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    • We Believe
      • By: Neville Gardner, 15 June 2025 Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-15-jun-2025-we-believe In Türkiye, not far from Istanbul, is a small town called Iznik. There is no Christian church, but this year Christians around the world are celebrating a significant event that took place here 1700 years ago. In those days, the town was part of the Roman … Continue reading We Believe

    • Secure
      • Scripture: Romans 8:14-17 Video Link: https://youtu.be/0MS9jZG8uqw Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-8-jun-2025-secure Structure: Introduction: Good morning everyone. What makes you feel secure? Perhaps when you were young, your teddy bear made you feel safe and secure. Then, as you grew older, being accepted by your friends gave you a sense of security. Some people find security in their … Continue reading Secure

    • Liminal Experiences
      • Scripture: Acts 1:1-11 Video Link: https://youtu.be/x8IwMmDbypc Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-1-jun-2025-liminal-experience Structure: Introduction: Good morning everyone. Our lives are peppered with liminal experiences. A liminal experience is a time or place of transition and change. An in-between moment, a period of waiting. The word “liminal” comes from the Latin word “limen,” which means threshold. A liminal moment … Continue reading Liminal Experiences

    • Building Bridges
      • Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:19-27 Video Link: https://youtu.be/o7Bdmv-u9XQ Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-25-may-2025-building-bridges Structure: Introduction: Good morning everyone. I grew up in Kirikiriroa, Hamilton, a city with a river running through it. There are eight bridges spanning the Waikato River in Hamilton. Six vehicle bridges, one rail bridge and one pedestrian bridge. I was there for the opening … Continue reading Building Bridges

    • The Freedom Paradox
      • Scripture: 1st Corinthians 9:1-18 Video Link: https://youtu.be/ZG-yEtPvtoY Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-18-may-2025-the-freedom-paradox Structure: Introduction: Good morning everyone. Less is more. The only constant is change. The more you know, the more you know you don’t know. You have to spend money to make money. It’s hard making elegance look easy. Each of these statements describes a paradox. … Continue reading The Freedom Paradox

    • Life Interrupted
      • Scripture: Acts 9:32-43 Video Link: https://youtu.be/HljaddMFH5M Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-11-may-2025-life-interrupted Structure: Introduction: Good morning everyone. Today is Mothers’ Day. To be a mother it seems, is to be interrupted. Mum, can you take me to football? Mum, what’s for dinner? Mum, can you help me with my homework? Mum, where’s my favourite top? Mum, can I … Continue reading Life Interrupted

    • Informed by Love
      • Scripture: 1st Corinthians 8:1-13 Video Link: https://youtu.be/r5yAZXm_xNQ Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-4-may-2025-informed-by-love Structure: Introduction: Good morning everyone. Imagine for a moment that you have a superpower. Maybe super strength or the ability to fly or perhaps move objects with your mind or make yourself invisible. What if you could heal people just by touching them? Or discern … Continue reading Informed by Love

    • The Tree of Life
      • Scripture: Genesis 2:8-17, 3:22-24, Proverbs 3:18, 11:30, 13:12, 15:4, Revelation 22:1-2 Video Link: https://youtu.be/bDNF7EVaRIE Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-27-apr-2025-the-tree-of-life Structure: Introduction: Good morning everyone. Sustainability is a word we hear a lot these days. In 1987, the United Nations defined sustainability as “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet … Continue reading The Tree of Life

    • Transformation
      • Scripture: Isaiah 65:17-25 Video Link: https://youtu.be/Spt3lNxBec0 Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-20-apr-2025-transformation Structure: Introduction: Good morning everyone. Miracles of transformation are all around us. Perhaps the most common and yet unnoticed transformation is the miracle of photosynthesis. Plants are able to absorb water, carbon dioxide and sunlight then transform it into glucose energy. As part of this process, … Continue reading Transformation

    • Palm Sunday – by Sam Barris
      • Scriptures: John 12:12-19, Hebrews 10:22-25, Matthew 27:15-26, 1 Peter 3:15-16 Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-13-apr-2025-palm-sunday-sam-barris Palm Sunday – by Sam Barris: Good morning everyone, have you ever been swept in the energy or the excitement or the momentum of a crowd? Maybe you’ve been at a sports game, jumping up and down out of your seat cheering … Continue reading Palm Sunday – by Sam Barris

