Northside Church - Sydney

Speaker: Graham Agnew – MOVE Your Prayer Life Forward Week 2: …From Formula to Formation We move our prayer life forward toward a more meaningful and satisfying level when we see t, not in terms of a formula to be followed, but as a mean of forming and shaping an intimate connection with our Heavenly Father. Reading: Luke 18:9-14 (GNT)

Speaker: Graham Agnew – MOVE – Your Prayer Life Forward Week 1: …From Monologue to Dialogue We move our prayer life forward toward a more meaningful and satisfying level when we view it as a two way conversation between us and God. Moving from monologue to dialogue is simply a matter of pausing long enough to hear and respond to the voice of God. Reading: 1 Samuel 3:1-10 (GNT)

Speaker: Sam Haddon – EXPATS Week 2: A New Model Should I or Shouldn’t I? People of faith ask themselves that question hundreds of times in any given week. To what extent should we either engage, or withdraw from the culture around us? Reading: Daniel 1:1-8 (NIV)

Speaker: Sam Haddon – EXPATS Week 1: Exiles & Foreigners The nation of Australia looks very different today than it did 100 years ago. The great richness and diversity of many different cultures, now brings us many blessings, and yet at the same time, the corresponding rise in religious diversity begs the question, is it fair to call ourselves a Christian nation? In this new series, we’ll explore...

Speaker: Graham Agnew – He Week 4: He will return Sadly, teaching on Christ’s Return has become less prominent over the years, mainly as a reaction to the excessive, almost fanatical emphasis placed on it by certain religious groups. However, the New Testament & Jesus Himself make it very clear that the promise of His Return is a reality & one we do well to heed. Far from being a source of threat...

Guest Speaker// Mike Hardie: I am who I AM says I am Mike Hardie is a follower of Jesus, husband to Terasa, father of Seriyah and pastor and church planter of THRIVE in Sydney’s southern beaches. Mike speaks at churches, conferences & colleges on leadership, ministry and church planting. He loves music, coffee, books and sport. He will be speaking on Identity, which effects everything. If you thin...

Speaker: Sam Haddon – He Week 3: He is the One Jesus is unique among all the religious leaders of the world – not only because He rose again & lives today, but because He actually made the bold (some would say “outrageous”) claim that He is the only Son of God. In a world of tolerance & acceptance of all faiths & beliefs, that’s a difficult assertion to defend – but as Christians, this belief is a...

Speaker: Graham Agnew – He Week 2: He has overcome Being the only person in history to rise from death (and stay risen) means Jesus has overcome many things – the most obvious being death itself. However, He has also conquered things like fear, pessimism, doubt & defeat. Those who believe “in the power of the Resurrection” are able to overcome & rise above anything that would prevent them from bec...

Speaker – Sam Haddon – Roadblocks Week 5: SUFFERING – Why do bad things happen to good people? From TV screens, to every day life. Pain and suffering is an inevitability in this world. If the God of the bible is so powerful and good, then how can you believe in a God who allows bad things to happen to good people? Reading:Matthew 16:21-28 (NIV)

Speaker – Graham Agnew – He Week 1: He is alive Despite His teaching on the subject, these early disciples failed to grasp the reality of Jesus’ resurrection – until they were confronted by the evidence: a stone rolled away; folded grave clothes; no body. The evidence for Christ’s Resurrection is compelling, as is the evidence for His Living Presence in the world today. Reading: Luke 24:1-12 (GNT)

Speaker – Sam Haddon – Roadblocks Week 4: TRUTH – Aren’t there a lot of truths? We live in a modern society, were everyone’s truth is their own right? How can Christians claim to hold the only truth? Reading: Luke 24:3-35 (GNT)

Speakers: Sam Haddon, Sarah Anderson, Kristyn Haddon – Family Service: Building a legacy. Family Service Building a legacy: partnering together to impress lasting truths on generations. Family services are a way we bring all the Sunday morning programmes together for an inspirational time of teaching, music, drama and lots more. This week we’re focusing on “building a legacy: partnering together t...

