Cultivate Church Podcast

Welcome to the Cultivate Church Podcast. This is our first message in an exegetical series on Paul's letter to the church in Philippi, the Book of Philippians. In this introductory message, Ps Daniel breaks down the opening passage of Paul's letter and his prayer that their love may abound more and more, ultimately for the glory of God. We pray this message helps you in your pursuit of God...

Welcome to the Cultivate Church Podcast. We are currently teaching on friendship at Cultivate Church, and learning how the Bible helps us understand how to approach friendships better. In today's sermon, Guest Pastor Paul Shi shares on what to do when we're faced with difficult friendships, when there is friction in our relationships, and when things don't go as planned. Reflecting on how Jesus sh...

Welcome to the Cultivate Church Podcast. We are continuing on in our Friendship series with a message from Greg, focusing in on the topic through the lens of Barnabas. Greg breaks down several mentions of Barnabas throughout the book of Acts and highlights the ways in which he demonstrates a godly and biblical approach to friendship. Greg left us with a practical application and the question; how...

Welcome to the Cultivate Church Podcast. Currently, we are looking at what the Bible says about friendship. In today's sermon, Pastor Daniel uses biblical principles to discuss practical ways we can love others, and make friends. Even when it's difficult to love, these practical steps can help us follow His commandments better, to know other's deeply, just as God does, and give ourselves selflessl...

Welcome to the Cultivate Church Podcast. Currently, we are looking at what the Bible says about friendship. In today's sermon, Pastor Daniel discusses the importance of making friends, and illuminates how the Bible calls us into selfless love for one another. May it be encouraging to you as you reflect on ways to increase community in your life. Speaking of friendship and community, we invite you...

Welcome to the Cultivate Church Podcast. In the first of our new sermon series, Friendship, Reverand Stephen Field unpacks what it means to be friends in the church, and how Jesus was a friend to his followers, disciples, and inner circle. May this sermon help you to reflect on how to honour God in your relationships with others. Speaking of friendship and community, we invite you to our Sunday se...

Welcome to the Cultivate Church Podcast. This is the final sermon of our current sermon series; The 7 I Am Statements. Olly wraps up this series by talking on the final of these statements; I am the true vine. In doing so, Olly highlights our need to focus on our relationship with Jesus, the vine, over the fruit that we wish to bear. This encouragement allows us to dive deeper into our relationshi...

Welcome to the Cultivate Church Podcast. Throughout this series, we are working through the "I Am" statements of Jesus found in the book of John. This week, Liam unpacks the sixth 'I Am' statement: "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life". Fleshing out multiple aspects of this scripture, Liam specifically highlights how our world can distract from Jesus being the Life an...

Welcome to the Cultivate Church Podcast. Throughout this series, we are working through the "I Am" statements of Jesus found in the book of John. This week, Greg dives into the book of John. Specifically, the fifth 'I Am" statement, where Jesus refers to himself as the life, and the resurrection. Focusing more on the Resurrection, Greg unpacks what it means to live life with ete...

Welcome to the Cultivate Church Podcast. Throughout this series, we are working through the "I Am" statements of Jesus found in the book of John. Following on from last week, where Ps Daniel began preaching on the first part of John 10, when Jesus refers to himself as 'the gate', he continues this week, unpacking the statement "I am the Good Shepherd", found later in Jo...

Welcome to the Cultivate Church Podcast. Throughout this series, we will continue working through the "I Am" statements of Jesus found in the book of John. Following on from last week, where we discovered what Jesus meant when He said "I am the light of the world", we now jump into John 10:9, where Jesus refers to himself as 'the gate'. In this sermon, Ps Daniel unpacks...

Welcome to the Cultivate Church Podcast. Throughout this series, we will continue working through the "I Am" statements of Jesus found in the book of John. Following on from Jesus' claim to be the bread of life, we now look to Jesus as the self-proclaimed light of the world. Ps Daniel amplifies the significance of such a claim by examining the ties between both the Old and New Testam...

Welcome to the Cultivate Church Podcast. This is the first message in our new series looking at the person of Jesus through the ways He describes Himself. This opening sermon looks at John 6:35 where Jesus describes Himself as the Bread of Life. Join us as Ps Daniel discusses what this means for us today as believers, sustained by Christ alone. There is only so much room for discussion on a Sunday...

