The Whitehouse Church Podcast

“Jesus is the very incarnation of God. He is the exact representation of God’s being. Jesus shows us exactly what God is like. And in this moment of shared grief as Jesus wept with his friends Mary and Martha, we can know with certainty that God also wept.”

The life of Christ writes in small letters what God has, since the beginning, been writing in grand letters too vast for us to comprehend. Jesus is the supreme example to all mankind of what God has always been like and what God has always been doing. He summarized in one short lifetime what God has been doing throughout all of history.

Jesus always treated people like they were human beings not issues. Jesus never looked at people and saw them as ‘the adulterer’, ‘the thief’ or ‘the greedy man’. Jesus saw people and had compassion on them.

Luke 22: 60-62 ‘My good fellow,’ said Peter, ‘I don’t know what you’re talking about.’ And at once, while he was still speaking, the cock crowed. The master turned and looked at Peter, and Peter called to mind the words the master had spoken to him: ‘Before the cock crows, this very day, you will deny me three times.’ And he went outside and wept bitterly.

“If we fight for our religious freedoms in this country but fail to use that freedom to petition for the poor, the marginalised and the refugees we are no better than the Pharisees.”

Then they will reply, ‘Lord, when did we ever see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and not help you?’ And he will answer, ‘I tell you the truth, when you refused to help the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were refusing to help me.’” (Matthew 25:44-45).

This message is about the wilderness between the present time and the kingdom that is coming. The message concludes with a reading of the benediction written by Nadia Boltz-Webber for Rachel Held Evans’ funeral. Here are the words of the benediction. Blessed are the agnostics. Blessed are they who doubt. Blessed are those who have nothing to offer. Blessed are the preschoolers who cut in line at c...

Blessed are the asylum seekers, for they will find a home. Blessed are the elderly, for they will be loved and valued. Blessed are the powerless, for their voices will be heard. Blessed are those who cherish all people, for they show God's heart. You have heard that you are the masters of the earth, but I tell you that you are the servants of the earth. You have heard that you should accumulate we...

A very quick overview of the whole bible... well mostly an overview of Genesis and Exodus and then a desperate attempt to reach Revelation.

John 13:34-35 “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”

“It is wise to work from the known to the unknown and the clear to the unclear.” Greg Boyd

Luke 18:18-25 - A certain ruler asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” “Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone. You know the commandments: ‘You shall not commit adultery, you shall not murder, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, honour your father and mother.’” “All these I have kept since I was a boy,” he said. W...

Once a year we talk about money. And this is it! We also have an anonymous annual pledge so we can make a budget for the next year. If you’d like to be a part of that you can find the pledge form here - www.whitehousechurch.com.au/pledge

John 13:1-17 - It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. 2 The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already prompted Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus. 3 Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, an...

Matthew 5:43 ‘You heard that it was said, “Love your neighbour and hate your enemy.” 44 But I tell you: love your enemies! Pray for people who persecute you! 45a That way, you’ll be children of your father in heaven!

Luke‬ ‭15:11-32‬ “Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons. The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them. “Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living. After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole...

2 Corinthians 5:16-21 - So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himse...

Matthew 1:23 - “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”).

Luke 1:26-38 - Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, 27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28 And having come in, the angel said to her, “Rejoice, highly favoured one, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women!” 29 But when she saw him, she was troubled at his sayin...

James 1:2-4 - Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

Matthew 14:22 - ... he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone.

Here is a link to the ‘Feel Wheel’ - https://m.imgur.com/a/CkxQC

1 Kings 19:11-13 - The Lord said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.” Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in...

“Loneliness is inner emptiness. Solitude is inner fulfilment.” Richard Foster in Celebration of Discipline

Matthew 11:28-30 - “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”