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Going deeper, faster, in the overlooked letters of the New Testament. It's intern week! Our freshly graduated interns Jemima, Emma and Jordan tackle the pastoral letters of John. In this podcast, Emma and Jordan tackle the tricky issues of false teachers in the church in 2 & 3 John, in order to discover the truth of Jesus and the hospitality to which God calls believers. Teaching texts: 2 John 10-...

So often, we think Christianity is about us having our crap together. But looking at Peter's story through the Gospels, guest preacher Matt Gray unpacks how that idea misunderstands what the Christian life is all about. Teaching text: Mark 14:27-31, 66-72

Going deeper, faster, in the overlooked letters of the New Testament. Ps Mike continues our Lost Letters series by unpacking the tough letter from Jude. In it, we discover why understanding the difference between a false teacher and a true teacher matters and why coming under the authority of Jesus is at the heart of it all. Teaching text: Jude 3-4, 20-23

Going deeper, faster, in the overlooked letters of the New Testament. To kick off our new series, Rev Brant Jones brings us the hopeful message that is Paul’s letter to Titus. Teaching text: Titus 2:11-3:9

There is nothing quite like an encounter with Jesus. It changes everything. Our special guest Ps Barry Littleford finishes this series by encouraging us to chase the voice of God and recognise the way God's voice speaking to us is more important than any spiritual experience we might chase. Teaching text: Acts 3:1-10

There is nothing quite like an encounter with Jesus. It changes everything. Today Ps Mike uses Acts 2 to teach us the principle of seeking God’s refining fire in our hearts before we seek the fire of revival across the world. Teaching text: Acts 2:1-4; 14-17; 36-39

There is nothing quite like an encounter with Jesus. It changes everything. Today our special guest Ps Layla Nahavandi brings us a message about wrestling with God and the way this helps us discover our true identity and move us into the person God longs for us to be. Teaching text: Genesis 32:22-32

There is nothing quite like an encounter with Jesus. It changes everything. In this new series, Ps Mike teaches on the importance of longing for the manifest presence of God and inviting the Holy Spirit to meet us and transform us. Teaching text: 2 Corinthians 3:17

Back meeting in person after nearly four months away, Encounter celebrates with a welcome home party. Pastor Mike leads us through a story of homecoming to show us how we are meant to find our home in the presence of God, but that we only come home when our reason is better than to stay away. Teaching text: Luke 15:11-32

The Lord's Prayer. The most commonly used - and misunderstood - prayer on earth. The prayer Jesus gifted us to build our relationship with God. Ps Jenny comes this week to preach a word on the Glory of God and how it impacts our lives. Teaching texts: Genesis 41:15-16 and Acts 16: 25-33

The Lord’s Prayer. The most commonly used - and misunderstood - prayer on earth. The prayer Jesus gifted us to build our relationship with God. Special guest Ps Dave Shepherd comes this week to preach a powerful word on temptations, testing, evil and how to be kept by God in the middle of it all. Teaching texts: Matthew 6:13

The Lord’s Prayer. The most commonly used - and misunderstood - prayer on earth. The prayer Jesus gifted us to build our relationship with God. This week: the powerful, painful process of forgiveness. Ps Mike unpacks Jesus’ teaching on forgiveness of sins and explains that forgiveness is not just about us personally, but about us as a community. Teaching texts: Matthew 6:14-15; 18:21-22

The Lord’s Prayer. The most commonly used - and misunderstood - prayer on earth. The prayer Jesus gifted us to build our relationship with God. Ps Mike unpacks the biblical theme of bread, from Exodus through the gospels, to help us see that both our daily needs and eternal life is met in Jesus. Teaching text: John 6:24-35

The Lord’s Prayer. The most commonly used - and misunderstood - prayer on earth. The prayer Jesus gifted us to build our relationship with God. Ps Mike continues our series on the Lord’s Prayer by focusing on the ‘kingdom’, the enticing future that Jesus calls us towards, and how the Lord’s Prayer neatly explains our role in seeing God’s vision for the world break into our own. Teaching text: Matt...

The Lord’s Prayer. The most commonly used - and misunderstood - prayer on earth. The prayer Jesus gifted us to build our relationship with God. Ps Mike opens this series by sharing some background for the Lord’s Prayer, before explaining why trusting the Father heart of God is essential for our prayers and our lives. Teaching text: Matthew 6:5-15

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! As we celebrate our 2nd birthday and move slowly out of lockdown, Pastor Mike challenges us to remember the lessons of COVID and step into the presence of God as we return to normal life. Teaching text: Hebrews 10:19-25

Ps Jen shares an important Mother’s Day message on understanding the mother heart of God, God’s character and the characteristics of God we are meant to aspire to in our own lives. Teaching text: Psalm 145:8-18

Guest preacher Ps Ben Rowe from Streetlight Ministries takes us through the journey of the shepherds in Luke 2 as they dealt with a terrifying divine interruption and how they journeyed from fear to faith through an encounter with Jesus. Teaching text: Luke 2:6-20

Guest preacher Ps Mike Hands from Newlife Brisbane challenges us not to walk by sight as he discusses the F Word, how it’s different from belief and challenges us all to get in the wheelbarrow. Teaching text: Mark 2:1-12

As we close off our Easter series for 2020, Ps Mike leads us through the beginning of Acts; the ascension of Jesus, the confusion of the disciples and the beginning of the church. In it, we discover a sense of God’s mission and calling for us as the church - even from our lounge rooms. Teaching text: Acts 1:1-14

It’s Resurrection Sunday, the high point of the Christian calendar and today Ps Mike leads us through the resurrection narrative stories of Lazarus and Jesus to show that when Jesus rose again he offers us eternal and internal lives of fulfilment in God: resurrection lives. Teaching texts: John 11:20-27; 38-44 and John 20:1-10; 19-23

In an age of coronavirus and social isolation, how do we find a sense of hope and meaning in what God is doing? In this powerful Palm Sunday message, Ps Mike leads us through the story of David to show us that God is longing to do a life-bringing, restoring work in us that turns the things we think are dead into spaces of flourishing life. Teaching text: Ezekiel 36:33-36

Five traits to teach us to live faithfully and passionately as followers of Jesus in 2020 and beyond. Ps Jen finishes our series, Faith For Exiles, by expanding our view of mission to our whole lives and seeing how exiles are called to live - in every part of life. Teaching text: Jeremiah 29:4-14

Five traits to teach us to live faithfully and passionately as followers of Jesus in 2020 and beyond. Ps Mike continues our series, Faith For Exiles, by looking at how living faithfully to God in our workplace is an act of counter cultural worship. Teaching text: Genesis 39

Five traits to teach us to live faithfully and passionately as followers of Jesus in 2020 and beyond. Ps Mike continues our series, Faith For Exiles, by explaining the underrated importance of intergenerational relationships in the church and how, by taking responsibility for our own discipleship and the discipleship of others, we can see many generations flourish in Christ together. Teaching text...