Welcome to the Cultivate Church Podcast. It is here that we find the story that this has all been building to, the resurrection of our Lord on that glorious Sunday as death was defeated. Ps Daniel shared a message of great hope that we can find salvation in this life through belief in Christ, but that Jesus is also the first raised of the dead that we may too share in His glory in the age of His K...

Welcome to the Cultivate Church Podcast. On Good Friday, we find ourselves at the turning point of it all where Christ has been buried in the grave and we await the news of the resurrection to come on Sunday. Greg shares a sombre and poignant message on this important day that looks at the thieves either side of Jesus up at Golgotha. With the benefit of hindsight, we may think that we align with t...

Welcome to the Cultivate Church Podcast. For our Palm Sunday message, Rev Dr Michael instead delivered a message highlighting the upcoming passion - or, suffering - of our Lord. This message is such a fitting entrance into Holy Week as we prepare our hearts for this time of both intense mourning and impossible joy. There is only so much room for discussion at church and we now have four small grou...

Welcome to the Cultivate Church Podcast. As we're working out way through the Easter story, we come to Holy Monday. Often forgotten as part of the Passion timeline, Jesus curses a fig tree and overturns the marketplace in the Temple! Ps Daniel walks us through the significance of these events as part of Jesus' broader teaching on putting our faith in God alone and not in religious activity...

Welcome to the Cultivate Church Podcast. As we lead into Easter, we take some time to reflect on Jesus' journey into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday as the Saviour King who came not to bring military victory but to defeat the power of sin and death. We now have four small groups running so there has truly now never been a better time to join us as the community continues to grow deeper in prayer and...

Welcome to the Cultivate Church Podcast. After spending some time going through the topic of ecclesiology and what it means to be The Church, we are now entering into Easter story with the anointing at Bethany. Join us as we take the first step towards Calvary in this message about devotion and sacrifice. Ps Daniel looks at the story of Mary of Bethany and what it looks like to be fully devoted in...

Welcome to the Cultivate Church Podcast. Our Ecclesiology series continues this week as Greg brings a strong word on a familiar passage: 1 Cor 12:12-27. Greg breaks down Paul's famous metaphor of the Church as the Body of Christ to have a look at what it does say and, importantly, what it doesn't say. Whether you've deemed yourself a hand or a foot, one great way to integrate further i...

Welcome to the Cultivate Church Podcast. This was an exciting week within our broader series on ecclesiology as we welcomed Berry Street in conjunction with our 2025 Christmas giving campaign to look at the ways in which the generosity of the church is fulfilling the very real needs of our community. Flowing on from this, Ps Daniel shares a message centred on the Parable of the Good Samaritan and...

Welcome to the Cultivate Church Podcast. In the fifth week of our series on ecclesiology, we talk about the church being an instrument through which God brings about His Kingdom here on earth. Ps Daniel communicates that the church, being an instrument, is designed to be an active and dynamic participant in declaring and demonstrating His Kingdom as we desire for its fullness in the age to come. W...

Welcome to the Cultivate Church Podcast. For week four of our series on ecclesiology, Ps Daniel winds back the clock to take a look at the Apostle's Creed from the first Council of Nicaea in 325AD. This message breaks down what it means for the church today to be His one, holy catholic and apostolic church and how that shapes the way we approach congregating together as the body of believers....

Welcome to the Cultivate Church Podcast. This week was a special one as we celebrated Baptism Sunday and witnessed both Liam and Anthony enter the waters of baptism! This was a timely showcase of the beauty of what it means to be the church and how, through faith, we are born into the family of God. Daniel shares briefly about this idea of being reborn by His grace into children of God as the old...

Welcome to the Cultivate Church Podcast. As we walk further into this series on Ecclesiology, we have Shady sharing a strong message about our long lineage as a chosen people of God, citizens of His Kingdom, and instruments of the bringing about of His glory. Navigating the entire arc of the Bible, Shady looks at patterns that began with Adam and Eve but are continued on through the Church today....