2016 Talks
In this talk David, tells the story of Tarore and her gospel of Luke.
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In this talk James looks at the second coming of Christ and the judgement of the world. He discusses the links between judgment and justice, judgement and love and judgement and the Goodness of God.
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Joan looks at God's design for his Kingdom. She explains how the Kingdom is indeeded to grow and we ought to expect increase in our lives. She also explains how we can posiiton ourselves correctly in relation to God's abundance.
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In this talk James looks at the heart of the Christian message: that Jesus is Lord.
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Brendan, talks about the recent 7.8 magnitude earth quake and deals with some of the Theological questions people have.
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Julia speaks about why it is so important to share our faith and how the extension of God's kingdom through us was part of his original plan.
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Julia talks about our citizenship being in heaven rather than on earth and what that means during our life time. We are born again into our citizenship and Jesus wants to give us a new heart and a new mind to see things from his perspective.
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Joan speaks about the goodness of God. She explains why it is so important to deeply know and understand that God is good and that everything that he does is good. That knowledge not only helps us cope with the troubles of life but also influences our relationship with God. She points out that one of the main prayers St Paul prays is that we would have a deeper knowledge of the goodness of God.
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In this talk James looks at the spiritual dynamics around trials and suffering. He focuses particularly on how as Christian's God is inviting us to navigate those difficult times in our lives.
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James talks about how St Paul personally offers to pay off the debt of Onesimus and how that is a parallel for what Christ does for us. Jesus pays a debt of holiness that we can not possibly pay ourselves.
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Rita Bota talks about the importance of having a cause in order to be great. She encourages us to seek after the cause God has laid on our heart so that we can be all that He is calling us to be.
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James talks about the realities of spiritual warfare. He looks at deliverance in the sense of our salvation and in the sense of getting rid of unwanted spiritual passengers after coming to faith.
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David speaks about how we are a new creation in Christ. He looks at how we are called to live a distinctively different life.
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When we come to faith we start a relationship with God. In a relationship communication is vital. In this talk James deals with the practical nuts and bolts of how we hear from God.
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Simon tackles the question of evil. How do we make sense of the evil in the world? Are there answers? is there hope? Yes there is hope and Simon explains why.
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Brendan talks about the importance of hospitality and sharing a meal together. He touches on moments when he has felt the presence of God while sharing simple meals in unlikely situations and with unlikely people.
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God loves you. The father loves you. We need to get our identity from who God says we are. These are the key theme of this talk by Julia.
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James looks at Mary's mountain top experience when she hears from God through the angel Gabriel. He looks at how she stewards what God said and what lessons we can draw for stewarding in our own lives what God says to us.
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Bishop Justin talks about how in the West faith in Jesus can, unfortunately, be treated like an app. It is down loaded and just sits in your life and is used occasionally on Sunday. He points out that Christianity should be like the operating system that runs everything in our lives.
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To follow along with this talk you need to click go to the following site to see the comic strip that James is talking about. The site is:
thewireless.co.nz/articles/the-pencilsword-on-a-plate |
Brendan looks at the Lords prayer in Te Reo. He goes through each verse in Maori and explains the nuances of meaning that we can gain when we see familiar words through the lens of another language and culture.
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In this talk Joan looks at both the physical and the spiritual benefits of giving thanks and living a life of gratitude. She illustrates the point by reference to three biblical examples of blessing flowing from thanks and praise.
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This talk is about grace. It is about God's unconditional love for us. There is nothing you can do to earn God's love or merit it. Rather it is simply a gift from him. He loves you because he made you.
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Mike Burrows, from open doors shares with us about the persecuted church around the world. He explains what is happening right now in some parts of the world like Etruria, with Christians being imprisoned in shipping containers without trial.
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This week James talks about the upcoming Alpha course we are running in church. He talks about the light bulb going on for people when they experience God's love using four examples. He also played the video clip about the fine tuning in the universe being an example of the growing scientific and logical evidence for God.
