St John’s Diamond Creek Talks

In this final installment of Spring Sagas and the end of the story of the prophet Elijah, we meet his devoted student, Elisha, as they walk and talk their way through ancient Israel. This week, Julie presents the story at the end of years of hard work endured by Elijah and the handing over of God's power from one great prophet to another.

Continuing our storytelling series on the prophet Elijah, we jump forward to the book of 2 Kings as King Ahab is succeeded by his son, Ahaziah. This week, Kirk, aided by Jack and Lachie, tell the story of an injured king and his reliance on false gods, while tackling the reality of God's violence.

Where our Winter Wisdom series left off, Spring Sagas picks up as we follow the story of Elijah in the book of 1 Kings. This week, Tim returns to bring us a tale of injustice and the abuse of power.

This week, Tim is back to present how God's will can be realised through different means and how we see this in the story of Paul in the book of Acts.

This week, Kirk considers Paul's provocative actions in the book of Acts as Paul finds himself in a meeting with the both the Pharisees and the Sadducees, two groups of Jewish leaders with different views.

Mission requires us to speak about our experience as Christians to people from all walks of life, all with different prior experience, whether that's on the other side of the world, in your local community, or anywhere in between. This week, Tim returns from mission abroad to continue our series on The Church on Mission, where, as we see in the book of Acts, Paul uses both his Roman citizenship an...

Mission is not just going overseas to share Jesus with different cultures but it can start right where you're at. Even by sharing your faith at work, school, or home you are participating in God's mission. Today marks Andi's first talk and the return of the Church on Mission series. In this series, we continue following Paul as he spreads the news of Jesus in the book of Acts. Along the way, he re...

Fully trusting God can be difficult, especially in the face of conflict. But as the Bible teaches us, conflict is inevitable, and as Christians, our job is to handle adversity with the grace and love of Jesus himself. This week, Julie shares with us a story where Jesus predicts his return to Earth to deliver ultimate judgement. This may be confronting to hear, but the good news is: because of the...

Fully trusting God can be difficult, and serving him with everything can be even harder. But just as we call Jesus our Lord, we are called to serve him as our Lord. This week, Tim is back to share with us a story from the book of Luke: a parable of servants being prepared to serve their master when he someday returns from the wedding feast.

Fully trusting God can be difficult, especially when we are so focused on our own worries. And while worry or stress is not inherently evil, it is certainly useless or unhelpful. This week, Kirk brings us a message from Luke that tells us not to stress because God will provide, just as he does for the birds in the sky and the grass on the ground. Only he cares for us a whole lot more.

Fully trusting God can be difficult, especially when we are tempted to hold on to parts of our lives as if we are keeping them a secret from Him. One area many Christians struggle to bring to God is money - how we view it and how we spend it.  Tim returns this week to share with us the lessons behind one of Jesus' many stories from the book of Luke: the Parable of the Rich Fool.

Fully trusting God can be difficult, especially when we can't see where he is leading us. In these times, it's tempting to put on a mask to suit our surroundings. It's tempting to try and hide parts of our lives from God. This week, Tim brings us our first installment in this new series on trusting in God with everything we have.

This week, Julie continues our Winter Wisdom storytelling series by bringing us another story from the life of Elijah - a story of physical, emotional, and spiritual burnout and God's response to our weakness.

Continuing our Winter Wisdom storytelling series, Tim brings us another tale from the life of Elijah - a tale of misplaced devotion in false gods and the power of the one true God.

This week marks the beginning of a new storytelling series, this time centered on the prophet Elijah and his journey. For the first story, Tim brings us a tale of famine and the importance of trust in God.

This week, to celebrate 100 years of Bush Church Aid, guest speaker Adrian Lane from BCA shares some of the journey the society has taken since 1919. He also brings us a story from the Bible of using what we have now in the best way we can.

This week, to celebrate 100 years of Bush Church Aid, guest speaker Adrian Lane from BCA shares some of the journey the society has taken since 1919. He also brings us a story from the Bible of small beginnings and great plans for the future.

Wrapping up our series on the Holy Spirit, Andy throws some questions from you at Kirk and Tim.  Can you lose a gift of the Spirit? Why speak in tongues when God understands English? These questions and more, on this episode. Subscribe in  iTunes ,  Spotify , or  Google Podcasts  

Kirk wraps up this series on the Holy Spirit by exploring how the spiritual gifts of tongues and prophesy should be used, as well as tackling one of the more challenging passages in the Bible.

Continuing our deep dive into the gifts of the Spirit listed in 1 Corinthians 12, today, Kirk and Andy look at Tongues, Prophecy and Miraculous Powers. Next week: a special Q&A episode. Text your questions anonymously to 0490 453 293, or email them to questions@stjohnsdc.org.au . Subscribe in  iTunes ,  Spotify , or  Google Podcasts

Throughout our series on the Holy Spirit, many spiritual gifts have been described, as well as their use in the church. This week, Kirk takes a closer look at two spiritual gifts in particular: tongues and prophesy. Why are people given these gifts and how should they be used?

Our current series of talks focus on the Holy Spirit- one of three persons of our God. In the next three bonus episodes of the St John's podcast, we'll take a deep dive into the gifts of the Spirit listed in 1 Corinthians 12. In this episode, Andy and Kirk look at Wisdom, Knowledge, Healing, and Distinguishing Between Spirits - what are these gifts, and how might they be used to bring God glory. S...

The most well-known verses on love- seen at weddings across the globe. Where would we be without love? Love is the best characteristic you can have in everything that you do, which is why Paul in his letter to Corinth says that you are only a clanging gong without love.

Episode 6 of Christianity Explored. The finale of this series, exploring the life of Jesus, his death and resurrection, today Andy and Tim look at how a decision to follow Jesus impacts your life here and now. The bible says that those who believe and are baptised will receive the Holy Spirit, but who or what is that?  Send us your questions by email:  questions@stjohnsdc.org.au Subscribe in  iTun...

Your church is too small - at least, your view of what a church is, is too small. Many people see the church as a building, or a bureaucracy, or a Sunday service, but the bible describes the church more as a united body of people, filled with God's Holy Spirit, and given a variety of gifts so that together, we can do amazing things in the world. Believers are given different gifts to do good thing...