South West Baptist Church Sermons

Alan Jamieson concludes our Easter series with a look at doubt and how it can be a very important part of our faith journey, helping us deconstruct and reconstruct our faith.

The post-Easter period begins with Steve Withington guiding us down the road to Emmaus with a couple of despairing disciples who meet a stranger who assuages their pain and disappointment.

Sam Young speaks on the resurrection of Jesus on Easter morning.

Our Ko Tatou Tatou series comes to an end with a look at the meal Jesus gave to his disciples to remember and celebrate him.

Duane Major moves on to the 'lifelong followers" part of our vision statement, looking at the call to the first disciples.

Sam Young looks at what it means to be a lifelong follower of Jesus by looking at the life - the up and down life - of Peter.

Our Ko Tātou Tātou series continues our walk through our vision statement with a look at the way Jesus shared God's love through word, sign and deed, and how we are to do the same, wherever we are.

Continuing our examination of our vision statement, Duane Major discusses the importance of the phrase "in the world" and what it means for our church and what Jesus intended his disciples to understand - and do - about what he said to them about sharing the gospel.

Duane Major looks at the ministry of reconciliation brought about Jesus and his sacrifice for us.

Sam Young returns us to the garden and the establishment of our four key relationships, the breaking of them, and the way the love of Christ has reconciled us and our relationships.

Duane Major looks at God's dream for community through some biblical images of what God's dream for his people looks like.

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.

Alexa and Hannah Absalom look at the account of Isaac and the reopening of the wells dug by his father Abraham, and what this might mean as a metaphor for the refilling and refreshing of the Holy Spirit in our iives.

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 challenged in how we live our lives, and inspired to create opportunities for those around us to delight in God as well.

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.