#34 - The Cost of Eternal Life (Mark 10:17-31)

Date - 13 October 2024

Preacher - Rev Luke Collings

A man who appears to be very blessed by God comes before Jesus with a genuine question about inheriting eternal life. Jesus' answer reveals that such a guarantee would cost more than he was prepared to pay, but does this mean that the Kingdom is so exclusive that getting in would be impossible for any of us?

#33 - The Law and Love of God (Mark 10:1-16)

Date - 6 October 2024

Preacher - Rev Luke Collings

The Pharisees come back to test Jesus with a question that would have been as difficult and painful at that time as in our own day. Jesus uses the opportunity to put the focus back on the Pharisees' hardness of heart and to address what true fulfillment of the Law of God looks like.

#32 - Not Division, But Peace (Mark 9:38-50)

Date - 29 September 2024

Preacher - Rev Luke Collings

The disciples are trying to control the growth and order of the Kingdom, but Jesus warns them that their behaviour could lead others away from growing in true faith.

#31 - The Greatest in the Kingdom (Mark 30:30-37)

Date - 22 September 2024

Preacher - Rev Steve Neuhaus

The disciples get into an argument about which of them is truly "greatest", but Jesus reminds them that the values of the Kingdom are not those of the world.

#30 - Who Do You Say I Am? (Mark 8:22-9:1)

Date - 15 September 2024

Preacher - Rev Luke Collings

The disciples make a declaration about who they think Jesus really is. However, it soon becomes clear that the Kingdom of God that Jesus has come to bring in is quite different to what the disciples were expecting.

#29 - Who Is Truly Clean? (Mark 7:1-23)

Date - 1 September 2024

Preacher - Bishop Mark Short

The Pharisees accuse Jesus and his disciples of being "unclean" for not washing their hands in a particular way. However, Jesus turns their accusation around and shows that it is something other than defiled hands that makes a person truly unclean.

#28 - The Full Armour of God (Ephesians 6:10-20)

Date - 25 August 2024

Preacher - Rev Steve Neuhaus

As the apostle Paul brings his letter to the Ephesian church to a close, he encourages his readers to be prepared to go out to the world equipped with the proper tools for the spiritual job they will face.

#27 - Light, Wisdom, and Marriage (Ephesians 5:11-33)

Date - 18 August 2024

Preacher - Rev Luke Collings

Paul instructs the Ephesian church to live as people of light and wisdom in order to show up the spiritual darkness of the world for what it truly is. This new pattern is to extend into our family relationships, which are to be living examples of the relationship of grace between Christ and the church.

#26 - Renewed Lives (Ephesians 4:16-5:2)

Date - 11 August 2024

Preacher - Rev Luke Collings

Paul gives a strong direction to the Ephesians that their lives must no longer be shaped by the dominant culture around them, but should instead reflect their new identity as the family of God. He gives them some practical directions about what they are to leave behind and what they are to take up as part of their new lives

#25 - Unity In The Faith (Ephesians 4:1-16)

Date - 4 August 2024

Preacher - Mal Bullock

In Ephesians 4 the apostle Paul makes a shift to focus on the practical applications of unity between Jew and Gentile that come out of the truths of the gospel that he has discussed in the first three chapters.