RECENT SERMONS
Catch up on our sermons for the last few years below. Sermon Series and Topics are on the right, and you can use the Search bar to find key words within sermon overviews. Please contact the website manager if you can’t find what you’re looking for.
Category: Ephesians / Speaker: Nick Clevely
July 19, 2020
One of the most misunderstood, yet one of the most comforting doctrines that we believe in is the doctrine of God’s decree. Just as a builder does not begin to build without the blueprints, God...
Category: Luke / Speaker: Nick Clevely
July 19, 2020
The parable of the Sower is one of the most important parables because it stands at the head of Christ’s parables in Mark and Matthew, and addresses the issue of how we listen to God’s...
Category: Ephesians / Speaker: Nick Clevely
July 12, 2020
The Bible is full of little people being given big jobs. Imagine you were Abraham for a moment. God has given you a new name, it means father of nations, yet you have no children....
Category: Luke / Speaker: Nick Clevely
July 12, 2020
Today we are in the thick of the gender wars, the last 50 years has seen the rise of feminism which has dismantled biblical and traditional views of male headship in the church and in...
Category: Ephesians / Speaker: Nick Clevely
July 05, 2020
The word mystery has various connotations. If you are a book lover it may cause you to think of a favourite genre of who-done-it crime thrillers. The common English word means something that is difficult...
Category: COVID-19 / Speaker: Nick Clevely
July 05, 2020
We have recently experienced something which none of us will have experienced in NZ, the government ordered churches not to gather for worship. Of course, they did not single out religious groups alone to be...
Category: Ephesians / Speaker: Nick Clevely
June 28, 2020
At Bible college during one of the chapel services a pastor by the name of Bill Hughes shared with us. He was a very godly man who was serving in a church that wanted to...
Category: COVID-19 / Speaker: Nick Clevely
June 28, 2020
The recent pandemic has raised questions over the nature of the church. All over the world governments asked churches to close and many have taken to streaming church, essentially replicating the church service but having...
Category: Ephesians / Speaker: Nick Clevely
June 21, 2020
Do all lives matter or do Black Lives Matter? Do we need separate safe spaces for black Christians to worship, or do we need united worship spaces? The problem of unity in God’s people is...
Category: COVID-19 / Speaker: Nick Clevely
June 21, 2020
We are interrupting our series on Luke to do a Christian analysis on Covid-19. Here in NZ we are very blessed to be at alert level 1, but this is still a living reality for...
Category: Ephesians / Speaker: Nick Clevely
June 14, 2020
‘There but for the grace of God go I.’ This is a well-known statement which recognises that apart from God’s gracious intervention left to ourselves we would be lost. This statement is credited to the...