Redeemer Church Tauranga - Podcast

It is possible to know facts about someone without actually knowing them. The difference between knowing about someone and knowing someone comes down to whether the person reveals themselves to you or not. We start a new series "I AM WHO I AM". Join us as we see how Jesus reveals who He is through seven statements where He says "I AM... the bread of life; the light of the world ; the door of the s...

In our final sermon in this Kingdom series, Ps Rich preaches through the remaining verses of Haggai and shows us the beauty of God's sovereignty and His desire and ability to keep His promises. From Genesis, through Kings and into Matthew, Rich shows us the incredible power of God and how Christ is the better King and the better temple.

In this third sermon in our series in Haggai, Ps Anthony walks us through chapter 2:10-19 as the prophet challenges God's people on what it means to be a holy people. How do sinful people relate with a holy God? Haggai shows us that external behaviour without internal renewal is meaningless

When the Lord calls you to a work, when He stirs up your affections, when He tells you that He is with you, and when He gives you His word that you will succeed; is it possible to still feel discouraged, inadequate, and that your work is pointless? This is how God's people felt on the 17th of October 520 BC. In this sermon, Ps Anthony teaches from Haggai 2:1-9 and shows how God's word shifts peopl...

All of us spend our days working for and towards something. A qualification, career, relationships, experience, possession or position. To get there we make decisions and set priorities to get what we want. But what if we're prioritising the wrong things? What if we're spending the best of our time, talent and treasures on lesser things that ultimately won't give us what we want? The book of Hagga...

The heavens declare the glory of God... We are all worshippers of someone, or something. We either worship the Creator or creation. In our last sermon for this Summer in the Psalms series, Ps Rich preaches on the two concepts of The World Book and The Word Book in Psalm 19 and how everything in creation is leading us to worship God through Christ and His work.

Ps Anthony preaches Psalm 96 and teaches how this beautiful psalm tells us to adore and proclaim Christ and look forward to the consummation of all things.

"Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name!" Sometimes we have to tell our soul to get up, to wake up and bless the Lord. The problem with us is that we are so distracted or indifferent that we have to tell our soul, "Don't fall for those idols." and to bless the Lord. There is a battle in which your soul and your mind is prone to forget the benefits of the Lord. In...

The most quoted Old Testament passage in the New Testament, Ps Anthony preaches on David's prophecy of Christ as our great high priest out of this Psalm of Kingship.

The Psalms are intended to be sung. There is a Psalm for every experience and emotion and Ps Anthony preaches this Psalm of praise and tells us why we need to sing.

What does the world think about Jesus? Who do we say he is? In this final sermon of our 2019 Advent series, Ps Rich points us back to the only reason for celebration in this and every Christmas season and reminds us of the most important message of all.

Ps Anthony preaches this 3rd sermon of our Advent series for 2019. In amongst all of the familiarity in this season and this well known part of history, there are many things that happened that no one was expecting. Christmas, known as the most wonderful time of the year, does not always seem wonderful to many of us. When we look to Jesus, we see someone to truly wonder at.

Ps Justin Thompson from Manawaru Bible Chapel preached the second of our advent series on waiting on the fulfilment of promises and why we can hope in Christ.

It is Advent 2019! In this sermon, Ps Anthony teaches on the Christian discipline of waiting. In our day and in our culture patience is seen more as a vice than a virtue but waiting and expectation has always marked God's people.

Habakkuk starts the books complaining to God and by the end of the book he is praising God. In this last sermon in our series in the book of Habakkuk, Ps Anthony preaches through chapter 3.

Contrary to popular opinion there are not multiple ways to live or a plethora of lifestyle choices, there are only two ways to live; either for God or for self. In this sermon, Ps Anthony opens up Habakkuk 2:4-20 and shows that the folly of the Babylonians 2600 years ago is the same folly at work in the human heart today.

When we consider why God would permit or even ordain suffering it raises intellectual, emotional and theological questions in all of us. In this sermon, Ps Anthony explores some concepts of theodicy (God's justification in allowing suffering) as it's prompted by Habakkuk's complaints to God.

Psalm 77 It was our joy to have Ps Kyllum Lewis of Life Centre Church, Brisbane with us at Redeemer on Sunday. Preaching through Psalm 77, Kyllum graciously shared his story and reminded us of the big story and how God is always with us in our suffering; loving us and working out His purposes. What a great hope we have in Him who truly loves us.

Habakkuk 1:5-11 Habakkuk has made his prayer to God. "How long shall I cry for help, and you will not hear?" and now the Lord replies. In this sermon Ps Anthony unpacks how God's goodness and His sovereignty is seen in the response to Habakkuk, even though it is not what Habakkuk was expecting.

Many people consider Christianity to be a religion of restrictions and the idea of religious commandments and rules is anti-freedom. In this sermon, Ps Anthony teaches how the commandments of the Christian faith are actually liberating and the commission of Jesus to make disciples of every nation is an invitation into true freedom.

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

John 4:20-26 Sunday church services have had a bit of bad press over the years. Everyone facing the front of an old stuffy building, listening to long-winded preachers talking about doctrine that nobody really cares about, awkwardly singing songs and drinking little shot-glasses of wine or juice (depending on your conscience). In this sermon, Ps Anthony unpacks the theology and beauty of Lord's Da...

1 Timothy 3:1-16 The New Testament calls Christians to obey their leaders (Hebrews 13:17) so the question is, who are the leaders in the local church? Ps Anthony outlines the offices of Elders and Deacons and how they serve believers in the local church.

Hebrews 10:19-25 In an age of fierce individualism and self-reliance the Christian faith calls us to radical commitment to a local, visible group of fellow believers in a church. In this sermon Ps Anthony continues our series "Grace Made Visible" and shows how being a member of a local church is not an optional extra to Christianity but an expectation.

Ephesians 5:25-27 Do I have to be a part of a local church if I’m a Christian? There are a tonne of reasons people give to not be involved in a church. The local church today; is irrelevant to society; is full of hypocrites; hurts more than it helps; is not the church we see in the New Testament; is unimportant because I’m part of the universal church… We begin a new sermon series at Redeemer call...