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The God Who Keeps Promises || Tim Johnson || 2 Corinthians 1:12-2:4
Let your yeah nahs be yeah nah and your nah yeahs be nah yeah. Maybe it’s a good thing Paul wasn’t Australian. Tim continues our series through 2 Corinthians looking at how Jesus makes all the promises of God “Yes”.
The God of Comfort || Tim Johnson || 2 Corinthians 1:1-11
Where do you find comfort? Netflix? A doona? Food and drink?
God is described as the God of All Comfort, in Paul’s letter to the Corinthian church. Tim explores this idea of finding comfort in God, to begin our new series GOD: Through 2 Corinthians.
Light and Darkness || Easter Sunday || Matthew 28:1-10
The smallest light can illuminate a whole room. With the darkness all around us, especially in the midst of COVID-19, it’s important to remember the light of Jesus. His death and resurrection brings light into our world, and when the darkness seems its…
Dark Times || Good Friday || Matthew 27:33-50
We’re living in dark times. First responders, healthcare workers and others all face that darkness head-on, so others don’t have to. In times like this, we need people willing to sacrifice their own comfort and safety to face the darkness on behalf of …
Who Is This Man || Palm Sunday || Matthew 21:1-11
Jesus’ entry to Jerusalem a week before his death was not the triumphant royal parade many of his followers expected. He rode in, not on a war chariot, but a donkey. Many asked then, and continue to ask now – “Who is this man?”. Julie explores who Jesu…
Coronavirus || In The Valley || Psalm 103
With the increasing restrictions on day-to-day life, many of us are missing and grieving the loss of being together. Since the beginning of the year, we’ve been going through a series – In The Valley – looking at ‘valley’ emotions, those difficult emot…
Jesus’ Centrally Important Gospel Mission || CMS Link Missionaries || Luke 24:36-53
In our first Live Streamed service, we welcomed Chris and Julie Dean, our new link missionaries from CMS. Chris and Julie hope to go to Timor Leste (once the global shutdown is lifted) to bring the good news of Jesus to people there. Chris looks at Luk…
Hope || In the Valley || Psalm 27
Hope. Through all the Valley emotions in this series, hope remains. The state of mind that something good might happen, or something bad might not happen. Through the bible, we see an ultimate hope in Jesus – the belief that something good WILL happen….
Despair || In the Valley || Psalm 88
This is a tough topic. We believe that God has something to speak into all the circumstances of our life, including fun times and tough times.
Through this series, we’re dealing with difficult emotions. In this episode, we look at despair. Tim encoura…
Guilt || In the Valley || Psalm 38
Do you feel guilty about buying things you don’t need? Or about drinking too much on the weekend? Maybe sugar and chocolate is your guilty pleasure. What does the bible tell us about feelings of guilt? Julie continues our In the Valley series, looking …
Anger || In the Valley || Psalm 137
The imagery of ‘anger’ is often fire – burning with anger, smouldering with anger, anger flaring up inside us. There’s always a spark to it as well, something that sets us off. Do you get irritated, annoyed, or frustrated? Don’t we all. Tim continues o…
Fear || In the Valley || Psalm 56
There are many ways the Bible approaches the feeling of fear – too many to fit in one talk, in fact – whether it’s a helpful caution or a reverent fear or an irrational anxiety.
This week, Kirk bring us one of these examples from the book of Psalms as …
Grief || In the Valley || Psalm 6
As the first of the year, this new series – In the Valley – focuses on various “negative” emotions we might face in life, and where we might find biblical examples of some of these feelings.
This week, Tim shines a light on grief and its relation to lo…
The Two Sons || Summer Stories || Matthew 21:28-32
This week in our Summer Stories series, Kirk brings us one of Jesus’ many parables from the book of Matthew, in which he points out the hypocrisy of the religious elite and the importance of repentance.
Jack Joynson || Acts 3:1-10
This week, Jack Joynson debuts his first talk as he explores a story from the book of Acts and how we might relate in many different ways to some very different characters.
If You Were God, How Would You Reveal Yourself? || Christmas 2019 || Hebrews 1:1-3
If you were the all-powerful, all-knowing, ever-present creator of absolutely everything, and you wanted to reveal yourself to the human race, how would you do it? God chose to do it by becoming a human himself. Sending Jesus down to earth, to live and…
Rod of Jesse || O Come, O Come || Isaiah 11:1-10
The Sunday before Christmas, Tim concludes our series O Come O Come Emmanuel. This talk looks at the verse of the carol calling Jesus “Rod of Jesse”, as seen in the prophecy from Isaiah. Images of despair and destruction precede the passage read in thi…
Dayspring || O Come, O Come || Isaiah 9:2-7
O come, Thou Day-Spring, come and cheerOur spirits by Thine advent hereDisperse the gloomy clouds of nightAnd death’s dark shadows put to flight.
The carol O Come O Come features names of Jesus from prophecies hundreds of years before his birth. This w…
Lord of Might || O Come, O Come || Isaiah 2:1-5
The Christmas Carol O Come O Come features different names of Jesus from prophecies 200 years before his birth. Andi looks at the verse “Lord of Might”, the future hope of a just lord, ruling over all the nations.
Emmanuel || O Come, O Come || Isaiah 7:10-17
Advent is again upon us, and this year, these four Sundays leading us to Christmas will be spent exploring the various names given to Jesus in the popular Christmas carol: O Come, O Come Emmanuel.
This week, Kirk kicks off our Advent series by looking …
A Portrait of Jesus || Baptism Service || Luke 23:33-43
How would you want to be captured in a portrait? What would you include? What would you omit? And when that portrait was finished, would you still be recognised by those who knew you?
In the wake of three baptisms, special guest Bishop Kate Prowd bring…
Local Missions Expo || Mark 5:1-20
This week, Julie brings us a story from the book of Mark, of the freedom that comes through mission, and invites three guests to talk about their experiences with different parts of local mission.
Thanksgiving 2019 || Luke 17:11-19
This week, St John’s celebrates its 152nd birthday and as is tradition, we spend the time giving thanks to God for all he has done in the past year. Also, Tim brings us a story from Luke that highlights the importance of thanksgiving.
A Seeker || Jesus vs… || Mark 12:28-34
What does it mean to be a Christian in this day and age? Sometimes we can complicate the answer when it can easily be summed up in one word: love. But for such a common and meaningful word, “love” can be vague. So what does it really mean?
This week, T…