St John’s Diamond Creek Talks

On New Years Eve, Tim and his family where holidaying. Spending time at the beach, shopping and hanging out. Then they got a call that the border between NSW and Victoria was closing. They needed to travel hundreds of kilometres on a moments' notice. They then needed to spend nearly two weeks in quarantine.  Life throws curveballs in our direction all the time - even beyond living through a global...

Spitting isn't great, socially. It's pretty gross, especially in a pandemic. But when Jesus spits in his hands and rubs it into a blind man's eyes, the blind man is healed - but only after a second attempt by Jesus. Initially, the man has blurry vision. What a weird story! Kirk explores how we also have a blurry view of Jesus.

Through 2020, we saw scenes that we may never have expected - supermarket shelves empty of food and toilet paper. In 2021, Tim encourages us to trust that Jesus will provide all our needs, just as he did for the 4000 people (and the 5000 in a previous chapter), with enough food for leftovers. 

With a New Year upon us, you might've been asked: "Have you made any New Year's Resolutions?". Julie challenges us - if your resolution is something that could be achieved in your own strength and effort, think bigger! Rely on God for your New Year's Resolution, and trust in his strength to get it done!

The finale of our Faith in the Dark series looks at the high point of the book of Hebrews - a challenge to fix our eyes on Jesus. After spending 10 chapters pumping up Jesus ("How Good is Jesus??") the author now encourages us to focus on Jesus, and run the race set out before us. Kirk explores how following Jesus is more of a marathon than a sprint.

Today we're reading Luke 2:22-40 - and this will be our last Bible Breakfast of 2020! We hope you've enjoyed it as much as we have, and would love your thoughts as we assess it going into 2021. Email stream@stjohnsdc.org.au. We get slammed with messages full of agendas from every angle these days, it can become overwhelming. Let’s start our day with Jesus so we can be well equipped to handle what...

We get slammed with messages full of agendas from every angle these days, it can become overwhelming. Let’s start our day with Jesus so we can be well equipped to handle what comes our way.  In this week's Breakfast Bible discussion Di is back with Andy and Di, chatting through Luke chapter 2, verses 1-21. We're doing a Christmas series for the next 2 weeks, then taking a break. Need a bible? Read...

Whether your faith is like a huge spotlight, or just a pocket torch, a little bit of light can illuminate dark places. Andi reminds us that faith, regardless of how small you might think yours is, can light up the way when we find ourselves in dark places of our lives - when we're frightened, unsure, or filled with doubt.

We get slammed with messages full of agendas from every angle these days, it can become overwhelming. Let’s start our day with Jesus so we can be well equipped to handle what comes our way.  In this week's Breakfast Bible discussion Ella is back with Andy, as well as first time guest, Katherine, chatting through Luke chapter 1, verses 26-38. We're doing a Christmas series for the next 3 weeks, the...

Following God through Dark Times, when we can't quite see the path in front of us can be immensely challenging. In this part of Hebrews, we see examples of Old Testament characters following God through their own dark times, without the knowledge of Jesus coming and what he would achieve. Tim continues our Faith in the Dark advent series.

We get slammed with messages full of agendas from every angle these days, it can become overwhelming. Let’s start our day with Jesus so we can be well equipped to handle what comes our way.  In this week's Breakfast Bible discussion Linda is back with Andy, as well as first time guest, Di, chatting through Luke chapter 5, verses 33-39. Need a bible? Read online for free at bible.com  or get in tou...

How do you have faith in something you can't see? Kirk launches our Advent series Faith in the Dark, exploring faith and hope. Starting from Hebrews 11, we'll be thinking about having faith in darkness and putting our trust in Jesus this Christmas.

We get slammed with messages full of agendas from every angle these days, it can become overwhelming. Let’s start our day with Jesus so we can be well equipped to handle what comes our way.  In this week's Breakfast Bible discussion Linda joins Kirk and Andy to chat through Luke chapter 5, verses 27-39. Need a bible? Read online for free at bible.com  or get in touch with us at  stjohnsdc.org.au  ...

For our thanksgiving service, Julie talks about how we can and should be grateful to god, and be thankful for all the good things that he has done. We should focus on the Lord, and by doing that we can improve our lives.

We get slammed with messages full of agendas from every angle these days, it can become overwhelming. Let’s start our day with Jesus so we can be well equipped to handle what comes our way.  In this week's Breakfast Bible discussion Kirk is back with Andy and Ella to chat through Luke chapter 5, verses 17-26. Need a bible? Read online for free at bible.com  or get in touch with us at  stjohnsdc.or...

Tim finishes our Generous Giving thinking about the attitude and results of giving. Are you content in your giving, giving cheerfully and not under compulsion? Are you thinking deliberately about your generosity? Giving deliberately and generously is good for your relationship with those you're being generous towards, good for their relationship with God, and good for your relationship with God -...

We get slammed with messages full of agendas from every angle these days, it can become overwhelming. Let’s start our day with Jesus so we can be well equipped to handle what comes our way.  In this week's Breakfast Bible discussion Kirk is back with Andy and Ella to chat through Luke chapter 5, verses 12-16. Need a bible? Read online for free at bible.com or get in touch with us at stjohnsdc.org....

In this weeks sermon, the second in the Generous Giving series, Kirk talks about giving both generously and enthusiastically. Our western culture can often at times encourage us to spend money only on ourselves, and discourages us from donating to others who could use our money more than us.

We get slammed with messages full of agendas from every angle these days, it can become overwhelming. Let’s start our day with Jesus so we can be well equipped to handle what comes our way.  In this week's Breakfast Bible discussion Kirk is back with Andy and Ella to chat through Luke chapter 5, verses 1-11. Need a bible? Read online for free at bible.com or get in touch with us at stjohnsdc.org.a...

In this new sermon series, Senior minister Tim Johnson talks about giving in the church, both in modern day and in the days of Paul. He talks about why we should give generously, and how it is useful.

We get slammed with messages full of agendas from every angle these days, it can become overwhelming. Let’s start our day with Jesus so we can be well equipped to handle what comes our way.  In this week's Breakfast Bible discussion Ella is back with Andy to chat through Luke chapter 4, verses 31-44. Need a bible? Read online for free at bible.com or get in touch with us at stjohnsdc.org.au and we...

In this weeks sermon, Julie talks about Leadership. Jesus used leadership all the time, he was constantly leading not only his disciples but complete strangers. Julie talks about how to be a leader like Jesus, how to follow his example, and how to be the best leader we can be.

We get slammed with messages full of agendas from every angle these days, it can become overwhelming. Let’s start our day with Jesus so we can be well equipped to handle what comes our way.  This week's Breakfast Bible discussion Robyn joins Kirk and Ella to chat through Luke chapter 4, verses 14-30. Need a bible? Read online for free at bible.com or get in touch with us at stjohnsdc.org.au and we...

In this weeks sermon, Tim has a look at Luke Chapter 7:36-50, where Jesus is having a dinner party with some pharisee's until a woman comes in and washes Jesus's feet with her hair. Tim talks about how in Jesus, we are known, and that he loves us no matter what.

We get slammed with messages full of agendas from every angle these days, it can become overwhelming. Let’s start our day with Jesus so we can be well equipped to handle what comes our way.    In the first episode of our Breakfast Bible discussion, Kirk, Ella and Andy chat through Luke chapter 4, verses 1-13. Need a bible? Read online for free at bible.com or get in touch with us at stjohnsdc.org....