Bendigo Presbyterian Church

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November 30, 2025‘See the interaction between the surprise guest and the Saviour’ (Luke 7:36-50)
Sometimes the things that happened to Jesus are quite surprising. In Luke 7:36-50, Luke tells us of hos he was reclining at a dinner party when a surprise guest entered and washed his feet with her tears and dried them with her hair and anointed them with her gift of perfume. The host of the dinner party was rightly shocked, but Jesus, ever one to ‘practise what he preached’, drew a lesson from it, that was no surprise – except to those who continue to trust in their own self-righteousness.
Message
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• The sixteenth in this series
• Back into the narrative
• What is this Kingdom of His like?
• See how this interaction tells us of …
The intruder who shocked the party (v.36-38)
The guest who shocked the host (v.39-46)
The promise that shocked the guests (v.47-50)
Everyone reclining – no-one standing
The horizontal and the vertical
Gratitude. Thankful hearts.
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28min
November 16, 2025‘See the interaction between the prophet and the Saviour’ (Luke 7:18-35)
Luke’s record of the beginning of Jesus’ ministry is one that included the preaching activity of John (the Baptist) – an activity that soon landed him in trouble with Herod and soon after in jail. When John heard of the miraculous signs performed by Jesus, we read in Luke 7:18-35, that he sent a message to Jesus, doing so, no doubt, because he was perplexed. If Jesus was the Messiah he had proclaimed, why was he now in jail with no prospect of release? Wasn’t the Messiah meant to fix all that??
Message
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• The fifteenth in this series
• Consecutive miracles of Jesus
• Back to John
• See how this interaction tells us of …
The reality of John’s perplexity (v.18-21)
The cause of John’s perplexity (v.22-23)
The answers to John’s perplexity (v.24-35)
Perplexed at the world?
The trials of faith
Living between the now’ and the ‘not yet’
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30min
November 09, 2025‘See the interaction between the coffin and the Saviour’ (Luke 7:11-17)
Collisions happen. People get hurt or die. But what happens when llife collides with death? Or, to put it more exactly, when the Lord of life collides with someone who is dead? In Luke 7:11-17, the situation at Nain is sad, but the ministry of Jesus gives hope – real hope in the face of death!
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• The fourteenth in this series
• From Capernaum to Nain
• Collisions…
• See how this interaction tells us that …
Death and sorrow were heading out of town (v.11-12)
Life and hope were coming into town (v.13-15)
Joy and amazement went all over town (v.16-17)
Jesus and funerals…
An invitation to have confidence!
An invitation to trust Him!
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27min
November 02, 2025‘See the interaction between the centurion and the Saviour’ (Luke 7:1-10)
After Jesus had completed his long teaching intensive, Luke records that he returned to Capernaum where His ministry had previously been well received. There, according to Luke 7:1-10, He was approached by the Jews on behalf of a Roman centurion – a man who had power at his fingertips, but no power to deal with disase and impending death. But this man saw that Jesus did have authority and submitted himself to One greater than he, implicitly trusting that whatever Jesus commanded would come to pass! Great faith indeed!
Message
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• The thirteenth in this series
• Back in Capernaum
• The Roman centurion
• See how this interaction tells us of the ..
Reason why Jesus could have chosen not to help the man (v.1-3)
Reason why the Jews said that Jesus should help the man (v.4-6a)
Reasons why the response of this man is a great help (v.6b-10)
How the story ends…
The God who is too big to fail!
What Naaman discovered…
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32min
October 26, 2025‘See the upside-down life taught by the Saviour (4)’ (Luke 6:43-49)
In Luke 6:43-49, Jesus is finishing his teaching intensive on how His disciples ought to live. The text is very much connected to the previous versess in which Jesus spoko of making careful and merciful judgements – especially about people – and this certainly applies in the way we are to look at others and view the reality of their profession. Words are part of it, but fruit will be the greater evidence, as will the need to be hearers and doers of His word.
Message
