Aus Table Talk | Conversations you wish you could have at church

In this episode we look at God’s jealousy and it goes in an interesting direction. God: fierce jealousy coupled with unadulterated freedom. Would we want it any other way? So come along as we look at the hidden half of God’s jealousy.

Does our picture of God shape who we are, or do we select our picture of God that matches our desires and likes? And if it is the second does that mean we are making God into our own image? After all our life experiences shape how we see the world and how we interpret it, a good example of this is the change in how we see things now to how we saw them 10 years ago. As such does this limit of exper...

Will suicide victims go to heaven? It is a sobering question that comes up in the lives of those that believe in an afterlife. Traditionally this question has been answered with a no but is that truly the biblical answer to this question? Would a loving God truly condemn distressed and suffering people for one mistake?

How often do we not examine what we believe as human beings? No matter our walk in life there are certainly points where we don’t. We also talk about if we had a motto in life what would it be, so if your curious check that out at the start of this episode. So come along as we ask Is Christianity a Crutch?

Should there be a separation between church and state? And to what extent? In this episode we look a bit into the history of this question as well look at its implications in the modern world. Should we as Christians be involved in politics at all? To understand the history of this question I would highly recommend looking up Roger Williams and the founding of Rhode Island its an interesting read...

Have you ever asked the question why couldn’t God just forgive? Or why did Jesus have to die and suffer? In this episode we investigate penal substitution or Christ’s sacrifice in our place; while we ask the question why couldn’t God just forgive us without Christ suffering for us?

This episode we explore the story of Jesus visiting Nazareth, found in Mark 6:1-6. We discuss how it's interesting that those we grew up around often look at us as, the way we were a few years ago rather than where we are in our walk now, and Jesus’ experience was no different to that. We also made an unexpected application regarding how the great commission to go to the world is about freeing us...

Kaleb Eisele and Tim Baumgarten are BACK to talk about what graceful succession from boomer to millennials looks like in the church, why is it so thorny and how can we do it right If you want to hear Tim or Kaleb's first episodes. you can find them here: Bridges over walls with Kaleb Eisele How to Revive a Dead church with Tim Baumgarten And if you want to follow these amazing guys https://www.fac...

When we started recording this episode, we intended to do a No-Agenda episode however little did we know that on of Kaleb Eisele questions would totally derailed this episode and take it in another direction. So join us for an episode where we start talking about our internal dialogue and finish with talking about how although we can be content in God yet we can in fact be discontent as well

Is the church still relevant post Covid19? In this episode we discuss what we have learnt from the new way we are doing church during covid, as well as what is important from the way we have traditionally done church and ask the question; Is there a better way we can be doing church?

How does essentialism help our faith and walk with God? In this episode we talk about getting more out of life by focusing on what is truly important to us. We all live such busy lives these days and its so hard to fit everything in, and because of this it’s important to find out if we have things in our lives that are not as important as others, so if we do have to cut back on something we know w...

Even before covid-19 there has been a loneliness epidemic in our community; In this episode we explore what it means to be connected to the people around us, because being connected is important for our health and wellbeing, being social is the way God made us. Loneliness is not being seen

We find ourselves caught in a world of competing narratives about race. "Black lives matter!" "All lives matter!" "Calm down, let's just preach the gospel." "Advocating for social justice IS the Gospel!". With all of this going on it is easy to miss the point, It is also easy to stick your head in the sand and keep living your own life. We have crafted this as a "listening" episode, we all took so...

Leaders impact our lives in so many ways but often we forget that they are human too and can fail just like anyone else. We don’t have to agree with 100% of what they are teaching to learn and grow from them and if they fail, we can continue the ideas that they teach if we follow the message rather than the cult of personality leaders have. Even if they don’t fail sometimes the lives of our leader...

Is hospitality important in our Christian walk? With us all in isolation we have a chance to reflect on this question and explore how it fits in to our Christianity. Finally, If it is as vital as we think it is, how do we then make the most of it?

As story month draws to a close, here are the final stories we have to share with you. Daniel Kuberek, Jonathan Hardy and Brittney Bartlow and be warned, we are going out with a BANG! Their stories are completely different from each other, but both will move you. if you are touched, share it with someone today. Check out Daniel on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIDZq0C2GP3yB2xTpfN_9vQ An...

We share two more stories this week that will inspire you. Pauline tells of her journey; swapping night clubs for church camps and bad relationships for great ones and what it took for her and Mark to build the relationship they have. Story 2 is Ernie sharing about his life, from depression, suicide and substance abuse to a fulfilled life of ministry with his wife Laura.

On our social media accounts we have been doing "Story month" Sharing one story from our audience every day for the month of may. in this episode we have picked just a couple for you to enjoy on the show. if you want more, check out our socials for a story every day this month.

In this episode we explore the question; Is Self-Care Selfish? How often do we burn ourselves out in our busy lives and not look after ourselves properly both in the church and out? I know myself and the boys are certainly guilty of doing this at some point in our lives. Does the bible advocate for this course of action or does it wish for us to take better care of ourselves?

Does Satan rule this world by God’s consent, or is Satan and sin an intruder on God’s creation? In this episode we discuss Satan and his temporary dominion over the Earth and that not only was Satan taking the Earth against God’s will but Christ took that dominion back

In our morning devotions we have been looking at John the Baptist and it was so rich we decided to bring it into an episode. We also have a bit of fun at the beginning with the new Humans of Adventism conversation starter cards.

A bonus "on the spot" weekend episode. with a dream, a good friend and a lesson to take with you.

This is a conversation we had for "Little Camp" based on Exodus Chapter 3 and God's Question to moses "What do you have in your hand" especially in these times we may perceive ourselves to be limited, but are we? was Moses? Check out our video if you are interested 

We are all going through a (hopefully) once in a lifetime experience as we deal with the implications of this Coronavirus pandemic. However, much of the damage that is being done is not only to the economy and people's physical health, but our mental health too. If you feel like this social isolation is getting the better of you, this episode is for you. Many thanks to Dr Dan Banos for your insigh...

In response to a listener question we explore if we can be sure the day we know as Saturday really is the Sabbath referred to in the bible, but if it isn't, then does it even matter? Join us as we wrestle with exactly these questions and find some uncomfortable answers.