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Liberty Church, Auckland, New Zealand, is committed to celebrating the goodness of God and seeing the extension of God's Kingdom through His manifest presence.
This week we explore the importance of understanding and following your heart as an important element of discerning God's will. This message will explore commonly held ideas about the role of our feelings in gaining clarity about the direction God is calling us to move towards.
What is needed for spiritual health? This week we consider one of the key elements missing in the church today.
Want to learn how to grow in the art of Scripture meditation? We should, because the degree to which we meditate on scripture is the degree to which we are growing in our relationship with God. This weeks message will aid that process.
As we come to to the end of our series on Ephesians there is one last passage to address.... it's a challenging one and often raises controversy, though all is not as you may think.
Week 4 of 'Practising Resurrection'
This week we look at how we are called to walk like Christ, as resurrected people.
Week 5 of 'Practising Resurrection.
What does it mean to walk in the way of the resurrected Jesus. This week we find out more.
Ephesians 6:10 "Be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power". This week we learn how to stand in the Lord against the powers and principalities of this world
Scripture tells us “The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world.” (2 Cor 10:4) As we continue our series in Ephesians we begin to look at the weapon’s God has given us for the fight.
Scripture tells us “The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world.” (2 Cor 10:4) This morning we continue to look at the armour that God gives his children for victory.
Resurrection is a restoration of our calling to display God’s grace and reflect God’s rule. Through the resurrection of Jesus we, who believe, are a new people. We are called to live in the way of Jesus.
In the final week of our Contemplating the Cross series we look at the significance of the Lord's table and how the Bread and Cup are to shape our lives.
In this Easter message we will explore 3 powerful ways the risen Jesus meets us in our lives.
In the first of our Practising Resurrection series, we begin by looking at our current position in Christ as the resurrected ones.
Week 3 of Contemplating the Cross - This week we explore how Jesus' work on the cross defeated the "powers" that have wrecked our world. We discover the power of the cross and what it means for our everyday lives, especially in the face of personal and global pain, evil and death.
Week 4 of Contemplating the Cross. This week is all about Substitutionary Love of God. "God does not love us because Christ died for us; Christ died for us because God loved us"
This week begins a new 5 week series and a deep dive into the meaning of the Cross. This will be an enriching empowering experience that will open doors to deeper encounters with Jesus.
Week 2 of a 5 week series. This weeks message explores the important theme of blood sacrifice when understanding the cross of Jesus. This message unpacks another angle of the cross, and what His blood sacrifice means for our daily lives.
Keen to grow in your prayer life? Then this message is for you.
"Prayer is not a pious decoration of life. It is the breath of human existence" Henri Nouwen
What we need in this moment is a fresh revelation of Jesus as the Lamb of God, at the centre of all we do as followers of Jesu
When we walk into a dark room we do not dispel darkness by trying to scoop it up and get it out of the room. We turn on the light. Today we hear ways Christ's light overcomes the darkness of our world.
As we celebrate the last Sunday of Advent we explore glory and peace, two things that are to mark our relationship with God.
The first Sunday of the year is a good time to make conscious changes and build new habits to ground us in God's love.
In this message Trent speaks to 4 of the most important questions we need to ask for a spiritually healthy 2026
This message explores the Advent story of Zechariah. We look at the ways God shows up in his life which has implications for the ways God shows up in our lives. We focus on themes of waiting God's grace and the limits of human potential that open us up to God's power.
Advent is a time of preparation and waiting for God's coming in Christ. This message focuses on John the Baptist and how he points us to Jesus.
Paul uses the metaphor of adoption to explain our new life in Christ.
We explore our identity as a child in God's family and how it liberates us from fear and condemnation
Jesus calls us to be a disciple, one who recognises the free love of God, but is should not stop there. When we look at what Christ has done for us, we have an obligation. This message explores that tension - the tension of acceptance and obedience.
Hear how God transports us to a new reality dominated by the Spirit, where we no longer have to be controlled by sin. Those days are over!
