Tom McIvor takes our Baptism service message this week, looking at the question "What Does It Mean To Follow Jesus?". As we are blessed to have 5 of our young adults getting baptised this week, Tom looks at what this actually means. Starting in Matthew, Tom heads to 1st Kings 19 where Elisha is called to follow Elijah. What can we learn from this short passage, and what can it teach us about following Jesus? Tom looks deeper at this in today's message. Recorded at the Hukanui Bible Church mornin...
May 30, 2021•27 min•Season 2021Ep. 21
Andrew Lintons brings us a look at our passage for this week in 2nd Samuel 9. Today we are looking at the (hi)story of Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, grandson of King Saul. David wants to show kindness to the descendants of Jonathan, as he promised. But this man was crippled, so what will David do? Jonathan Linton starts by reading 2nd Samuel 9 from the NLT version before Andrew comes up to speak. Recorded at the Hukanui Bible Church morning service on Sunday the 23rd of May 2021 during the ...
May 23, 2021•32 min•Season 2021Ep. 20
Join us this week as Tom Leslie looks at our passage for today in 2nd Samuel 7. Should we keep our promises? What about if your parents bribe you with a Playstation if you go to your school ball and then don't keep that promise? Tom talks about these things as he reads through 2 Samuel 7, which he splits into four sections - Houses and Covenants; The Past Promises; The Future Fulfillment; Our Present Response. Before going through our passage, Tom starts by giving an overview of what we've gone ...
May 16, 2021•31 min•Season 2021Ep. 19
Gavin Lynch takes our Mother's Day message for 2021, looking at the story of Jochebed in Exodus 2. Who was Jochebed, and what was her legacy in the Bible? Gavin looks at that this week as he looks at this story of Moses' mother. From defying the Egyptians edict which commanded that all Hebrew boys be killed when they're born, to raising her son for Pharaohs daughter, Jochebed was the mother of a pivotal character in the Old Testament. Gavin looks at how the people of Israel ended up in Egypt, an...
May 09, 2021•32 min•Season 2021Ep. 18
The awesome Luke Stevenson spoke this month during our monthly Sunday evening service, his topic being "How Do We Grow Spiritually?". Luke jumps straight into our question today with the statement "Growing spiritually is how do we become perfect by God's standards as we seek to love God with all our being, and love our neighbours?" He then asks if perfection is even possible, and goes on to discuss this before jumping into how we can actually grow spiritually with celebration. Recorded at the Hu...
May 02, 2021•18 min
As we enter week 3 in our series on 2nd Samuel, Mikey Cooper looks at the moving of the Ark in 2 Samuel 6. Mikey starts by giving us an overview of the story covered in the books of Samuel up to where we are at this week. Mikey then poses us with the question, "How would you individually view God?" Before reading through today's passage, Mikey gives us some pretext on the Ark itself, leading into our passage in 2 Samuel 6. Mikey looks deeper into the actions of Uzzah, and how we view God when we...
May 02, 2021•41 min•Season 2021Ep. 17
As HBC enters the second week in 2nd Samuel, Brian Goodwin looks at David's Coronation in 2 Samuel 5. After giving us a brief promotion for Lake Learning camp at Mi Camp in Taupo, Brian reads our passage for this week before diving into his message. He talks about the evidence given that the story of David is true, and how we can trust the Bible. How is this story relevant to us today where we are? Brian looks at this while discussing the significance of the city of Jerusalem. He wraps up by loo...
Apr 25, 2021•40 min•Season 2021Ep. 16
Peter Cowie starts our new series in 2nd Samuel this week, starting with 2 Samuel 1:1-16. Peter challenges us with the concept of a "story" as we enter 2nd Samuel. What are the differences we see between Saul and David? Both Kings of Israel throughout the books of Samuel, but very different in how they lead and who they were to the people and God. Peter dives into 3 different aspects of this passage to help us know what God is trying to teach us - the contrast; the problem; and speech. In today'...
Apr 18, 2021•34 min•Season 2021Ep. 15
Jeff Samuel takes our Easter Sunday message for 2021 Jeff gives us a detailed dive into the "Feast of First Fruits" from Leviticus 23. He starts by looking at 1 Corinthians 15:20-23, and the parallels found here. He then looks at 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17 which discusses what happens when a believer passes. Continuing on to Daniel 12:1-2, he looks at what will happen to the Old Testament Saints. From here, Jeff looks at the significance of these events leading to the Tribulation times in Revelatio...
Apr 04, 2021•36 min•Season 2021Ep. 13
Murray Stevenson, the Missions Ambassador for GC3 New Zealand, gives us an update on the ministry work provided through GC3. Murray talks to us about the mission work he and his wife Joy have recently left in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, now moving into their new role as Missions Ambassadors with GC3 NZ. Murray talks about how we are all called to be ambassadors for Christ, as in 2 Corinthians 5:11-20. You can learn more about GC3 at www.gc3.org.nz Recorded at the Hukanui Bible Church m...
