The Centre Dural Podcast

Welcome to BANTER; the weekly podcast where we unpack Sunday's sermon.  In the lead up to Christmas, for the last BANTER of the year Mitch and Murray unpack the last 2 titles in Isaiah 9:6 To find out more about The Centre visit; www.thecentredural.org.au/church/ We meet at 10am every Sunday in person and online at; www.youtube.com/@centredural  

Isaiah 9:6 For to us a child is born,     to us a son is given,     and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called     Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,     Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. To find out more about The Centre visit; www.thecentredural.org.au/church/ We meet at 10am every Sunday in person and online at; www.youtube.com/@centredural  Welcome to The Centre!  We'r...

Welcome to BANTER; the weekly podcast where we unpack Sunday's sermon.  Murray & Mitch delve into the New Testament's interaction with Isaiah 9, the implications of God as a Mighty Warrior for both the ancient and modern believer, and how God being a Wonderful Counsellor means a whole lot more than just a good mental health worker. To find out more about The Centre visit; www.thecentredural.or...

Isaiah 9:6 For to us a child is born,     to us a son is given,     and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called     Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,     Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. To find out more about The Centre visit; www.thecentredural.org.au/church/ We meet at 10am every Sunday in person and online at; www.youtube.com/@centredural  Welcome to The Centre!  We'r...

Welcome to BANTER; the weekly podcast where we unpack Sunday's sermon.  Murray and Mitch chat more about the messy logistics of Jesus' birth, explore whether the prophecies in Isaiah 7 & 9 where initially about Jesus, and talk about the significance of Jesus' birth being a "Silent Night" in Islamic theology. To find out more about The Centre visit; www.thecentredural.org.au/church/ We meet at...

To find out more about The Centre visit; www.thecentredural.org.au/church/ We meet at 10am every Sunday in person and online at; www.youtube.com/@centredural  Welcome to The Centre!  We're a Church in Dural, Sydney who want to Make Jesus The Centre of our lives, community, and world. Join us for a time of worship, community and teaching.  Remember to stay in contact with the church, especially if...

Welcome to BANTER; the weekly podcast where we unpack Sunday's sermon.  Mitch and Murray sit down to reflect on 2025 at The Centre. To find out more about The Centre visit; www.thecentredural.org.au/church/ We meet at 10am every Sunday in person and online at; www.youtube.com/@centredural  

Welcome to BANTER; the weekly podcast where we unpack Sunday's sermon.  Mitch and Murray wrap up the series on virtues as they reflect more on temperance  To find out more about The Centre visit; www.thecentredural.org.au/church/ We meet at 10am every Sunday in person and online at; www.youtube.com/@centredural  

To find out more about The Centre visit; www.thecentredural.org.au/church/ We meet at 10am every Sunday in person and online at; www.youtube.com/@centredural  Welcome to The Centre!  We're a Church in Dural, Sydney who want to Make Jesus The Centre of our lives, community, and world. Join us for a time of worship, community and teaching.  Remember to stay in contact with the church, especially if...

Welcome to BANTER; the weekly podcast where we unpack Sunday's sermon. Mitch and Murray delve deeper into the virtue of fortitude To find out more about The Centre visit; www.thecentredural.org.au/church/ We meet at 10am every Sunday in person and online at; www.youtube.com/@centredural  

To find out more about The Centre visit; www.thecentredural.org.au/church/ We meet at 10am every Sunday in person and online at; www.youtube.com/@centredural  Welcome to The Centre!  We're a Church in Dural, Sydney who want to Make Jesus The Centre of our lives, community, and world. Join us for a time of worship, community and teaching.  Remember to stay in contact with the church, especially if...

