What are the psalms and how can we use them?  What can we learn from Psalm 1? Listen to Ryan’s sermon split into (1) the gladness of the Godly, (2) a warning for wanderers and (3) the result of the route we take.  Be encouraged to “bring your bucket to the well” (John 7:37-38).

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by Ryan Bond: Part 3 of the Self-Denial series dealing with the topic of suffering hardships. (Key verses: Acts 16:22-40)

Often people’s first response to suffering is “What did I do to deserve this?”. Listen to this week’s sermon to examine the underlying belief of that statement before looking at (1) God’s consent, (2) his power and (3) his glory in suffering, based on this passage.

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English Sermon Notes Self Denial Week 3                       Korean Sermon Notes – Self Denial Week 3

Chinese Sermon Notes – Self Denial Week 3                    Indonesian Sermon Notes Penyangkalan Diri Minggu 3 – Kis 16 22-40

Ryan Bond preaches from Acts 16:16-24 as Part 2 of our Self-Denial series, this time focussing on freedom.

Listen to the sermon to find about about (1) the need for, (2), the giver of and (3) the cost of freedom.

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Peter Mihaere from Tranzsend speaks to us from Acts 16:6-12 as we begin our 2012 Prayer and Self Denial series. Peter shares stories of his experiences in overseas countries, aiming to follow God’s leading, encouraging us to respond to God’s call in whatever life situation we’re in.

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by Lance Pilbrow (our intern from Carey College)

What does the question ‘What were your most defining moments?’ have to do with Easter?  Are feelings of fear and joy compatible, and how is the Easter Story revelant to us?

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“A Healthy Church” – Part 9 : Generosity (by Ryan Bond)

In this sermon, Ryan looks at 2 Corinthians 9:1-15 and preaches about (1) what giving is all about, (2) how to give and (3) why give.

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Sermon Notes Indonesian Sebuah Gereja yang sehat adalah sebuah Gereja Dermawan 2 Korintus 9

Sermon Notes Korean 건강한 교회는 베푸는 교회이다

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 ”Easter Preparation Story” – based on Matthew 27:11-26 (by Ryan Bond )

Have you ever tried to imagine what it would have been like to be part of the crowd, when the decision was made to release Barabbas, “a notorious prisoner” (Matthew 27:16 NIV) and have Jesus “flogged” and “crucified” (verse 26)?  Listen to the following recording, and let this story prepare your heart for Easter.

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Sermon Notes Chinese 耶稣和巴拉巴-马太福音

Sermon Notes Korean 예수와 바라바

“A Healthy Church” – Part 8: Serving the Community (by Lance Pilbrow)

What would it have been like for the Isrealites to live in exile in Babylon, and then being asked to settle and live out their faith in this hostile community? Fast-forward to the Roman Empire where Peter addresses his readers with a similarly “outrageous” message, before moving into our day and age and some some examples of how the Christian faith can be lived out in our modern day community.  Key verses: Jeremiah 29:3-9; 1 Peter 2:11-17

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지역사회에 기여 – Serving – A Healthy Church – Korean

Melayani Masyarakat – Serving – A Healthy Church – Indonesian

Serving – A healthy church – Mandarin

Serving – A healthy church – English

“A Healthy Church” – Part 7: Caring  (by Ryan Bond)

Ryan is beginning his sermon stressing the need for the church to be a safe place, where members can be themselves and love each other through practical care before focussing in on the following three things: (1) Devoted Care, (2) knowing the doting Father and (3) the drawn world. Key verses: John 13; Matthew 12:46-50; Ephesians 2:19.

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 ”A Healthy Church” – Part 5  Discipleship (by Ryan Bond)

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In this sermon, Ryan explores why it is paramount for us to follow Jesus, and explains that discipleship simply put is walking toward Christ. This is then followed on by some practical tips and plenty of encouragement for equipping us on that journey; based on Matthew 4:18-19, Ephesians 4:1; 11-16; Ephesisans 2:8; 1 Corinthians 13 and Galations 5:22-23.   So get your bible, put your feet up and get listening! Alternatively, you could download this onto your ipod or similar device, and just listen while you go for a walk, or clean your house.  Click link to Listen to Sermon (30 MB) 

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In week three of our series on aspects of a healthy church, Andrew Picard of Carey Baptist College looks at the question “What is the Gospel?” Speaking from Luke 4, Andrew looks at the stories we live our lives from, as compared with the story of God and what he is doing in our lives and the world.

