South West Sermons

Alan Jamieson begins our Summer Series walk through Henri Nouwen's "Life of the Beloved", starting with The fact that we are beloved by God, chosen/taken by him as one of his beloved children.

Alan Jamieson continues Advent with the appearance of Jesus to his disciples and the giving to them of the Holy Spirit.

In 2020 we have been more aware of the importance of our breath than before. Alan Jamieson begins our Advent series with a look at the breath of God and what it means to have the breath of God within us.

Alan Jamieson concludes our series on the letters of John.

Jo Robertson takes us through the short letter of 2 John, which in its way is a summary of the letter of 1 John, but with the emphasis place firmly on truth and on hope.

Alan Jamieson examines all the threads of the gospel that John weaves together in the final chapter of 1 John.

Curtis Higginson examines what it means to be a child of God, and how this is an example of 'love actioned' by God, towards us, so that we might then 'action love' towards others.

Alan Jamieson continues through the first letter of John, contrasting the light of last week with the darkness this week, as John warns his 'children' not to love the rebellious world and its corrupt, evil and sinful systems, but to instead follow the way of Jesus who refused to live the life the system tried to force him to and showed a different way to live.

Alan Jamieson opens our series on the Letters of John by looking at the light, the humanity and the divinity of Jesus, and the importance of holding them together.

Steve Withington takes a look at the last words of the bible, looks at how they can help us reframe the message of God and the work of his people, and looks at who we are as a people at South West.

Alan Jamieson looks at how our fulfilling of God's mission involves a Great Commandment, a Great Commission, great compassion and great co-operation in community.

With the referendum on the End of Life Choice Act approaching, Dr Sam Bloore looks at the three main arguments proposed in favour of euthanasia and offers faith reflections in response to each of them.

Alan Jamieson looks at the last of the Songs of Ascent and looks at blessing, especially what it means to be a blessing to others and to share the gift of blessing with others.

Katie Kingsthwaite takes us through Psalm 124 and shows us how the psalm holds together the tension between hurt and hope, between suffering and triumph, and how God is with us through it all and calls us to be with each other through it all.

Alan Jamieson looks at community, in all its messiness, surprise, joy, work and sorrow, and what it takes for a community to be real, honest, accepting and, above all, unified.

On the first anniversary of the Christchurch mosque attacks, we continue our series on 1 Peter with a look at what Peter has to say about suffering.

Alan Jamieson invites us to ask ourselves "What new thing is God doing and am I seeing it and acting with it?"

Steve Withington talks about what it means to live as God's people when living in Babylon, when the people of God are called to go against the flow of the world.

Alan Thomson continues our journey through the first letter of Peter with a look at what it means for us, as a community of God's people, to live Godly lives in a world that either denies God or chooses other Gods to follow.

Our series on 1 Peter continues with a look at the importance of being holy as God is holy in order fully to live lives of shameless audacity in a world that refuses to know God.

Alan Jamieson begins our series through 1 Peter, a series that will look at how hold dual citizenship in this world; how we can live fully and faithfully as God's people in a world that doesn't know him.

Dave Graham looks ahead and asks what adventure God might be inviting us into this year.

John Tucker takes us to the book of Daniel 2 in order to explore God's promise of hope to his people.

Alan Jamieson examines who we are as South West Baptist, what it means to strive together for the faith of the gospel, and how to support and champion the people we see striving to work for the coming of the kingdom of God.

Alan Jamieson brings our Micah series to a conclusion with a look to the future, to what God requires of his people and what God longs for for his world.