St John’s Diamond Creek Talks

At St John’s, we are passionate partners in God’s global and local mission. We believe that God loves the whole world and so we pray, give money, and equip people for mission work locally, around Australia and throughout the world. Today, we're joined by Andy Corley, who's the International Director of Prison Fellowship and he will be speaking about the ministry of Prison Fellowship. Find out more...

We've all got stories about a bad boss. In this series, we look at Flawed Leadership in Israel's history. It’s coming to the end of the year, so you, like me, might be about to undertake a performance review at work. You’ll sit down with your boss, and line by line go over your job description and goals you might’ve set earlier in the year. For me, this is a great chance to take stock, and reflect...

We've all got stories about a bad boss. In this series, we look at Flawed Leadership in Israel's history. When we try to carry it all on our own, we inevitably fall. When Israel's first king eventually lent in to relying on God though, we saw great change. Connect with us at ➜ Website: https://stjohnsdc.org.au ➜ Facebook: https://facebook.com/stjohnsdc ➜ Instagram: https://instagram.com/stjohnsdc...

We've all got stories about a bad boss. In this series, we look at Flawed Leadership in Israel's history. What do we do when we hear God's call? Lean in and trust, or ignore it and carry on our own ways? Connect with us at ➜ Website: https://stjohnsdc.org.au ➜ Facebook: https://facebook.com/stjohnsdc ➜ Instagram: https://instagram.com/stjohnsdc  

We've all got stories about a bad boss. In this series, we look at Flawed Leadership in Israel's history. What we want and ask for isn't always in our best interest. God's got a plan, and as hard as it can be, we need to trust Jesus' way. Connect with us at ➜ Website: https://stjohnsdc.org.au ➜ Facebook: https://facebook.com/stjohnsdc ➜ Instagram: https://instagram.com/stjohnsdc  

Jesus loved to talk in parables - using fictional stories to demonstrate real truths. Delle wraps up this series with an uncomfortable topic - God's judgement. Connect with us at ➜ Website: https://stjohnsdc.org.au ➜ Facebook: https://facebook.com/stjohnsdc ➜ Instagram: https://instagram.com/stjohnsdc  

Jesus loved to talk in parables - using fictional stories to demonstrate real truths. In this talk, Joel examines what gets our priorities in life. Connect with us at ➜ Website: https://stjohnsdc.org.au ➜ Facebook: https://facebook.com/stjohnsdc ➜ Instagram: https://instagram.com/stjohnsdc  

Jesus loved to talk in parables - using fictional stories to demonstrate real truths. These parables aren't always the easiest to understand, so Andi brings us two tips on reading and interpreting parables. Connect with us at ➜ Website: https://stjohnsdc.org.au ➜ Facebook: https://facebook.com/stjohnsdc ➜ Instagram: https://instagram.com/stjohnsdc

Jesus loved to talk in parabales. Using fictional stories to demonstrate real truths. This series will explore a few of these parables, with Kirk starting with the parable of the weeds. Connect with us at ➜ Website: https://stjohnsdc.org.au ➜ Facebook: https://facebook.com/stjohnsdc ➜ Instagram: https://instagram.com/stjohnsdc  

In today’s talk, we’re wrapping up our God in the Everyday series, and through it, we’ll be exploring what actually takes up the vast majority of our every-day – the mundane ebb and flow of our lives. Where is God when we’re on autopilot? By the end of this service, I hope you’ll be equipped to think about your routine activities, and how you might leverage your routines to help you to show more t...

Going through our daily lives, as we work, study, rest, as we disagree and face conflicts, as we go through hard times, as we interact with our natural world – God is with us in all these situations. Tim continues our series by asking what God says about His creation, and how we should care for it. Connect with us at ➜ Website: https://stjohnsdc.org.au ➜ Facebook: https://facebook.com/stjohnsdc ➜...

Going through our daily lives, as we work, study, rest, as we disagree and face conflicts, as we go through hard times, as we interact with our natural world – God is with us in all these situations. Kirk continues our “God in the Everyday” series. Connect with us at ➜ Website: https://stjohnsdc.org.au ➜ Facebook: https://facebook.com/stjohnsdc ➜ Instagram: https://instagram.com/stjohnsdc  

Going through our daily lives, as we work, study, rest, as we disagree and face conflicts, as we go through hard times, as we interact with our natural world – God is with us in all these situations. We're continuing our “God in the Everyday” series. The creation story reveals God as someone who creates and puts energy and time into his creation. Work isn't just paid - it's any purposeful activity...

