Embracing The Way The Suffering

St Paul's Auckland

Embracing The Way The Suffering

September 8, 2024 • Matt Bruns • Acts 21:8–15

The New Testament writers understood that suffering in the Christian life is not random or arbitrary, and that the Incarnation & Christ’s death were God’s way of participating with us in suffering. This week we explore Paul’s encounters with suffering in Acts 21 and what it can teach us today. At the beginning of Matt's talk there is a video played, credit goes to Bible Project: Bound for Rome - Acts 21-28.

Why Is God's Judgement Good News For Us?

August 18, 2024 • Luke Fenwick • Acts 17:16–34

Luke Fenwick unpacks the infamous Areopagus sermon in Acts 17 which is the fullest and most dramatic speech of Paul’s missionary career. He used this to call Gentiles to worship the one true God in a world peppered with many gods and idols.

Willingness Wins

August 11, 2024 • Ian Yong • Acts 15:1–21

How do we increasingly become a church that doesn't exist just for those already in church but for everyone.

The Spirit Led Life

July 14, 2024 • Matt Bruns • Acts 13:1–12

We lean into Acts 13 as we wrestle with how to recapture something of the early enthusiasm, vision and power of the early church as they were overwhelmed by the Spirit and thrust out into witness.