Today, in Christ, you are rescued, forgiven and set free.
We live in a world where condemnation is rampart. The way to transformation is in the good news that there is no condemnation. This message begins an exploration of Romans 8.
Jesus calls His followers to hear His words and to put them into practice. A lifetime of discipleship is a lifetime of practice. And it's only when the testing comes that different foundations are exposed.
This message clarifies the fruit that God is looking for and concludes with a wonderful analogy of what the Christian life should look like.
The Sermon on the Mount finishes with 2 roads, 2 trees and 2 houses, that all make the same point.
This week, what way will you choose? Will you choose the way of life? Our choice matters.
Exercising judgement and passing judgement are two different things. This message challenges us to resist the judgement of another person's heart and challenges the judgementalism about ourselves which leads to condemnation.
"What worries you in the dark is nothing to be afraid of in the light". In this message Trent explores the words of Jesus in Matthew 6:25-34 where Jesus exposes what worry is attached to, exposes what it is and offers the cure.
Our attitude to material wealth is not a peripheral concern to Jesus, but rather a central aspect of how we live as Kingdom citizens. Discover the importance of the location of our treasures, because where your treasure is will be where your heart is.
Being a generous person is part of being a Disciple. This message will inspire you to be that person and to break any spirit of poverty over your life.
This powerful message is a must for everyone.
OUR FATHER part 2 continues looking at the most famous prayer - the prayer Jesus taught his followers. This prayer speaks of intimacy, holiness, justice, dependence, grace, weakness, warfare and hope. It is a powerful tool as we walk the journey of faith.
To apprentice under Jesus is to adopt His lifestyle. Explore one of the secret tools that has enabled God's people to walk in power and victory throughout history.
This powerful message is a must for everyone.
OUR FATHER part 1 looks at the most famous prayer - the prayer Jesus taught his followers. Explored are the various layers and invitations God has for us as a community. This message will without doubt take you to a new place in your prayer life.
This message looks at Matthew 5:33-37. Here Jesus is calling us to have honesty with our words and simplicity with our speech, that our words are trustworthy and that our words build others up. We are reminded that where our words might fail, God's words never fail. He means what He says.
Here we look at Jesus's words in Matthew 6:1 where He talks of practicing our righteousness. This serves as an introduction to 3 spiritual practices that will help us grow in our faith - when you give, when you pray and when you fast. What we practice is what we become.
Here we look at what Jesus says in Matthew 5:38-48 where Jesus challenges the script of our age (alongside Leviticus 24:17-22 and 1 Peter 2:23-24). We are reminded that will power is not the answer, rather we need a reframing of our minds. It takes a deep abiding in Christ to live as Jesus did.
3,000 were slain by the sword if the law at Mt Sinai. 3,000 were baptised into the new covenant n the day of Pentecost and became the first church. Here we look at the four practices the first church devoted themselves to.
Here in Matt 5:31-32 Jesus is condemning the practice of treating women as property and not people. Men are to grant women grace and honour as fellow heirs, who bear the image of Christ.
It highlights that Paul considered divorce a legitimate possibility not only in cases of desertion by an unbeliever, but also in situations of violent abuse.
This message concludes with talking about what marriage should look like in the new covenant - not so much finding the right person, as being the right person . Marriage is built on a promise and the promise sustains love.
This message takes a look at Matthew 5:21-26. With the coming of Jesus there is a new way of doing things. We are challenged to consider the things we are to think on and to consider who is our brother? Maturing in Christ is the aim, with the narrow way leading to life.
The world says that if we have a longing you should have it met - a culture of immediate gratification.
Religion sees our desires as bed - a culture of repression and suppression.
This message takes a look at Matthew 5:27-30 and helps us to find Kingdom solutions for life situations.
"Baptism is not just about eternal life but about walking into the newness of life that is eternal".