What is the Gospel? – Andrew Picard (PDF of powerpoint slides, <2Mb)

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“A Healthy Church”

Part 2 of the series: Membership  (by Ryan Bond)

Key bible verses: Ephesians 25,26; Acts 2:41; 2 Timothy 2:19

Who belongs in the church? How do we determine what behaviour is appropriate for people in the church? Surely the answer cannot be found in how much people know or even their outer appearance. Have we adopted the “non-committal culture” around us? And why do we have formal membership in our church? Listen to today’s sermon to see that it is all about the direction people are heading, in that there needs to be a movement towards Jesus Christ, the centre.

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New Series “A Healthy Church” – Part 1 Conversion (by Ryan Bond)

Listen to today’s sermon to look at the conversion of Saul (Paul – Acts 9) and Nicodemus (John 3). People often have very different experiences of conversion.  Discover why looking at the following attributes of conversion may help our understanding of what conversion is and is not.

(1) divine and human

(2) event and process

(3) personal and social

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Why is it important to read bible verses in context? Is it wrong to quote single verses? Listen to this last sermon in the series on “Understanding the Bible” to gain some fresh insights and may be surprising answers. Make sure you have located the “pause” button, so you can look up the bible passages used as an illustration. If you have not got a bible handy, you can go to www.biblegateway.com.

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Sometimes it can seem like the Old Testament God and the New Testament Jesus are very different, or at the very least the two Testaments tell different stories. But when we begin to see that Moses wrote about Jesus (John 5:46) and that the Old Testament instructs us for salvation through faith in Jesus (2 Timothy 3:15), we can begin to see that the Bible is one book, telling one cohesive story. As an example, we examine the similarities between the Passover Lamb in Exodus 12 and Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God who came to take away the sin of the world.

January 29 sermon (MP3, 29 MB)

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In the second week of four on understanding the Bible, we take a look at a couple of examples of how to apply what we read in the Bible. We learn that while meaning stays the same, application can and should change depending on our situation. We look at Romans 16 and the “holy kiss” and Acts 8 as examples.

January 22nd sermon (MP3, 30MB)

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When we hear poetry, we know we don’t try and understand it in the same way we understand a manual teaching us how to replace an engine in a car. Because the bible is a book of many different types of writing (genres), we need to know how to look for different things from different types of writing.

In today’s sermon, we look at what questions to ask when reading the stories of Jesus in the Gospels, emotional poetry in the Psalms, and teaching material the letters of the Bible.

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Understanding the bible week 1 (PDF, <1MB)

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by Ryan Bond entitled “The Birth of a Servant King” (key verses John 1; Luke 2:1-7; Philippians 2:6-7).

Listen to this week’s sermon and be reminded that Jesus is not only ‘the reason for the season’, He is eternal, divine, universal, yet became human – and wants to use YOU!

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by Ryan Bond: Part 1 of 2 of the Christmas Story (key verses: Matthew 1:1-24; John 1:1-5; Colossians 1:16-17). To make sense of the story of Christmas, Ryan is inviting us to first look at three stories surrounding Jesus that illustrate why we need Him: (1) The story of God’s calling of Irael, (2) the story of creation, (3) stories of significance.

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(Click to listen or right-click to download – 25.7 MB).  Look out for Part (2) on ‘God becoming human’ next week.

by Ryan Bond on the Tenth of the Ten Commandments: “You must not covet your neighbor’s house. You must not covet your neighbor’s wife, male or female servant, ox or donkey, or anything else that belongs to your neighbor.” (Exodus 20:46, NLT).

What does “coveting” mean? Put into plain language it is simply “wanting way too much, without limit, thinking only about yourself”.  Listen to the sermon to find about about (1) the wrong way, (2) the other way and (3) the only way.  You don’t want to miss out on this wrap up of the whole of the Ten Commandments. Don’t forget, if you have missed one or simply want to remind yourself, they are all up under ‘Resources-Sermons’.   Speak to Ryan if youREAD MORE

by Ryan Bond on the 9th of the Ten Commandment: “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbour.”  (Exodus 20:16).

Listen to the sermon to find out our true motives for  (1) telling “white lies”, (2) slander, (3) exaggeration and (4) gossip and what to do about these.

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by Paulina Kidd on the Eighth of the Ten Commandments: You must not steal (Exodus 20:15; key verses: Deuteronomy 10:14; Ephesians 4:28; Matthew 6:19-32).

What can “The Tale of Peter Rabbit” teach us about stealing and is there more to stealing than meets the eye? To find out

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by Ryan Bond on the Sixth of the Ten Commandments – “You shall not murder” (Exodus 20:13; key verses: Matthew 5, 1 John 3:15 and Mark 3:1-6).

What can growing a plant from seed illustrate about how people can come to disobey this command and how is this command relevant to us ‘law-abiding citizens’? Does it matter that we get angry with people sometimes? Didn’t Jesus get angry too?