Speaker: Sam Haddon – Roadblocks Week 3: HELL – Why does God seem so angry? Christians often talk about a “loving God”. If he is so loving, then what about Hell? How can you believe in a God that seems to be loving and yet angry at the same time? Reading: Luke 12:5 (NIV)

Speaker: Graham Agnew – God is Able Week 4: …Able to Satisfy When Christians talk about “satisfaction in a spiritual sense, they’re referring to a deep level of inner peace and certainty that God is always with them in every circumstance and will never forsake them. In John 15:11 Jesus speaks about this joy “being in us” and that reality “makes our joy complete”. Now there’s a God who is able to s...

Speaker: Graham Agnew – Roadblocks Week 2: EXCLUSIVITY – Is there really only one way to God? We live in a world full of lots of religions, which are (generally) full of lots of Godly people. How then, can Christians claim to know the “exclusive way to God?” Isn’t Christianity just one of a number of valid faiths? Reading: John 14:5-7 (GNT)

SPeaker: Sam Haddon – God is Able Week 3: …Able to Succeed. Paul is “on a roll” when in Ephesians 3:20, he talks about God “being able to do so much more than we can ever ask for or even imagine”. Here was a man with an unshakeable conviction only limited by the extent of their imagination when it comes to Kingdom outcomes. This is wonderful news for Churches wanting to achieve great things for Go...

Speaker: Sam Haddon – Roadblocks Week 1: DOUBTS – What if I have them? What if I have doubts? Is Jesus the ONLY way to God? What about Hell? Why do Christians claim to hold the truth – aren’t there lot’s of truths? If God is so good, why is there suffering in the word? Ever had these questions, or been asked these questions? They are just some of the main “Roadblocks” to Christianity. Join us for...

Speaker: Graham Agnew – God is Able Week 2: …Able to Supply. The Christians in Philippi clearly understood the need for generosity when it came to supporting their friend and colleague, Paul. He pays tribute to them and says “it was very good of you to help me” but further down in this passage he attributes his resources to God “who supplies all my needs”. What’s the link between our generosity an...

Speaker: Graham Agnew – God is Able Week 1: …Able to Save The power of Peter’s declaration that “Salvation is to be found through Jesus alone” echoes down through the centuries and forms the very heart of the Christian Gospel. But what are we saved from? What are we saved to? Reading: Acts 4:5-12 (GNT)

Speaker: Sam Haddon – I Heart This Place Week 4: A Place of Care Let’s be real… Life has it’s ups and downs and fair share of knocks. Doctors, and support agencies often care because they have to (it’s their job). Wouldn’t you love a place of Caring filled with people who are concerned not because they have to, but want to? Reading: James 5:7-20 (NIV)

Speaker: Graham Agnew – Cure for the Common Life Week 4: Freedom In Captivity It’s one of the great paradoxes of the Christian faith, that true freedom is actually to be found in surrender and commitment to Jesus Christ. It was He who said: “Those who save their life will lose it…” Reading: 2 Corinthians 3:12-18 (GNT)

Speaker: Sam Haddon – I Heart This Place Week 3: A Place That’s Different The new TV series Revenge seems to aptly characterise the trend of the world around us. An eye for an eye… get even! Wouldn’t you love a place that’s DIFFERENT? Reading: James 4:1-12 (NIV)

Speaker: Graham Agnew – Cure for the Common Life Week 3: Putting “Purr” into Purpose. An engine running smoothly for the purpose it was made for is said to be “purring”. Similarly, when our lives are pursuing the purpose for which God made us, we can discover a much greater level of “performance”. Reading: Philippians 1:20-26 (GNT)

Speaker: Graham Agnew – I Heart This Place Week 2: A Place of Equals. In societies and cultures all around the world, we see all sorts of distinctions. Maybe you’ve felt them, whether Social, Economic or Racial?. How and WHY is the Church such a radically different picture? Wouldn’t you love a place of Equality? Reading: James 2:1-7 (GNT)

Speaker: Sam Haddon – Cure for the Common Life Week 2: Different Gifts, One Giver. How can/does our faith in Jesus Christ move us from mediocrity to making a difference? Discovering and using the gifts God has given us is a crucial factor in taking us out of the mundane… Reading: 1 Corinthians 12:4-11 (NIV)