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(Luke 2:8-12; 15-20)As we continue our Christmas series Iain takes the opportunity to look at the Christmas story and the shepherds. Specifically today we take the opportunity to ask the question; What do the shepherds teach us about hope?Join us as we are reminded of some amazing truths that God reveals through the Shepherds.…
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(Matthew 2:1-15)As we continue preparing for Christmas, Philip takes the opportunity to unpack some truths and myths about the Wise men who visited Jesus.While this is a story that is well known to many, there are so many extra details involved, and yet the truth of the story is an incredible reminder of God's goodness and faithfulness over many ye…
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(Luke 2:8-15)This week as we begin our Christmas series Gavin takes the opportunity to ask the question - Who or what are the angels? As we unpack what angels are, we see that these messengers are still being used by God today to help us.Come and join us as we prepare to celebrate Christmas, worshipping Jesus, the greatest gift from God.…
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(Romans 16:1-19)As we come to our final message in our series on the Deep Truths in the book of Romans - Iain takes the opportunity to look at a passage that most of us would probably skip over. A list of names and people who have no connection to us.And yet these names also remind us of some important truths for who we are as the Church.Join us as…
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(Mark 6:45-54)After the miraculous event of the Feeding of the 5,000, Jesus sends His disciples in a boat across the Sea of Galilee. While we would normally focus on the miracle of Jesus walking on water to rejoin the disciples - there is actually something else going on here as the Disciples were amazed because they didn't understand the loaves.Jo…
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(Romans 15:14-33)As we approach the end of the book of Romans Paul is beginning to wrap up this letter, encouraging the believers in Rome while also sharing about the apostolic gift.Tonight Gavin unpacks what the apostolic gifting is, how it looks like when expressed maturely and why it is important to have this gift expressed in the Church.…
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(Mark 6:30-44)In today's passage we see Jesus and His disciples seeking to head away from the crowd for a break, but the crowd have other plans! Desperate to hear and see what Jesus is doing they forget to bring any food with them!Join us as Dave unpacks what Jesus can do when all we have to offer is something that seems inadequate for the problem,…
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(Romans 15:1-13)As we enter the final few chapters of the book of Romans, Paul is taking the opportunity to tie the truths he has been sharing with the believers in Rome together and helping them to understanding the unity that is present in diversity within the Church.Join us tonight as Megan unpacks some of these truths and what they mean for us.…
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(Mark 6:14-29)As we continue our journey through Mark's Gospel we come to what appears to be a strange tangent... Here we find out about a situation involving John the Baptist and Herod. Why would Mark leave what was happening with Jesus to share this with us?Simon takes the opportunity to remind us of the big picture of God's Kingdom at work in Ma…
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(Psalm 8, 6, 3, 10, Psalm 137)Tonight as we continue our series A Psalm to Remember, Mike looks at the truth of how do we engage with the Psalms when we are not a poetry person?Mike explores how the Psalms give us words to express what is inside, and that their power comes from the emotional honesty they express to God.…
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(Mark 6:7-13)As we continue engaging with Mark's Gospel we see Jesus truly living out his title of Teacher. More than just giving wisdom to crowds, Jesus has been training, preparing and teaching His disciples. Today He sends them out to experience this ministry themselves in a safe way and the principles in which He sends them apply to us as well …
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(Psalm 20)Tonight as Katherine picks up our series on Psalms to Remember, an opportunity to look at psalms that are meaningful to the speaker, Kat takes the time to reflect on the words on Psalm 20. A Psalm that invites us to be reminded of the power of our words - and the ways in which we can choose to speak blessing over the people around us.…
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(Mark 6:1-6)In todays passage of Mark's Gospel we encounter a bit of an awkward homecoming for Jesus. He returns to his hometown and amazement from those who knew Him growing up, only for that amazement to sour into offence.What is going on in this passage? Why doesn't it seem to fit with what we know of Mark's Gospel? Join us today as Gavin unpack…
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(Romans 14:1-23)In today's passage we come to a very famous part of Paul's letter to the Romans - about Weak and Strong faith. Unfortunately these terms can lead us to have a bit of a skewed perspective as to what Paul is talking about here.Join us as Gavin shares and unpacks what Paul is talking about, and what we can learn about how to deal with …
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(2 Timothy 3:16-17; Hebrews 4:12-13 & Deuteronomy 6:4-9)As Iain continues our series on Spiritual Disciplines today we come to 2 that most people have experienced; Bible Study and Memorisation. And yet, while these are disciplines that people engage with early on in their Christian walk - they can sometimes lead to guilt. I should be doing this mor…
