Gavin Lynch looks at how to manage our mouth as James discusses in Chapter 3. Andrew Linton starts us off with a pastoral prayer before handing over to Gavin who gives us a brief intro before asking Jonathan Linton to read the passage for today. Gavin then looks at the clarity that James hopes to give here, with the theme "Our words have the power …

While we take a break from our current series, Lewis Varley challenges us to summarise what the Bible is all about in 12 words or less. Lewis dives straight in with the question for this week, breaking for a couple of minutes to allow those present to discuss their answers. He then turns to Luke 24 to see how Jesus answers the question. After readi…

Kanda Sami brings us a special Easter Sunday message this morning. Kanda starts with a couple of anecdotes about preaching and the journey he's been on to speak this morning, before turning to Romans 5 and looking at the paradise that Adam lost being re-gained through Christ. He then looks at 1 Corinthians 15 and the Ressurection story presented he…

Peter Sun brings us into chapter 2 of James in our new series, looking at the pitfalls of partiality, Peter takes us for a quick overview of our study, reminding us of the overall theme of James being "maturity in Christ". He then tells a story of a conservative church in America, and how it relates to our passage for today regarding partiality. Pe…

Andrew Linton wraps up James 1 in our new series this week. Andrew begins with a brief overview of what we know about James, before getting James Broadbridge up to read our passage for this morning. After the reading, he follows up with a survey on how many people skipped lunch that morning, before swinging to look at the concept of "no Bible, no b…

Dan Pettersen brings us verses 12-18 from James 1 this week in our new series. Dan does a quick review of prior weeks before starting with a story of his time in Korea and the test for the English language school, which leads to the discussion of the homonym "peirasmos" which James uses in this part of the passage. He then looks at the homonym and …

Kristopher Stout joins us from Word of Life (Executive Vice President of International and Youth Ministries) and shares about righteousness as discussed in Ephesians 6:14. Kris takes us through why this topic has been on his heart before reading through the text on the Armour of God in Ephesians 6:10-17. He then looks at the importance of the Armou…

Billy Hanna continues our study in James this week, while also taking a chance to chat about baptism. Billy jumps right into it, reviewing the passage from last week for context before looking at verses 5-11. He then looks at his statement "In order to face our trials with a Godly perspective, we need God’s wisdom", looking at three points that thi…

Sam Crosbie jumps right into the book of James in our new series, looking at the first four verses this week. Sam looks at the passage right away, starting in verse 1 of James chapter 1, to introduce us to our audience. He then looks at the analogy of running for the sake of running, or for doing something for an "end goal" but no other purpose, be…

Dan Pettersen kicks off our new series "Putting Our Faith Into Practice" with an overview of the book of James. Dan starts by looking back at our series from last year and what we covered, which leads into the series we're going into looking at how we take what we learnt last year and make it practical. Dan then looks at who James was, and where he…

Gavin Lynch wraps up our book overview of Nehemiah, and our "Who Are We?" series as a whole this week, looking at Nehemiah 13. Gavin gives us an overview of our study this year leading to the question "What do we need to do now?" Gavin then looks at an illustration of how we can tend to "play up when the Master isn't home". Titling his message "Avo…

Bradley Joubert continues our study in Nehemiah, looking at chapters 8 to 12. Bradley gives us a very brief introduction of himself before diving straight into our text for today after opening with prayer. After reading from the passage, Bradley looks at our first point, "Confession". With four points, he looks at how "the confessions of the Israel…

Jeremy Lind continues our study in Nehemiah, looking at a detailed overview of chapters 4 to 7. Jeremy gives us a quick bio for himself before diving into "story" to give us some context to look at our passage in, looking at what story we tell ourselves that motivates our daily behaviour, and how this "story" drove Nehemiah. He then looks at the co…

Dan starts us off by taking a look at the series "Who Are We?" that we've been going through as a church over the year, giving an overview of the topics and books we've been focusing on. He then takes us back to look at the first Church in Acts and how they developed. Dan then looks at the four things that we want to become characterised by as a ch…

Caleb Wilkinson-Mackie shares a bit with us about his time in Nepal, while also sharing from Romans 10:9-15. Caleb starts with a time of prayer as part of the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. He then shares a bit behind the work he recently did in Nepal and the heart behind why he did it, before diving into our passage for tod…

Brian Goodwin is back to talk to us about our life from Acts 20:17-27. Brian starts with a small promo for Lake Learning in January at Lake Taupo, before sharing an anecdote about his "baptismal" story. Brian then brings us around to Acts 20:17-27, where Paul is addressing the Elders at Ephesus, and he breaks down his words into 2 points/challenges…

Lewis Varley wraps up our study of Ephesians, looking at "Christ in our problems" in chapter 6 verses 10 to 24. Lewis dives straight into reading our passage this morning before diving into some analogies that tie into our text for today, focusing on how we respond to problems in our lives as Christians. He then looks at how Paul describes how to d…

