Northside Church - Sydney

Standing at the Threshold: And New Hope As the smell of pine needles starts to fade, and the bins full of wrapping paper and half-eaten turkey go out, the mood post-Christmas changes from celebration to contemplation. In this brief New Years series, we ponder the Bible's insights into those threshold moments, between the pains of unmet expectations, and power of new hope. Speaker: Sam Haddon Series: Standing at the Threshold (2/2) Reading: Ephesians 1:13-23 (NIV)

Standing at the Threshold: Of Unmet Expectation As the smell of pine needles starts to fade, and the bins full of wrapping paper and half-eaten turkey go out, the mood post-Christmas changes from celebration to contemplation. In this brief New Years series, we ponder the Bible's insights into those threshold moments, between the pains of unmet expectations, and power of new hope. Speaker: Sam Haddon Series: Standing at the Threshold (1/2) Reading: Mark 5:25-43 (NIV)

Re-Tale Therapy - Rediscovering the Story of Christmas: Wow Starts Now One of the great challenges of Christmas shopping is not only the parking, but untangling the true message of Christmas from the advertising. In this series, we’ll take the Christmas campaign title of three major retailers and give them a bit of ‘Re-Tale Therapy’. Speaker: Sam Haddon Series: Re-Tale Therapy - Rediscovering the Story Behind Christmas: Wow Starts Now (3/3) Reading: Matthew 1:20-23 (NIV)

The Miracle of Christmas - the miracle of the manger “God with us…”, in the form of a baby no less! How outrageous! How unbelievable! How miraculous! That’s the miracle of what the theologians call “The Incarnation”: God in human form. The reality of this theological truth has profound implications for every human being in that there is no aspect of our humanity God has not experienced and does not understand. Speaker: Graham Agnew Series: The Miracle of Christmas - the miracle of the manger (3/3) Reading: Luke 1:6-14 (GNT)

Re-Tale Therapy - Rediscovering the Story Behind Christmas: The Power of Give In a world where relationships are constantly blowing themselves apart, luckily Woolworths is "Bringing Christmas Together" this year! Surely it takes more than some fresh food and bon bons, to mend those relational divides at Christmas right? Speaker: Sam Haddon Series: Re-Tale Therapy - Rediscovering the Story Behind Christmas (2/3) Reading: Colossians 1:19-23 (NIV)

The Miracle of Christmas...the miracle of the message Why would the God of the Universe, the All Powerful One want to have an intimate relationship with humankind? At the heart of the miracle of Christmas is the fact that He does and that’s the central message of this Season! We aren’t worthy of His love, grace and mercy but He lavishes these things on us anyway and wants us to aspire to the greatness we are destined to achieve in Him.   Speaker: Graham Agnew Series: The Miracle of Christmas...the miracle of the message (3/4) Reading: Hebrews 1:1-9 (GNT)

Re-Tale Therapy - Rediscovering the Story Behind Christmas: The Power of Give One of the great challenges of Christmas shopping is not only the parking, but untangling the true message of Christmas from the advertising. In this New Series, we'll take the Christmas campaign title of three major retailers, and give them a bit of "Re-Tale Therapy." Speaker: Sam Haddon Series: Re-Tale Therapy - Rediscovering the Story Behind Christmas (1/3) Reading: Romans 8:31-32 (NIV)

The Miracle of Christmas...the miracle of the moment When you think about it, there were many options available for God to introduce His Son into the world: via an aristocratic family or with a huge fanfare of pomp and pageantry etc. But no, God chose humble, inconsequential people to play the key roles in that first Christmas drama.  The miraculous thing is, that’s exactly the method He uses today to bring in His Kingdom rule. Speaker: Graham Agnew Series: The Miracle of Christmas...the miracle of the moment (2/4) Reading:  1 Corinthians 1:26-31(GNT)

The Search: Assurance In a world that seems to have so many competing truths, many ask "how can I be really sure about what is fact and what is fiction"? What does the Bible say about our search for assurance? Speaker: Sam Haddon Series: The Search (4/4) Reading: John 20.24-30 (NIV)

