Episodes
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‘See the conversation at the dinner table with the Saviour’ (Luke 14:1-14)
In Luke 14:1-14, Jesus sits down at the dinner table at the invitation of a Pharisee. Luke has already made clear that when Jesus sits at a dinner table, many things happen. On this occasion, a Sabbath day, after he healed a man from his illness, he had some choice words to say to his […]
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‘See the urgency of salvation as taught by the Saviour’ (Luke 13:22-35)
After responding to the criticism he faced over the healing of the woman on the Sabbath, Luke tells us that in Luke 13:22-35, Jesus was again confronted with a question, and again, the question was on something of eternal importance. Though Jesus did not answer the question directly, He went on…
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‘See the crippling effect of legalism challenged by the Saviour’ (Luke 13:10-21)
The Lortd Jesus was often in direct confrontation with the religious leaders of his day, and the event recorded in Luke 13;10-21 is a prime example of that. When Jesus healed the crippled woman on the Sabbath in the synagogue, things quickly got heated. The legalistic ruler of the synagogue got...
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‘See the lessons from tragedy as taught by the Saviour’ (Luke 13:1-9)
After dealing with the varied responses that came Jesus’ way in Luke chapter 12, we find that in Luke 13;1-9, Jesus was confronted with the reality of the question of tragedy and what His response to it would be. Rather than seeking to give a classic excplanation of the cause of human tragedy, or...
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‘The gathering’ (Hebrews 10:24-25, Ryan Smith)
In this message, Ryan Smith take us to Hebrews 10:24-25, pointing out that the Christian life is not an individual thing, it’s a communal thing. God is calling a people who are His. A people who don’t give up meeting together, but rather gather, in order to encourage one another and spur one...
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‘The gospel’ (Hebrews 10:19-23, Ryan Smith)
In this message, Ryan Smith points us to Hebrews 10:19-23 as a clear explanation of the gospel – the good news of what Jesus has achieved for us, specifically how because of his death and resurrection, we now have access to God and confidence to enter into his presence. We should do that by…
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‘See the aspects of His return as promised by the Saviour (2)’ (Luke 12:49-59)
Still speaking to the crowds about the dangers of living lives where money is the only object, Jesus warned his listeners about the dangers of being unprepared for His coming and the dangers of overlooking the signs of the times. In Luke 12:49-59, He points out that his first coming was not...
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‘See the warning against greed given by the Saviour’ (Luke 12:13-34)
When asked to intervene in a family dispute over an inheritance, Jesus, rightly and carefully explained that ‘a man’s life does not consist of the things he owns’. A far cry from ‘he who dies with the most toys wins’!! To make his point, in Luke 12:13-34, we find that Jesus not only told the […]
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‘Clarity for navigating life’s grey areas’ (Sam Braid, 1 Corinthians 10:14-11:1)
Sometimes things in life are black and white. Other times things are grey. The Bible calls us to love God and to love our neighbour, yet it is not always clear what that looks like. 1 Corinthians 10:14-11:1 reveals that in first century Corinth, idol worship was prominent and posed a bit of a...
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‘See the warnings against hypocrisy given by the Saviour (2)’ (Luke 12:1-12)
Followeing on from the things Jesus concluded in Luke 11:29-54, He had mre to say about hypocrisy as :Luke reciords in Luke 12:1-12. The whole section can be understood as awarning about the ‘leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy’ (Luke 12:1-2), as Jersus gives some reasons why hypocrisy is...
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‘See the warning against hypocrisy given by the Saviour (1)’ (Luke 11:29-54)
When Jesus spoke out in judgement on the Pharisees in Luke 11:29-54, He did not mince his words or hold back. If there was anyone that made Jesus angry, it was the self-righteous, hypocritical religious leaders who did everthing they could to advance themselves in the eyes of the people, but…
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‘See the accusation against.. and the defence of… the Saviour’ (Luke 11:14-28)
When Jesus chose to heal a man from demon possession in Luke 11:14-28, he got much more than he was expecting in terms of opposition to his miracle. Those who observed the miraculous deliverance of the man, could only reach a conclsuion that was opposite to what might have been made by those with...
