The Secret Place

Be sure to listen to the introduction episode before continuing onto the love letters.  "My beloved - In me, it is never too late to begin again. You are never too far away from Me" This season of The Secret Place is a little different, rather than speaking about God, Derek is speaking from the perspective of God. Like the Psalmists and Poets of human history, many have tried to give voice to...

Be sure to listen to the introduction episode before continuing onto the love letters.  "My beloved Son and Daughter - one of My greatest desires for you is a renewed mind." This season of The Secret Place is a little different, rather than speaking about God, Derek is speaking from the perspective of God. Like the Psalmists and Poets of human history, many have tried to give voice to the tho...

Be sure to listen to this episode first in full before moving on to future episodes.  Welcome to Season 8 of The Secret Place. This season is a little different to past episiodes, rather than speaking about God, Derek is speaking from the perspective of God. Like the Psalmists and Poets of human history, many have tried to give voice to the thoughts of God that they believe reflects the inten...

This is season seven of The Secret Place - Faithful Presence. This season explores Jesus's response to the question; "What is the Greatest Commandment?" in Mark 12:29. His response summarizes all of God's commandments that have come before and depict God's success formula for human life on Earth. In this episode of The Secret Place, Derek explains that Jesus desperately wants us to become people o...

This is season seven of The Secret Place - Faithful Presence. This season explores Jesus's response to the question; "What is the Greatest Commandment?" in Mark 12:29. His response summarizes all of God's commandments that have come before and depict God's success formula for human life on Earth. In this episode of The Secret Place, Derek defines love in the context of Mark 12. Through this we fin...

This is season seven of The Secret Place - Faithful Presence. This season explores Jesus's response to the question; "What is the Greatest Commandment?" in Mark 12:29. His response summarizes all of God's commandments that have come before and depict God's success formula for human life on Earth. In this episode of The Secret Place, Derek defines true love in the context of Mark 12. To be faithful...

This is season seven of The Secret Place - Faithful Presence. This season explores Jesus's response to the question; "What is the Greatest Commandment?" in Mark 12:29. His response summarizes all of God's commandments that have come before and depict God's success formula for human life on Earth. In this episode of The Secret Place, Derek speaks into the guarantee of hope that is assured for us by...

This is season seven of The Secret Place - Faithful Presence. This season explores Jesus's response to the question; "What is the Greatest Commandment?" in Mark 12:29. His response summarizes all of God's commandments that have come before and depict God's success formula for human life on Earth. In this episode of The Secret Place, Derek defines what it looks like for us to truly live as sons and...

Welcome to season seven of The Secret Place - Faithful Presence. This season explores Jesus's response to the question; "What is the Greatest Commandment?" in Mark 12:29. His response summarizes all of God's commandments that have come before and depict God's success formula for human life on Earth. In this episode of The Secret Place, Derek explains the posture of God's heart so we can gain a dee...

Welcome to season seven of The Secret Place - Faithful Presence. This season explores Jesus's response to the question; "What is the Greatest Commandment?" in Mark 12:29. His response summarizes all of God's commandments that have come before and depict God's success formula for human life on Earth. In this episode of The Secret Place, Derek sets the scene for this season and briefly unpacks Jesus...

Welcome to season six of The Secret Place - The Life, The Truth, The Way. This season explores the words of Jesus from John 14:6; "I am the way the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." Derek purposely reverses the order of these words so we can get a unique understanding of God's order of creation and His purpose for our lives in Him. In this episode of The Secret Pla...

Welcome to season six of The Secret Place - The Life, The Truth, The Way. This season explores the words of Jesus from John 14:6; "I am the way the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." Derek purposely reverses the order of these words so we can get a unique understanding of God's order of creation and His purpose for our lives in Him. In this episode of The Secret Pla...

