South West Sermons

With great brevity, Alan Jamieson summarises the message of Jeremiah and shows how it is all about God's love for his people and his promise to restore them.

Claire Russell looks at how Jeremiah's perception of what was happening around him was not the same as God's perception, and how trying to see things the way God does can help us when things get really tough.

Alan Jamieson examines the limits of human wisdom and the importance of developing Godly wisdom.

Don McKenzie looks at God's call to a disobedient, sinful Israel to return to him, and what we learn about God, and ourselves, in this passage.

Alan Jamieson begins our series on Ecclesiastes by looking at the writer's view of the futility and meaninglessness of life.

Alan Jamieson begins our series on Jeremiah by looking at God's calling of Jeremiah, and how we are called as well.

Who are our people? When it comes to our God-given purpose, how do we fit together with others and truly come to be the body of Christ? Alan Jamieson looks at how we achieve unity and be a people together.

Where is our place? Having so far investigated our calling and our shape and our posture, we now look at the place where we are called to.

Matt Stott looks at what it means to be passionate and what it means for our passion to be a Christ-motivated, Christ-powered passion.

Duane Major looks at our passion, how we find out what our passion is, how we can best be passionate and how it makes us tick.

Murray Robertson looks at what it actually means to give our life away in order to save it, and how we might do that in the service of God and others.

Wyne Kirkland, co-author of the book Soul Purpose, takes us through the way in which we can use our shape (covered in the previous installment of the series) and use it to serve God and others.

Catherine McFedries looks at our personality and the ways we have of working out how God has shaped us and what we are like and how we can best serve him.

Alan Jamieson and Colin Burt look at the way we are shaped, the way our biology, upbringing and our life stories combine to shape us and how we fit into God's purpose.

Duane Major kicks off our Soul Purpose series, look at how our story (and our individual stories) and our relationships fit with God's story.

Alan Jamieson begins our Soul Purpose series with a look at how our story (and our individual stories) fit with God's story.

Don McKenzie explores why we experience times of "darkness", when God seems totally absent, and what these times are good for and why they are to be treasured.

There are many other religions in the world. How is Jesus any different? How are we to treat those of other faiths? How are we to talk with them in useful dialogue about Jesus?

Alan Jamieson looks at the long dry spells we all face on our faith journey, and how we can still see God at work in these times.

Murray Winn examines depression, its causes and the ways in which it can affect us.

Paul Windsor looks at Philip's encounter with the Ethiopian in the context of the global mission of God.

What do we do when all seems hopeless, and we find ourselves deep in despair? Why do we go through such experiences? Where is God in these times?

What do we do when we are burdened by doubt? What are we meant to do with the big questions that seem to have no answer? Alan Jamieson looks at ways in which such doubts, even when no answered, can often lead to a deeper experience of God.

What is our relationship to the rest of creation? How are we supposed to act towards the earth? Duane Major looks at God intention for us and the rest of his creation and the way we are dcalled to care for all that God has made.

With much debate over changes to New Zealand's marriage laws, Alan Jamieson examines God's intention for marriage and ways we can gracefully, compassionately and faithfully enter the debate.