Our Exodus series continues with Duane Major taking us through the episode when the Israelites battled the Amalekites - a key event that showed the (until recently grumbling) people and (the always faithful) God working successfully together.
The people grumble against Moses because of a lack of water, and question why he has brought them into this desert wilderness. Moses asks God for help and God miraculously comes through yet again. Amelia Smith takes us through the passage.
Newly freed from slavery in Egypt, the Israelites must now become God's people, moved and shaped by him. God miraculously provides for them in the desert but admonishes them not to hoard the manna and quail he has provided. Jo Robertson shows how this passage informs the call of Jesus to trust in God's provision and not remain trapped in the lifestyle of greed that our society pushes on us.
Our Exodus series continues with Sam Young taking us through the tenth plague visited upon the Egyptians - the death of the firstborn - and asks what does this confronting passage reveal to us about God?
Erin White brings the message for our "All-in" service, about Moses confronting Pharaoh and demanding the Israelites' release - and the plagues that hit the Egyptians when Pharoah refuses to heed God's message.
We continue through the book of Exodus, moving onto the second part of our series looking at "Following God into Freedom." Moses goes before Pharaoh demanding that he set the Israelites free. Claire Russell looks at the importance - and implications - of speaking truth to power.
God heard the cries of his people and called Moses to go and rescue them. Moses said no....several times, giving several excuses. God sent him anyway. Amelia Smith examines Moses's responses and explains how Moses was looking at things the wrong way. It's not about what Moses can't do but about what God can do.
Concluding our Global Week, Duane Major returns to the passage in Exodus where God appeared to Moses and uses it to look back over the previous week's message to challenge us and question us about how we are going to respond to what God is saying to us.
Jo Robertson begins our series on Exodus with a look at the way God hears the cries of his people and uses ordinary people to transform the world.
Amelia Smith concludes our Te Paipera Tapu series by leading us through the importance of the Prophetic books and how best to read them.
Our series continues as Amelia Smith shares her wisdom on the nature of the bible's wisdom literature and its importance for us.
How do we read the laws and commands contained in the Hebrew bible? And why should we continue to do so today, 3,000 years later. Sam Young explains why these laws still have much to teach about both the wisdom of God and the love of God.
Continuing our series on the bible, Te Paipera Tapu, Sam Young examines the genre of narrative through the lens of the story of Gideon, looking at common mistakes we can make when reading narratives and what to do to avoid them.
Our Te Paipera Tapu series continues as Amelia Smith shows us the entire scope of scripture, leading us through the entire story of the bible, from first page to last.
Our new series on the bible, and how to read it effectively, opens with Sam Young looking at what Jesus's attitude towards scripture was.
Our songwriting team brings our Psalms series to a close by sharing several songs they have written while reflecting on the Psalms.
Our Psalms series continues with Amelia Smith taking us through Psalm 95.
Sam Young continues our Psalms series with Psalm 73, looking at the doubts we can sometimes have about God, and uses the psalm as a guide to how we can address these doubts.
Jo Robertson looks at the hope we have, how we can always be completely honest and open with God about our feelings and circumstances, and the way Jesus was the ultimate expression of the hope we have in God.