Ngāruawāhia Village Church Podcast

The stories of Hagar, Sarah, and their sons are leveraged by the apostle Paul to teach us what makes a person a true heir of Abraham's promises: covenant life with God. Texts: Genesis 16, 17, 21; John 3; Galatians 4; Revelation 21, 22.

This recording was truncated at the halfway point and missed a great second-half. Our apologies for this.Shane begins with a look at the idea of "covenant" to understand the strange ritual Abram encounters in Genesis 15.

After receiving a series of outrageous promises from God, Abram immediately wanders into a number of spoilers to those very promises. The land, his lineage...even his own life are all in jeopardy. What does faith do?

Abraham (actually, Abram at this stage of the story) is called out of Ur, and travels through the land of promise, building altars as he goes.

Another sermon from the back-catalogue. This time Shane looks at the fiery predictions of Jesus in Mark 13 and the variety of ways this chapter has been understood.

We needed a first episode to kick this podcast off and this one seemed as good as any. Enjoy.