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(Romans 12:9-21)Philip continues our series on the deep truths of Romans with a passage that seems quite different from what has been seen earlier in this letter to the Romans. In today's passage we encounter various short statements helping to provide an image of what it looks like for love to be demonstrated in action.…
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(Acts 16:6-15)As we pick up our Spiritual Disciplines series again we have Tim Piesse joining us via Zoom to discuss the disciple of disciple-making. Tim Piesse is the National Director of Building A Discipling Culture and today unpacks some lessons about how we can disciple others from Paul's example in Acts 16.*Please note that there are a couple…
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(Mark 5:21-24; 35-43)As Gavin continues our journey looking at the Works, Words and Ways of Jesus we encounter 2 daughter stories. The story of Jairus the Synagogue leader's daughter, and the bleeding woman whom Jesus welcomes in and calls daughter.Today we focus on the hope that Jesus gives to Jairus in a time when he feels his story is ended. Joi…
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(Romans 12:3-8)Today as Iain continues our journey through the book of Romans with chapter 12 verses 3-8; Paul is bringing the threads of Romans together by reminding the Church that they are called to be unified!Yet it is not enough to just say you are unified; instead it is something you have to do and work towards. In this passage Paul provides …
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(Mark 5:1-20)As we continue our journey through Mark's Gospel looking at the Works, Words and Ways of Jesus we encounter a situation where Jesus is not afraid to reach out to him in love.Today, Gordon unpacks what it looks like to conquer fear.Oleh Alice Springs Baptist Church
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(Mark 4:36-41)As Jesus finishes teaching the crowds about the Kingdom of God, He invites His disciples to go with Him across the Sea of Galilee to the other side to continue His ministry. While everything seems fine to begin with, soon a storm emerges.How do you react in the middle of a storm? Do you panic, stress and blame God? Or do you have peac…
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(Romans 9-11)As we continue our journey through the deep truths found in the book of Romans we encounter chapters 9-11 where Paul is unpacking a similar idea to the Jewish Christians, and also us.Join us as Gavin unpacks what Paul's warnings around misdirected zeal looks like for the Jewish Christians, and for us today.…
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(Mark 4:26-34)Today as we continue our journey through Mark's Gospel we encounter 2 parables that Jesus tells to help describe the Kingdom of God. Both of these parables take the opportunity to highlight the idea that from small acts, big things can grow.Join us as Iain unpacks some lessons that we can learn about God's Kingdom from these examples …
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(Romans 8:28-39)Join us tonight as Iain unpacks some incredibly famous verses from Romans 8 that help remind us of the hope we have in Jesus. In Romans 8 Paul reminds us that God is actively at work for our good in all the circumstances of life. Whether they are good, bad or just ordinary.We then take the opportunity to look at the end of Romans ch…
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(Mark 4:1-25)As Megan continues our series on Mark looking at the Words, Ways and Works of Jesus we encounter an example of Jesus using parables to teach the people. While the parable is important by itself, Mark takes the opportunity to share Jesus' words about why he teaches in this way.Join us today as we look at what we can learn about Listenin…
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(Jonah 4)As we come to the end of the book of Jonah, Gavin takes the time today to celebrate that this book is part of our Scripture as it encourages us to take a look at the way we respond to God's character.Today we see a conversation between Jonah and God as they consider the Ninevites who have repented and Jonah's response to this news is... un…
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(Jonah 3)Who is God, and what is He like? The answers to these questions affect the way in which we view the world and the way in which we go about life.Today Simon Duke is taking us through Jonah chapter 3 and we get a chance to see God's heart at work, and learn some important lessons about what that means for us.…
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(Jonah 2)Today Gavin and Tim take the opportunity to theologically reflect on Jonah's response in Jonah chapter 2. Here we see Jonah expressing some deep and incredible emotions in his desperate situation. These emotions can sometimes make us feel uncomfortable, and yet learning how to care for and support others through these emotions is an import…
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(Jonah 1)Today we launch a new series across our AM and PM services looking at the Book of Jonah. Just a warning - Jonah is NOT the example we are called to follow. Instead, as we relate to Jonah we see this book demonstrate God's character, love and mercy.Join us today as Iain unpacks Jonah's disobedience and God's faithfulness in spite of it.…
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(Romans 8:18-27)As Dave Clark continues our exploration of the Deep Truths in the book of Romans we come to a point in which the early Church were asking the question... What are we meant to do with all that?Here Paul shares about the tension between groaning with the suffering around us, hope for what is to come and the role we as the Church have …
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(Matthew 18:21-22)As we continue our journey through some Spiritual Disciplines this year, we come to the discipline of Forgiveness. Here we see that forgiveness is a choice to break the cycle of revenge.Join us as we learn what this discipline is for, and how we can practice it according to the way of Jesus…
