Tide Church

We need new leadership Series: Surviving and Thriving: 1 Peter, part 9 Date preached: 24th October 2021 If the early church is going to survive the persecution it faces, it’s going to need good leadership and Peter finishes his letter focussing on the kind of Godly leadership the church needs. Whether you’re a church leader or not, in fact whether you’re in any kind of formal leadership or not, Pe...

All or nothing Series: Surviving and Thriving: 1 Peter, part 8 Date preached: 17th October 2021 Peter wraps up the core message of his letter by repeating his key points and by encouraging his readers – and us – to lean into Jesus when times get tough, giving ourselves fully to love and follow him. Questions to reflect on and discuss from this message: 1. Are you naturally a “slowly and carefully”...

Your Ultimate Survival Guide Series: Surviving and Thriving: 1 Peter, part 7 Date preached: 10th October 2021 Tough times come to all of us. Whether they’re relationship challenges, problems at work or financial hardships, we all have faced and will face tough times in life. Peter writes to first century churches suffering serious persecution and the life-giving reality he shares with them can equ...

Love … and marriage Series: Surviving and Thriving: 1 Peter, part 6 Date preached: 26 September 2021 Peter continues to unpack what it means to live a Holy life, challenging Christians to love honour, respect and submit to one another within marriage. Peter’s words would have been challenging for his first century readers, but probably not in the way a modern western reader might think. This messa...

WHO'S IN CHARGE? Series: Surviving and Thriving: 1 Peter, part 5 Date preached: 19 September 2021 Peter unpacks what it means to live a Holy life, challenging Christians to live with honour, respect toward those living around us and to submit to those in authority over us. It might not be an easy listening, ‘feel-good’ topic, but it’s really important to sit with this teaching and ask ourselve...

YOU'RE IN Series: Surviving and Thriving: 1 Peter, part 4 Date preached: 12 September 2021 Peter writes about “stones and priests” which sounds weird, but when we understand what he’s talking about this is one of the most transformational teachings for the churches he writes to … and to us TIDE Church is a diverse community of people on a mission to follow the teaching and life of Jesus. We ar...

BE THE CHANGE Series: Surviving and Thriving: 1 Peter, part 3 Date preached: 5 September 2021 “Therefore”, in light of what Jesus has done for us, Peter encourages these small persecuted churches to “be holy because Jesus is holy”. Peter calls the church to ‘live differently’ – to not ‘conform’ to the attitudes and behaviours of the world around us, but live holy lives that follow the example of J...

SAVED Series: Surviving and Thriving: 1 Peter, part 2 Date preached: 29 August 2021 Peter encourages these small persecuted churches to focus on the joy of the “living hope” that Jesus makes available to them. Peter’s words are a great encouragement to all Christians who are facing tough times. TIDE Church is a diverse community of people on a mission to follow the teaching and life of Jesus. We a...

YOU’VE GOT MAIL Series: Surviving and Thriving: 1 Peter, part 1 Date preached: 22 August 2021 We begin our series on 1 Peter with a ‘fly over’ of Peter’s letter looking particularly at the background of the letter: who wrote it when, where and why.  TIDE Church is a diverse community of people on a mission to follow the teaching and life of Jesus. We are a Christian church based in Adelaide, Austr...