South West Baptist Church Sermons

Amelia Smith concludes our Te Paipera Tapu series by leading us through the importance of the Prophetic books and how best to read them.

Our series continues as Amelia Smith shares her wisdom on the nature of the bible's wisdom literature and its importance for us.

How do we read the laws and commands contained in the Hebrew bible? And why should we continue to do so today, 3,000 years later. Sam Young explains why these laws still have much to teach about both the wisdom of God and the love of God.

Continuing our series on the bible, Te Paipera Tapu, Sam Young examines the genre of narrative through the lens of the story of Gideon, looking at common mistakes we can make when reading narratives and what to do to avoid them.

Our Te Paipera Tapu series continues as Amelia Smith shows us the entire scope of scripture, leading us through the entire story of the bible, from first page to last.

Our new series on the bible, and how to read it effectively, opens with Sam Young looking at what Jesus's attitude towards scripture was.

Our songwriting team brings our Psalms series to a close by sharing several songs they have written while reflecting on the Psalms.

Our Psalms series continues with Amelia Smith taking us through Psalm 95.

Sam Young continues our Psalms series with Psalm 73, looking at the doubts we can sometimes have about God, and uses the psalm as a guide to how we can address these doubts.

Jo Robertson looks at the hope we have, how we can always be completely honest and open with God about our feelings and circumstances, and the way Jesus was the ultimate expression of the hope we have in God.

Sam Young brings our Acts of Jesus series to a close by sharing how the book of Acts, despite ending with Paul under house arrest and no mention of his ultimate fate, ends perfectly as a record of the powerful acts of the Holy Spirit, and a promise that the Spirit is with us still.

Amelia Smith shares about the freedom Jesus can bring people and our role in bringing it by looking at three very different encounters Paul and Silas had with three very different people that resulted in freedom.

Erin White introduces us to Saul, zealous Pharisee, and persecutor of the church - and tells us about the life-changing encounter he had with Jesus that completely transformed him and altered the entire direction of his life.

Things weren't always easy for the early church. Today Claire Russell looks at what we can do when we face opposition, and the importance of discerning where opposition is coming from and what it means.

Duane Major continues our Acts of Jesus series with a look at the early church and how they were (and we continue to be) the body of Christ on earth. What does that mean in reality for us today?

This is the first in a new series looking at what we are calling the “Acts of Jesus” – all about the book of Acts. This is about what happened to his followers after Jesus ascended to heaven. We begin with Jesus's ascension and the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost.

We bring our 2025 Easter series to a close with a celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Sam Young leads us through Good Friday by looking at the Jesus the Son of God and Jesus Barabbas, one innocent, one guilty, one executed, one set free, and asks whose side are we on?

As we enter the week leading up to Easter, Duane Major takes us to the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus prays and agonises, and the disciples face the temptation to turn away and fall asleep rather than comfort and support their friend - the type of temptation we all face at some point.