Ignite Life Church Gold Coast

Ainslie, Jeanette, Rod and David share about what impacted or challenged them as they joined 2,500 other worshippers at the Bethel Music Worship Night last Thursday at Citipointe Church in Brisbane.

Today, David discussed the strange truth that followers of Jesus are citizens of heaven, yet we live as sojourners on earth. He shared some of the insights of CS Lewis and left us with the challenge of living a life of purpose.

In this discussion point, Dr Rod built on the previous discussion point focusing on God's desire that each of us thrives this year. This year of 2017 is 'a time for me' (as in each one of us) to thrive, to follow Jesus full-time, and to answer His call on our lives.

This discussion point focuses on 2017: a time for me! Yes, God cares about you and this is your year. It is time for you to thrive, to follow Jesus full-time and to answer the call on your life.

Dr Rod referred to a controversial billboard advertising Christmas outside an Anglican church in Adelaide to introduce some of the scriptural truths about the birth of Jesus, most importantly, the attitudes of Joseph and Mary.

Ainslie presented the first discussion point for the Christmas season. She highlighted some things we tend to forget about the context of the 'baby Jesus'.

Don't worry it you feel a bit like 'Doubting Thomas'. Listen to this discussion point by David Sercombe.

In this discussion point Dr Rod reviewed the Old Testament laws surrounding the Sabbath Day, Sabbath Year and Year of Jubilee and pointed towards how we might respond in contemporary times.

In this discussion point Dr Rod considers the role of gratitude in the Christian life. He looks at the grumbling of Israel in the wilderness and the antidote to grumbling found in Philippians.

In this discussion point Dr Rod addresses the issue of what it means to be 'seated with Christ in heavenly places'. Being seated implies the finished work of the Cross and unity with Christ and all who are 'in Christ'.

This is the audio track for the class session that focused on the final examination.

In this discussion point, Dave presents another in his occasional series on church history. He focused on the great schism between the East and West a thousand years ago and emphasised how important was culture and language in the schism.

In this discussion point Dr Rod explores the relationship among events, our responses and their outcomes.

In this discussion point Dr Rod explores the one-chapter book of Jude (near the back of the Bible). He emphasises the need to be on the lookout for false teachers.

Dr Rod explained how glory is an attribute of God and man in this discussion point. He also noted the Hebrew and Greek meanings of the word. He concluded by suggesting how we might manifest glory today.

In this week's discussion point Ainslie shared on the centrality of praise and worship in the Christian life. It's always fashionable!

The discussion point this week focused on what the Bible says about the 'last days' and related biblical perspectives to the world happiness index.

This discussion point is based on 2 Peter 1:5-7. The upwardly mobile are those who are going to heaven! But what we do in this life matters!!!

This discussion point is based on the story of the two disciples on the road to Emmaus. They described Jesus as a prophet. But, He is much more than that. He is the Son of God with whom we can have a personal relationship.

This discussion point sets out principles of life in the Spirit, with the catchy title of 'Drive-By Fruiting'. Catch this discussion point by David Sercombe and learn about life as God intended it!

In this discussion point Dr Rod noted how important it is to read the Bible in the context of its mega-story of human history using the context-principle-application method. He gave some examples.

In this discussion point Dr Rod makes a sandwich from Romans 8. The slices of bread are 'no condemnation' and 'no separation' and the filling is 'no defeat'.

Today's discussion point was about the importance of having a dream and the assurance we have from Psalm 37 that God is interested in our dreams. Dr Rod shared about some of his dreams and testified of how God brought his dreams to pass.

The topic of today's discussion point was Character. Dr Rod used 2 Peter 1:1-11 as his text and talked about how the development of our character is the outcome of our salvation. He pointed out that the expression 'add to' does not mean a sequential development but that it is better understood as 'expansion'. It literally means 'supply'. Thus, our character is formed at the point of our salvation,...

This discussion point is about work - God ordains, sustains, inspires and requires work. The same Hebrew word may be translated as work, worship and service.