In Romans chapter 8 Paul discusses the beauty and power of our new life in Christ. Habits, flaws and sins of the past are buried in baptism. Take a listen to find out more good news.
The 8th Day is part of the Passion Week around Easter. Here where learn that the the 8th Day is where new creation breaks into the old with promises of forgiveness and life.
Here we are encouraged to understand that the language of Christianity is that something has already been done; Christ has done for us what we could not do for ourselves. Our salvation is not based on us being good. Our salvation is based on God being good.
By calling His followers salt and light Jesus is saying that we are vital to the world as a preserving agent in society, restraining corruption and shining as a visible witness.
We are challenged to consider that salt loosing its saltiness is equivalent to Christians loosing their Christlikeness.
Following Jesus and living the Beatitudes leads to divine life but it also leads to persecution. The final Beatitude is not limited to those who suffer violent persecution; to be rejected and ridiculed and misunderstood is part of living the Jesus way. This final beatitude comes with the same blessing as the first.
To follow Jesus means that we are invited to live in the peace that He gives us - peace with God, peace with Jesus, peace within ourselves, offering and making peace in the world around us
In this message Ps Trent looks at the difference between peacemakers and peacekeepers, as well as challenging our thinking process around managing conflict. Learn how to live with inner peace.
The Beatitudes reveal the personality and the heart of Jesus. This 5th Beatitude “Blessed are the Merciful” tells us that blessed are the ones who show loyal love and grace”
Unique to this Beatitude is the fact that it is the only Beatitude where the blessing and the promise match. When we extend mercy to others this positions our being to be in a place of receiving God’s mercy and healing in our lives.
The message by one of Liberty's Elders looks at what is important to God, what it means to see God and what we can do to develop a heart that is pure.
Here Trent looks at "What does meekness look like?" and "What does it mean to inherit the earth?" We learn that meekness means full of power, but restraining that power for the sake of love.
When Jesus says the meek will inherit the earth He is directly quoting Ps 37 which is all about God's plan to elevate the poor and oppressed and the unimportant,
Here we are reminded that Blessed means "How fortunate". We learn that God is mighty to save and that our righteousness does not depend on what we do but on what God has done. Will we hunger and thirst to know Him?
Why the Kingdom matters so much is because our salvation is not just about 'me'.
In this message Kim talks compares the two different kingdoms (satan's and God's) and calls us to be part of the advance of God's Kingdom. It's when we love others that we get to live our best life.
The way of Jesus is more than a philosophy of life, a moral system or a list of do's and don'ts. It is a way of life where we apprentice to Jesus, where we live The Way. The Sermon on the Mount will lead us to a life long journey that sees us transformed into a people of love.
In this message Trent looks at the author of suffering (satan), the Redeemer of our suffering (Jesus) and the Redemption of our suffering.
The Biblical story does not dignify our suffering in the present but promises to bring about its decisive defeat in the end.
Here Trent highlights that the Christian life is not about keeping a set of rules but about being transformed. As we work out our salvation (a command from scripture) its about the recovery of the divine nature we have lost. In this message we see that following Jesus looks like growing in faith, hope and especially love.
In this introduction to our upcoming Sermon on the Mount series, Trent expounds on what it means to live the Jesus Way. We are not just believers but called to live a lifestyle. The gospel cannot be reduced to just receiving Jesus as personal Saviour, as important as that is. We are called to proclaim the new birth and demonstrate the new Kingdom. Salvation is becoming the kind of person God intended human beings to be.
In the western world it can be hard to depend on God as we have so many things propping us up. Here Kim looks like what it means to be poor in spirit, that we might depend on God for all our needs.
In this message Kevin highlights 4 things every disciple should know as it relates to vocation, adoption, location and invitation.
John tells us that the true light which enlightens everyone has come into the world. The light shines in the darkness will not overcome it. In Isaiah's day the days were coming. With the coming of Christ the days have now arrived.
The Word joined us in humanity that we might have power to become the sons and daughters of God. What Jesus Christ is by nature, we are called to become by grace.