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Trena Morse, from Christians Against Poverty (CAP) shares about her life and the ministry of CAP. CAP is a collections of resources by which Christians can help people get out of the bondage of debt and out of poverty.
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Simon talks about Christs, death and resurrection. He comes at it from the perspective of a medical doctor. He looks at the evidence which confirms that Christ was really dead and then at the evidence that he literally rose again.
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Julia talks about the importance of thanksgiving, praise and worship. She explains that in terms of our talking to God, the language of that communication is thanksgiving, praise and worship.
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We were privileged to have Kingsley Morris from the Picton Baptist Church come and share with us. He and is family feel called by God to move to Malawi in Africa to help informally train and disciple church leaders there. He shares about how the Holy Spirit had set up both the sending and the receiving end of the equation.
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This is a talk by Rita Bota, from lighthouse church in Pinehaven. She was our guest preacher at the healing service on the 15th of May 2016.
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With a week to go until Pentecost, James talks about the Holy Spirit. He looks at how one of the effects of the fire of God falling on a person is that they have a passion for mission. He shares some stories of people through history who have been set ablaze by God and headed into the mission field.
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Joan talks about mission and points out that the model in Acts was that people with a bi-cultural background were the ones that God tended to use to take the gospel across cultural barriers. She points to the example of Paul and Barnabas.
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In this talk Brendan looks at the journey's that we are all on. Sometimes it just seems that we arrive at a place without any conscious thought as to how we got there.
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Gradon Harvey, the New Zealand head of International Needs speaks about sponsoring children and the difference it makes in their lives. He also shares about how strongly God is growing his kingdom around the world.
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This talk looks at the life of St John the apostle as a wonderful example of how to stay in close relationship with Jesus for the long haul.
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In this talk James looks at the worship of God and the worship of money. He looks at the bondage and oppression that the worship of money causes compared to the freedom individually and collectively when we worship God as our first priority.
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"Christ is risen: he is risen indeed" - these are the traditional words starting the service on Easter Sunday. Julia talks about the resurrection of Christ and how that facts changes the game for all of us. She comes at it from a contemporary angle of highlighting how we all chase after false things before encountering the risen Christ.
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This talk is based on Luke's account of the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, which we celebrate as Palm Sunday. The talk looks at the small vignette whereby the disciples end up getting to use a families colt and secondly at what happens after we experience a spiritual high.
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James looks at creation and evolution. I is amazing how God has taken the raw elements found in dirt, stars and chemistry labs and created people.
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In this talk Julia looks at some of the implications, which flow from Mary anointing Jesus feet with perfume and drying them with her hair. It is a scene of intimacy and worship. As Julia notes Mary left Jesus presence smelling as good as He did.
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In this talk Simon explains how his journey to faith was through, facts, evidence, science and reason. Put another way he was led by evidence to the position that there is indeed a God. Simon sets out some key bits of evidence in this talk.
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In this talk James looks at the issue of fear. Fear either in the sense of being afraid of doing what God is calling you to do or afraid of waiting for God to act when he has said he will. In the talk James looks what to do in each of those stations.
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In this talk James draws an analogy between riding a bike and our Christian walk. He looks at the parallel between staying on your bike and the need to keep walking with Jesus in faith. The pod cast also includes the dedication of baby Zack.
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In this talk Julia looks at the empowerment intended by grace. She explains that grace "works" in the sense of empowering us to do the things that are on God's heart, which we simply cannot do on our own.
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James shares about what happened in Uganda over the summer holidays. He shares about the International Needs mission, the evangelism and the encounters with local witch doctors.
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Joan gives a talk on the Magi who visited Jesus after his birth.
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This is the Christmas Day talk given by Julia.
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This talk was given at the Christmas Eve service 24 December 2015 by James.
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In this talk David, looks at the real meaning of Christmas as opposed to the fake, commercial Christmas that the advertisers sell you.
