Avenue Podcast

Sam was born in Malaysia and raised in Singapore, but has called Australia home for over 20 years, having lived in Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne where he served for many years as a pastor. After studying theology at Fuller Seminary in Los Angeles (MAT, 2020), Sam returned to the city of Melbourne with a vision to plant Flow Church. A church plant that intentionally halved the amount of worship se...

We’ve learnt to rush through life like stopping means falling behind. But God invites us to slow down. Not because everything is done, but because he is enough. Rest is where we learn to trust.

How we keep the Sabbath can be a subjective thing? There aren't clear cut guidelines on how we keep Sabbath in scripture but there are a few principles we see that can guide us so that we can experience rest in it's full.

Luke 6:6-11 In this episode, we dive into Jesus' intentional choice to heal chronic illnesses on the Sabbath day. Rather than breaking the Sabbath, Jesus was revealing its truest form: a day of radical freedom and restoration. Discover how we can live out the spirit of the Sabbath by turning our day of rest into an opportunity to extend grace and healing to a weary world.

Matthew 11:28-30 The Sabbath was never meant to be a burden, yet religious legalism turned it into one. In this episode, we dive into Jesus’ revolutionary perspective on rest. While Jesus doesn't promise a life devoid of trouble, He does offer us a better way to carry the weight of the world: His yoke. Discover how practicing a true Sabbath allows us to step away from the hustle, reject legali...

Genesis 2:1-3 We don't choose the Sabbath; we step into a rhythm that God has already woven into creation. In this episode, we challenge the modern hustle culture by looking at the very first Shabbat. Adam and Eve didn't earn a day off—they had only been alive for twenty-four hours! Discover how Shabbat is less about taking a break from labor and more about opening our hands to receive res...

Johnny Wong is a renowned church planter around the world and is known for the training and systems that he has built for training leaders. He has seen great success as a church planter by trusting and investing in small group leaders to pastor others.

Ministry is a high-stakes calling, and the external pressures can easily overwhelm even the most passionate leaders. In this episode, we sit down with Roy Kim, who has transitioned from the frontlines of planting to championing church multiplication across Australia. Drawing from his years of experience as a Church Planting Director, Roy opens up about what it truly means to "stand in the gap...

How does a massive, world-changing movement start? According to veteran church planter and author Dr. Peter Roennfeldt, it starts by keeping things incredibly simple. In this episode, we sit down with Peter to unpack the foundational principles of disciple-making and church planting. Drawing from decades of global experience and the biblical framework of Jesus and the Book of Acts, Peter shares ho...

Revelation 21 and 22 Moving away from traditional pop-culture myths about the afterlife, we unpack the vibrant, tangible reality of the "Garden City." It’s a place where heaven and earth finally overlap perfectly, where pain and death are no more, and where humanity is invited into a restored, face-to-face relationship with their Creator.

Revelation 21 What actually happens at the end of history? In this episode, hosts Henry and Jeremy dive into one of the most challenging and debated topics in Christian theology: Hell.

Revelation 14 From the "eternal gospel" to the fall of Babylon and the warning against the Mark of the Beast, in this episode we discuss the final call to worship the Creator before the clock runs out.

Revelation 13 In this episode, we dive into the parallels between the injustices of the Dark Ages and the unfolding events of Revelation 13. As a new "beast-system" rises to dominate the global stage with a counterfeit salvation, a spiritual underground is forming in the shadows. Join us as we explore what it means to resist the mark, not through political might, but through a heart seal...

Revelation 12 The cosmic war in heaven plays itself out on earth. God's faithful people are persecuted and attacked by an unexpected force. Through it all, Jesus cares for the faithful church that doesn't give allegicance to the powers of this world.

Revelation 1 Is Revelation a roadmap for the end of the world, or a portrait of its King? In this episode, we strip away the charts and the timelines to focus on the heart of the vision: Jesus Christ, revealed. We explore why the "Apocalypse" isn’t about a coming disaster, but a present Person. A conversation about shifting our focus from the "when" to the "Who," and...

In this episode, Jeremy Choo explores the challenging "secret of God's silence" and why our seasons of waiting are often the most productive periods of spiritual growth. Drawing from the story of Hannah in 1 Samuel, we look at how God uses our deepest miseries and unanswered prayers not to ignore us, but to enlarge our capacity as stewards. Hannah’s journey from a "Consumer&quot...

Matthew 26:36-46 Why is prayer so hard? In the final chapter of Why We Pray , we return to Gethsemane - the hidden battleground where spirit and flesh collide. Eunice joins us as we explore distraction, desire, spiritual muscle memory, and the quiet war happening inside every believer. A conversation about weakness, training, and the God who intercedes when we can’t.

Enoch’s story is brief, but his life reveals something profound: prayer is less about asking and more about walking with God. In this episode, we explore how simple, steady conversation with God shaped a life so deeply that it changed its ending. Enoch shows us that prayer isn’t performance - it’s companionship woven into the everyday.

1 Samuel 1:9-20 Hannah — a woman long unable to have children and carrying the weight of being misunderstood by those closest to her — steps into God’s presence with nothing but raw honesty and a vow shaped by surrender. In this episode, we explore how her quiet, anguished prayer becomes the turning point for a story far bigger than her own. This episode traces what God’s “silence” was forming in...

Exodus 32:7-14 In this episode of Why We Pray , we step into the strange tension of Exodus 32 - a moment of rebellion, mercy, and a God who invites a human voice to stand in the gap. Together, we explore intercession as the quiet work of appealing to God’s heart and participating in what He is unfolding. A gentle, unsettling truth lingers beneath it all:prayer can shift the story.

Genesis 18:16-33 In this episode, we look at Abraham’s intercession in Genesis 18 , a rare moment where God invites a human voice into His reasoning. As Abraham pleads for a city, we see prayer not as ritual but as participation in a larger conflict, where our petitions genuinely matter. A focused conversation on what it means to stand before God on behalf of others.

Job 1:6-12 In this episode, we step into Job’s story and glimpse a world behind the world - a heavenly council where accusations rise and a single life becomes part of a much larger question. As the hedge around Job shifts and the unseen realm stirs, we explore what prayer means in a universe where God’s character is on display and our choices echo beyond what we can see.

Mark 14:32-38 In this episode, we enter Gethsemane and face a haunting question: if God holds all power, why pray at all? Through Jesus’ final moments, we trace the quiet tension between sovereignty and surrender, justice and mercy. Prayer emerges not as ritual, but as an invitation into the unseen story unfolding beneath everything.

Text: 2 Samuel 6 - Why Uzzah got killed for touching the ark. The new cart is the temptation every generation faces — to update worship to what feels efficient, convenient and contemporary… even when it costs us the slow obedience God asks for.

Text: Deuteronomy 5 True creativity isn’t found in endless options but within the beauty of boundaries. Like a canvas gives form to a painting, limitations provide the context for creativity to flourish. The greatest artists, thinkers, and disciples know that constraints don’t confine us- they focus us. God’s design has always used boundaries to unleash freedom and creativity. Even the Ten Command...