St John's Canberra Talks

When you are anxious, claim the power (Isa. 2:1-5; 1 Thess. 3:9-13; Luke 21:25-38) 30.11.2025 19:18 ↓

What are you going to do when world events get you down? Jesus' disciples had the same problem. (Dr Winifred Lamb)

Christ the King (Jeremiah 23:1-6; Colossians 1.11-20; Luke 23.33-43) 23.11.2025 21:28 ↓

What to say yes to, though kinging ain't what it used to be (Rev'd Dr Andrew)

Preparing for a future you can't see (Luke 21.5-19; 2 Thess. 3:6-13) 16.11.2025 17:31 ↓

We can't know in advance what shape our trials will take, but we are still supposed to prepare for them. How? (Rev'd Dave)

Single people: showing us the resurrection (Luke 20:27–40; 2 Thess. 2:1–5 & vv13–17) 09.11.2025 14:39 ↓

What's so special about single people? A lot, actually. (Rev'd Dr Andrew)

From Spectator to Participant: The Unlikely Convert (Luke 19:1-10) 01.11.2025 17:49 ↓

What happens when Jesus meets Joe Pesci? (Rev'd Dave)

What is it about children? (Luke 18:15–30; 2 Tim. 4:6–18; Psalm 65:3) 25.10.2025 13:29 ↓

What makes kids a better fit for God's place, than you and I? (Rev'd Dr Andrew)

Out of exile (Jeremiah 31:27-34; Luke 18:1-14) 19.10.2025 18:35 ↓

Hear God's ancient promise: of a return us to our true home (Rev'd Dave).

What's your real story? (2 Timothy 2:8-15) 12.10.2025 21:41 ↓

How narratives shape us; how the wrong narrative had Paul, for a while; and a narrative worth living in. (Mark Warren)

Liberty beyond suffering (Psalm 66) 12.10.2025 10:15 ↓

Mark looks at how the Psalmist frames suffering as a road, under God, to liberty.

Blessing the enemy city (Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7) 12.10.2025 12:11 ↓

Jeremiah gives just about *the* most unexpected advice you could get, while living in the enemy's capital. Might also be so for us. (Dr Harold Koch)

The best day of my life (Luke 17:11-19) 12.10.2025 14:07 ↓

Dr Winifred on whether the best day of a life consists in a 'gospel of the gaps', or something much deeper and enduring.

When I am distraught, and my faith is almost nothing (Lamentations 1:1-6, 3:19-26; Luke 17:5-10) 05.10.2025 18:03 ↓

Rev'd Andrew on what faith looks like when you think God is the worst.

Money: a test of our loves (Luke 16:1-14, 19-21; 1 Tim. 6:6-19) 01.10.2025 10:08 ↓

What's really going on, when people love money? (Rev'd Dr Andrew)

Dazzling, dangerous money (1 Timothy 6:6-19 and Luke 16:19-31) 28.09.2025 18:19 ↓

Money is the root of all evil.... isn't it? (Rev'd Dave)

When holiness meets shame (Matthew 9: 9-13) 22.09.2025 18:13 ↓

Rev'd Dave unpacks what happens when God comes near. (Hint: it's not what we expect.)

Occasional Seminar: Surprising News about Suffering 18.09.2025 45:49 ↓

Rev'd Andrew looks at some angles on suffering in Scripture that surprised him, and may intrigue you too.

What makes it so hard to repent? (Jeremiah 4:22; Psalm 14:1-7; Luke 15:1-10; 1 Tim. 1:12-18). 14.09.2025 16:48 ↓

We double-down on who we are, right now. What will it take to shift us? (Rev'd Dr Andrew)

Slavery in a new creation? (Paul's letter to Philemon) 08.09.2025 19:32 ↓

Slavery; AI; fossil fuels ... Rev'd Dave takes us into the world of inevitable Christian compromise, and a renewed vision that changes the world.

Suffering - how do we go on? 02.09.2025 17:22 ↓

In commemorating the New Guinea Martyrs, Mark Warren considers how the gospel changes how we suffer. (Romans 8:33-39)

How To Get Like An Apostle (Deut. 18:15–18; Psalm 145.10–18; John 1:45–51; Rev. 21:9–14) 23.08.2025 12:39 ↓

Nathanael/Bartholomew and his mate might not have been the sharpest tools in the shed. But they still know something that maybe we don't. (Rev'd Dr Andrew)

Occasional Seminar: Clues on Friendship 21.08.2025 44:48 ↓

Rev'd Andrew on some clues in the Bible, and from Christian history, on how friendship works.

Finding Your Gardener (Psalm 80; Isaiah 5:1-7, 27:2-5) 17.08.2025 19:56 ↓

Are you machine-like, or plant-like? Rev'd Dr Andrew helps us pick one.

The Prophet's Call to Change (Isaiah 1:1, 10-20; Luke 12:32-40) 09.08.2025 20:04 ↓

Rev'd Dave tells why he's glad he's not an Old Testament prophet, but how they explain to us all our deepest need.

Finding Stephen, Our First Martyr (2 Chronicles 24:17–22; Acts 6:8–7:60; Matthew 10:17–22) 03.08.2025 19:53 ↓

Stephen, the first Christian martyr, might seem a little other-worldly at first. But what he knows might help us , when we're next confronted by groupthink, ideology, and pride. (Rev'd Dr Andrew)

Death and Resurrection in Hosea (Hosea 1.2-10; Luke 11.1-13) 26.07.2025 19:17 ↓

When everything turns into Mad Max, maybe God has left us, because we left him. Or maybe not. (Rev'd Dave.)