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Julia provides a "prequel" to last weeks sermon. She talks about Moses and how we will typically find that when we step out in obedience to the call of God in our lives we often encounter opposition.
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In this talk James looks at the spiritual battles that we will all fight as Christians.
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In this talk Joan looks at the book of Ruth. She answers the question of how come Ruth attracted so much favor from God. The answers are applicable in all our lives. We need to be single minded in our devotion to God.
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In this talk James looks at Jesus words that we can't see the Kingdom of God unless we are born from above. He gives examples of people hearing from God but not being able to see the Kingdom of God because they have not yet been born again.
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This talk is about the Kingdom of God and our King: Jesus!
The talk deals with Jesus death, resurrection, ascension and enthronement in heaven. It is by the power of his resurrection that we are saved. |
Julia interviews some of the children who attended New Wine Summer camp in 2015.
It is time for families to book again this time for the 2016 camp. See Pam or Sarah if you need help. We are going to camp as a church family at the event. |
This talk is about how to deal with disappointment. How do we keep our relationship with God healthy, when things don't go as we had expected? In proverbs 4:23 it says: "Above all else guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life."
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This talk is about how you can have power over sin in your life. It is therefore a talk about grace. All one needs to do is open oneself up to the abundance of God's grace. It is that simple and there are no ifs and buts.
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This is part 2 of Joan's two part series on staying close to God. In this talk Joan looks at how important spending time with God is and how knowing your bible will help you grow in intimacy with God.
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In this talk David describes how he has transitioned into having a relationship directly with God and how he finds ancient crafted prayers deeply moving and effective as a means of communicating with God.
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This is the first of a two part sermon series on how one stays in close relationship with God. Joan highlights the importance of service and fellowship with other believers.
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This talk is about revival. It looks at revivals from the past and in particular the First Great Awakening. It then discusses what revival looks like in practice. It also explores the link between words of knowledge and healing using the story in Mark's gospel of the healing of blind Bartimaeus.
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In this talk Richard Black from Strength to Strength Ministries, speaks about how important the truth is to living a healthy life.
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In this talk Chris Gousmett looks at the Kingdom of God from the angle of creation. He highlights how we need to see Christ as our King in every aspect of our lives.
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This talk is about humility. James looks at why we as Christian's are called to be humble, how Christ modeled humility and the difference in the disciples before and after Pentecost. He also provides some ideas that you can try out if pride is an issue you struggle with.
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In this talk James focuses on the differences between Zachariah's response to the angel Gabriel and Mary's response. Mary's response is one of extraordinary faith. The talk encourages us to be more like Mary than Zachariah in our response to the promises God speaks into our lives.
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In this talk Fiona speaks about the work of Christian's helping the blind and the difference it makes in peoples lives.
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Julia talks about how important it is to guard your thought life. She points out that the main battle between the devil and God occurs in your mind. So knowing how to keep your thought life on track with God is important.
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Julia talks about hosting the presence of the Holy Spirit. She deals with how Jesus conducted his ministry following baptism and how believers are intended to operate in the power of the Holy Spirit.
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This is a recording of the talk at Eve's baptism. Eve is from China. It is in both English and Chinese. It looks at hints of the creation account in Chinese tradition particularly in their written language.
Eve's journey to faith occurred over a 1 year period when she brought a bible and read it from start to finish. |
In this talk David looks at the Kingdom of God. He also looks at forgiveness and how important it is for all of us if we want to be free and live the life God has planned for us.
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Psalm 23 - Part 2. This talk finishes off the study of Psalm 23 and looks at how the metaphor of God as the good shepherd also appears in the New Testament. The practical application of the talk is that if you are in trouble pray.
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Psalm 23 - Part 1. If you only remember one thing about this talk is is: "if you are lost bleat!" The talk looks at the cultural context into which David was speaking when he penned the famous Psalm 23 and its implications for us today.
