South West Sermons

Today we hear from our guest speaker Pintu, who is principal of the Christian Discipleship Centre (CDC) in Bangladesh, which we as a church have supported for many years. Pintu shares hi story or coming from a Muslim background and coming to know and experience the power of Jesus in his life.

What does the resurrection mean for us? What does it change? Jo Robertson looks at the transformation the resurrection brings to people and communities, and the living hope we are to have in Jesus and his promises.

Easter isn't only about the redemption and salvation of humanity. It is also about the restoration and renewal of God's creation. Duane Major shows us what creation care means for the followers of Jesus and our role in renewing creation.

"Christ is Risen!" "He is risen indeed!" Duane Major presents our Easter Sunday sermon.

Dr Ahmed Joktan shares his story of becoming a follower of Jesus, from a Muslim background, and how God spoke to him and changed his life.

Sam Young reflects on Psalm 32

Although slightly ahead of the calendar, John Robertson looks at the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem in the lead up to Passover, and looks at what it means that Jesus chose to enter upon a donkey.

John Tucker takes us through the book of Hosea, showing us what the story of Hosea and Gomer tells us about the gracious love God has for his people, even when his people turn their backs on him in pursuit of their own desires.

Jo Robertson asks what having and showing grace for each other looks like in a world where people, followers of Jesus included, often don't - or perhaps even can't - agree with each other.

Claire Russell continues our series on grace by looking through the lens of our relationship with our self to see how we might need to open ourselves up to God's grace more.

Our series on grace continues with Andy Carpenter focusing on the power of God's grace to transform us and how, as Paul says, God's grace is sufficient.

Sam Young continues our series on grace with a look at the time Paul called Peter out about his table manners, and shows why it is so important for God's people to offer grace to others in our world.

Carey Baptist College's Christa McKirland begins our series on grace by giving us an overview of Paul's letter to the churches in Galatia, its main concerns, themes and the importance of keeping faith in Jesus at the centre of belief and practice.

Warren Read speaks about what it means to dedicate ourselves to God, and the ways in which this can be achieved.

Continuing our summer series, guest speaker Paul Askins talks about knowing and being known by God.

Guest Speaker Alice Kinyua, the NZCMS Intercultural enabler, talks about the importance of prayer in the first of our Summer series sermons.

Steve Withington continues our Advent series on Making Room by looking at how, through Jesus, God desires to include all people in his saving gift of renewed life.

Sam Young returns to our Advent series with the arrival of the Holy Family in Bethlehem, and unpacks for us the importance of making room for both others and God.

In the face of the most recent outbreak of fighting in Gaza and the crisis there, Murray Robertson presents a history of the area, the nature of the conflict in Israel/Palestine, and what it means for us today - and what we can do about it.

Jo Robertson begins our Advent series by jumping forward to look at John the Baptist's call for repentance and justice, and asks what preparing the way for Jesus might mean for us in the way in which we live and how we celebrate Christmas.

Duane Major brings our year-long Hebrews series to an end with a look at the closing benediction and some thoughts on the vision God has set before us and the nature of the redemptive community he has called us to be.

What is leadership? How are leaders supposed to lead? What does following well require of us? Duane Major delves into the nature of leadership, authority and submission.