Mar 27, 2021•38 min•Season 2021Ep. 12
Join us in the final week of our series on "The Seven Churches" in Revelation where Alan Stanely looks at the letter to the Church at Laodicea in Revelation 3:14-22. Alan starts his message this week by reading our passage before jumping into a story about an encounter with his son at a young age. This leads into the crux of the problem with the church at Laodicea, as outlined by this letter. He drills in on the meaning of verse 16 where it talks about the church being luke-warm, and what this m...
Mar 20, 2021•44 min•Season 2021Ep. 11
Coming into week 6 of our series on "The Seven Churches" in Revelation, Hayden John looks at the letter to the Church at Philadelphia in Revelation 3:7-13. Starting by looking at today's passage, Hayden questions what the point is of reading a letter written to a bunch of people 2,000 years ago in a place most of us have never been to. Hayden divides our passage into 3 sections about Jesus revealing insights for the believers' life - Jesus reveals His character; Jesus reveals His approval; Jesus...
Mar 13, 2021•48 min•Season 2021Ep. 10
This week 5 of our series on "The Seven Churches" in Revelation, Paul Tabrum looks at the letter to the Church at Sardis in Revelation 3:1-6. Paul starts with a PowerPoint showing an overview of the seven churches in Revelation, before diving deeply into the letter to the Church at Sardis. Paul goes verse by verse through our passage and breaks it down, going into detail throughout the six verses explaining the background and understanding of each part. Recorded at the Hukanui Bible Church morni...
Mar 06, 2021•36 min•Season 2021Ep. 9
Entering week 4 of our series on "The Seven Churches" in Revelation, Peter Sun looks at the letter to the Church at Thyatira in Revelation 2:18-29. Peter starts of with an overview of where the city of Thyatira is today, what it is known for, and what it was back in the time of the New Testament, specifically in regards to trade guilds, to give some background to our passage from today. Peter then reads through Revelation 2:18-29 before breaking it down. He looks at the start of this reading at ...
Feb 27, 2021•39 min•Season 2021Ep. 8
This is week 3 of our series on "The Seven Churches" in Revelation, and Mikey Cooper looks at the letter to the Church at Pergamum in Revelation 2:12-17. Starting with an overview of what the city of Pergamum was like, Mikey leads into our passage for today. Mikey builds a framework to help us understand the text and the application we can pull from it by looking back to the story of Balaam in Numbers, followed by the letter to the church at Corinth in 1st Corinthians chapters 8-10, which he use...
Feb 20, 2021•41 min•Season 2021Ep. 7
As we enter week 2 of our series on "The Seven Churches" in Revelation, Alan Stanley takes a look at the letter to the Church at Smyrna in Revelation 2:8-11. Alan starts with a very brief overview of the purpose of the book of Revelation, before diving into our text for today. He takes a look back into Isaiah and challenges us to view how we can often try to take the place of God (play god) in our own lives. To put things into perspective, Alan looks at what it would have been like to live under...
Feb 13, 2021•44 min•Season 2021Ep. 3
As we enter week 1 of our new series on "The Seven Churches" in Revelation, Gary starts us off with his last sermon as our pastor at Hukanui Bible Church, looking at the letter to the Church in Ephesus in Revelation 2:1-5. This week we were blessed to have 2 baptisms during our service, which Gary was able to tie the theme of this letter to quite nicely. Gary starts out by looking at the state of the Church in Ephesus as it stands when this letter is written and looks at how this is the second l...
Feb 06, 2021•28 min•Season 2021Ep. 5
This week, Sam Crosbie looks at "Food Laws and the Observance of Sacred Days" from Romans 14. Sam starts by discussing not what Paul says in this passage, but what he doesn't say. This leads to Sam's first point - "We are called to have convictions". He looks at how at no point in this letter is Pauls aim to correct the readers. Instead, it is to place personal responsibility on each reader and hearer of the letter that their opinion is right. Sam then looks at how this thought applies to us tod...
Jan 30, 2021•19 min•Season 2021Ep. 4
This week, Billy Hanna looks at the Rich Young Ruler from Mark 10. Through this passage, Billy looks at 3 key points - The righteous discernment of Christ (v17-21); The tragic delusion of the young ruler (v22); The contrasting response of Zaccheus (Luke 19); He discusses the difficulty of evangelism and how Christ was able to discern this man and share what is relevant to him. However, even through all of this, Billy looks at how the young ruler was so quick to make the sad decision not to pursu...
Jan 23, 2021•25 min•Season 2020Ep. 3
This week, Damien Peden looks at Biblical Faith from Mark 5. Damien looks at the story of Jairus and the woman who had been bleeding for 12 years and dives into the faith that they had to have to be able to approach Jesus for His help. He looks at the significance of who these two people were in the time, and the vast differences in their stories. Damien then looks at how we view hope vs faith as Christians. Due to technical difficulties, the first 5-6 minutes of this message had to be re-record...
