SumRed Church Messages & Sermons Podcast Transcripts

Rev Harry Newton preaches on Trinity Sunday at Sumner Redcliffs Anglican Church, using the occasion to explore what Christians mean when they use the…

Finn Chirnside, Associate Vicar at Sumner Redcliffs Church, delivers a Pentecost Sunday sermon on Acts 2:1–21, exploring the theology of the Holy…

Rev Harry Newton preaches on Acts 1:1–11 at Sumner Redcliffs Anglican Church, using Ascension Sunday as the occasion to explore the tension between…

Finn Chirnside delivers a sermon on Acts 17:22–31, using the example of Paul's speech at the Areopagus in Athens as a masterclass in contextualizing…

Rev Harry Newton, Vicar of Sumner Redcliffs Anglican Church, preaches on John 6:1–15 — the feeding of the five thousand — as part of an ongoing…

Rev Harry Newton delivers a sermon based on Luke 24:13–35, the account of two followers of Jesus walking to Emmaus after the crucifixion, joined by…

Rev Harry Newton preaches an Easter Sunday sermon at SumRed Church, working through Matthew 28:1–10. He opens by framing pain — physical,…

Rev Harry Newton delivers a Palm Sunday sermon tracing the narrative arc from the raising of Lazarus through to Jesus' entry into Jerusalem, arguing…

Rev Harry Newton delivers a sermon on John 11:1–45, the account of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead after four days in the tomb. He frames the…

Reverend Harry Newton delivers a sermon at SumRed Church based on John 9:1–41, the account of Jesus healing a man born blind. He opens with a…

Finn Chirnside, lay minister at SumRed Church, preaches on John 3:1-17, focusing on two interlocking themes: the kingdom of God and eternal life. He…

Finn Chirnside, speaking at SumRed Church on 22nd February 2026, delivers a sermon on Joel 2:12-13 to mark the beginning of Lent. He argues that…

Rev Harry Newton delivers the final sermon in a short series on faith, God, and money at SumRed Church, drawing on 2 Corinthians 8:1–9 and Isaiah…

Rev Harry Newton delivers a sermon on one of the most puzzling parables in Luke's Gospel — the Parable of the Dishonest Manager — arguing that its…

Rev Harry Newton delivers a sermon on the Beatitudes from Matthew 5:1–12, the opening passage of the Sermon on the Mount. Drawing on Thomas Aquinas…

Rev Harry Newton preaches at the Christmas Eve carol service at Sumner Redcliffs Anglican Church on 24th December 2025, following readings from…

Rev Harry Newton delivers an Advent sermon at Sumner Redcliffs Church on Matthew 11:2–11, focusing on John the Baptist's crisis of doubt while…

Rev Harry Newton delivers the second-Sunday-of-Advent sermon at Sumner Redcliffs Church, working through Matthew 3:1–12 and the figure of John the…

Rev Harry Newton preaches at SumRed Church on Christ the King Sunday, the final Sunday of the church calendar before Advent begins. Drawing on Luke…

Rev Harry Newton preaches from Acts 4:32–5:11, focusing on the story of Ananias and Sapphira, who sold property but secretly kept back part of the…

Rev Harry Newton delivers a Sunday sermon at SumRed Church in Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand, working through Acts 1:1–11 as part of an ongoing…

Alex Summerlee delivers a sermon at SumRed Church on Luke 24:13-32, the account of two disciples walking to Emmaus who encounter the risen Jesus…

Rev Harry Newton delivers a sermon from Luke 22:66–23:25, the second-to-last chapter in a series through the Gospel of Luke. He walks through the…

Rev Harry Newton delivers a sermon at SumRed Church as part of Missions Month, building on the previous week's introduction to the topic. He opens…

Rev. Harry Newton preaches on the Great Commission, using it as a springboard to explore what "mission" actually means — historically, theologically,…

Rev Harry Newton delivers a sermon on Luke 22:1–23, placing the passage in the context of the final days of Jesus' life as recorded in the Gospel of…

Reverend Harry Newton preaches on Luke 21:5–19 at SumRed Church, working through Jesus' so-called eschatological discourse — his predictions about…

In this sermon, Rev Harry Newton of SumRed Church works through two passages from Luke's Gospel — Jesus's entry into Jerusalem and the encounter with…

Rev Harry Newton delivers a sermon at SumRed Church based on Acts 12:1–19, which recounts King Herod Agrippa's arrest and execution of James, and the…

Rev Harry Newton delivers a sermon on John 15:1-9, set within the context of John's Gospel and the farewell discourse of chapters 13–17. He explains…

Rev Harry Newton delivers a Trinity Sunday sermon at Sumner Redcliffs Church, working from John 16:12–15. He opens by contrasting the previous week's…

Rev Harry Newton delivers a sermon at Sumner Redcliffs Anglican Church in Christchurch, New Zealand, working through the final six verses of John…

Rowena Stevenson delivers a sermon at Sumner Redcliffs Anglican Church drawing on a personal misadventure at the Glentui Lodge Alpha Weekend camp,…

Rev Harry Newton delivers a sermon drawing on Isaiah 58:1–12, using verse 12 as a prophetic word he believes was given to him for both his own life…

Rev Harry Newton preaches on John 6:22–29, situating the passage within the broader "Bread of Life" discourse that runs through the entire sixth…