We don't have to win a war or win an election for the Kingdom of God to come among us. The Kingdom of God does not come by bullets or ballots; it comes by the Cross of Christ. Our task is to be a community formed around the Crucified One - a community of grace and love where each of us takes up our cross to follow the Lamb
Salvation looks like being led out through the sea, freed from bondage. God sees, hears, cares.
When we bring our wounds to Jesus it initiates our healing. With joy we can draw water from the springs of salvation
There is one continual plan of salvation that began long ago and culminated in Jesus. Jesus came to fulfill what the law and the prophets had tried and failed to do. He brought a new law - the law of love.
Between the house of bondage and the land of milk and honey there is a wilderness. The wilderness is a necessary part of the journey of faith.
Just as Christ was the rock in the dessert that brought forth water, Jesus will be with us and give us water for our souls.
The book of Revelation is all about making fully known the person and plan of Jesus for the redemption of mankind. In it we see the establishment of the new covenant and the kingdom of God. The entire book of Revelation reminds us that Jesus is on the throne. This second week focusses on chapter 13-22 and a victorious church, the Bride of Christ, who following the death of her first husband (the old covenant) becomes married anew to Jesus, carrying the message of the gospel and the coming of the kingdom of God into the world.
No one looms larger in the story of the first Testament than Moses. Moses the deliverer, Moses the lawgiver, Moses the man who talked face to face with God, Moses the man who went toe-to-toe with Pharaoh. But at midlife Moses was none of these things. He was only a forgotten figure with a scandalous past; a former prince in Pharaoh’s court who was now a fugitive working for his father-in-law in the outback. But all of that changed in the mysterious encounter with the burning bush.
The book of Revelation is all about making fully known the person and plan of Jesus for the redemption of mankind. In it we see the establishment of the new covenant and the kingdom of God. This first week focusses on chapter 1-12 and a victorious Jesus who has already defeated and disempowered the enemy, satan.
Joseph was used by God to bring salvation to the house of Israel, with obvious parallels to Jesus.
Jesus is the second Adam who comes in search of the lost Adam. In Christ all will be made alive.
Noah means "He will comfort us in sorrow. We see Jesus as the One who brings comfort. We see Jesus in the flood with our guilty consciences washed away in Baptism. And we see Jesus in the ark - Jesus is the ark that carries us from the old world to the new.
The Abrahamic blessing is realised in Jesus. Jesus is the seed of Abraham. Abraham was searching. He was looking for Jesus, for the Kingdom of God. The church is that City.
Just as Isaac is the son of promise, Jesus is the fulfillment of all the promises of God. Just as Isaac is the son of laughter, Jesus is the bringer of joy. Just as Isaac was the son of sacrifice (where is the lamb, Isaac asks), Jesus is the lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.
Jesus is the ladder upon which the agents of grace ascend and descend. He's the one who reconciled Heaven and Earth.
All scripture finds its fulfillment in Jesus Christ so we should look to Jesus to interpret the Old Testament. Here in Genesis we see the Trinity in the first three verses of Genesis. All creation is the handiwork of Christ. Not only is Christ the creator of creation, He is the redeemer of creation.
This Sundays service begins with the baptisms of Tanu, Sammy and M.J. The message, Anticipating Christ, can be found at 24:46
John in the opening passages of his gospel deliberately borrows from the opening line of Genesis (In the beginning...) because John is convinced that now we have a completely new way of understanding God. This message will inspire us all to love God more.
Jesus’s good news was not about us escaping this world to go to Heaven. Jesus’s good news was about heaven coming to earth, about creation itself being renewed and restored and about us getting to share in God’s life.
SHARING IN GOD's LIFE is the goal of the gospel and Good News for all. Sue explores what this means, what it looks like and how this is even possible.