The Miracle of Christmas...the miracle of the moment The timing for the arrival of Jesus was perfect, with the social, political and religious conditions lending themselves to a situation where ordinary people flocked to hear Jesus preach and teach. In that sense, it was a miracle!  Today, when people are open and receptive to Jesus’ message, that's the time when God reveals Himself in all His fulness... Speaker: Graham Agnew Series: The Miracle of Christmas...the miracle of the moment (1/4) Reading: Galatians 4:1-11 (GNT)

The Search: For Other-Worldliness Am I what I acquire? Am I what I feel? Am I what I was born into? The list goes on. The search for our Identity seems to be one of the trademarks for the modern life. How does the Bible suggest we find it? Speaker: Graham Agnew Series: The Search (3/4) Reading: Exodus 3:11-15 (NIV)

Baggage: "Faith To Empty Our Bags" Most experienced airline travellers know the secret of travelling light, in that they are constantly reviewing the contents of their bags and tryingg to avoid the penalties of "Excess Baggage". In life by God's grace, it's possible to adopt the same practice, but it takes faith, courage and surrender... Speaker: Graham Agnew Series: Baggage: Live Free...Travel Light (4/4) Reading: TBA

The Search: For Other-Worldliness Whether it be Yoga, Religion or some other form of Spirituality… how do we account for the inner yearnings of the human heart, for something beyond the tangible world around us? Speaker: Sam Haddon Series: The Search (2/4) Reading: Psalm 63 (NIV)

Baggage: "Bag Drop Off" There's always a sense of relief when we finally get to the point in our travels where we're able to drop our bags into the hands of someone else at the Check In counter. Up until then we've been lugging them ourselves but now, at the drop off point, we find release from the burden. Jesus Christ is able to bring that sort of release and freedom as He takes "the baggage" of our lives. Speaker: Graham Agnew Series: Baggage: Live Free...Travel Light (3/4) Reading:  Luke 4:16-21 (GNT)

The Search: For Contentment Why does there seem to be a deep restlessness in the everyday person? Whether religious or not, everyone seems to be searching for that one thing that will really "satisfy". In week one of this new series, we look at happiness. How might the Bible inform our pathway to that elusive state called contentment? Speaker: Sam Haddon Series: The Search (1/4) Reading: Psalm 1 (NIV)

Baggage: "Who Packed Your Bags?" It's one of the standard security questions as authorities try to ascertain the person responsible for the contents of our luggage. It's also an important questions when identifying the people and influences that have contributed over the years to the "baggage" we are carrying. Speaker: Graham Agnew Series: Baggage: Live Free...Travel Light (2/4) Reading: Matthew 11:25-30 (GNT)

Baggage: "What's In Your Bag?" Step one in knowing our life's baggage is lightened and ultimately removed, is to be honest about what we're "carrying". What are the things holding us back, causing us ongoing pain and disappointment? This proved to be a vital step for the man we read about in John 5. Speaker: Graham Agnew Series: Baggage: Live Free...Travel Light (1/4) Reading: John 5:1-13 (GNT)

Correlate: To The Ministry In a world where relationships are constantly blowing apart, staying together seems like the exception rather than the rule. What happens then when you take hundreds of people from differing backgrounds, and get them to do life together… how does that not self destruct? Discover this week, the dynamic behind one of the most mysterious bunch of relationships the world... the church. Speaker: Sam Haddon Series: Correlate (5/5) Reading: Romans 15:1-7 (NIV)

MD, MD, MD When Jesus changed the world, he did it with teenagers. Join us this Sunday morning as Kristyn Haddon our Youth Pastor, shares some of the amazing stories behind the scenes of our Youth Ministry and the biblical basis for it. We may discover, the strategy that is helping facilitate great growth in this area, may not necessarily be just for those under the age of 18. Speaker: Kristyn Haddon Reading: Matthew 28:18-20 (NIV)

Correlate: To The Weak Whether it's high-school, the workplace or a BBQ, we have a tendency to hang around those who are most like us. And yet, the message of Jesus changes that dynamic too...How do we relate across the barrier, of those who are noticeably different than we are? Speaker: Sam Haddon Series: Correlate (4/5) Reading: Romans 14:1-23 (NIV)