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This talk sets out the Christian position on Euthanasia. It focuses on the Biblical underpinning for the Christian view and highlights where the embedded secular assumptions behind the desire for Euthanasia clash with a Biblical world view.
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Continuing our them of mission, we had Dr Tom from Mercy Missions in India speak to us this week. He also shared how he came to faith and how he felt led by God to leave the UK and set up his ministry to the poor in India.
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Starting with the inspiration of Christian martyrs, James tackles the issue of what happens when a Christian dies. He articulates what Scripture says in this regard and points out that the basis for the Christian hope is in the physical bodily resurrection of Jesus as a literal event in history.
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In this talk Steve Maina, head of CMS New Zealand speaks about modern day mission. He explains that mission is now a two way street. The old model of the West sending money and people to the rest of the world is over. Now the west is itself a mission destination and we need to partner with churches in other countries to help reconnect people in the west with God.
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This talk was given on Pentecost 2015 at the special healing service. The first half of the talk sets out why we need to be saved and how that is possible in Christ. The second half deals with healing and there are several testimonies of people who had been healed either at the last healing service or since then.
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Justus Miwanda, spoke to us this week about the work of the christian organisation International Needs in Uganda. He shared his testimony and explained how we can be salt and light helping the children affected by the HIV Aids epidemic in Uganda. He finished his talk by speaking on a gospel passage in Luke.
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Joan speaks about the ascension of Christ. She points out that it is in a lot of ways are more important festival than Christmas. She explains that the ascension meant:
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Julia uses Ezekiel's temple vision as the springboard to talk on revival. She also picks up on the metaphor of water that occurs constantly in scripture as a reference to the Holy Spirit.
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Ray Muller talks about how he became alive to the work of the Holy Spirit in his life and the revival or renewal that occurred in the church in New Zealand in the 1960s
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Andrew Spence, who has recently moved here from Christchurch, talks about youth ministry and why he is passionate about it.
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In this talk Joan explores what Scripture has to say about speaking in tongues and looks at its use through church history.
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In this talk Julia looks at some of the circumstantial evidence for the truth of the resurrection, which she found compelling when she was a seeker looking for God.
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In this talk James looks forgiveness, which is a key theme that runs through Holy Week.
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In this talk David dives into the scriptures and looks at why Christ had to die. This is a question that will be front of mind for many as we journey through lent towards Holy week.
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In this talk Bishop Justin speaks about the Kingdom of God and how to live a life of purpose.
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In this talk James discusses spiritual gifts and how we go about accessing them and using them in the Kingdom of God.
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Ian calls this talk: "Is karaoke bad for you?"
He points out that metaphorically, the world wants you to sing another persons song. God on the other hand has a unique, voice for you and he is wanting to call it out of you for the benefit of us all. |
In this talk Joan and Joy, from the missions team, outline God's heart for social justice and what we at St Mary's are doing about it.
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In this talk David looks at that famous verse in 1 Corinthians 13 verse 13 which says "these three remain: faith, hope and love and the greatest of these is love."
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In this sermon Julia talks about hearing God through the Bible and how you can't put him in a box. You can't assume that just because God gave a particular assignment in one season he will not give a different one in another. (The sermon starts mid way through a story about bible reading due to a recording error so about 30 seconds is missing)
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This talk is about the angel Gabriel and the message he gives to Mary. It also explores the implications of Saul and Davids experiences as Kings of Israel and the implications for us and our ministries, flowing from their respective failure and success.
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In this talk James looks at John the Baptist, who was he and why it is important that he came before Christ in the spirit of Elijah?
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This audio track is really an oral history. It is Duncan Campbell speaking in 1968 about the revival on the Island of Lewis in 1949. The sound quality is not great but it is okay. What happened was amazing.
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In this talk James puts some Scripture and theology around "words of knowledge" and biblical prophecy.
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This is a talk about the wise and the foolish virgins and how this parable of Jesus applies to us in a present day context.
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