts by giving us an overview of the story covered in the books of Samuel up to where we are at this week. Mikey then poses us with the question, "How would you individually view God?" Before reading through today's passage, Mikey gives us some pretext on the Ark itself, leading into...

As HBC enters the second week in 2nd Samuel, Brian Goodwin looks at David's Coronation in 2 Samuel 5. After giving us a brief promotion for Lake Learning camp at Mi Camp in Taupo, Brian reads our passage for this week before diving into his message. He talks about the evidence given that the story of David is true, and how we can trust the Bible. How is this story relevant to us today where we are...

Peter Cowie starts our new series in 2nd Samuel this week, starting with 2 Samuel 1:1-16. Peter challenges us with the concept of a "story" as we enter 2nd Samuel. What are the differences we see between Saul and David? Both Kings of Israel throughout the books of Samuel, but very different in how they lead and who they were to the people and God. Peter dives into 3 different aspects of this passa...

Jeff Samuel takes our Easter Sunday message for 2021 Jeff gives us a detailed dive into the "Feast of First Fruits" from Leviticus 23. He starts by looking at 1 Corinthians 15:20-23, and the parallels found here. He then looks at 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17 which discusses what happens when a believer passes. Continuing on to Daniel 12:1-2, he looks at what will happen to the Old Testament Saints. Fro...

Murray Stevenson, the Missions Ambassador for GC3 New Zealand, gives us an update on the ministry work provided through GC3. Murray talks to us about the mission work he and his wife Joy have recently left in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, now moving into their new role as Missions Ambassadors with GC3 NZ. Murray talks about how we are all called to be ambassadors for Christ, as in 2 Corint...

Join us in the final week of our series on "The Seven Churches" in Revelation where Alan Stanely looks at the letter to the Church at Laodicea in Revelation 3:14-22. Alan starts his message this week by reading our passage before jumping into a story about an encounter with his son at a young age. This leads into the crux of the problem with the church at Laodicea, as outlined by this letter. He d...

Coming into week 6 of our series on "The Seven Churches" in Revelation, Hayden John looks at the letter to the Church at Philadelphia in Revelation 3:7-13. Starting by looking at today's passage, Hayden questions what the point is of reading a letter written to a bunch of people 2,000 years ago in a place most of us have never been to. Hayden divides our passage into 3 sections about Jesus reveali...

This week 5 of our series on "The Seven Churches" in Revelation, Paul Tabrum looks at the letter to the Church at Sardis in Revelation 3:1-6. Paul starts with a PowerPoint showing an overview of the seven churches in Revelation, before diving deeply into the letter to the Church at Sardis. Paul goes verse by verse through our passage and breaks it down, going into detail throughout the six verses...

Entering week 4 of our series on "The Seven Churches" in Revelation, Peter Sun looks at the letter to the Church at Thyatira in Revelation 2:18-29. Peter starts of with an overview of where the city of Thyatira is today, what it is known for, and what it was back in the time of the New Testament, specifically in regards to trade guilds, to give some background to our passage from today. Peter then...

This is week 3 of our series on "The Seven Churches" in Revelation, and Mikey Cooper looks at the letter to the Church at Pergamum in Revelation 2:12-17. Starting with an overview of what the city of Pergamum was like, Mikey leads into our passage for today. Mikey builds a framework to help us understand the text and the application we can pull from it by looking back to the story of Balaam in Num...

As we enter week 2 of our series on "The Seven Churches" in Revelation, Alan Stanley takes a look at the letter to the Church at Smyrna in Revelation 2:8-11. Alan starts with a very brief overview of the purpose of the book of Revelation, before diving into our text for today. He takes a look back into Isaiah and challenges us to view how we can often try to take the place of God (play god) in our...

As we enter week 1 of our new series on "The Seven Churches" in Revelation, Gary starts us off with his last sermon as our pastor at Hukanui Bible Church, looking at the letter to the Church in Ephesus in Revelation 2:1-5. This week we were blessed to have 2 baptisms during our service, which Gary was able to tie the theme of this letter to quite nicely. Gary starts out by looking at the state of...

This week, Sam Crosbie looks at "Food Laws and the Observance of Sacred Days" from Romans 14. Sam starts by discussing not what Paul says in this passage, but what he doesn't say. This leads to Sam's first point - "We are called to have convictions". He looks at how at no point in this letter is Pauls aim to correct the readers. Instead, it is to place personal responsibility on each reader and he...

This week, Billy Hanna looks at the Rich Young Ruler from Mark 10. Through this passage, Billy looks at 3 key points - The righteous discernment of Christ (v17-21); The tragic delusion of the young ruler (v22); The contrasting response of Zaccheus (Luke 19); He discusses the difficulty of evangelism and how Christ was able to discern this man and share what is relevant to him. However, even throug...

This week, Damien Peden looks at Biblical Faith from Mark 5. Damien looks at the story of Jairus and the woman who had been bleeding for 12 years and dives into the faith that they had to have to be able to approach Jesus for His help. He looks at the significance of who these two people were in the time, and the vast differences in their stories. Damien then looks at how we view hope vs faith as...

This week, Jono McMillan looks at "Our Hope" in the new year. Jono reflects on what has happened to the world in 2020, and how it has affected all of us in different ways. In reflection on all this, Jono challenges us where we are looking to for our hope. He looks at some passages that talk about how God is where our hope should be rooted. Jono then looks at what "goals" or "resolutions" we have s...