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Speaker: Guest Passage: Psalm 62 Outline: David's story: - David's situation. - David's strategy. - David's security. Jesus' story: Luke 22:39-44. Our story.

Speaker: Russell Smidt Passage: Psalm 69 Outline: 1. 'The waters have come up to my neck.' (v1-12, 19-20) Our story... Jesus' story... 2. 'But I pray to you, O LORD.' (13-18) 3. 'Pour out your wrath on them.' (22-29)... wait, WHAT?! 4. 'I will praise God's name.' (30-36)

Speaker: Brock Johnston Passage: Mark 6:30-45 Outline: 1. I can't get no satisfaction. 2. The Disciples & the crowd can't get no satisfaction. 3. Jesus has compassion. 4. Only Jesus brings satisfaction.

Speaker: Russell Smidt Passage: Mark 6:1-29 Outline: 1. A cold Christmas. 2. A cold encounter with Christ. (v1-6) 3. A warm encounter with Christ's mission. (7-13) 4. A warm Christmas.

Speaker: Russell Smidt Passage: Mark 5:21-43 Outline: 1. The shadow of death. 2. A desperate father and a dying girl. (v21-24) 3. A diseased woman and deathly delay. (25-36) 4. Talitha koum! (37-43)

Speaker: Derek Bullen Passage: Mark 5:1-20 Outline: 1. Our lives can be messy. 2. Our messy lives don't keep Jesus away from us. 3. When we encounter Jesus, we encounter raw power. 4. An encounter with Jesus must change us.

Speaker: Russell Smidt Passage: Mark 4:1-41 Outline: 1. Listen! (v1-20) 2. The secret of the kingdom of God. (10-12, 21-25) 3. The kingdom of heaven is like... (26-34) 4. Even the wind and the waves obey him! (35-41)

Speaker: Brock Johnston Passage: 2 Timothy 3:10-4:5 Outline: 1. William Tyndale - Scripture alone... Sola scriptura 2. What is Scripture / the Bible? 3. What do we do with the Bible? 4. What don't we do with the Bible?

Speaker: Russell Smidt Passage: Hebrews 10:1-23 Outline: 1. The obscurity of Christ in 1517. 2. The obscurity of Christ in 2017. 3. Who is Jesus Christ? 4. The once of ALL sacrifice. 5. The once for ALL mediator. 6. Soli Deo Gloria.

Speaker: Russell Smidt Passage: Romans 4:1-25 Outline: 1. The problem of faith in 1517. 2. The problem of faith in 2017. 3. What is faith? 4. ALL of justification is by faith. 5. Justification of ALL is by faith. 6. Soli Deo Gloria.

Speaker: Kevin Murray (Australian Presbyterian World Mission) Passage: Luke 24:36-49

Speaker: Guest Passage: 1 Corinthians 4

The Bible ends with a new beginning: God's people gathered in God's place under God's King - Jesus. The blessing of Eden is eclipsed by the new heavens and new earth and there is no more curse. Speaker: Russell Smidt Passage: Revelation 21-22 Outline: 1. Wedding fashion crime. 2. New heaven and new earth a. No fig leaves - beautifully dressed in white. (Rev 19:6-8; 21:2) b. No hiding - presence of...

King Jesus crushed death, rose to life and now, as he pours out his Spirit, he is building his church, gathering people all over the world. Speaker: Russell Smidt Passage: Matthew 28 Outline: 1. Looking for someone looking for us. 2. The dawning of a new day: Resurrection. a. Ezek 36-37 b. Isa 9 c. Acts 2:24; Psa 16 d. 1 Cor 15 3. Only Jesus can bring us into the new day and new community. (Acts 2...

Speaker: Tim Baron Passage: 1 Corinthians 1:18-2:5

God's Old Testament promises of blessing for the whole world are fulfilled through Jesus. His birth announces him as the true Son and promised king who ends the exile and gathers God's people. Speaker: Russell Smidt Passage: Matthew 1 Outline: 1. The arrival of the King. (Matt 1:1; 27:37) 2. The arrival of the saviour. (Matt 1:21; 26:28) 3. Forgive and give. (Col 3:13; 2 Cor 8:7)

Unfortunately, we really do see Eden revisited, with King Solomon repeating Adam and Eve's rebellion and ignoring God's Word. As King Solomon follows other gods, God no longer blesses Israel. Speaker: Russell Smidt Passage: 1 Kings 11 Outline: 1. Clear instructions from someone you trust but a choice to go a different way. 2. Clear instruction for the king. (Deut 17:14-20) 3. A choice to go a diff...

We glimpse fulfilment of God's promises to Abraham as Israel experiences blessing under David. It's almost 'Eden revisited', with God's gathered people living in God's special place under God's King. Speaker: Brock Johnston Passage: 2 Samuel 7 Outline: 1. Waiting for the big reveal. 2. God's partial reveal: King David. (2 Sam 6-7) 3. God's final reveal: King Jesus. (Rev 5)

God's promises to Abraham show he will deal with the problem of our sin and bring blessing back to our world: God's people, in God's place, under God's rule. Speaker: Russell Smidt Passage: Genesis 12 Outline: 1. Shame: my story 2. The pattern of the old story. (Genesis 1-11) 3. The promise of the new story: Abraham. (Genesis 12) 4. The possibility of the new story: Jesus. (Matthew 8)

The tragedy of humanity's rebellion against God sets the scene for the rest of the Bible story. Sin destroyed the perfect relationship between God and us (and each other). The blessed world is now cursed and the people are scattered. Speaker: Russell Smidt Passage: Genesis 3 Outline: 1. Shame: my story. 2. Now the serpent... (Gen 3:1) 3. Sin id born. 4. No shame. Jesus' story. (Matt 4-5)

God made the world and rules over the world as the loving King. He created a good and blessed place for his people to delight in together. Speaker: Russell Smidt Passage: Genesis 1 Outline: 1. Road maps and the Bible. 2. In the beginning God... (v1:1) 3. And God said... (v 1:3, 6, 9, 11, 14, 20, 24) 4. And it was good (v1:4, 10, 12, 18, 21, 25)... it was VERY good. (v1:31) 5. No shame. (2:25)

Speaker: Russell Smidt Passage: Psalm 121 Outline: Why we didn't go to Uluru. Help from the maker of heaven and earth. (v1-2) Always watching. (v3-8) Always watched.

Speaker: Brock Johnston Passage: Luke 7:36-50

Speaker: Guest Speaker Passage: Matthew 22:1-14

God's word sustains his messenger in midst of danger. Speaker: Russell Smidt Passage: Acts 27 Outline: Through many dangers, toils and snares. God's messenger in danger. God's messenger sustained. Grace will lead me home.