The Centre Dural Podcast

"Then the Father said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours. It was fitting to celebrate and be glad, for this your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.’”  (Luke 15:31-32)  The Parable of the Lost Son has often been interpreted through the lens of the Younger Son. What if Jesus' famous story of a broken family was actually more about how Christia...

Welcome to BANTER; the weekly podcast where we unpack Sunday's sermon.  M&M explore numerology in the Bible, the art of benevolent detachment in relationships that have become toxic, and the cultural paradigms around forgiveness in ancient Jewish culture. 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...

"Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?” Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times."  (Matthew 18:21-22)  Forgiveness can be hard, but not forgiving is even harder.  To find out more about The Centre visit; www.thecentredural.org.au/church/ We meet at 10am every Sunday in per...

Welcome to BANTER; the weekly podcast where we unpack Sunday's sermon.  How do we interpret what the Bible is trying to say effectively? Mitch & Murray unpack the 4 dominant lenses of hermeneutics and how we use them to assist us in understanding scripture effectively and accurately. The boys also explore modern purity customs of the church which halter the gospel and a practical strategy to c...

Being a "Good Samaritan" can be inconvenient at best and at worst, deadly.  Mitch explores what it looks like to truly be a good neighbour in our modern context. 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  

Paul shares about the transformative work Destiny Rescue do in freeing children from slavery, sex trafficking, and exploitation in the name of Jesus. If you'd like to find out more about Destiny Rescue visit; www.destinyrescue.org.au  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  

In a world that values growth, progress and expansion at the expense of almost anything else, Josh asks us to stop to consider 7 important questions around what each of us are building in our own lives. 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  

Lyndon explores a question many of us have asked in life's most difficult seasons; "Does God really love me?" 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.  M&M unpack the Old Testament imagery in Jesus' closing remarks in The Sermon on the Mount, chat about faith vs. good works, and explore what it actually means to be a "false prophet". 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...

"By their fruit you will recognise them. Do people pick grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles? Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus, by their fruit you will recognise them. -Jesus (Matthew 7:16...

Welcome to BANTER; the weekly podcast where we unpack Sunday's sermon.  Mitch and Murray chat about the differences around Jesus' "Ask, Seek, Knock" teaching in the Sermon on the Mount compared to Luke 11, the ways in which prayer is unavoidably communal, and the formative power of prayer. The boys also reminisce on their worst jobs as teenagers, and a theory around why it's historically referred...

“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened."  -Jesus, (Matthew 7:7-8)  Jesus speaks in absolutes about prayer in the Sermon on the Mount, but how can he say this when prayer isn't always answered the way we hoped? Murray explores the g...

Welcome to BANTER; the weekly podcast where we unpack Sunday's sermon. Mitch & Murray get their nerd on as they explore the original Greek word "krino" translated as "judge" in the NIV. They also chat about the value of emotional intelligence and social intelligence along with what Jesus was actually talking about when he spoke about casting our pearls to swine. To find out more about The Cent...

“Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you." 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 explore the economic and cultural context that Jesus' Sermon on the Mount was speaking into and the unique challenges around relying on God's provision in our modern age.  They also open up about their own most prized material possessions and realise that one man's treasure is likely another man's trash. To fi...

19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." (Matthew 6:19-21) To find out more about The Centre visit; www.thecentredura...

Welcome to BANTER; the weekly podcast where we unpack Sunday's sermon.  M&M chat more around spiritual practices, The Lord's Prayer, and the spiritual formation that comes from charitable giving, prayer, and fasting. 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  

“Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven." (Matthew 6:1) 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.  "Turn the other cheek"  "Go the extra mile"  "Love your enemy"  What is Jesus saying?  Mitch & Murray explore the model Jesus set forth of creative non-violence and how it informs the way we conduct ourselves when we're met with difficult, unkind, or even toxic people. To find out more about The Centre visit; www.thecentre...

"But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. (...) Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect." - Jesus (Matthew 5:43-44,48) 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.  When Jesus gave his sermon on the mount, it was within a context where God's people were struggling to live out a lifestyle of Torah instruction which had been written over a millennium ago. In some ways, Jesus was doing what we all try to do today - contextualise God's Word to our given situations.  Mitch & Murray continu...

Jesus' teachings on anger and lust go far deeper than the outward appearance and take aim at the heart of each person who reads it. 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.  The lads jump into the next section of Jesus' sermon on the mount as they explore the unique insights into salt and light within both a 1st century and Jewish context. 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  

“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the s...

Welcome to BANTER; the weekly podcast where we unpack Sunday's sermon.  Mitch and Murray look at the ways Matthew sets Jesus up as a new Moses and Isaiah, what it means to be "blessed", and the way in which the beatitudes echo stories and figures from the Old Testament.  They also chat about Lectio Divina and the importance of meditative practice in spiritual formation. To find out more about The...