The Centre Dural Podcast

Welcome to BANTER; the weekly podcast where we unpack Sunday's sermon.  Mitch & Murray trace the theme of fire through the Bible. They reflect on the various roles fire plays in different biblical stories and speak on what it means to protect the fire of God within us. To find out more about The Centre visit; www.thecentredural.org.au/church/ We meet at 10am every Sunday in person and online a...

Welcome to BANTER; the weekly podcast where we unpack Sunday's sermon.  The lads unpack the 4 prevailing interpretations of "Water" & "Spirit" in John 3 and reflect on the strengths that each has to offer to both our personal walks and the way our church functions. To find out more about The Centre visit; www.thecentredural.org.au/church/ We meet at 10am every Sunday in person and online at; w...

John 3:1-8 Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are doing if God were not with him.” Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.” “How can someone b...

Welcome to BANTER; the weekly podcast where we unpack Sunday's sermon.  Mitch & Murray explore the overarching structure of the book of Ezekiel, the origins of Pentecost and how to best understand the biblical genre of apocalyptic literature 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/@centredu...

Ezekiel 37:1-14 The hand of the Lord was on me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord and set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. He led me back and forth among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were very dry. He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” I said, “Sovereign Lord, you alone know.” Then he said to me, “Prophesy to...

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...

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.  Mitch & Murray explore who the four gospels work together to reveal the multitude of ways Jesus' entrance into Jerusalem was fulfilling Old Testament prophesies and subverting Jewish expectations. They also reflect over the past 40 days of the Lent Challenge and share what they personally found helpful and challenging. To...

Luke 19:28-40 After Jesus had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. As he approached Bethphage and Bethany at the hill called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ sa...

Welcome to BANTER; the weekly podcast where we unpack Sunday's sermon.  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 12:20-41 Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the festival. They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, with a request. “Sir,” they said, “we would like to see Jesus.” Philip went to tell Andrew; Andrew and Philip in turn told Jesus. Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat fal...

Welcome to BANTER; the weekly podcast where we unpack Sunday's sermon.  Murray and Mitch chat about all four gospel accounts of Jesus being anointed with perfume and whether or not they are the same event and the repeated archetype of wise women in the gospels. They also dive a little deeper into the historical figures of Emperor Constantine and Martin Luther, exploring the important roles they bo...

Mark 14:1-11 Now the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread were only two days away, and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were scheming to arrest Jesus secretly and kill him. “But not during the festival,” they said, “or the people may riot.” While he was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perf...

Welcome to BANTER; the weekly podcast where we unpack Sunday's sermon.  Mitch & Murray chat about the way John uses Lazarus' resurrection as a narrative bridge in his gospel, the way we are to respond to Jesus' anger towards death, and how Mary and Martha's responses represent the polarities of a Kingdom of God which is both "Here" yet "Not yet" To find out more about The Centre visit; www.the...

John 11:1-45 Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. (This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay sick, was the same one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair.) So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one you love is sick.” When he heard this, Jesus said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God’s...

Mark 8:27-38 Jesus and his disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked them, “Who do people say I am?” They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.” “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?” Peter answered, “You are the Messiah.” Jesus warned them not to tell anyone about him. He then began to t...

Welcome to BANTER; the weekly podcast where we unpack Sunday's sermon.  Mark's account of Jesus' ministry is one of a Suffering Servant.  How do we engage with that in a culture where Christians are far from persecuted?  The boys chat about Markan Sandwiches, the Jewish expectation of Elijah's return, an how 1st century Jewish readers were able to reconcile that Jesus would rise "on the third day"...

Luke 4:1-13 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry. The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.” Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’ ” The devil led h...

Welcome to BANTER; the weekly podcast where we unpack Sunday's sermon.  Luke's account of Jesus in the Wilderness is notably different in structure to Mark and Matthew's accounts. What's Luke trying to do differently in his gospel?  And in fact, how are any of the gospel authors retelling this story if no one was there to witness it except Jesus and Satan? The boys also chat about how they're trav...

Welcome to BANTER; the weekly podcast where we unpack Sunday's sermon.  Mitch & Murray chat about the vision of Heaven and Hell, the origins around the Catholic theology of purgatory, and how our eschatology informs not just our future but our present. 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.co...

Luke 12:35-48 “Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning, like servants waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him. It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve, will have them recline at the table and will...

Welcome to BANTER; the weekly podcast where we unpack Sunday's sermon.  The boys talk about the history of charity in the Old and New Testament, how Christianity was responsible for the first international aid project in recorded history, and the dangers of our faith relying too heavily of experience. To find out more about The Centre visit; www.thecentredural.org.au/church/ We meet at 10am every...

Luke 12: 13-21 Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?” Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.” And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abund...