Sermon Outlines
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A New Journey (21 April 2019)
The Crisis for Judas, Peter and Jesus (14 April 2019)
See the Moment, Seize the Moment (7 April 2019)
The Story of the Two Sons (31 March 2019)
Do Not Press The Red Button (10 March 2019)
Open up to God's Glory! (3 March 2019)
When what Jesus says is hard (17 February)
Following Jesus (preached at Bluff 10 February 2019)
Trusting God (3 February 2019 , Covenant Service)
Following a Baptism (27 January 2019)
God is in the Ordinary (20 January 2019)
Why did Jesus come? (30 December 2018)
Christ our Light (23 December 2018)
Understanding the Present (2 December 2018)
Why the Spirit Comes (preached at Otatara 25 November 2018)
Therefore, let us... (18 November 2018)
Remembrance 100 years on (preached at Bluff 11 November 2018)
Useless Rituals (4 November 2018)
The Lost Chord (28 October 2018)
No Longer Hiding (14 October 2018)
A Little Less than the Angels (7 October 2018)
Being a Cheerful Giver (23 September 2018)
Being Fruitful (Spring Flower Sunday 16 September 2018)
Was Jesus a Celebrity? (preached at Bluff 9 September 2018)
Being a Father (2 September 2018)
Modern Assumptions to Challenge (26 August 2018)
An Attitude of Praise (preached at Riverton 19 August 2018)
The Power of Words (12 August 2018)
What is God's power for? (29 July 2018)
Walls and Doorways (22 July 2018)
Daughters and Sons of God (15 July 2018)
Rejection (8 July 2018)
The Haemorrhaging Woman's Story (1 July 2018)
The Use of Power (24 June 2018)
Looking at the inside (17 June 2018)
Sundays (10 June 2018 preached at Bluff)
Listening to God (3 June 2018)
Holy, holy, holy! (27 May 2018)
Can these Bones Live? (preached at Dunedin 20 May 2018)
Dealing with Children's Innate Selfishness (13 May 2018)
Why Jesus had to go (6 May 2018)
Being Fruitful (29 April 2018)
Astonishing Claims (22 April 2018)
Three Problems Jesus Resolved (15 April 2018)
What do we fear? (8 April 2018)
God's April Fool Joke (1 April 2018)
Harvest and Palm Sunday (25 March 2018)
Life Forever? (18 March 2018)
Moses, the Snake and Eternal Life (11 March 2018)
Injustice (4 March 2018)
Noah and the Boys Brigade (preached at Riverton 18 February 2018)
Mountain Top Experiences (11 February 2018)
Staying Young (4 February 2018)
Amazing Jesus (28 January 2018)
The Call of God (21 January 2018)
Nathanael's Prejudice (14 January 2018)
Reflections on God's Plan (17 December 2017)
God Sees the Problem (3 December 2017)
The Sheep and the Goats (26 November 2017)
Wise and Foolish Virgins (preached at Bluff 12 November 2017)
Thin Places (5 November 2017)
Glimpsing the Promised Land (29 October 2017)
Why We Pay Taxes (22 October 2017)
Looking Backwards and Forwards (15 October 2017)
The Rejected Stone (8 October 2017)
Let's do this (1 October 2017)
Generosity (24 September 2017)
Loyalty (17 September 2017)
Discipline in Church Life (preached at Bluff 10 September 2017)
Carrying the Cross of Uncertainty (3 September 2017)
Who do you say I am? (27 August 2017)
God in Atrocities (preached at Riverton 20 August 2017)
Leaving the Comfort Zone (13 August 2017)
Keeping connected to God (6 August 2017)
The Kingdom of Heaven is like this (30 July 2017)
God's Generosity (16 July 2017)
Acceptance (9 July 2017)
Small things count (2 July 2017)
Opposition (25 June 2017)
Jesus' Bucket List (18 June 2017)
Easy to Swallow Trinity? (preached at Bluff 11 June 2017)
Worrying and Why the Spirit Came (4 June 2017)
The Disciples Get it Wrong Again (28 May 2017)
The Disciples and the Resurrected Jesus (23 April 2017)
The Hope of Resurrection (16 April 2017)
What kind of King is this? (9 April 2017)
Death and Transformation (2 April 2017)
Harvest & Climate Change (26 March 2017)
A Place of Refreshment (19 March 2017)
Questions, Questions (preached at Bluff 12 March 2017)