Tom Leslie brings us into chapter 6 of Ephesians, looking at the second half of the instructions for submission started in chapter 5 verse 21. Gavin Lynch starts us off with a prayer for Israel, and also our new leadership for our country before handing over to Tom. Tom launches straight into reading our passage for today, before outlining the rela…

We round out Ephesians 5 with Jeff Samuel, looking at Christ and our Church as an example of Marriage. Jeff dives straight into reading our passage today, before taking a step back and looking at what marriage on this earth actually means. He then takes us through our passage verse by verse, breaking down an understanding of them one at a time, loo…

Brian Goodwin brings us the message this week, looking at the start of Ephesians 5, discussing Love, Light, and Wisdom. Brian shares a story from a prison in Peru where a man tried to take his life but was challenged by a nurse, before leading into reading our passage in Ephesians from today. He then focuses on 2 verses - verse 2 "Live a life fille…

As we take a break from Ephesians, Dan looks at Romans 12 in regard to "Setting Christ Apart". Dan looks at Romans 12 and the discussion of being the body of Christ and functioning as such, serving, as a living sacrifice. He then interviews Rachel Randall (Sunday School Coordinator), Phyllis Egestad (Ladies Friendship & Craft), and Lynda Linton (Ke…

This week Peter Sun looks at the second half of Ephesians 4, focusing on the mind. Peter starts by reading through our passage for today. Peter then dives straight in to discuss how the mind works, looking at the difference between the transformed mind and the darkened mind, by looking at what the mind is, and how it's connected with the brain. He …

We dive into Spiritual Gifts with Gavin Lynch this week, looking at Ephesians 4. Gavin dives right in, looking at his theme of "Jesus gives spiritual gifts to grow and build up His Church", breaking this into two parts: Spiritual gifts given (v7-10), and Spiritual gifts used (v11-16). Starting in verse 7, Gavin starts a journey into looking at what…

This week we look at the start of Ephesians chapter 4 with Bardoe Besselaar. Bardoe dives head first in this morning, looking at how the world around us defines "unity", followed by an overview of our journey through Ephesians so far before diving into a reading of our passage for today. Bardoe then breaks our passage down today into 2 sections: vs…

We are privileged to have Geoff Smith back for a second week in a row to go through our next chapter of Ephesians. Geoff starts by reading through Ephesians chapter 3 this morning before looking at an overview of the sections of Ephesians. He then looks at the origin of sin, and why we need this unification in the first place. Geoff then comes to t…

Geoff Smith continues our time in Ephesians this week, looking at the second half of chapter 2. After reading through our passage this week, Geoff looks at the chapter broken into three segments - Alienation (v11-12); Reconciliation (v13-18); and Unification (v19-22). Geoff looks back at Genesis and the covenant with Abraham, alongside the genealog…

As we round up our month of Prayer, Dan Pettersen brings us a brief message on the topic based on the Lord's Prayer from Matthew. Dan looks at how we use prayer to communicate back to God in response to scripture and dives into some highlights that have helped him in prayer, looking at the Lord's Prayer in Matthew 6. Recorded at the Hukanui Bible C…

We continue our series through Ephesians with Lewis Varley looking at Ephesians 2 this week. Lewis starts by giving a very quick overview of the first chapter of Ephesians before reading through our passage for today. He then looks at the diptych of Paul in the passage, looking at three things about life before Christ, and three about life after so…

Shane Wildermoth continues Ephesians 1 for us as we go through our series. We open with our passage for today being read by Ephraim Sisay. Shane then dives into our passage and talks about the importance of prayer for each other, especially in the way that Paul is praying for the Ephesians here. Recorded at the Hukanui Bible Church morning service …

Gavin Lynch starts us in our first Ephesians chapter in the new segment of our current series. Gavin gives us a brief overview of the book and our chapter for this morning before diving into the spiritual blessings found in these verses. He then looks at how we can personalise these blessings, as an individual and as a church, before looking at how…

We head back into our "Who Are We" series, starting our next section in Ephesians with Peter Sun. Peter Sun brings us to an overview of Ephesians, looking through the lens of "identity", starting with the question "what is identity?" He then looks at three "truths" that formulate our identities as Christians. Recorded at the Hukanui Bible Church mo…

Dan Pettersen continues our "Who Are We" series looking at "Who Are We As A Church?" After a short overview of our series so far, Dan looks at a few statements some people say regarding being part of a church. He then looks at three points - "What is a church?", "What does a church do?", and "How does that work in practice?", prefaced by the questi…

As we take a break from our current series, Dan brings us a message on tithing titled "What's In Your Hand?" Dan poses the statement "We all have a desire for our lives to count for something", and asks "What kind of impact are you having?" He starts by looking at this in the context of Moses and how God used what was in his hand. Dan then looks at…

Andrew Linton brings our final passage from 1 Peter 5 for our "Who Are We" series this week. Andrew Sun starts us off with a reading of the passage for this week before Andrew Linton jumps into breaking it down. Andrew breaks our chapter into two sections - Firstly, "Shepherding the Flock", and secondly, "Standing Firm". But before he dives into th…