Welcome to BANTER; the weekly podcast where we unpack Sunday's sermon.  Mitch and Murray delve deeper into the virtue of justice To find out more about The Centre visit; www.thecentredural.org.au/church/ We meet at 10am every Sunday in person and online at; www.youtube.com/@centredural  

To find out more about The Centre visit; www.thecentredural.org.au/church/ We meet at 10am every Sunday in person and online at; www.youtube.com/@centredural  Welcome to The Centre!  We're a Church in Dural, Sydney who want to Make Jesus The Centre of our lives, community, and world. Join us for a time of worship, community and teaching.  Remember to stay in contact with the church, especially if...

Welcome to BANTER; the weekly podcast where we unpack Sunday's sermon.  Mitch and Murray explore an ancient tool for seeking Godly discernment and wisdom which is as practical today as it was 400 years ago. To find out more about The Centre visit; www.thecentredural.org.au/church/ We meet at 10am every Sunday in person and online at; www.youtube.com/@centredural  

To find out more about The Centre visit; www.thecentredural.org.au/church/ We meet at 10am every Sunday in person and online at; www.youtube.com/@centredural  Welcome to The Centre!  We're a Church in Dural, Sydney who want to Make Jesus The Centre of our lives, community, and world. Join us for a time of worship, community and teaching.  Remember to stay in contact with the church, especially if...

Welcome to BANTER; the weekly podcast where we unpack Sunday's sermon.  Mitch & Murray kick off our virtues series with an exploration around the history of "hinge" virtues, the struggle for many in church history to reconcile the tension of grace and works, how the New Perspective on Paul helps shed light on this, and what Aristotle has to teach us around virtue and the "Golden Mean" To find...

To find out more about The Centre visit; www.thecentredural.org.au/church/ We meet at 10am every Sunday in person and online at; www.youtube.com/@centredural  Welcome to The Centre!  We're a Church in Dural, Sydney who want to Make Jesus The Centre of our lives, community, and world. Join us for a time of worship, community and teaching.  Remember to stay in contact with the church, especially if...

To find out more about The Centre visit; www.thecentredural.org.au/church/ We meet at 10am every Sunday in person and online at; www.youtube.com/@centredural  Welcome to The Centre!  We're a Church in Dural, Sydney who want to Make Jesus The Centre of our lives, community, and world. Join us for a time of worship, community and teaching.  Remember to stay in contact with the church, especially if...

Welcome to BANTER; the weekly podcast where we unpack Sunday's sermon.  Murray and Mitch sit down to unpack the theme of "The Hour" throughout John's Gospel, the ways that Jesus fulfils and interprets Jewish Festivals in the fourth gospel, and how to find a happy middle ground between Predestination and Arminianism.  To find out more about The Centre visit; www.thecentredural.org.au/church/ We mee...

John 17:1-26 After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed: “Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. I have brought you glory on earth by...

Welcome to BANTER; the weekly podcast where we unpack Sunday's sermon.  Mitch and Murray explore the values of waiting, discomfort, and sometimes even pain in the process of becoming more like Christ. To find out more about The Centre visit; www.thecentredural.org.au/church/ We meet at 10am every Sunday in person and online at; www.youtube.com/@centredural  

John 16:16-33 Jesus went on to say, “In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me.” At this, some of his disciples said to one another, “What does he mean by saying, ‘In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me,’ and ‘Because I am going to the Father’?” They kept asking, “What does he mean by ‘a little while’?...

Welcome to BANTER; the weekly podcast where we unpack Sunday's sermon.  How do we navigate the tension of not harbouring an unjustified "martyr mentality" and yet recognising that mockery, rejection, or even persecution can remain a reality? What are the pros and cons of a separation of church and state actually and is it even biblical?  The boys sit down together to unpack all this and more  To f...

John 15:18-16:15 “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you. Remember what I told you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teach...

Welcome to BANTER; the weekly podcast where we unpack Sunday's sermon.  The boys get nerdy today as they explore some of the deeper significance of the Greek words in John 15 which are translated in the NIV as "remain" "prune/clean" (spoiler; they're the same word), and "friend".  They also chat about the repeated symbol of Israel as a vine which weaves along the trellis of the Old Testament and r...