The Value of the Wilderness (5 March 2017)
Love Your Enemies (19 February 2017)
Tensions (12 February 2017)
Salt and Light (5 February 2017)
The Baptism of Jesus (8 January 2017)
The Flight to Egypt (1 January 2017)
Simeon and Salvation (18 December 2016)
Getting Ready for the Coming of the Lord (4 December 2016)
Jesus the Prince of Peace (27 November 2016)
Tamaki and the God of Love (20 November 2016)
Trump and the New Creation (preached at Bluff 13 November 2016)
Zacchaeus and Us (30 October 2016)
Attitudes and Actions (23 October 2016)
Help Me Against My Opponents (16 October 2016)
Living on the Margins (9 October 2016)
On how we make decisions (25 September 2016)
YHWH God of Storms (18 September 2016)
Caring for the Planet (11 September 2016)
Into Deep Water (4 September 2016)
Pride and Humility (28 August 2016)
What Did Jesus Do? (preached at Riverton 21 August 2016)
The Olympics (preached at Bluff 14 August 2016)
Faith (7 August 2016)
Building Bigger Barns (31 July 2016)
The Lord's Prayer (24 July 2016)
Crime Scene Footprints (10 July 2016)
The Aha Moment (3 July 2016)
Silence (19 June 2016)
Justice (12 June 2016)
Widow of Zarephath (5 June 2016)
What is the Gospel? (29 May 2016)
Find out what God is like (22 May 2016)
Babel and Pentecost (15 May 2016)
The Ascension of Jesus (preached at Bluff 8 May 2016)
Where is our Macedonia? (1 May 2016)
Disagreements in the Church (24 April 2016)
Continuing Jesus' Ministry (preached at Riverton 17 April 2016)
Chosen to be Transformed (10 April 2016)
Confusion & Growth (3 April 2016)
Facing up to Reality (27 March 2016 - Easter)
Joy tinged with Sorrow (20 March 2016)
Extravagance and Waste (Preached at Bluff 13 March 2016)
Psalm 63 (28 February 2016)
The Lord is my Light and my Salvation (21 February 2016)
Covenant and Transfiguration (7 February 2016)
God and his People (17 January 2016)
When the Darkness Comes (10 January 2016)
The Magi (3 January 2016)
At a Baptism (27 December 2015)
The Magnificat (20 December 2015)
The coming of Christ (29 November 2015)
What Kind of King? (22 November 2015)
The Widow's Sacrifice (preached at Bluff 8 November 2015)
Putting God First (1 November 2015)
Bartimaeus Sees (25 October 2015)
The Rich Man Questions Jesus (18 October 2015)
Little Ones in The Kingdom (11 October 2015)
Divorce (4 October 2015)
Prayer (27 September 2015)
Leadership (preached at Otatara 20 September 2015)
The Tongue (13 September 2015)
An Active Faith (6 September 2015)
Joy in Trials (30 August 2015)
Does God ask too much? (23 August 2015)
What would you like me to give you? (preached at Riverton 16 August 2015)
God's Magnets (preached at Bluff 9 August 2015)
Give us this day our Daily Bread (2 August 2015)
God in Creation (31 May 2015)
True Communication (Pentecost) (24 May 2015)
In the World, not Of the World (17 May 2015)
Love (3 May 2015)
Obedience and Inspiration (26 April 2015)
Knowing God (19 April 2015)
Not Seeing, Yet Believing (preached at Otatara 12 April 2015)
Easter Life (5 April 2015)
God is Good (Harvest) (15 Mar 2015)
Jesus is Busy (8 Mar 2015)
Dare we follow Jesus? (1 Mar 2015)
The Christian Race (15 Feb 2015)
Connected to Christ (1 Feb 2015)
Fools for God (25 Jan 2015)
Use Your Bodies for God's Glory (18 Jan 2015)
The Revelation of God in Christ (4 Jan 2015)
What is your take on Christmas? (28 Dec 2014)
Come, Lord Jesus (21 Dec 2014)
Living with Others (9 Nov 2014)
Living with God (2 Nov 2014)
Why do we have rules? (26 Oct 2014)
"Render Unto Caesar" (19 Oct 2014)
The Wedding Banquet (12 Oct 2014), preached at Bluff (see video on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-tFxkjtX-M)
The Vineyard as an Image of God's People (5 Oct 2014)
Is God With Us Or Not? (28 Sep 2014)
Manna and Rewarding Work (21 Sep 2014)
The Red Sea (14 Sep 2014)
"Let My People Go!" (7 Sep 2014)
Moses and the Burning Bush (31 Aug 2014)