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‘See the teaching about prayer by the Saviour’ (Luke 11:1-13)
After Jesus had left the home of Marth a and Mary, the dfisciples observed Him (as was His usual custom) praying. They aked Him therefore to teach them to pray. In Luke 11;1-13, we find the respoonse Jesus gave them in which he laid down for them a pattern for prayer, encouraged them to be […]
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‘Finding your rest in Jesus’ (Matthew 11:28-30)
When Jesus invited his hearers to ‘Come to Him and find rest’ in Matthew 11:28-30, his words have long stood out like a beacon on a dark night. We live in a world where there are so many demands on us – in terms of time, responsibility and commitment – at work, school, family and […]
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‘Thinking about the Apostle Peter’s first sermon’ (Acts 2:14-41)
When Peter got up to preach at Pentecost, it was his first time ever! Luke records a summary of his sermon in Acts 2:14-41 which only takes up about 7 minutes, and yet it is chock full of Old Testament quotes that had found their fulfillment in Pentecost’s events. The sermon is also clearly...
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‘See the most well-known parable of the Saviour’ (Luke 10:25-37)
Many people can tell you what the Parable of the Good Samaritan is all about and what Jesus was teaching by it. However, many people can also take the parable in a rather simplistic fashion which makes it all sound ‘nice’, even sort of ‘ a good thing to do’. But Jesus meant so much […]
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‘See the would-be and wanna-be disciples of the Saviour’ (Luke 9:57-62)
The whole chapter of Luke 9 seems to be about discipleship and this is confirmed by the finanl paragraph of the chapter, Luke 9:57-62. here, Jesus meets people who ‘would-be’ His disciples – people He asked to come and follow Him, and those who were ‘wannabe’ disciples – those who came up to Him...
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‘See the failures of the disciples of the Saviour’ (Luke 9:46-56)
The 12 disciples of Jesus were certainly a mixed bag – hot one day (think Peter saying ‘You are the Christ) and cold the next (think their argument on the road to the cross as to which of them was the greatest!). In Luke 9:46-56 it seems that some pettiness in their minds and hearts […]
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‘See the ups and downs faced by the Saviour’ (Luke 9:28-45)
When Jesus went up high on the mountain in Luke 9:28-36, the disciples saw His glory revealed to them by God the Father. But when Jesus came down the mountain into the valley in Luke 9:37-45, He immediately encountered the impotence of the disciples to deal with the situation at hand. Once he has...
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‘Meet the Lord God who brings His people safely through’ (Exodus 14:15-31)
The account of Israel’s crossing through the Red Sea is quite stunning. Stuck on the western side of the Sea, crying out to God in anguish and despair, the people of Israel were in desperate straits. Pharoah and his armies had pursued them and all looked bleak…except for God. He had to act and He...
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‘Meet the Lord God who saves His people’ (Exodus 14:1-14)
In Exodus 14:1-14, the people of Israel who have just departed from Egypt, find themselves in a very, very tricky situation. With Pharaoh and his armies in pursuit of them and impassable mountains to the left and the right, the people (who had been led clearly by God through pillar of cloud and...
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‘Meet the Lord God who leads His people on’ (Exodus 13:17-22)
When the Lord God led His people Israel out of Egypt, there was an ongoing need for the people to be led the right way. They did not necessarily know the way that God was taking them nor was it explained to them. All they knew what that God had a plan for them, and […]
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‘Meet the Lord God who claims a people for Himself’ (Exodus 13:1-16)
In Exodus 13:1-16, the drama of chapters 7 to 12 of Exodus have passed by. The people of Israel are now free from the clutches of Pharaoh. Not yet completely free to ‘do their own thing’, but free to serve the Lord their God who led them out of Egypt into the desert regions in […]
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‘Hated by the world’ (John 15:18-16:4)
In this message, Ryan Smith (AFES worker at La Trobe Uni, Bendigo) shares how as the people of God, believers should expect to be hated by the world… because the world hates Jesus. It’s hate by association. Jesus tells his disciples this in John 15:18-16:4 and he does this ahead of time so that...