The Spirit revealed to Simeon that, before he died, he would see the Messiah. Simeon not only sees his salvation, he holds salvation in his arms. This little baby who he holds in his arms will bring in the Kingdom of God. Enjoy this message that challenges us to embody the revolutionary Kingdom of Christ here and now.
Mary the mother of Jesus is recorded as speaking only 4 times in Scripture. The Song of Mary found in Luke 1 is revolutionary. It declares that on the day the Almighty does His thing the mighty are cast down and the lowly are lifted up. This challenges the system of the world and is a challenge to our thinking also. When we humble ourselves God can meet us in deeply profound ways.
Part 2 of a 6 part series - Glory to God | A Christmas Playlist
As part of our Advent series we take a look at a song that came from the lips of a Father. (Zechariah). The story begins in dark days - and into these dark days comes a beautiful song, a song of salvation.
This message will potentially challenge your understanding of the kingdom of God , because the kingdom of God is not like the kingdom of the world. It is the way of peace, where we sow faith , hope, love and joy. This revelation is needed in the church more than ever today.
What do we mean when we call Jesus King?
The gospel is not primarily about going to Heaven or personal self-improvement or even personal forgiveness. Jesus is not the 'secretary of afterlife affairs'! The gospel is the royal announcement that Jesus of Nazareth is now King of the world.
In this message Trent takes us into the Song of Songs, a unique book in the scripture. Jesus was raised from the dead in the springtime and ever since then, for those who believe, there is an eternal spring that Jesus invites us into. This is a lovers sermon about you and Jesus as lover of your soul. You don't have to stay stuck in the world of the dead and dying with all its despair. There is an eternal spring of new creation that Jesus invites you into now.
Troy MacKenzie shares his testimony and in doing so brings us an encouraging message of how God works all things together for good. He challenges us to let love be our highest goal.
The church is God's alternative society built around Jesus Christ where baptised people learn to live the Jesus way together. In this message Trent highlights three characteristics of the earliest Jesus societies.
In this message we look at the paradox of Intimacy and Majesty in our Christian walk, where we learn to hold both aspects of God's nature and where we embrace both reverence and romance.
This message by Kim Goodwin encourages us to embrace gratitude in all of life's journey, to have a grateful heart.
Life is a mix of delightful time and times of difficulty, seasons that are pleasant and seasons that are painful, times of great joy and times of great heartache. God causes all things to work together for good and our stories to be a tapestry of grace.
Kevin Tribe joins Trent Hodson to chat about generosity and the kingdom. This message will inspire and challenge you to embrace generosity and to cultivate a generous spirit.
In his life, death and resurrection Jesus leads us to the Father's house (God's house). He is gathering all of humanity into the father's house - there's plenty of room for everyone.
Today - we get to choose which house we will live in - the house of fear or the house of love.
In this message Ps Trent shares the 5 most significant discoveries he has made over 50 years of being a Christ follower.
When Jesus went to the tomb of his good friend, Lazarus He raised Lazarus from the dead signaling the defeat of death.
All who put their faith in Jesus no longer fear death, as the sting of death had been removed.
In his gospel John strategically places seven miracles of Jesus as signs to guide us. These signs are intended to point us to the right way to believe in Jesus the Christ.
But then as we come to the final few chapters of the book of John we discover an eighth, hidden sign. It is the sign of new beginnings.
New beginning is one of John's major themes in his gospel. And when we read the account of Mary Magdalene coming to the tomb early on the third day after Christ's crucifixion, only to find the tomb empty, we are seeing the new beginning of the world. Jesus Christ is the firstborn of the new humanity. In Jesus Christ humanity finds its NEW GENESIS.
In Jesus Christ we recover our original vocation: to make the world a garden.
Jesus does what He sees the Father doing as He cooperates with Heaven. And we, as followers of Jesus, are called to participate in the Father's work to see Heaven manifested on earth.
The human condition suffers from a kind of emptiness. Jesus constantly tell us not to worry about scarcity, but to trust in God. To connect with Christ is to connect with the Infinite!