A New Journey (21 April 2019)
The Crisis for Judas, Peter and Jesus (14 April 2019)
See the Moment, Seize the Moment (7 April 2019)
The Story of the Two Sons (31 March 2019)
Do Not Press The Red Button (10 March 2019)
Open up to God's Glory! (3 March 2019)
When what Jesus says is hard (17 February)
Following Jesus (preached at Bluff 10 February 2019)
Trusting God (3 February 2019 , Covenant Service)
Following a Baptism (27 January 2019)
God is in the Ordinary (20 January 2019)
Why did Jesus come? (30 December 2018)
Christ our Light (23 December 2018)
Understanding the Present (2 December 2018)
Why the Spirit Comes (preached at Otatara 25 November 2018)
Therefore, let us... (18 November 2018)
Remembrance 100 years on (preached at Bluff 11 November 2018)
Useless Rituals (4 November 2018)
The Lost Chord (28 October 2018)
No Longer Hiding (14 October 2018)
A Little Less than the Angels (7 October 2018)
Being a Cheerful Giver (23 September 2018)
Being Fruitful (Spring Flower Sunday 16 September 2018)
Was Jesus a Celebrity? (preached at Bluff 9 September 2018)
Being a Father (2 September 2018)
Modern Assumptions to Challenge (26 August 2018)
An Attitude of Praise (preached at Riverton 19 August 2018)
The Power of Words (12 August 2018)
What is God's power for? (29 July 2018)
Walls and Doorways (22 July 2018)
Daughters and Sons of God (15 July 2018)
Rejection (8 July 2018)
The Haemorrhaging Woman's Story (1 July 2018)
The Use of Power (24 June 2018)
Looking at the inside (17 June 2018)
Sundays (10 June 2018 preached at Bluff)
Listening to God (3 June 2018)
Holy, holy, holy! (27 May 2018)
Can these Bones Live? (preached at Dunedin 20 May 2018)
Dealing with Children's Innate Selfishness (13 May 2018)
Why Jesus had to go (6 May 2018)
Being Fruitful (29 April 2018)
Astonishing Claims (22 April 2018)
Three Problems Jesus Resolved (15 April 2018)
What do we fear? (8 April 2018)
God's April Fool Joke (1 April 2018)
Harvest and Palm Sunday (25 March 2018)
Life Forever? (18 March 2018)
Moses, the Snake and Eternal Life (11 March 2018)
Injustice (4 March 2018)
Noah and the Boys Brigade (preached at Riverton 18 February 2018)
Mountain Top Experiences (11 February 2018)
Staying Young (4 February 2018)
Amazing Jesus (28 January 2018)
The Call of God (21 January 2018)
Nathanael's Prejudice (14 January 2018)
Reflections on God's Plan (17 December 2017)
God Sees the Problem (3 December 2017)
The Sheep and the Goats (26 November 2017)
Wise and Foolish Virgins (preached at Bluff 12 November 2017)
Thin Places (5 November 2017)
Glimpsing the Promised Land (29 October 2017)
Why We Pay Taxes (22 October 2017)
Looking Backwards and Forwards (15 October 2017)
The Rejected Stone (8 October 2017)
Let's do this (1 October 2017)
Generosity (24 September 2017)
Loyalty (17 September 2017)
Discipline in Church Life (preached at Bluff 10 September 2017)
Carrying the Cross of Uncertainty (3 September 2017)
Who do you say I am? (27 August 2017)
God in Atrocities (preached at Riverton 20 August 2017)
Leaving the Comfort Zone (13 August 2017)
Keeping connected to God (6 August 2017)
The Kingdom of Heaven is like this (30 July 2017)
God's Generosity (16 July 2017)
Acceptance (9 July 2017)
Small things count (2 July 2017)
Opposition (25 June 2017)
Jesus' Bucket List (18 June 2017)
Easy to Swallow Trinity? (preached at Bluff 11 June 2017)
Worrying and Why the Spirit Came (4 June 2017)
The Disciples Get it Wrong Again (28 May 2017)
The Disciples and the Resurrected Jesus (23 April 2017)
The Hope of Resurrection (16 April 2017)
What kind of King is this? (9 April 2017)
Death and Transformation (2 April 2017)
Harvest & Climate Change (26 March 2017)
A Place of Refreshment (19 March 2017)
Questions, Questions (preached at Bluff 12 March 2017)
The Value of the Wilderness (5 March 2017)
Love Your Enemies (19 February 2017)
