South West Sermons

Duane Major speaks about the relentless love that God has for all of us, especially the lost, how God will stop at nothing to reclaim us, and how experiencing God's love then leads to sharing that love with others.

Duane Major kicks off our Summer Spectacular camp - and our Ko Tatou Tatou ("We Are Us") series with a look at the importance of Jesus stories, and asks what Jesus stories we have in our lives and how has experiencing Jesus led us into sharing Jesus.

This week John Robertson concludes our series on Sabbath, a word which means to stop, rest , delight and worship. Today looking specifically at the idea of worship.

Claire Russell continues our series on Sabbath by looking at how the Sabbath is a time for experiencing God's joy and the delight he takes in creation by taking the time to seek out delight in our lives and the world around us.

This week we continue our series on sabbath, a word which means to stop, rest , delight and worship. For week 2, Claire Russell looks at the idea of rest.

This Week we begin our series on sabbath, a word which means to stop, rest , delight and worship. Based on that, we are framing our series on Sabbath in four movements – stop, rest, delight and worship. The plan is to cover each movement over the four weeks. This week Sam kicks us off with stop. Its our prayer that as we journey through these four weeks we might experience rest, that we might be c...

Jo Robertson concludes our lead up to Christmas with our final Advent message, this time on joy - the joy God takes in his creation, including us, the joy we find in him, and how we can bring joy to the people and places where joy struggles to be seen.

Sam Young continues our Advent series with a look at love, specifically the extravagant love that God has for us as expressed in the incarnation, Jesus becoming flesh just like us.

Asuntha Charles, National Director of World Vision in Afghanistan, shares about the current situation in the country, the plight of the people, and asks what we can do to assist the Afghan people.

Jesus experienced wilderness times too. Duane Major takes a closer look at the most famous of these in search of what we can learn from what Jesus experienced.

Threatened with death and on the run from Jezebel, Elijah hides out in the wilderness. Claire Russell looks at what we can learn from Elijah's time there, and how God appeared to him.

What is the new thing that God is currently doing? How do we discern what it is and how can partner with him in it? John Robertson shares a couple of ways in which God is doing a new thing and how we can be involved.

Sam Young opens our Water in the Wilderness series where we look at how to hear God's call in the midst of our wilderness experiences, when times are tough and God seems far away.

We bring our Ephesians series to a close with Claire Russell taking a deeper, closer look at the importance of the armour of God, why it is necessary, and how to utilise it in our daily lives.

Murray Robertson looks at Paul's much-misunderstood teaching about husbands and wives and shows us how Paul meant for us to live together in mutual submission, with mutual support and edification.

Sam Young takes us through what Paul says about how the followers of Jesus are to live, the behaviours we are to avoid and how our lives are to holy light-filled imitations of God.

Duane Major examines how Paul instructs the Ephesians (and us) to live differently, and what that might mean for what we position and our hearts and our minds towards.

Sean du Toit takes us through a whistle stop tour of the bible to show us the entire grand narrative of God's love for the poor of this world.

Jo Robertson opens our Global Week with a look at the vision given to Ezekiel of the valley of dry bones, and the way that God invites us to participate in his work in the world.

Our Ephesians journey continues with Amy Page-Whiting looking at the gifts mentioned by Paul in Ephesians 4 and the fact that these gifts are given to not just some but to everyone.

Having suffered for his faith - and still suffering in prison - Paul calls upon the Ephesians to be love one another and be unified as one body. Katie Kingsthwaite leads us through the importance of this for the church today.

That we are known and loved by God is one of the key things Paul wants the Ephesians (and us) to know. Daphne Marsden leads us through this heartfelt prayer that Paul offers up for the Ephesians.

Jay Matenga reminds us of the importance of kaitiakitanga - the care and stewardship of creation - for God as the Creator and for us as his representatives.

Duane Major begins our journey through Paul's letter to the Ephesians with a look at the background to the letter and the breathless torrent of praise with which Paul begins the epistle.