South West Baptist Church Sermons

Jo Robertson brings together the commemoration of the second anniversary of the Christchurch mosque attacks with an exploration of Jesus' cry of abandonment on the cross, exploring how we may have abandoned others we deem not like us and exhorting us to always to be welcoming to others, no matter who they are.

Duane Major unpacks the nature of family, especially "whangai" family, and what it means to extend the family to take in others, just like Jesus did between his mother and John, and as the church is called to do in extending love and care to all.

Our season of Lent opens with Alan Jamieson examining the first of the worlds of Jesus from the cross, and delving into the reality of God's forgiveness and the necessity of our accepting forgiveness in order for it to be effective and real.

Steve Withington looks at Paul's famous passage on the body of Christ and shares about the importance of diversity in unity.

Duane Major kicks off the lead in to our church camp with an examination of the word 'spectacular', what it means, what it might mean for the followers of God, and how God himself is the one who defines spectacular.

Claire Russell concludes our series on the Life of the Beloved with a look at how we are given - and are to ourselves - to others, and how our lives are to lived for others.

Continuing with our series on "Life of the Beloved", Alan Jamieson examines the darker, more painful aspects of our lives, reminding us that accepting and embracing our brokenness - and allowing God to work through our fractured selves - is a necessary part of being his child.

Learning to be God's beloved requires that we accept our blessedness - something that we cannot pass on to others by blessing them if first we have not claimed it for ourselves.

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.