Jan 16, 2021•20 min•Season 2021Ep. 2
This week, Jono McMillan looks at "Our Hope" in the new year. Jono reflects on what has happened to the world in 2020, and how it has affected all of us in different ways. In reflection on all this, Jono challenges us where we are looking to for our hope. He looks at some passages that talk about how God is where our hope should be rooted. Jono then looks at what "goals" or "resolutions" we have set for 2021, and he gives us some ideas on how he's personally trying to manage his own, including t...
Jan 02, 2021•16 min
Over the Summer break, our services are a shorter devotion time, and in this first week, Ernie Pene looks at the story of Onesimus from the book of Philemon. After reflecting over the testimonies we've heard at the evening services in 2020, Ernie goes over the story of Onesimus and his journey. He reads the letter that Paul wrote to Philemon, the master of Onesimus, and breaks it down into four areas for discussion as he covers the three people that are in this letter. Ernie looks at how Philemo...
Dec 26, 2020•19 min•Season 2020Ep. 52
This last week of our end of year series, Gary Gilpin looks into the story of the birth of Jesus the Messiah, from Matthew 1 verses 18 to 25. Gary covers three different aspects of the birth - the scandal of it all; the spirit involved in the scandal; and the surrogate/substitute. He talks about each of these three aspects in the context of the time, and how it was so much more than what the prophecies talked about. Gary discusses how this would seem if it happened today. He challenges us to rem...
Dec 19, 2020•23 min•Season 2020Ep. 51
For our monthly Sunday evening service, this month we are challenged by Brett Falconer in how we live out our faith. Brett dives into how we as Christians can live for the treasures/trash on this Earth, but we can often fail to recognise what awaits us in Heaven. He challenges us to how we are living our day to day life to glorify God, rather than loving the life we live in this world. We are so often standing with one foot in each camp, not ready to give it all to God. Are you putting your fait...
Dec 13, 2020•30 min•Season 2020Ep. 4
As we enter week 3 of our end of year series, Paul Tabrum looks at how Jesus was rejected in the synagogue, from Luke 4 verses 16 to 30. Paul looks at the misunderstanding of Jesus when he was here on earth, and how there is still a lot of misunderstanding surrounding Him today. He looks at how religion stifles our Christian walk, and how this affected to Jewish people when the Messiah arrived. Paul breaks down what Jesus read to the people and their reaction to it. Recorded at the Hukanui Bible...
Dec 12, 2020•31 min•Season 2020Ep. 50
This week we take a break from our current series "The Expected Saviour" as our annual Sunday School breakup service is held. Craig Jamieson brings us his message, "God's Amazing Gift of Love is Giving Himself". Craig shares how God has given His love through the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and he breaks down how God has done this through each of these three. Craig dives into what that actually means to us today as Christmas draws near, to remember the greatest gift of all. Recorded at...
Dec 05, 2020•16 min•Season 2020Ep. 49
As we take a break from our current series, "The Expected Saviour", Peter Cowie takes us through the intimacy of prayer. Peter dives into Matthew chapter 6, and looks at how Jesus lead by example in prayer. He looks closely at the connection we have with Christ as Christians and how this is shown in the Lord's prayer. Peter then discusses what prayer should actually be for us, especially in the "busy" lives so many of us live today, as he looks at how the world today is focusing on mindfulness t...
Nov 28, 2020•31 min•Season 2020Ep. 48
As we enter week 2 of our end of year series, Hayden John looks at Job and his perspective of Christ, from Job 19 verse 25. Hayden gives us a brief overview of what Job is about, and why it's relevant to our topic. Hayden then goes into what he describes are God's three stability truths for the believers life of worship - God's character is awesome; God's redemption is awesome; and God's indwelling life is awesome. Recorded at the Hukanui Bible Church morning service on Sunday the 22nd of Novemb...
Nov 21, 2020•38 min•Season 2020Ep. 47
With our series on 1st Samuel now finished, Gary Gilpin starts our end of year series, "The Expected Saviour", starting with the story of John the Baptist in John 1. Gary looks into the story of John the Baptist and how he prepared the way for the Saviour. Gary discusses how John reacts to meeting the Saviour, and ponders why we call Thomas "Doubting Thomas", but we don't call John "Doubting John", based on the passage of Matthew 11. This gives him a segway to question doubt, if we've ever doubt...
Nov 14, 2020•38 min•Season 2020Ep. 46
This week, Alan Stanley closes 1st Samuel for us looking at the story of Saul's death. As Hukanui Bible Church wraps up 1st Samuel, Alan discusses death and how we approach it. Saul loses three of his sons in the war with the Philistines, and Saul himself is wounded severely. Saul ends his life, causing the Israelites to flee, and bringing 1st Samuel to a close. Alan talks about how the Israelites responded to the death of their king, who they relied on. He discusses how this relates to us, and ...
Nov 07, 2020•43 min•Season 2020Ep. 45