Welcome to season six of The Secret Place - The Life, The Truth, The Way. This season explores the words of Jesus from John 14:6; "I am the way the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." Derek purposely reverses the order of these words so we can get a unique understanding of God's order of creation and His purpose for our lives in Him. In this episode of The Secret Pla...

Welcome to season six of The Secret Place - The Life, The Truth, The Way. This season explores the words of Jesus from John 14:6; "I am the way the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." Derek purposely reverses the order of these words so we can get a unique understanding of God's order of creation and His purpose for our lives in Him. In this episode of The Secret Pla...

Welcome to season six of The Secret Place - The Life, The Truth, The Way. This season explores the words of Jesus from John 14:6; "I am the way the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." Derek purposely reverses the order of these words so we can get a unique understanding of God's order of creation and His purpose for our lives in Him. In this episode of The Secret Pla...

Welcome to season six of The Secret Place - The Life, The Truth, The Way. This season explores the words of Jesus from John 14:6; "I am the way the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." Derek purposely reverses the order of these words so we can get a unique understanding of God's order of creation and His purpose for our lives in Him. In this episode of The Secret Pla...

Welcome to season six of The Secret Place - The Life, The Truth, The Way. This season explores the words of Jesus from John 14:6; "I am the way the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." Derek purposely reverses the order of these words so we can get a unique understanding of God's order of creation and His purpose for our lives in Him. In this episode of The Secret Pla...

Welcome to season six of The Secret Place - The Life, The Truth, The Way. This season explores the words of Jesus from John 14:6; "I am the way the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." Derek purposely reverses the order of these words so we can get a unique understanding of God's order of creation and His purpose for our lives in Him. In this episode of The Secret Pla...

Welcome to season six of The Secret Place - The Life, The Truth, The Way. This season explores the words of Jesus from John 14:6; "I am the way the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." Derek purposely reverses the order of these words so we can get a unique understanding of God's order of creation and His purpose for our lives in Him. In this episode of The Secret Pla...

Welcome to season six of The Secret Place - The Life, The Truth, The Way. This season explores the words of Jesus from John 14:6; "I am the way the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." Derek purposely reverses the order of these words so we can get a unique understanding of God's order of creation and His purpose for our lives in Him. In this episode of The Secret Pla...

This is the final episode in season five of The Secret Place, where Derek unpacks the Christmas story and highlights the beautiful carols that we hear at this time of year. If you haven't yet, go back to episode 1 "Forever Human and Forever Devine" and join Derek from the beginning of this Christmas season.   In this episode of The Secret Place, Derek unpacks Jesus' final prayer on Earth to the Fa...

Welcome to season five of The Secret Place, where Derek unpacks the Christmas story and highlights the beautiful carols that we hear at this time of year. In this episode of The Secret Place, Derek reflects on the hauntingly beautiful words of the carol, O Come O Come Emmanuel. The overwhelming message that cuts through in this song is "Look Up." Lift your eyes towards heaven because it doesn't ma...

Welcome to season five of The Secret Place, where Derek unpacks the Christmas story and highlights the beautiful carols that we hear at this time of year. In this episode of The Secret Place, Derek reflects on the powerful words of the carol, O Holy Night. Derek urges us to know that there is nothing that can separate us from God as He is forever bound to His creation through the incarnation of Je...

Welcome to season five of The Secret Place, where Derek unpacks the Christmas story and highlights the beautiful carols that we hear at this time of year. In this episode of The Secret Place, Derek reflects on the words of the carol, O Come All Ye Faithful. Through these words Derek explains that God's intent for sending Jesus was not to give us a ticket into heaven, but to reach us in our darknes...

Welcome to season five of The Secret Place, where Derek unpacks the Christmas story and highlights the beautiful carols that we hear at this time of year. In this episode of The Secret Place, Derek reflects on the words of the carol, Silent Night and the idea of unconditional acceptance.  Derek Peters is the Executive Pastor at Gateway Baptist Church in Brisbane, Australia.  To find additional con...