St John's Canberra Talks

What's your real story? (2 Timothy 2:8-15) 12.10.2025 21:41 ↓

How narratives shape us; how the wrong narrative had Paul, for a while; and a narrative worth living in. (Mark Warren)

Liberty beyond suffering (Psalm 66) 12.10.2025 10:15 ↓

Mark looks at how the Psalmist frames suffering as a road, under God, to liberty.

Blessing the enemy city (Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7) 12.10.2025 12:11 ↓

Jeremiah gives just about *the* most unexpected advice you could get, while living in the enemy's capital. Might also be so for us. (Dr Harold Koch)

The best day of my life (Luke 17:11-19) 12.10.2025 14:07 ↓

Dr Winifred on whether the best day of a life consists in a 'gospel of the gaps', or something much deeper and enduring.

When I am distraught, and my faith is almost nothing (Lamentations 1:1-6, 3:19-26; Luke 17:5-10) 05.10.2025 18:03 ↓

Rev'd Andrew on what faith looks like when you think God is the worst.

Money: a test of our loves (Luke 16:1-14, 19-21; 1 Tim. 6:6-19) 01.10.2025 10:08 ↓

What's really going on, when people love money? (Rev'd Dr Andrew)

Dazzling, dangerous money (1 Timothy 6:6-19 and Luke 16:19-31) 28.09.2025 18:19 ↓

Money is the root of all evil.... isn't it? (Rev'd Dave)

When holiness meets shame (Matthew 9: 9-13) 22.09.2025 18:13 ↓

Rev'd Dave unpacks what happens when God comes near. (Hint: it's not what we expect.)

Occasional Seminar: Surprising News about Suffering 18.09.2025 45:49 ↓

Rev'd Andrew looks at some angles on suffering in Scripture that surprised him, and may intrigue you too.

What makes it so hard to repent? (Jeremiah 4:22; Psalm 14:1-7; Luke 15:1-10; 1 Tim. 1:12-18). 14.09.2025 16:48 ↓

We double-down on who we are, right now. What will it take to shift us? (Rev'd Dr Andrew)

Slavery in a new creation? (Paul's letter to Philemon) 08.09.2025 19:32 ↓

Slavery; AI; fossil fuels ... Rev'd Dave takes us into the world of inevitable Christian compromise, and a renewed vision that changes the world.

Suffering - how do we go on? 02.09.2025 17:22 ↓

In commemorating the New Guinea Martyrs, Mark Warren considers how the gospel changes how we suffer. (Romans 8:33-39)

How To Get Like An Apostle (Deut. 18:15–18; Psalm 145.10–18; John 1:45–51; Rev. 21:9–14) 23.08.2025 12:39 ↓

Nathanael/Bartholomew and his mate might not have been the sharpest tools in the shed. But they still know something that maybe we don't. (Rev'd Dr Andrew)

Occasional Seminar: Clues on Friendship 21.08.2025 44:48 ↓

Rev'd Andrew on some clues in the Bible, and from Christian history, on how friendship works.

Finding Your Gardener (Psalm 80; Isaiah 5:1-7, 27:2-5) 17.08.2025 19:56 ↓

Are you machine-like, or plant-like? Rev'd Dr Andrew helps us pick one.

The Prophet's Call to Change (Isaiah 1:1, 10-20; Luke 12:32-40) 09.08.2025 20:04 ↓

Rev'd Dave tells why he's glad he's not an Old Testament prophet, but how they explain to us all our deepest need.

Finding Stephen, Our First Martyr (2 Chronicles 24:17–22; Acts 6:8–7:60; Matthew 10:17–22) 03.08.2025 19:53 ↓

Stephen, the first Christian martyr, might seem a little other-worldly at first. But what he knows might help us , when we're next confronted by groupthink, ideology, and pride. (Rev'd Dr Andrew)

Death and Resurrection in Hosea (Hosea 1.2-10; Luke 11.1-13) 26.07.2025 19:17 ↓

When everything turns into Mad Max, maybe God has left us, because we left him. Or maybe not. (Rev'd Dave.)

Christ In You, the Hope of Glory (Colossians 1.15-29; Luke 10.38-42) 23.07.2025 13:28 ↓

... and the opposite of emptiness. (Rev'd Dr Andrew)

How to Flourish (if you are more plant than machine) (Colossians 1:1-14; Luke 10:25-37) 16.07.2025 8:25 ↓

What's the human equivalent of sun, soil, fertilizer? (Rev'd Dr Andrew)

It's Ready! What Will You Do? (Matthew 22:1–14) 13.07.2025 15:45 ↓

Dr Amy helps us avoid two really stupid ways to miss out on a gift.

How to Actually See a Neighbour (Psalm 82; Luke 10:25-37) 12.07.2025 13:25 ↓

What if we think we know something, but never do it? What if we so busily categorize others, that we don't even see them? Jesus busts open the mind and heart of a lawyer. (Dr Harold Koch)

God's Knock-Down-Rebuild (Amos 7:7-17; Colossians 1:1-14; Luke 10:25-37) 12.07.2025 13:03 ↓

What's God going to do, when what people build turns out to be crooked?

How Not To Be A 'Great Man' (2 Kings 5:1-14; Psalm 30; Galatians 6:7-17; Luke 10:1-24) 06.07.2025 20:03 ↓

Hear the antidote to the wrong kind of 'greatness'. (Rev'd Dr Andrew)

On Peter and Paul, Apostles and Martyrs (Acts 12:1-11; 2 Tim. 4:6-18; John 21:1-23) 28.06.2025 20:22 ↓

Dr Lamb explores the humanity and grace of the apostles; and how they, and we, belong to each other in ways that preserve our dignity.