Darling Street Church

In this talk we explore the nature of hope to change our lives

In this sermon Mark Leach explores the way in which God provides a truly radical solution to the  problem of human evil. 2 At dawn Jesus appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. 3 The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group 4 and said to Jesus, “Teache...

A life lesson about meeting needs and growing up - John 6. In this talk we look at the miraculous feeding of the 5000 men (+ another 5 -10,000 women and children). And we learn a great deal about the way in which we are to grow up to be like Jesus as we work with him to meet human needs around us.

In this sermon Mark Leach explores the ideas found in John 5:16-47, in particular how our answer to the question, who is jesus?, has massive implications for every area of life.

Do you want to be well? What does wellness look like? How do we get it? And what does Jesus have to do with this?

In the context of the appointment and resignation of Andrew Thorburn as CEO of the Essendon Football Club, we discuss how we as a culture got to this point, where a football club could consider that membership in an Anglican Church could be incompatible with leadership of the club. 

In this talk we examine the stages of faith displayed by a Jewish official as he encounters Jesus and asks Jesus to heal his dying son

In this exposition of John 4, we see that the key to living well in this world is to see everything in it with eyes of faith, the way Jesus did. 

In John 3 Jesus has an interaction with a religious scholar and leader, Nicodemus, in which he tells Nicodemus that he must be born again. What did Jesus mean by this? What does it mean for us today? 

In this sermon Kara Martin, an academic and practioner, helps us understand prevailing myths and half-truths about work, and points us to the better story that the bible tells.

A careful study of John 2, and Jesus clearing the temple, reveals the need each of us have for Jesus to cleanse our hearts of a work's-based, contractual approach to God, and to receive from Him a covenantal welcome into His Father's home.

As we study the second part of John 1, we see 4 titles given to Jesus, and look at how John the Baptist and Andrew respond to this Jesus

How are we to build truly healthy, inclusive communities? How do we value the truth whilst also showing unconditional acceptance? In this episode we explore how Jesus brings us the capacity to live lives full of grace and truth.

Join us to explore the implications of the view of God, and the world, which we get from a close philosophically informed reading of John 1:1-18

Continuing his series on the 7 Deadly Sins, Mark explores the nature of sloth and lust, and how the energy beneath each of these, for renewal and intimacy, can be directed towards healthy community.

Mark continues the series on how we can redirect the energy behind the 7 Deadly Sins into community building qualities.

Continuing his teaching on building healthy community, Mark Leach shows how we can transform the energy behind pride and gluttony into life giving, community building dynamics.

In this talk we explore how the energy behind each of the 7 deadly sins can be transformed towards building healthy community.

This talk will help you understand the benefits and the practicalities of building a life-giving, healthy community. 

In this episode we look at what we are to learn from little children about entry into the kingdom of Heaven. For the technically minded this is an integration of attachment theory and theology...

On Pentecost Sunday Mark Leach explores the role of the church in the bible, and the role of the Holy Spirit in the church today.

In this final talk on the serious "Building Generous Hearts" Mark Leach goes through the final 4 principles of generosity. Trigger warning - this will provoke lots and lots of deep discussions and soul searching!

In this talk Mark Leach continues to develop on the theme of building generous hearts, and looks at 4 more principles of biblical generosity

This starts a series of talks on how we build lives of generosity. It includes 10 minutes of a finance update on our church (if you aren't part of Darling St Church you can skip this section!).

In this talk Mark Leach takes us on a journey exploring the role of women and mothers through the story of Deborah in Judges 4 and 5. A Mothers' Day sermon like nothing you've ever heard!