Avenue Podcast

Text: Acts 6:8-7:60 Prophet isn’t always a title. It’s a gift God gives His people to call us back to His heart. In this episode we unpack the prophetic calling and gifting.

What if church was never meant to run on one pastor, but on all of us? (Ephesians 4:1-16) In this episode we sit down with Alan Hirsch, missiologist, author of The Forgotten Ways and 5Q, and one of the leading voices behind the APEST framework. Ephesians 4 describes five ways Jesus gifts His people: Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Shepherds and Teachers. Alan unpacks why each one matters, what ha...

Text: Judges 16:22-31 In this series finale, we reach the powerful paradox of Samson’s end: he becomes strongest when he is completely broken. Stripped of his sight and the visual desires that always led him into trouble, Samson finally learns to hear, trust, and obey God.

Text: Judges 16:1-21 Right after giving in to lustful desires, Samson performs a miraculous display of strength. It’s a sobering reminder that God’s gifts and power aren't always a sign of personal holiness, and that God can still use us in spite of our sin. However, Samson’s story takes a darker turn as he falls for Delilah. Even when she repeatedly proves she cannot be trusted, Samson remain...

Text: Judges 15 In this text, Samson destroys the Philistines, but he isn't acting out of righteousness here; he’s driven by anger and personal revenge. But even in the middle of petty retaliation, God is at work. In this episode, we unpack how God turns human brokenness into purpose, and what it means when God uses someone without endorsing their intentions.

What are you going to trade your life for? At just 18 years old, Dave Ferguson wrestled with that exact question, and it changed the trajectory of his entire life. Today, as the CEO of Exponential and founder of Community Christian Church, Dave has dedicated his life to shifting the global church scorecard from simple addition to exponential multiplication. In this episode of The Avenue Podcast ,...

Text: Judges 14 Here, we tackle the danger of letting our physical impulses override our spiritual boundaries. We often make decisions with our heart and justify them witho ur head. Samson repeatedly lets his eyes dictate his choices, continually rationalizing red flags because a Philistine woman "looks good to him."

Text: Judges 14 Samson had the unique calling of being a Nazarite from birth. His purpose was to begin to free Israel from the Philistines. His job was never to finish the task but to begin. Join us for an introduction to the life of Samson.

Lachlan Campbell started a church in a park on the Sunshine Coast of Noosa. He loves seeing and creative innovative church plants that break outside of the typical mould of conventional churches. Ultimately, he hopes to see disciples multiply through everyday missionaries that can BLESS the world.

Philip Kua is a church planter and leader based in Melbourne, Australia. After spending many years leading a large, contemporary church, Philip felt a calling to radical simplicity. In 2016, he and his family started a house church in their living room with a vision to "unclutter" from the hectic pace of institutional ministry. That single gathering has since multiplied into a robust net...

Sam was born in Malaysia and raised in Singapore, but has called Australia home for over 20 years, having lived in Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne where he served for many years as a pastor. After studying theology at Fuller Seminary in Los Angeles (MAT, 2020), Sam returned to the city of Melbourne with a vision to plant Flow Church. A church plant that intentionally halved the amount of worship se...

We’ve learnt to rush through life like stopping means falling behind. But God invites us to slow down. Not because everything is done, but because he is enough. Rest is where we learn to trust.

How we keep the Sabbath can be a subjective thing? There aren't clear cut guidelines on how we keep Sabbath in scripture but there are a few principles we see that can guide us so that we can experience rest in it's full.

Luke 6:6-11 In this episode, we dive into Jesus' intentional choice to heal chronic illnesses on the Sabbath day. Rather than breaking the Sabbath, Jesus was revealing its truest form: a day of radical freedom and restoration. Discover how we can live out the spirit of the Sabbath by turning our day of rest into an opportunity to extend grace and healing to a weary world.

Matthew 11:28-30 The Sabbath was never meant to be a burden, yet religious legalism turned it into one. In this episode, we dive into Jesus’ revolutionary perspective on rest. While Jesus doesn't promise a life devoid of trouble, He does offer us a better way to carry the weight of the world: His yoke. Discover how practicing a true Sabbath allows us to step away from the hustle, reject legali...

Genesis 2:1-3 We don't choose the Sabbath; we step into a rhythm that God has already woven into creation. In this episode, we challenge the modern hustle culture by looking at the very first Shabbat. Adam and Eve didn't earn a day off—they had only been alive for twenty-four hours! Discover how Shabbat is less about taking a break from labor and more about opening our hands to receive res...

Johnny Wong is a renowned church planter around the world and is known for the training and systems that he has built for training leaders. He has seen great success as a church planter by trusting and investing in small group leaders to pastor others.

Ministry is a high-stakes calling, and the external pressures can easily overwhelm even the most passionate leaders. In this episode, we sit down with Roy Kim, who has transitioned from the frontlines of planting to championing church multiplication across Australia. Drawing from his years of experience as a Church Planting Director, Roy opens up about what it truly means to "stand in the gap...

How does a massive, world-changing movement start? According to veteran church planter and author Dr. Peter Roennfeldt, it starts by keeping things incredibly simple. In this episode, we sit down with Peter to unpack the foundational principles of disciple-making and church planting. Drawing from decades of global experience and the biblical framework of Jesus and the Book of Acts, Peter shares ho...

Revelation 21 and 22 Moving away from traditional pop-culture myths about the afterlife, we unpack the vibrant, tangible reality of the "Garden City." It’s a place where heaven and earth finally overlap perfectly, where pain and death are no more, and where humanity is invited into a restored, face-to-face relationship with their Creator.

Revelation 21 What actually happens at the end of history? In this episode, hosts Henry and Jeremy dive into one of the most challenging and debated topics in Christian theology: Hell.

Revelation 14 From the "eternal gospel" to the fall of Babylon and the warning against the Mark of the Beast, in this episode we discuss the final call to worship the Creator before the clock runs out.

Revelation 13 In this episode, we dive into the parallels between the injustices of the Dark Ages and the unfolding events of Revelation 13. As a new "beast-system" rises to dominate the global stage with a counterfeit salvation, a spiritual underground is forming in the shadows. Join us as we explore what it means to resist the mark, not through political might, but through a heart seal...

Revelation 12 The cosmic war in heaven plays itself out on earth. God's faithful people are persecuted and attacked by an unexpected force. Through it all, Jesus cares for the faithful church that doesn't give allegicance to the powers of this world.

Revelation 1 Is Revelation a roadmap for the end of the world, or a portrait of its King? In this episode, we strip away the charts and the timelines to focus on the heart of the vision: Jesus Christ, revealed. We explore why the "Apocalypse" isn’t about a coming disaster, but a present Person. A conversation about shifting our focus from the "when" to the "Who," and...