In Jewish culture, the sea is a representation of chaos and the origin of evil. So, when Jesus came walking on the sea to the disciples who were in great distress in the storm, it is a sign. It is a sign that leads us to life and informs our faith in Jesus. When we see Jesus walking on water on the rough sea in a dark and stormy night, it tells us that Jesus is Lord! When our life feels like a sinking ship and we are in a dark and stormy situation, we are not alone.
At the wedding in Cana, Jesus performs His first miracle, and in doing so, reveals His glory and His beauty. Jesus is announcing the arrival of the reign of God. It is a sign that there is about to be a huge shift in how we understand our relationship with God.
When we recognize that Jesus is the Living Word with whom we must engage, then we are engaging with the word of Life — God's Wisdom of how to live. To believe in Jesus is to believe that He is what God has to say. If you'll believe in the word of Life (Christ), your soul will be healed, and you will find life.
"God never intended for an Altar, though he planned for it. Instead, God intended a table to enjoy the communion of his people." - John Mark Hicks
Christian – you are a new creation. We now live out of our baptismal identity — we should live as a people who have already died to the old age and already joined Christ in the age to come.
We are people who are to live in a future -present reality. We live lives that reflect and are empowered by Kingdom realities not defined by this age
We demonstrate the coming age of new creation here and now.
In this series we will explore ways in which we can Practice the resurrection life.
Pete continues from the previous week exploring some thoughts from Philippians. One of the main themes in Paul's letter was unity. What is that, what what could that look like? Maybe the biggest question is how do we do that?
Paul's letter to Philippi is full of encouragement, joy and fellowship. What are some of things we can learn, not just from what Paul wrote, but also if we considered how he may have been thinking at the time - What God had done, was doing and will do. God has indeed begun a great work and is faithful to complete it.
I know I am a bit of a dreamer but I am just going to say it – there is no place on earth like the church. A place where the poor are fed and clothed, the sick are helped and healed. Despite our differences in education and opportunity, opinions and politics, we are learning to love one another like Jesus loves us — unconditionally.
Trent shares on what is the last message before we move into our new home at 119 Richardson Road, Mt Albert.
God’s love for His children is expressed in so many ways. Just like a mother for her own children, He expresses His love by nurturing, protecting and comforting. This message is a great reminder of the great sacrifice moms make and that God made for all his children.
The Word became flesh. Words are symbols signifying something beyond themselves. Words are not the thing themselves, but they are how we describe and communicate the idea of a thing. The Word of God, however, is God. The Word of God is Life and Light, and that Word became flesh! The Word made flesh, Jesus Christ, perfectly reveals God because he is God made flesh.
Kim Goodwin shares a fantastic message that reminds us during tough times in life, that... "There is a comfort bigger than your trauma", and that "Surely Jesus has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows (Isiah 53:4).
Jesus is what God has to say and the crucifixion is inseparable from the identity of Jesus. All this is important to showing us a new way of living - we are called to be the Cruciform Ecclesia - the people whose lives are shaped by the cross.
Trent concludes the series "The Week That Was" as we survey the power and the beauty of the cross.
Jesus final night was spent in one of his favourite places where he would go often to pray – the garden of Gethsemane.
Gethsemane means "oil press" and it is here that the Anointed (the Christ) comes under immense pressure. It is here that we most clearly see the humanity of Jesus as he struggles with the will of the Father. And it is here that Jesus takes his stand for a peace that will only come through co-suffering love.
All four Gospels give an account of Jesus being anointed by a woman as an act of worship. Mary of Bethany anoints Jesus’ feet and wipes them with her hair as an act of worship. In all four accounts the woman is criticized by someone for her extravagant worship, yet defended and commended by Jesus. This prophetic act is part of Jesus final week journey to the cross.