This week we have Billy Hanna bringing our passage for our "Who Are We" series, looking at 1 Peter 4. Billy starts the message with an overview of the book we've been looking at and how it ties into our current series, before diving straight in at verse 7. Moving on to verses 8-11, Billy highlights a number of traits that Peter gives that "must cha…

Gavin Lynch continues our "Who Are We" series, looking at 1 Peter 3 and 4. Apologies, we missed the first few minutes of the message in the recording this week. Gavin breaks our passage this week up into two triumphs - Triumphant suffering of Christ (1 Peter 3:18-22), and Triumphant living in Christ (1 Peter 4:1-6). We start as Gavin is explaining …

This week for our "Who Are We" series, Mikey Cooper looks at "Suffering & Blessing" from 1 Peter 3. After opening our time with prayer, Mikey dives straight into verse 8 before pausing to reflect on and break down the verse. To give some context, Mikey gives a bit of church history on how the early church looked, giving meaning to the term "brother…

This week we have Steve Fleming - pastor of Grace Bible Church in Naples, Florida (www.gbcn.org) - sharing from Colossians 3 on "How to Evaluate the Health of a Ministry / Believer". We start with an introduction on Steve from Brian White, before Steve dives into an overview of the start of the book of Colossians as they have been looking into it a…

As we continue our "Who Are We" series, Andrew Linton looks at 1st Peter 3 and the instructions given for husbands and wives. Andrew jumps right in with a brief refresher overview of the book itself broken into segments before reading the passage for today. He then looks at the passage from a viewpoint of how we can apply these instructions to our …

Peter Sun brings our "Who Are We" message this week, speaking on "Submission To Masters" from 1 Peter chapter 2. Peter jumps right in giving an overview of the passage and what we'll look at this week, while also reflecting on the message Dan shared a couple of weeks ago and how they tie in to each other. While the passage for today specifically de…

This week Dan Pettersen is speaking on "Submission To Government" from 1 Peter chapter 2, continuing our time in 1st Peter. Dan reflects on where we left off a couple of weeks ago with Peter Sun covering the Cornerstone earlier in the chapter, before diving right into our passage for this week. He looks at the first verse for today, explaining a "s…

We're diving into out monthly open topic series this week as Gary Leslie shares from Luke 16. Gary started this message while serving at the Arotahi tent mission in Fairfield, Hamilton in January 2023. Gary starts by reading our passage, before looking at insights into material divide as well as spiritual divide, insights into inequity and human su…

We continue in 1st Peter this week brought to us by Peter Sun who is speaking on "The Chosen Stone & His Chosen People" from 1 Peter chapter 2. Our passage this week is read to us by Ethan Samuel. Peter starts with an overview of the past couple of weeks to bring us into context for the passage he is covering this week, looking at "Who we are in Ch…

With week two of our journey through 1st Peter, Sam Crosbie brings us our message this week speaking on "People Living Under God Our Father" from 1 Peter 1:13-25a. Brian Peden starts us off this week reading the passage from today before handing over to Sam who dives right in to the connecting context of verse 13 from the previous verses. He then c…

We start our journey into 1st Peter this week with Jeff Samuel speaking on "People With Heavenly Inheritance" from 1 Peter 1:1-12. Jeff starts us off strong as he looks at the differnt names that we know Peter by. He then dives straight into our text, looking at verse 1 in an inter-linear context, to see who this letter is written to. Jeff pivots f…

Bardoe Besselaar brings us an introduction to Peter based on John 21 as we continue into our new series "Who Are We?" Bardoe gives us a brief background on the author John, and his relationship with Peter, before looking at how Peter fits into the narrative of the New Testament. He then looks into our text for today in John 21 where Jesus "reinstat…

This week we start our new series "Who Are We?" as Dan looks at the first question, "What is a Christian?". Dan starts by giving a very brief overview of what our series is going to be looking at before jumping straight into our first question for the series of "What is a Christian?" He looks at the history of the word "Christian", and where it's a…

We wrap up our 2023 Summer Series this week as Lee Hanson shares from John 15:1-11. Lee reads through the passage for today before breaking his message into three segments; "The Vinedresser", "The Vine", and "The Branches". Recorded at the Hukanui Bible Church morning service on Sunday the 5th of February 2023 during the 10:00 am service.…

Our 2023 Summer Series continues with week 5 brought to us by Luke Williamson who speaks on Psalm 97. Luke starts by looking at where this Psalm fits in the Bible and what surrounds it, before looking at the structure of the chapter and breaking it down into three segments. He then takes a deeper dive into how the chapter is presented and what it m…

Our Summer Series continues for 2023 as week 4 is brought to us by Kotie Smith who covers the story of the paralysed man from Mark 2. Kotie reads our passage for this morning before diving into it. He then gives us a brief overview of the circumstances surrounding this event and what led up to it from previous chapters. Kotie then looks at the fait…