    • Good Wood
      • Scriptures: Mark 15:16-23, Luke 23:32-34, John 19:28-37 Video Link: https://youtu.be/aLIuV-PCblo Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-6-apr-2025-good-wood Structure: Introduction: Good morning everyone. Easter is almost upon us. Easter is the time when we remember Jesus’ death on Good Friday and his resurrection on Easter Sunday. It seems strange to call the day Jesus died ‘good’, but it is right. … Continue reading Good Wood

    • The Cedar Tree
      • Scriptures: Leviticus 14, 1 Kings 6, Psalm 92, Ezekiel 17 Video Link: https://youtu.be/PAZlUkTL934 Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-30-mar-2025-the-cedar-tree Structure: Good morning everyone. There are five countries in the world who have a tree on their flag, one of which is Lebanon. Would anyone like to guess what tree we find on the Lebanese flag? [Wait] That’s right, … Continue reading The Cedar Tree

    • The Fig Tree
      • Scripture: Luke 13:1-9 Video Link: https://youtu.be/DGLyluurx5s Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/83f7b8ce-a1ff-4108-8a7c-cc28b7f99959 Structure: Introduction: Good morning everyone. All fruit trees produce flowers. Usually, the flowers grow on the outside of the tree so you can see the flower. But fig trees are different. With fig trees the flower is inverted, it is hidden inside the fig itself. To … Continue reading The Fig Tree

    • Nebuchadnezzar’s Tree
      • Scripture: Daniel 4 Video Link: https://youtu.be/D-yuZGs-fuc Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-16-mar-2025-nebuchadnezzars-tree Structure: Introduction: Good morning everyone. Many of you would have heard of the story of Beauty and the Beast. In one version of this fairy tale, the young prince is turned into a beast because he behaves in a beastly manner; he is cruel, unkind and … Continue reading Nebuchadnezzar’s Tree

    • The Olive Tree
      • Scripture: Zechariah 4 Video Link: https://youtu.be/Vs_KEWMjnfM Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-9-mar-2025-the-olive-tree Introduction: Good morning everyone. Have you noticed how much the price of olive oil has increased lately. A couple of years ago you could buy one litre of olive oil for around $10 or $12. Now it costs nearly twice that or even more for some … Continue reading The Olive Tree

    • The Sycamore Tree
      • Scripture: Amos 7 Video Link: https://youtu.be/CD8ZTg4VlW4 Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-2-mar-2025-the-sycamore-tree Introduction: Good morning everyone. Today we continue our Testimony of Trees series by focusing on the sycamore tree. Or to be more precise the Ficus Sycomorus, also known as the sycamore fig; not to be confused with Acer Pseudo Platanus, which is the European version of … Continue reading The Sycamore Tree

    • The Mustard Tree
      • Scripture: Matthew 13:31-33 Video Link: https://youtu.be/kEpEo0T-vtg Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-23-feb-2025-the-mustard-tree Structure: Introduction: Good morning everyone. In our fridge at home, we usually have three different kinds of mustard: mild mustard, which we use on hot dogs and sausages, whole grain mustard, which has a bit more of a kick to it, and Dijon mustard which … Continue reading The Mustard Tree

    • The Almond Tree
      • Scriptures: Numbers 17 and Jeremiah 1:4-12 Video Link: https://youtu.be/s7j84uA3qy0 Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-16-feb-2025-the-almond-tree Structure: Introduction: Good morning everyone. One of the greatest joys in life is learning something new. One new thing I learned this past week is that walnuts, cashews, pistachios and almonds are not nuts. Technically they are drupes. A drupe is a kind … Continue reading The Almond Tree

    • The Tamarisk Tree
      • Scripture: Genesis 21:22-34 Video Link: https://youtu.be/w4-ftz3ddMM Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-9-feb-2025-the-tamarisk-tree Structure: Introduction: Good morning everyone. There are two kinds of trees: deciduous and evergreen. The word deciduous means ‘to fall off’. Deciduous trees shed their leaves in autumn, to conserve energy in winter, then regrow their leaves in spring. Deciduous trees tend to have broad leaves, … Continue reading The Tamarisk Tree

    • The Tree of Knowledge
      • Scripture: Genesis 2:8 -3:7 (selected verses) Video Link: https://youtu.be/qC2-dBaqrLs Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-2-feb-2025-the-tree-of-knowledge Structure: Introduction: Good morning everyone. The street we live in is lined with Pōhutukawa trees, well mostly. We actually have one or two Rātā trees as well, although it’s hard to tell. Rātā and Pōhutukawa trees appear almost identical at first glance. Their … Continue reading The Tree of Knowledge