The mommas and the papas sang a song back in 1966 called “Monday, Monday” which has one line that says “Oh Monday mornin’ you gave me no warning of what was to be”
On the Monday of the last week Jesus entered into the temple in Jerusalem and undertook what was possibly his greatest prophetic action of his ministry – it was certainly his most provocative. Jesus closed down the temple. What was he telling us?
THE WEEK THAT WAS begins with the arrival of the King. This King does not come on a mighty warhorse declaring power and domination, He comes as a lowly servant on the back of the donkey.
He has come to be crowned King and inaugurate the Kingdom of God. Jesus will stand before all three representatives of the principalities and powers of this world (Caiaphas the High Priest, Herod the King of Judea, and Pontius Pilate the Roman Governor.) as his coronation and passion are played out.
Jesus preaches to the new converts a sermon of blessings and woes. The gospel can be good news or can be not so good news. The choice is yours.
John presents Jesus as the son of God and in doing so he answers the question of the ages- How do we know exactly what God is like?
John makes it so clear: God is like Jesus. Jesus is the definition of God. Jesus is the self-revelation of the complete character of God. There is no Kingdom of God without Jesus Christ at the centre as the King
We continue our birds-eye view of the gospels as we see them declaring the glory and reality of Jesus. We need all four Gospels just like we need the whole body of Christ. Luke, the third Gospel written, gives us the most human picture of Jesus. Through the eyes of Luke we consider 10 powerful effects of the cross.
Gods thoughts and ways are not the same as ours. We need ongoing illumination from the Holy Spirit through the mind of Christ, so we can move over to His better life giving perspective.
The gospel of Matthew is a call to be authentic followers of Jesus. Matthew challenges us with the reality that salvation is about coming to Jesus and following Him in order to walk in His ways by entering into His life. Salvation and discipleship are in fact intertwined in the life of the believer. Matthew also clearly demonstrates that Jesus Christ is the fulfilment of all of the promises that God had made in the Old Testament.
The New Testament opens with 4 Gospel witnesses to the life of Jesus Christ. These 4 distinct, yet complimentary witnesses, give us a full portrait of Jesus. We need all 4 gospels just like we need the body of Christ. In this new series Trent gives a bird's eye view of each of the gospels which will help us understand the underlying theme and revelation that each gospel brings.
Trent Hodson shares the final message in the Unwrapping Christmas series, and talks about the 2nd 1/2 of Human History.
Isaiah 9 contains one of the clearest declarations of Immanuel. In this prophecy we see the coming not only of the King but also the establishment of His kingdom and we consider the power and purpose of His government. Heavens government is a government of peace and goodwill and as believers we are called to live in it NOW.
Continuing the Unwrapping Christmas series - The Angel appeared to the shepherds and made a declaration about the coming king - five rings of truth given from heaven.
Isaiah envisions a day when a Messianic king will rule in righteousness, causing the beastly to be converted and to live humanely with the most vulnerable in society. It is the glorious day when the wolf lays down with the lamb.
Unwrapping Christmas - In The Light of Christ. Pastor Trent shares part two of our series leading up to Christmas.
Unwrapping Christmas - God with us. Pastor Trent begins a new series leading up to Christmas.
The call of being Jesus-followers means we need to position ourselves to reach out to the “other” … those who are in need of an encounter with heaven. In this message we hear from Debbie Airey and Kim Goodwin about how God is moving both locally and internationally, and how we as the people of God can be part of something much bigger than ourselves.
Pete continues the series The Trinity in Four Parts. This week we explore the Holy Spirit and his role in helping us be the people of God.
Pete Sharp continues his series on the Trinity - Jesus came to show us that God is a Father, and He has always been a Father.
Pete Sharp begins a new series on the Trinity - The Word of God became flesh and had the full human experience. This Message of Human is deeply powerful and changes the way we see and approach God.
Jesus manifested in the Kingdom of God does away with the rules and regulations of religion that prevent people connecting with God.
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Let's join together in this pilgrims journey of the heart. We don't always have everything right but we are headed in the right direction.
