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Gary Blair: The Prodigal Pharisee The first son was a rebel and wasted his inheritance to prodigal living. The second son was a pharisee, and wasted his inheritance to prodigal living. He wasted his inheritance because he never experienced it, for he was so busy trying to earn it that he couldn’t receive it. He is angered by the father’s generosity towards his rebel brother in restoring him as a s...

Ross Rodger: We all need a Father Luke chapter 3 describes Adam as the son of God. When Adam and Eve sinned, they bought into the lie that God was not a good Father, that He was withholding His best from them. This resulted in spiritual death - they were cut off from the Father, and their state was reduced to that of a spiritual orphan. Ever since then, the Father has been fighting to bring us bac...

Gary Blair: The Prodigal Rebel The parable of the prodigal sons is about two sons that, though they are sons, live like orphans. Both of them mistrust their father. The first has the heart of a rebel, and takes his inheritance and squanders it, believing that his father is a kill-joy and that life will be better without him. The result is brokenness and desolation, for rather than finding joy, he...

Audrey Mbuyazi

Gary Blair: Loving People.

Paul Taylor

Ross Rodger: We All Need A Father Luke chapter 3 describes Adam as the son of God. When Adam and Eve sinned, they bought into the lie that God was not a good Father, that He was withholding His best from them. This resulted in spiritual death - they were cut off from the Father, and their state was reduced to that of a spiritual orphan. Ever since then, the Father has been fighting to bring us bac...

Paul Taylor: Enjoying God

Gavin Rich: Releasing Potential

Staying connected to your kids in a digital age.  An incredible panel featuring Christy Herselman from THECHAT.CO.ZA and Jonathan Manley the headmaster of St Mary’s DSG presented their experiences and insights in a way we are convinced left parents equipped and inspired to connect with their kids better than ever before in a hyper-connected world.

Natalie Naude: Releasing Potential

Paul Taylor: Enjoying God

Gary Blair: Loving People

Brett Holding: Friend or Fling Do your friends actually like you, or just how you make them feel? Are the people we give our time and energy to really that important, or are we actually most interested in what we can get out of them? When we’re brutally honest, we’re pretty bad at friendships because we’re pretty consumeristic about them. God has a different way of doing relationships that avoids...

Gary Blair Who are we? Where are we going? Why are we going there? What will it look like when we get there?  Over the next four Sundays we will take a careful, practical, theological, and inspirational look at who God is calling our church to be and why that is great news for our City.

Ross Rodger Simon Sinek said “People don't buy what you do; they buy why you do it.” Over the next four weeks, we are going to be talking about why we do church. Each week, we will be looking at one aspect of our Enjoy God, Love People, Release Potential and Impact community vision statement. Our prayer is that as we remind ourselves about the why, we will see people in our community getting...

Raymond Meneses: How to pray and why to pray.

Paul Taylor: Relationships are hard. What did that look mean? Can they be trusted? What are my boss’s intentions really? Why am I so easily offended by her? Why am I so good at offending him? Is anyone really what they seem? What if everyone is actually an alien inside a realistic human suit and I’m the only normal one? These are common questions that many of us ask. Even when we have lots in comm...

Ross Rodger: Simon Sinek said “People don't buy what you do; they buy why you do it.” Over the next four weeks, we are going to be talking about why we do church. Each week, we will be looking at one aspect of our Enjoy God, Love People, Release Potential and Impact community vision statement. Our prayer is that as we remind ourselves about the why, we will see people in our community getting...

Ross Rodger: How to fight like a girl. If the stereotype is correct then fighting like a girl means using words not fists. Talking out your frustrations instead of acting them out. Doing reps to get your emotional intelligence buff and your self awareness sharp, instead of relying on big muscles and pointy sticks to intimidate. If that’s what fighting like a girl is, it requires much more courage...

Natalie Naude: How To Fight Like A Girl If the stereotype is correct then fighting like a girl means using words not fists. Talking out your frustrations instead of acting them out. Doing reps to get your emotional intelligence buff and your self awareness sharp, instead of relying on big muscles and pointy sticks to intimidate. If that’s what fighting like a girl is, it requires much more courage...

Gary Blair: Watercooler Conversations You know the spot at work where the gossip always happens, but do we know why it happens? Conflict and judgements are far easier to discuss with just about anyone other than the person in question. That’s because we’re all either fighters or flighters, we bully or get bull-dozed, so we avoid the very person we should be talking to! Can two people disagree and...

Gary Blair: Water Cooler Convos Relationships are hard. What did that look mean? Can they be trusted? What are my boss’s intentions really? Why am I so easily offended by her? Why am I so good at offending him? Is anyone really what they seem? What if everyone is actually an alien inside a realistic human suit and I’m the only normal one? These are common questions that many of us ask.  Even...

Paul Taylor: Water Cooler Convos You know the spot at work where the gossip always happens, but do we know why it happens? Conflict and judgements are far easier to discuss with just about anyone other than the person in question. That’s because we’re all either fighters or flighters, we bully or get bull-dozed, so we avoid the very person we should be talking to! Can two people disagree and remai...

Ross Blair: It's right but it's not fair. God seems to think no relationship is truly private. He wants in on all of them. Not just to give advice but as an active member… even in marriage. And that should put us on high alert because God has a very strange way of doing relationships. “Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, work for earthly masters as if you were working for Jesus,” etc. et...