Tensions (12 February 2017)
Salt and Light (5 February 2017)
The Baptism of Jesus (8 January 2017)
The Flight to Egypt (1 January 2017)
Simeon and Salvation (18 December 2016)
Getting Ready for the Coming of the Lord (4 December 2016)
Jesus the Prince of Peace (27 November 2016)
Tamaki and the God of Love (20 November 2016)
Trump and the New Creation (preached at Bluff 13 November 2016)
Zacchaeus and Us (30 October 2016)
Attitudes and Actions (23 October 2016)
Help Me Against My Opponents (16 October 2016)
Living on the Margins (9 October 2016)
On how we make decisions (25 September 2016)
YHWH God of Storms (18 September 2016)
Caring for the Planet (11 September 2016)
Into Deep Water (4 September 2016)
Pride and Humility (28 August 2016)
What Did Jesus Do? (preached at Riverton 21 August 2016)
The Olympics (preached at Bluff 14 August 2016)
Faith (7 August 2016)
Building Bigger Barns (31 July 2016)
The Lord's Prayer (24 July 2016)
Crime Scene Footprints (10 July 2016)
The Aha Moment (3 July 2016)
Silence (19 June 2016)
Justice (12 June 2016)
Widow of Zarephath (5 June 2016)
What is the Gospel? (29 May 2016)
Find out what God is like (22 May 2016)
Babel and Pentecost (15 May 2016)
The Ascension of Jesus (preached at Bluff 8 May 2016)
Where is our Macedonia? (1 May 2016)
Disagreements in the Church (24 April 2016)
Continuing Jesus' Ministry (preached at Riverton 17 April 2016)
Chosen to be Transformed (10 April 2016)
Confusion & Growth (3 April 2016)
Facing up to Reality (27 March 2016 - Easter)
Joy tinged with Sorrow (20 March 2016)
Extravagance and Waste (Preached at Bluff 13 March 2016)
Psalm 63 (28 February 2016)
The Lord is my Light and my Salvation (21 February 2016)
Covenant and Transfiguration (7 February 2016)
God and his People (17 January 2016)
When the Darkness Comes (10 January 2016)
The Magi (3 January 2016)
At a Baptism (27 December 2015)
The Magnificat (20 December 2015)
The coming of Christ (29 November 2015)
What Kind of King? (22 November 2015)
The Widow's Sacrifice (preached at Bluff 8 November 2015)
Putting God First (1 November 2015)
Bartimaeus Sees (25 October 2015)
The Rich Man Questions Jesus (18 October 2015)
Little Ones in The Kingdom (11 October 2015)
Divorce (4 October 2015)
Prayer (27 September 2015)
Leadership (preached at Otatara 20 September 2015)
The Tongue (13 September 2015)
An Active Faith (6 September 2015)
Joy in Trials (30 August 2015)
Does God ask too much? (23 August 2015)
What would you like me to give you? (preached at Riverton 16 August 2015)
God's Magnets (preached at Bluff 9 August 2015)
Give us this day our Daily Bread (2 August 2015)
God in Creation (31 May 2015)
True Communication (Pentecost) (24 May 2015)
In the World, not Of the World (17 May 2015)
Love (3 May 2015)
Obedience and Inspiration (26 April 2015)
Knowing God (19 April 2015)
Not Seeing, Yet Believing (preached at Otatara 12 April 2015)
Easter Life (5 April 2015)
God is Good (Harvest) (15 Mar 2015)
Jesus is Busy (8 Mar 2015)
Dare we follow Jesus? (1 Mar 2015)
The Christian Race (15 Feb 2015)
Connected to Christ (1 Feb 2015)
Fools for God (25 Jan 2015)
Use Your Bodies for God's Glory (18 Jan 2015)
The Revelation of God in Christ (4 Jan 2015)
What is your take on Christmas? (28 Dec 2014)
Come, Lord Jesus (21 Dec 2014)
Living with Others (9 Nov 2014)
Living with God (2 Nov 2014)
Why do we have rules? (26 Oct 2014)
"Render Unto Caesar" (19 Oct 2014)
The Wedding Banquet (12 Oct 2014), preached at Bluff (see video on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-tFxkjtX-M)
The Vineyard as an Image of God's People (5 Oct 2014)
Is God With Us Or Not? (28 Sep 2014)
Manna and Rewarding Work (21 Sep 2014)
The Red Sea (14 Sep 2014)
"Let My People Go!" (7 Sep 2014)
Moses and the Burning Bush (31 Aug 2014)
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