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The Kingdom lifestyle is expressed through family. Join us for a special time as Pastor Trent explores this vital kingdom truth and as we celebrate together.
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Taking from Psalm 130, Trent shares about the certainty of Gods mercy. Psalm 130 is a psalm of accent, as the people of Israel went up to Jerusalem.
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Pete shares the beginning of a series that focuses on our participation in Christ, and the abundance of life that offers - peace that guards the heart and the mind. In this message Pete shares about how we should view and interact with others and the key is to be a people who are developing their Christ-like character.
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Pete shares the beginning of a series that focuses on our participation in Christ, and the abundance of life that offers - peace that guards the heart and the mind. In this message Pete takes lessons learned from Apostle Paul in how we should journey through tough situations and where we should place our focus.
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Guest speaker David Collins shares on the astonishing revelation that the Apostle Paul had about Jesus and our relationship with God. "The gospel is not the news that you can receive Jesus into your life; the gospel is the news that the Father's Son has come and he has received us into his life" - C. Baxter Kruger. (this audio has been edited to remove the body ministry time).
Kim Goodwin shares a thought provoking message about the mission of the Church. That "Mission is the place where God is active in the world, and the church is viewed as an instrument for that mission".
In this, the final message of the series "Jesus God Revealed" - Trent shares a message called "to hell with love".
In this, the fifth message of the series "Jesus God Revealed" - Trent shares about putting on the glasses of Jesus. "All Scripture and all the promises of God are fulfilled inand by Jesus Christ. If we don’t see it in Jesus we let it go"
In this, the forth message of the series "Jesus God Revealed" - Trent shares about the eighth day of creation.
Teresa Simons shares a fantastic and encouraging message entitled - Maturing into the More - the call to move with God.
In this, the third message of the series "Jesus God Revealed" - Trent shares how understanding that God is like Jesus is essential to our understanding of salvation.
In this, the second message of the series "Jesus God Revealed" - Trent shares how Jesus is what God has to say, that the "The Kingdom of God always looks like Jesus Christ".
Jesus God Revealed Series: The Only Foundation. Trent Hodson starts a new series sharing about how the only foundation for the Christian faith is the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Recorded under Covid-19 restrictions during Liberty's Facebook Live Service. Trent Hodson shares as we celebrate the birth of the Church on Pentecost.
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Recorded under Covid-19 restrictions during Liberty's Facebook Live Service. Pete Sharp shares about the life of John the Baptist and encourages us about some of the lessons we can learn from his life.
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Recorded under Covid-19 restrictions during Liberty's Facebook Live Service. Kim Goodwin shares about Courage. To watch the full service video on Facebook visit https://www.facebook.com/libertychurchnz/videos/681489939309681
Recorded under Covid-19 restrictions during Liberty's Facebook Live Service. Have you ever wondered how a mothers Love is like Gods Love for us? This weekend we celebrate Mothers Day and Pastor Trent Hodson reminds us of the great sacrifice mums make and that God made for all His children.
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Recorded under Covid-19 restrictions during Liberty's Facebook Live Service. Have you ever wondered what the Holy Spirits role has on the earth? Pastor Pete takes us to John today to show us what role the Holy Spirit has and what our co-mission is.
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Recorded under Covid-19 restrictions during Liberty's Facebook Live Service. Pastor Trent dives into Psalm 29 to remember, no matter what we are facing, God is still on the throne.
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Recorded under Covid-19 restrictions during Liberty's Facebook Live Service. Kevin Tribe shares a word on everyday life.
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Recorded under Covid-19 restrictions during Liberty's Facebook Live Service. Trent shares during our Easter Service online.
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Pete begins a series on the Attributes of the Kingdom. The cornerstone of the Kingdom is the Lordship of Jesus. Discover how submission is really an empowerment and the key to seeing His Kingdom come and Will be done of earth as in heaven.
One body with many members. We get to extinguish division in the body by what we focus on and call out in each other.