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• The twelfth in this series
• The end of His teaching intensive
• Don’t be foolish!
• See how Jesus taught that we ought remember that …
Your fruit gives you away (v.43-45)
Your foundation may give way! (v.46-49)
Dr Smith and Dr Smith
The bottom line
Hear and do!
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October 22, 2025‘Mary: A woman of faith’ (Rev Peter Phillips, Luke 1:26-56)
There are spome great women of faith in the Scriptures, none so important as Mary, the mother of our Lord Jesus. Mary’s story is unique. No-one else but her was chosen by God to become one who would bring the Son of God into the world. Yet, Mary’s story also centres around her real and living faith in God, her Saviour. In this message, Peter explores Mary’s story from Luke 1:26-56.
Message
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• Difficult to preach but important
• Which Mary? The Mary of myth or the Mary of the Scriptures?
• Consider…
The great blessing of being Jesus’ mother
The better blessing than being Jesus’ mother
Only one person could be His mother … but those who believe in Him can have Him as brother and God as Father!
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30min
October 12, 2025‘See the upside-down life taught by the Saviour (3)’ (Luke 6:27-42)
Jesus was never one to mince words. Instead, He spoke forthrightly and to the heart, and perhaps never more so than in Luke 6:27-42, where Jesus warned His disciples against judging others in a way that would mean that they open themselves up for judgement. He also warned them against being ‘speck inspectors’ who have ‘logs in their own eyes’. It’s tough stuff. But every word of His is the truth!
Message
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• The eleventh in this series
• What we’ve covered
• Are we not to judge – ever?
• See how Jesus taught that we ought …
Not be hypercritical of others (v.37-40)
Not be hypocritical towards others (v.41-42)
Some warning signs to consider…
Some action steps to take!
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27min
October 05, 2025‘See the upside-down life taught by the Saviour (2)’ (Luke 6:27-36)
In Luke 6:27-36, Jesus is still teaching His disciples about their responsibility to be His people in a world that hates them. After instructing them on what constitutes ‘blessings’ and ‘woes’ for his followers, He now makes it clear that His disciples will be known by a special kind of love – one that even includes love for their enemies. What this looks like in practise and why this is necessary is also made plain!
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• The tenth in this series
• Something overlooked!
• The character of this ‘new Israel’…
• See how Jesus taught a kind of love and…
What this love looks like (v.27-31)
Why this love is necessary (v.32-36)
Corrie Ten Boom…
What our Father God is like!
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27min
September 30, 2025‘Joshua’s defining moment – for himself and his family’ (Joshua 24:1-28)
When Joshua addressed the people of Israel at Shechem in Joshua 24:1-28, there was a large backstory to his words in Joshua 28:14-15. This was an important moment, a defining moment for Joshua and for the people of Israel. Would they serve the Lord or would they serve other gods, ones that laid less demands upon them? And what about us? Who will we serve?
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• A great text (v.14-15)
• Is Joshua boasting here?
• The story leading up to this last chapter…
• See how Joshua told the people of …
The story that God’s grace creates (v.1-13)
The claims that God’s grace implies (v.14-28)
The response that God’s grace demands (v.14-15)
Serve Him!
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28min
September 26, 2025‘The logic of God’s love’ (Jonah 4:5-11)
In this last instalment on the book of Jonah, referrring specifically to Jonah 4:5-11, Rev Peter Phillips brings home the message of God’s love for people we wouldn’t expect that He would love – contrasted wth the ungrateful and unloving attitude of the prophet Jonah – who should have known and done better!
Message
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• A blessing to preach this book, but deeply disturbing
• If Jonah could be so far out of step with the Lord…
• See in this text…
Jonah – pity for a plant
The Lord – pity for a people
Did Jonah go home happy…?
Why this book is relevant to us
God’s love and ours
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28min

FAQs about Bendigo Presbyterian Church:

How many episodes does Bendigo Presbyterian Church have?

The podcast currently has 611 episodes available.