Re:Hope Church Podcast

In part 6 of our spiritual gifts series, Brian teaches on healing and miracles. He encourages us to step out in faith, pray with compassion and expectation in Jesus’ name, and develop any gifts of healing or miracles they may have rather than dismissing them because healing does not happen every time.

Re:Hope Southside’s Lead Pastor, Crooksy, continues our Spiritual Gifts series with a message on LEADERSHIP GIFTS. In this message Crooksy outlines the gifts of leadership, Pastoring and Administration and helps us draw lessons from the life of Moses to help identify which leadership gifts may be present in our lives.

In part 4 of our Spiritual Gifts series, Brian focuses on four “serving gifts”: hospitality, mercy, helps, and service. He encourages us to identify and intentionally use our gifts while also practising all forms of service, trusting that God can work through both gifted and ordinary acts of love and support.

In part 3 of our Spiritual Gifts series, Ruth Weller shares that every Christian can hear God’s voice, and that spiritual gifts such as wisdom, knowledge, prophecy, and discernment help people do so more clearly. She encourages us to develop our gifts within a supportive community, work together as the body of Christ, and use those gifts to support God’s work in their churches, relationships, and...

Part 2 of our series on SPIRITUAL GIFTS. In this message, Re:Hope Southside’s Lead Pastor, Crooksy, helps us explore communication gifts, outlines way that we can spot them in our lives including paying attention to our learning and spotting potential fruit from these gifts.

To kick off our new series about spiritual gifts, Brian shares that every Christian is given unique spiritual gifts by the Holy Spirit, and discovering those gifts is one of the clearest ways to understand God’s purpose for their life and contribute effectively to the Church as part of a diverse team.

In our final sermon in James, Brian encourages us to lovingly reach out to fellow believers who are drifting away from God, just as Jesus seeks and restores those who wander.

In part 14 of our James series, Brian teaches on the power of prayer. He emphasises praying in hardship and happiness, seeking prayer and healing from church elders when sick, confessing sin and pursuing reconciliation, and praying passionately and persistently like Elijah, trusting that “the earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.”

In part 13 of our James series, guest speaker, Shaun Wilcock, teaches us that suffering is a painful but universal part of life that can challenge our faith, but James calls us to respond with patience, endurance, and trust in God’s promises rather than losing heart or turning on others. We look at examples like Job, and focus on the hope of future restoration, and are encouraged to remain faithfu...

In part 13 of our James series, guest speaker, Fiona Keatings, shares that in James 5:7–12 believers facing injustice are called to respond with patience and endurance, trusting God as the ultimate judge rather than reacting with grumbling, harsh words, or attempts to take justice into their own hands. True patience means self-restraint, especially in speech, and is expressed through forgiveness,...

In part 12 of our James series, Brian challenges us to truly live out our faith, especially in how we handle money, warning against letting wealth take priority over God or lead to selfish, unjust behaviour.

In part 11 of our series through James, Brian shares that pride, seen in judging others and making life plans without God, places people “over” rather than humbly “under” God, which is the posture we are called to live in.

Continuing to part 10 in our James series, Laura shared on James 4:1-10 and the amazing promise: come close to God and God will come close to you. She talked about the importance of humility, resisting evil & heartfelt repentance for a life of deep & intimate friendship with God.

In part 10 of our series on James, Re:Hope Southside’s Lead Pastor, Crooksy, explores James 4:1-10. We see how the choice between worldly wisdom and godly wisdom plays out in our lives, helping us to diagnose where we need to make adjustments so we can actively resist the devil and draw close to God.

This Easter Sunday Brian shares that Jesus’ resurrection is a historically credible event that proves His identity and opens the way for forgiveness, new life, and a restored relationship with God.

On Palm Sunday this year, we reflect on the significance of this day and Holy Week. Brian highlights Jesus’ journey to the cross and his example of prayer, encouraging believers to deepen their own prayer lives during this pivotal time.

In part 9 of our James series, we look at James 3:13-18 and learn that true wisdom is not about knowledge or intellect but is shown through a humble, God-centred life marked by good deeds, peace, and genuine care for others.

In part 8 of our James series, Brian teaches that our words are powerful and can either build people up or cause great harm, like a small spark starting a large fire. Christians are therefore called to use their words to bless, encourage, and guide others toward God rather than to tear people down.

In part 7 of our James series, Brian shares that while Christians are saved by faith in Jesus, true faith is not just an internal belief but should also demonstrated through actions and obedience.

In part 6 of our series through James, Brian challenges us to actively love and show mercy to everyone, especially those who are overlooked or marginalised.

In part 5 of our James series, Re:Hope Southside’s lead pastor, Crooksy, unpacks the final part of James chapter 1. This week we paid attention to how looking intently into Bible can help us getting ready for what life has in store for us – including the trials and challenges of any kind that James speaks about – when we do what it says.

In part 5 of our James series, Laura looks at James’ mirror analogy and his comparison between Christians living in self-deception, and what he calls ‘pure and genuine religion.’ This passage prompts us to assess: am I hearing God and doing what He says in a way that expresses His heart in my context?

In part 4 of our James series, Brian teaches that we are commanded to be slow to speak and slow to become angry because human anger does not produce the righteousness God desires. Instead we are encouraged to respond carefully through forgiveness, repentance, reconciliation, and replacing anger with compassion so that it does not control our actions or harm others.

In part 3 of our James series, Brian teaches that troubles of every kind are not signs God is against us but opportunities to grow stronger, mature, and deepen our trust in His goodness; and that temptation itself is not sin, and as God’s prized possessions we can endure trials with joy, knowing He is with us.

In part 2 of our series through James, Brian teaches on James 1:2-11, reminding us that we will still face troubles as Christians but that God is with us and we can look at these trials as opportunities for joy.