    • Riparian Planting
      • Scripture: Psalm 1 and Jeremiah 17:5-10 Video Link: https://youtu.be/PjnEYSNxYsQ Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-26-jan-2025-riparian-planting Structure: Introduction: Good morning everyone. If you watch Country Calendar then you will have heard of riparian planting. Riparian planting is the practice of planting trees and shrubs alongside the edge of rivers, streams and lakes. There are many advantages to riparian planting. … Continue reading Riparian Planting

    • Science and Christian Faith – by Murray Lucas
      • Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-19-jan-2025-science-and-christianity-by-murray-lucas From the chemistry of our morning cup of tea or coffee to the instruments that map the night sky. From breakthroughs that reveal great mysteries to medicines that improve our health outcomes. Science touches every part of our life. Today I want to explore the relationship between Science and the Christian … Continue reading Science and Christian Faith – by Murray Lucas

    • In Our House – by Neville Gardner
      • Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-12-jan-2025-in-our-house-by-neville Earlier in the service I read out a story called “Where’s God?” written by Victor Kelleher. I refer to it a bit in this talk, so here’s a summary: A boy called Peter wanted to know where God is. His sister and dad weren’t much help, but mum said God was in … Continue reading In Our House – by Neville Gardner

    • God’s Glory
      • Scripture: Isaiah 60 Video Link: https://youtu.be/AaDoG32hNoo Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-5-jan-2025-gods-glory Structure: Introduction: Good morning everyone. One of the greatest mathematicians to have ever lived was a man called Archimedes. Archimedes was born in 287 BC, nearly three hundred years before Christ. Archimedes lived in Sicily, a region in Italy. One day the king asked Archimedes to … Continue reading God’s Glory

    • God’s Glory
      • Scripture: Isaiah 60 Video Link: https://youtu.be/AaDoG32hNoo Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-5-jan-2025-gods-glory Structure: Introduction: Good morning everyone. One of the greatest mathematicians to have ever lived was a man called Archimedes. Archimedes was born in 287 BC, nearly three hundred years before Christ. Archimedes lived in Sicily, a region in Italy. One day the king asked Archimedes to … Continue reading God’s Glory

    • The Fruit of Hope
      • Scripture: Isaiah 35 Video Link: https://youtu.be/e3kB49mMC_Y Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-15-december-2024-the-fruit-of-hope Structure: Introduction: Good morning everyone. Joy is the fruit of hope. If hope is a beehive, then joy is the honey. If hope is a herd of cows, then joy is the milk they produce. If hope is a tree, then joy is the oxygen breathed … Continue reading The Fruit of Hope

    • The Fruit of Hope
      • Scripture: Isaiah 35 Video Link: https://youtu.be/e3kB49mMC_Y Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-15-december-2024-the-fruit-of-hope Structure: Introduction: Good morning everyone. Joy is the fruit of hope. If hope is a beehive, then joy is the honey. If hope is a herd of cows, then joy is the milk they produce. If hope is a tree, then joy is the oxygen breathed … Continue reading The Fruit of Hope

    • Sweet & Sour
      • Scripture: Isaiah 64 Video Link: https://youtu.be/U8ejSDq3bgg Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-8-december-2024-sweet-sour Structure: Introduction: Good morning everyone. If you try sucking a lemon, it tastes pretty sour. Sets your teeth on edge. But if you mix the lemon with a bit of honey and water, it’s delicious and good for you. Likewise, if you bite into a raw … Continue reading Sweet & Sour

    • Sweet & Sour
      • Scripture: Isaiah 64 Video Link: https://youtu.be/U8ejSDq3bgg Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-8-december-2024-sweet-sour Structure: Introduction: Good morning everyone. If you try sucking a lemon, it tastes pretty sour. Sets your teeth on edge. But if you mix the lemon with a bit of honey and water, it’s delicious and good for you. Likewise, if you bite into a raw … Continue reading Sweet & Sour

    • Watch
      • Scripture: Mark 13:28-37 Video Link: https://youtu.be/UTzUTNOVvT4 Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-1-december-2024-watch Structure: Introduction: Good morning everyone. When working with anything electrical it’s important not to get your wires crossed. If your car battery runs flat and you need jumper leads to get it started, always remember positive to positive, negative to negative. If you cross your wires, … Continue reading Watch

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