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 doubted the Bible, and why.

Recorded at the Hukanui Bible Church morning service on Sunday the 15th of November 2020 during the 10:00 am service.

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 our "weekly Gospel" we may rely on to get us through.

Recorded at the Hukanui Bible Church morning service on Sunday the 8th of November 2020 during the 10:00 am service.

This week, Tom McIvor looks at the story of Saul consulting with a medium. Samuel has died and the Lord refuses to respond to Saul's pleas, so in his fear, Saul seeks out a Medium to consult with Samuel from the grave.

As Hukanui Bible Church continues our journey through 1st Samuel, Tom talks about fear in the Bible, and how fear can affect us. Tom discusses how when we are controlled by fear, we are trying to turn to our own internal strength, rather than the strength of God. He looks into how this affected Saul when he was faced with the army of the Philistines, and distraught and gripped with fear, he turns to something evil that he has banned from the nation instead of repenting to the Lord and asking for His help. Tom concludes with how we can overcome the fears we face as we turn to God.

Recorded at the Hukanui Bible Church morning service on Sunday the 1st of November 2020 during the 10:00 am service.

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As we take a break from our current series in 1st Samuel, Peter Sun takes us through Daniel's prayer and the results of his visit from the angel Gabriel in Daniel chapter 9.

Peter breaks down Daniel chapter 9 and discusses how this is the backbone of Biblical prophecy and how Daniel misunderstood Jeremiah's prophecy of the 70 years of desolation. Peter then goes into depth explaining the 70-week prophecy and the maths behind it as he understands it in the lead to the Messianic Kingdom. He discusses the current day Israel and its roll in this prophecy, and how events today show how we are living in the time of "birth pains" and the rapture of the Church which can happen at any moment. He wraps up discussing how these events should affect our prayer lives based on Daniel chapter 9.

Recorded at the Hukanui Bible Church morning service on Sunday the 25th of October 2020 during the 10:00 am service.

As Gary Gilpin looks at what he thought was the story of how Samuel dies in 1st Samuel 25, he quickly realises this is only a small section at the beginning of the passage and continues on to take us into a deeper look at the conflict between David and Nabal.

As Hukanui Bible Church nears the end of our journey through 1st Samuel, Gary takes us through the story of David as he approaches the property of Nabal near the town of Carmel. Gary looks at the response of Abigail to her husbands answer when David asks for help, and how she spared their households slaughter from the wrath of David and his men.

Recorded at the Hukanui Bible Church morning service on Sunday the 18th of October 2020 during the 10:00 am service.

Join us this week as Jonathan Linton dives into the story of "Saul's descent into madness" and how David responds to this in 1st Samuel 24.

As Hukanui Bible Church continues our journey through 1st Samuel, Jonathan takes us through the story of when Saul enters a cave where David and his men are hiding, and while David has a chance to kill Saul, he simply cuts his coat in the darkness. Jonathan discusses the significance of this gesture as he goes over 8 points he gleams from this chapter, and how we can apply these to our lives as Christians.

Recorded at the Hukanui Bible Church morning service on Sunday the 11th of October 2020 during the 10:00 am service.

This week, Mikey Coopers discusses with us about the jealousy of Saul in 1st Samuel 18-19.

As Hukanui Bible Church continues our journey through 1st Samuel, Mikey discusses how Saul grows jealous of David with the peoples view of David being a contender for the throne. Mikey looks into the ways that Saul tries to trip David up and send him out to die at the hands of their enemies so the blood isn't on "his hands". How is jealousy consuming you in your day to day life right now? He then looks into the New Testament and how we can apply the text in Philippians 2.

Recorded at the Hukanui Bible Church morning service on Sunday the 4th of October 2020 during the 10:00 am service.

As we take a break from our current series in 1st Samuel, Brian Goodwin talks with us about prayer essentials.

Brian breaks down the "Lord's Prayer" in Matthew 6 line by line and discusses how we can pull essentials of prayer from each line. He discusses how the passage shows us how not to pray, and then continues on to discuss how the passage tells us not what to pray, but how to pray.

Recorded at the Hukanui Bible Church morning service on Sunday the 27th of September 2020 during the 10:00 am service.

Join us as Alan Stanley takes us through the story of the famous battle between David and Goliath in 1st Samuel 17.

As Hukanui Bible Church continues our journey through 1st Samuel, Alan discusses how Goliath "defies" Israel and the Lord as he comes out for battle. He takes a closer look into Davids response as he goes out to face Goliath, and how we can relate that to our identity in Christ.

Recorded at the Hukanui Bible Church morning service on Sunday the 20th of September 2020 during the 9:30 am service.

As Hukanui Bible Church continues our journey through 1st Samuel, Tom Gilpin discusses man's earthly flaws vs Gods eternal flawlessness.

Join us as Tom takes us through the story of Samuel anointing David as the new King of Israel, and he goes over three comparisons he found in this passage - Gods Desires vs Our Desires; Gods Choice vs Our Choice; and Gods Power vs Our Power.

Recorded at the Hukanui Bible Church Morning Service on Sunday the 13th of September 2020 during the 11:00 am service.