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‘Meet the Lord God who judges but also saves’ (Exodus 11:1-12:51)
Exodus 11:1-12:51 details for us the tenth and last of the plagues that came upon Egypt. Of all the plagues this was the one that would really break Pharaoh’s stubborn will and also his father’s heart. The death of the first-born sons all throughout Egypt was a most dramatic event that the people...
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‘Meet the Lord God, the Judge of all the earth’ (Exodus 7:8-10:29)
In Exodus 7:8-10:29, the showdown that had been threatening took place. Pharaoh, in his stubborn unbelief and refusal to let the people of Israel go, could only sit back and watch his nation and land be devastated by plague after plague – all designed to show him that he was not calling the…
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‘See the Saviour conquer death and the grave’ (Luke 24:1-12)
When the women went to the tomb early on the Sunday morning after the death of Jesus, they never expected to find that the tomb would be empty. The fact that the tomb was empty is recorded by all the gospel writers, even Luke in Luke 24:1-12. Perhaps there has never been a more important […]
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‘A brief survey of the cross – from long distance’ (Isaiah 53:4-6)
When God revealed something of a glimpse of the future to the prophet Isaiah who lived 700 years before the birth of Jesus, the prophet saw the person who was to come, the ‘Servant of the Lord’, the Saviour and Redeemer of God’s people. The 53rd chapter of his prophecy is well-known for the way […]
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‘Meet the Lord God who knows His plans’ (Exodus 6:10-7:14)
After Moses heard back from the Lord God that He would do as He had promised, in Exodus 6:10-7:14, we find again the narrative of this tense looming showdown between the Lord and Pharaoh, bookending a section where suddenly there is a whole genealogy of Moses and Aaron. What’s going on? Only just...
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‘Meet the Lord God who can do whatever He pleases’ (Exodus 6:1-13)
In our studies so far in the book of Exodus, we have met the Lord God’s appointed deliverer, Moses, and his many excuses and fears. Having gone to Pharaoh as the Lord God had commanded him with the result being far from what Moes had expected, Moses could only now go back to the Lord […]
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‘Meet the Lord God who still controls the worst of days’ (Exodus 4:18-5:23)
It’s hard enough to cope with circumstances getting worse at any time, let alone when you’ve shown a willingness to obey the Lord’s directions! But in Exodus 4:18-5:23, Moses found out that obeying God doesn’t always mean that everything will go smoothly – sometimes it just doesn’t. In fact, the...
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‘Meet the Lord God who doesn’t accept excuses’ (Exodus 4:1-17)
When God called to Moses from the burning bush, He also commissioned him for the task He had in mind – of Moses going to Pharaoh with the news! As Exodus 4:1-17 tells us, Moses was quite unwilling and hesitant and…well, frankly…scared! So instead of implicit obedience from Moses, there was...
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‘Meet the Lord God who reveals His true self’ (Exodus 3:1-22)
There is no more important text in the Old Testament than that recorded in Exodus 3:1-22 where God revelaed Himself to Moses through the ‘bush that was buring but not consumed’. God speaks! And what he says is so vital to our understanding of who He is and what His plans are! It’s a great […]
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‘Meet the Lord God who turns somebodies into nobodies’ (Exodus 2:11-25)
The text of Exodus 2:11-25 helps us see some of the details of what became of Moses the baby rescued in Exodus 2:1-10. This text, along with a section of Stephen’s speech in Acts 7:17-29, tell us that in growing up in the palace, Moses was equipped to be a great leader in Egypt. But […]
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‘Meet the Lord God who has it all under control’ (Exodus 1:1-2:10)
The book of Exodus, continues the story of God’s sovereign control over all things, especially the plan to save His people, Israel. It begins in Exodus 1:1-2:10 with the people of Israel in slavery in Egypt, struggling under the weight of the burdens laid upon them by Pharaoh, whose evil designs...