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(Psalm 51)*Please note the message started with the following clip; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTqeNmbKkw0 *This Sunday Gavin takes the opportunity to unpack a Spiritual Discipline that is often misunderstood - Confession. While some other Christian traditions have more experience with it, it is an intentional practice that helps us to redirec…
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(Genesis 13:1-18; Matthew 6:19-24; Philippians 4:10-13)Today Gordon continues our Spiritual Discipline series with another discipline - simplicity. In the world today it can be incredibly overwhelming trying to deal with all the things around us, clamouring for our attention. So much so that it leads us to ask - Do I own my possessions or do they o…
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(Mark 3:20-35)We continue our journey through Mark's Gospel with a challenging passage. Here Jesus is in full swing, preaching to repent, for the Kingdom of God is near. Yet it is into this success that Jesus encounters two parties of resistance. His family, and the Teachers of the Law from Jerusalem. Jesus here needs to consider, what is an opposi…
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(Luke 18:1-8)Tonight Katherine (Kat) Shields picks up our Complex Parables series with the Parable of the Persistent Widow. While this is another parable that Jesus shares the reason for which he speaks it, it is a parable with some important truths and reminders about the character of God that we can cling to in hard times.Join us as Kat unpacks t…
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(Mark 3:7-10; 3:13-19)Today we continue our journey through Mark's Gospel in a different way. We have Steve from BWA being interviewed by Gavin around the work of BWA and how it relates to Jesus' ministry.Join us as Steve shares about the attractiveness of God's Kingdom, the need for discernment in sharing and the importance of empowering others.…
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(Luke 18:9-14)As we continue our series on Complex Parables - The picture stories that Jesus told to teach and challenge the people listening, we come to one called The Pharisee and The Tax Collector.Here Iain unpacks how while this might at first seem to be a parable of God's mercy shown to everyone, it is actually a warning about the way we appro…
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(Mark 3:1-6)As we continue working our way through the Gospel of Mark we come to another occasion in which Jesus and some of the religious leaders of the time clashed over the Sabbath. In today's passage there is a man in need of healing, and an argument over whether this is an acceptable piece of work.Join us as Gavin unpacks what was going on in …
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(Luke 16:1-13)As we pick up our series on Complex Parables from last year, today's parable is one that has largely defied Christian interpretation. The Parable of The Shrewd Manager.Is Jesus inviting us to cheat our bosses?Is Jesus telling us to use unethical practices?Or is something else going on here?Join us today as Gavin unpacks this perplexin…
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(Mark 2:23-28)As we continue our journey through Mark's Gospel, today Gavin unpacks a situation in which Jesus' disciples are in the firing line. As the disciples 'harvest' some grain to eat on the Sabbath they are challenged by the Pharisees. How does Jesus respond? He defends the disicples, and encourages them at the same time.Join us as Gavin sh…
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(Mark 2:18-22) Gavin explores the challenge of being teachable in those moments when where we currently are, and where Jesus wants us to be collide.When you see Jesus (the fulfilment) doing something different - sacrificing, forgiving, showing compassion or mercy, choosing not to fight, to rest - are you teachable? Are you ready for the new?…
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(John 5:16-19, John 15:1-8) Gavin invites us to reconsider the role that rest and abiding plays in the expression of our faith each day, asking the question "Are you working from a place of healthy rest or are you being forced to rest from a place of unhealthy work?"Jesus lived and taught the true purpose of Sabbath - a command that was given for o…
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(Romans 7:1-8:15)Today Gavin picks up our series on the Deep Truths found in Romans with a long, and what can be a very confusing chapter. Here Paul is speaking to the Jewish believers in Rome and unpacking the nature of a conflict that is at work within us, between our spiritual selves and our flesh selves.Join us as Gavin unpacks some of the chal…
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(Mark 2:1-12)Today as Megan picks up our Gospel of Mark series again, we encounter a story about the healing of a paralytic man. While this is what we often recognise this story as being about, it is also an example of Jesus demonstrating a powerful model for everyday mission where He focuses on the things that are truly important.Join us as Megan …
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(Ruth 1-4)As we come to the end of our short series on the book of Ruth and the lessons of generosity within, we come to the character of Naomi. Naomi is the emptied giver, someone who has been through so much she feels she is empty, a condition many of us can relate to.Yet the book of Ruth gives us wisdom about what we can do in these circumstance…
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(Ruth 1-4)In our second message exploring the book of Ruth and the theme of generosity Gavin takes the time to focus on the book's namesake. Ruth the Moabite, where he wrestles with the question;As a follower of Jesus, what ought to be the direction and duration of my generosity?This challenging question highlights a tension that most of us wrestle…
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