Going through our daily lives, as we work, study, rest, as we disagree and face conflicts, as we go through hard times, as we interact with our natural world – God is with us in all these situations. Today we begin a new series – “God in the everyday”. We’ll be spending the next five weeks exploring how God is present in our lives through every season, and how following Jesus isn’t isolated to bei...

As Christians, we believe that God designed us to live a certain way – primarily living to love God, and love other people. Believe it or not though, we don’t always do that very well. The core message of Christianity though, is that God – through the life death and resurrection of Jesus – has forgiven us. So as forgiven people, we should be extending that gift of forgiveness. Today, Kirk continue...

You know in soppy rom-coms, and so-bad-they’re-good dramas, when the two main characters have an argument based on a misunderstanding? Like, the boyfriend sees his girlfriend hugging another guy, and gets really jealous and upset, only to find out much later that it was her brother? Maybe, like me, you yell at your TV at that point – JUST TALK TO THEM! So much drama and conflict, just because you...

Today we start a new series of talks, with our Associate Minister Joel kicking us off. We’ll be spending the next four weeks thinking about Jesus and Relationships. Joel today starts by asking the question “what is greatness”? In our bible reading that Karen is about to bring us, we see Jesus flip expectations of the answer to this question, throwing out what we might traditionally consider to be...

What’s the end of the Christian story? That’s what Wei Han is taking a look at today, as we see in the visions of the book of Revelation. The great Australian dream is so different to the image we see in Revelation. The Christian Dream makes a huge difference in how we live our lives, living in the hope of Jesus Christ, and waiting the day when we sing those two songs of salvation and worship. Con...

Neville Naden from Bush Church Aid brings today's message. There’s no reconciliation without unity. Secular reconciliation requires one person doing something for someone, and that person returning the favour. Biblical reconciliation though says that God has done everything required for reconciliation. We have relationship with God, meaning we are in relationship with each other as the body of Chr...

God's plan for reconciliation begins with the unifying work of the Holy Spirit. In this series, we'll look at how the Holy Spirit transformed the early church. How did the early Church open themselves up to the work of the Spirit? Kirk brings us the conclusion of our Holy Spirit series. Connect with us at ➜ Website: https://stjohnsdc.org.au ➜ Facebook: https://facebook.com/stjohnsdc ➜ Instagram: h...

God's plan for reconciliation begins with the unifying work of the Holy Spirit. In this series, we'll look at how the Holy Spirit transformed the early church. Tim brings 5 ways the Spirit-filled church can be radically living. Connect with us at ➜ Website: https://stjohnsdc.org.au ➜ Facebook: https://facebook.com/stjohnsdc ➜ Instagram: https://instagram.com/stjohnsdc  

God's plan for reconciliation begins with the unifying work of the Holy Spirit. In this series, we'll look at how the Holy Spirit transformed the early church. Delle continues our series, looking at the foreshadowing of the Holy Spirit - ancient prophets who told of his coming. Connect with us at ➜ Website: https://stjohnsdc.org.au ➜ Facebook: https://facebook.com/stjohnsdc ➜ Instagram: https://in...

God's plan for reconciliation begins with the unifying work of the Holy Spirit. In this new series, we'll look at how the Holy Spirit transformed the early church. Joel begins this series, looking at the bringing together of God's scattered people at Pentecost. Connect with us at ➜ Website: https://stjohnsdc.org.au ➜ Facebook: https://facebook.com/stjohnsdc ➜ Instagram: https://instagram.com/stjoh...

This talk was given on Reconciliation Sunday, during Reconciliation Week 2022. Reconciliation is all about restoring broken relationships, and Reconciliation Week seeks to highlight the broken relationships in Australia’s shared history between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples. We are Ambassadors of Reconciliation. As followers of Jesus, we are called to reconciliation. We have been reconcile...

Are you waiting for something exciting? As followers of Jesus, we all are - his second coming. So far, Christians have been waiting 2,000 years, and there are certainly those who scoff at the idea of Jesus coming back. This isn't new though; as Peter writes in this passage, there were already scoffers scoffing just a few years after Jesus' death and resurrection! Have your bible ready at 2 Peter c...