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‘Following Jesus Christ’ (Luke 9:18-27)
Guest preacher and theological student, Daniel Hitchcock, spoke from Luke 9:18-27 about following Jesus. He asked his disciples who the people said he was and many were still perplexed. Then Jesus asks the disciples and Peter gets in right, “The Christ of God”. Jesus surprises as he explains what...
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‘Jesus brings a new kingdom’ (Luke 9:1-17)
Guest preacher and theological student, Daniel Hitchcock, spoke from Luke 9:1-17 about a very different king. Maybe even more so than in our day, politics in the ancient world were heating up with persecution and rebellions in the shadow of the Roman Empire. Herod was perplexed by the new kingdom...
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‘Jesus heals a woman and Jairus’ daughter’ (Luke 8:40-56)
Guest preacher and theological student, Daniel Hitchcock, spoke from Luke 8:40-56 about two very different people. Jairus is a synagogue leader who comes to Jesus openly, while an unnamed woman approached Jesus with the cover of the crowd. Both came in faith with a great need. Jesus heals and…
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‘See the control over the demonic by the Saviour’ (Luke 8:29-36)
When Jesus arrived on the ‘other side’ of the Sea of Galilee, he was immediately confronted by the presence and power of the evil one in the form of a man possessed by demons. The story recorded for us in Luke 8:29-36, shows that this encounter proved to be no problem for Jesus. He remained […]
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‘See the control over the sea by the Saviour’ (Luke 8:22-25)
In Luke 8:22-25, we find Jesus stilling the wild storm that threatened the lives of all who were out in that boat on the Sea of Galilee. It was a moment of great fear for even the most seasoned of fishermen-turned-disciples, probably even more so for those who didn’t have that fishing background....
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‘See the parable about the seed told by the Saviour’ (Luke 8:1-21)
Each of the gospel writers, Matthew, Mark and Luke, record the parable that Jesus told, called either the ‘parable of the seeds’ or the ‘parable of the sower’ or the ‘parable of the soil’. In Luke’s gospel, the parable appears in Luke 8:1-21 and is ‘bookended’ by two references to women. Before…
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‘See the first public appearance of the Saviour’ (Luke 2:21-52)
Luke 2:21-52 are verses that might be all too easily overlooked in the Christmas season, when they ought not be. They give us a glimpse into ‘what went on’ for Jesus and even for his parents after the angels and shepherds had all gone away. They cover ‘ordinary’ matters that any Jewish couple of...
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‘See the coming of the Saviour’ (Luke 2:1-20)
In Luke 2:1-20, Luke sets down in writing what he had come to know about the birth of Jesus through his faithful research. After having set the scene for the event through the happenings regarding the angel Gabriel’s busy visits to Zechariah and to Mary, the spotlight then turns to the baby...
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‘See the stage set for the birth of the Saviour’ (3) (Luke 1:57-80)
In Luke 1:57-80, we see how Luke continues the story of Zechariah who had been struck dumb for failing to believe the angel Gabriel’s words earlier in the chapter. After his tongue was loosed, Zechariah made up for lost time in declaring the praise of God, His faithfulness and power in coming to...
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‘See the stage set for the birth of the Saviour’ (2) (Luke 1:26-56)
It’s possible to either over emphasise or under estimate the role that Mary had in being the birth mother of Jesus, but in Luke 1:26-56, it seems that the matter is plain. God’s choice of Mary was the right one – not because she in herself was without sin – but because she was willing […]
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‘See the stage set for the birth of the Saviour’ (1) (Luke 1:1-25)
There’s so much more to the Christmas story than the angels, the shepherds, the wise men, Mary and Joseph and the baby in the manger. The gospel writer, Luke, a careful historian, presents the story of the birth of Jesus as the part of the fulfillment of God’s plans and promises to send a Messiah...
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‘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 […]
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‘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...
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‘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 […]
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‘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…
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