Toongabbie Anglican Church Audio Podcast

In the final parable of this series Mike will explore how we are to express our faithfulness with all that we’ve been given by God, while the time is short.

This parable appears straightforward while its message of forgiveness is pastorally difficult. There are three scenes to this parable based on three interactions, with v23 serving as an intro and v35 serving as an interpretation of the parable. In this parable we see a forgiven man refuse to forgive another. Through that disjunction, we side […]

The kingdom of heaven is like….. we’ll see how God’s kingdom is both unstoppable and priceless. God is building his kingdom in our world and this reality ought to have us re evaluate what we treasure.

This week were looking at two parables: the log and the speck in the eye as well as the wheat and the weeds in the fields. Both speak to judging: the way we judge and the way God judges. We want a god and a friend who cares enough to judge things well. Mike will […]

Jesus longs to bring us into his kingdom and his presence – and invites us to ask for these great things that he promises.

Well be spurred on to love our neighbour by the picture of a man who went to extraordinary lengths for someone in great need. Might our compassion grow and might we praise Jesus who went completely out of his way for us. Well consider how God was glad to use parables like these to reveal […]

It’s the Toonie Kids Week finale! This week we look at the Parable of the Lost Son. It tells the story of two lost sons and a compassionate Father. It is told by the 3rd son, Jesus, the perfect son who died to save us.

Moses’ final words to Israel are heavy with the weight of all that God has done, with a pessimism of Israels heart and hope in the God who is devoted and faithful to his covenant. What is a devoted God to do with an undevoted people? Moses was the greatest prophet in the old covenant […]

Our focus is from Deuteronomy 30 where Moses speaks to encourage Gods people just before they enter the land that God was going to give to them. In his final words to them, he pleads with them to take God seriously and respond to him rightly, and outlines the repercussions of turning aside from the […]

Deuteronomy has made reference many times to all these commands and obedience to them. This week we look at some of the many specific commands given to Israel as we make sense of them this side of Jesus as people of the New Covenant.