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by Ryan Bond picking up again on our series on the Ten Commandments after a two week break.  This sermon is on the 5th commandment (Exodus 20:12) about honoring our parents. Listen to the sermon to understand Ryan’s argument that this commandment is (1) about respecting our parents, but also about (2) raising our children well, (3) regarding those in authority and (4) recognizing our place in the family.

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by Ryan Bond on Ephesians 5:15-20. (We will take up our series on the Ten Commandments again next week after a two week break over the school holidays.)  A closer look to this passage will reveal that Paul exhorts his readers to think about their (1) time, (2) decisions and (3) passions.  Do you have a tendency to fritter your time away(1)? What do you base your decisions on, and how is the story of a little girl touching an electric fence relevant for us (2)?  Why is it that Ryan says that “it is not about what we are doing, but about what we are trying to avoid” (3)?

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by Tim Wright on 2 John. (Our series on the Ten Commandments will continue after a two week break during the school holidays.)  Make sure you have a bible handy, as Tim guides you through 2 John verse by verse – with a few diversions to other passages of scripture. Find out why John is using the word ‘truth’ so many times, what the ‘gnostics’ were (are) about, and …

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This is the fifth sermon in our Ten Commandment series, and looks at the fourth command (Exodus 20:8-11). The command is to remember the Sabbath, and is the only command to include a reason for its existence. Why? You’ll have to listen to the sermon to find out : ) Sermon notes available too.

October 2nd sermon (27MB) Click to listen or right click and save to download.

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by Ryan Bond on the Third of the Ten Commandments – key bible verses Exodus 20:7 and Exodus 20; also Exodus 3:14-15; Matthew 6:9; Philippians 2:9-11.

Find out about (1) the significance of names, (2) what not to do, (3) what to do, and (4) why.

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By Ryan Bond on Exodus 20:4-6 – the Second of the Ten Commandments. As well as Exodus 20, key passages include Isaiah 40, Isaiah 52-53, Genesis 1:27, and Romans 5:16-17.

18th September sermon (mp3) 

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by Ryan Bond on the First of the Ten Commandments – key verses Ex. 20:1-3, Ex. 32:1-5, Gal. 4:8

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Sermon notes – Ten Commandments # 1

by Ryan Bond starting our new series on the Ten Commandments- Key bible verses: Exodus 20:1-17

In this series Ryan is challenging us to see how much God has done for us, in “paying the bill for us”.

This morning he pointed out some seemingly contradictory passages from the New Testament about whether or not the Ten Commandments were still relevant for us (for example compare Gal. 3:25 and Rom. 6:14 to 1 Cor 9:21 and Luke 16:17). Ryan then went on to explain how we can differentiate between three different types of law and..

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If you would like to donate to this cause, you can do so using the following account. Please clearly state the words “Indonesian fishermen” under reference details, to ensure we can clearly identify and redirect the funds. Many thanks for your help.

Account name: Albany Baptist Church

Bank Details: Westpac Mairangi Bay

Bank Code: 030180

Account number: 0110978-00

Reference: Indonesian fishermen

by David Marriott “Living the Dream” – Key bible verses: Joshua 1:1-9

David spoke about letting go of doubt and stepping out in faith to achieve what God has called us to do. Faith – stepping into the unknown – trusting God.

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David and his wife of 43 years, Linda, currently live in Orewa. They have 6 children and 9 grandchildren.  David has served as (Senior) pastor in several Baptist churches (Temuka, Upper Hutt,  Murrays Bay, now Windsor Park) and,  for 7 years, in an international and interdenominational church in Hong Kong. He has also been interim pastor of 3 churches that needed someone to lead them short term. He is nowREAD MORE

The second week in a three week series of Self Denial and Prayer. The series is in prayerful and financial support of Tranzsend missionaries who are based in Asia. Week One was ‘Enable the Harvest by Planting’, and this week is ‘Enable the Harvest by Partnering’.

Romans 12:1-8

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What is life all about for you? For us here at Albany Baptist, we believe that life has a purpose greater than simply surviving. We are a collection of people from different cultures, ages and backgrounds – brought together by our desire to grow and get to know God better.

We’d love you to join us for our 10am Sunday services at Albany Primary School hall.

Sunday services are held at 10am at Albany Primary School hall, 6 Bass Rd, Albany. Sunday service location map

Our offices are located at 18 Airborne Rd, Rosedale, unit 1. They are generally open Monday – Thursday, 9am-5pm, but call ahead to check – 09 415 2490 Office location map

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Faith for Families

Faith for families is a resource created to help parents pass on to their children what our Christian faith is about. This looks to be a great resource.

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