Establish Church Podcast: Recent Episodes
Establish Church
Establish Church exists to see hundreds of people establish life in Jesus through being Christ-centred, grace filled and authentic.
Join us for our second in person gathering since lockdown, as our preacher, Ps. Tim Foskett, preaches on Advent #3 - Joy from Matthew 1:18-25
Join us for our second in person gathering since lockdown, as our preacher, Ps. Lee Murray, preaches on Advent #2 - Peace, from Luke 1:26-38
Join us for our first talk in our new Christmas series, Advent #1 - Hope, pushing into Isaiah 9:1-7 & Luke 1:26-38.
Join us for our second in person gathering since lockdown, as our preacher, Ps. Lee Murray, preaches on 1 Cor. 3:5-17, on how In the midst of a tough couple of years, as we consider regathering the thing we need to know and believe most is that God builds his church, and that he does that through you, his Spirit Filled people.
Join us for our first in person gathering since lockdown, as our preacher, Ps. Tim Foskett, preaches on Hebrews 10:19-25, on the awesome privilege, joy and responsibility it is to gather as God's people.
Join us as our lead pastor, Lee Murray, wraps up our Romans series, 'More Than Conquerors.'
Join us as our preacher, Tim Foskett, as he takes us through Romans 8:28-30, talking about how God works through all things, for our ultimate good.
James Ayre of Anchor Church shares on 2 Corinthians. challenging us to be ambassadors of grace.
Joel Deacon of City on a Hill, Wollongong, preaches on enjoying God, experiencing him and his love and provision in a tangible and life changing way.
Tim pushes into how, even in spite of the groans of living in this life, 'our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.'
We are children of God, and have the amazing privilege of being able to approach him in confidence, secure in what Jesus has done for us.
Lee celebrates fathers and shows how important father's are for his vision for the family.
Our guest, Ps. Heath Smith of MCC, pushes into the tensions of following Jesus in a broken world.
In Jesus, we are not under law, but under grace. Join us, as Lee begins to push into what this means for us, practically, as we seek to follow Jesus.
Lee opens our new series on Romans by pushing into Paul's command: because we are in Christ, we are now dead to sin.
Lee brings us an overview of Romans 1-5, to lay some background for our new series, 'More Than Conquerors.'
We have been talking a lot about joy in this series. But what about when we are enduring hardship? Listen in as Lee shows us that trials and suffering don't actually take away from our joy, but deepen it, when we are in Christ.
join us as Tim opens up Paul's letter the church in Philippi to show us how we can have Joy In Community.
We're launching into a new series on Philippians over the next nine weeks. Listen in as Tim gives us an overview of some of the things we'll be focusing on over the next bunch of weeks.
We often struggle to think of God as fulfilling. And yet, the satisfying reality of who God is is a constant theme in the bible. Lee shows us how.
Is God a kill-joy? Does he limit our freedom? Does he take away from a happy life? Listen in as Lee shows us how, in Jesus, we have true freedom.
How can we say that God is good? Listen in as Tim shows us how God is the giver of good things, that these things ultimately point to himself and that he is good in even the most difficult of circumstances.
Listen in to James' final talk with us at Establish. He opens up Ephesians 4, challenging, shaping and encourage to become active and living members of the body of Christ.
How can we know that God's promises are reliable? How can we know we can count on the heart of God behind the words? Listen in as Tim opens up Genesis and shows us the heart of God.
How do we understand the picture of judgement that we see when we read of the flood in Genesis? It's a vivid and disturbing picture of the judgement of God. Follow along with Tim as he explains from Genesis that God's judgement is actually a source of incredible hope for humanity, and also points to incredible gift of his grace.
The story of humanity on this planet has alway been a mix of good and bad, blessing and sin. Join us as Tim opens up Genesis and explains how, even as we show the worst sides of ourselves, God still pours his grace down upon us.
Lee shows us from Genesis 3 humankind's original rebellion against God and how he still gave us a way back to himself in Jesus.
Why was humanity created? Is there anything we can learn from how humankind was created by God? Listen in as James shows us from Genesis.
How did the world come to be? Was God involved and what was his role? Listen in as lee gives us a glimpse of the very first moments of creation.
Join as we look at both what God has done in our midst over the past four years and ahead into what we hope he will do in the future.
The resurrection is one of the most important elements of Christian belief, and yet it is something that we can neglect to think and speak about in our churches. Join as James provides some clarity on the topic from 1 Corinthians 15.
How does the bible's teaching on prophecy apply to the church in 2019? Listen in as Lee answers from the bible and wraps up our series on the Spiritual Gifts.
In this talk, James points to the undergirding principal that should be the basis of everything we do as God's gathered people: love.
The topic of Spiritual Gifts can be very controversial. Get some clarity as Lee begins our 'mini-series' on Spiritual Gifts, with a brief overview of how the gifts work in the church in 2019.
The role of women in the Church is commonly misunderstood and misapplied. How does bible show us the way forward? Listen in as Lee opens up 1 Corinthians to shed some light on what can be a difficult topic to think into and live out.
Our culture loves to tells us that somehow, being single is faulty and somehow 'less.' But is this actually true? James shows us how the bible actually has a very different view of singleness.
Why is sexuality so important? Join us as Lee opens up the bible to show God's amazing design for sexuality.
God uses our trials, hardship, and uncertainty to bring about growth and gospel fruit in those who love him.
We keep on punching into our 1 Corinthians series, looking into what Paul describes as 'True Spirituality.'
What does it mean when the bible talks about the gospel having 'power?' Tune in as Lee opens up Paul's letter again and continues on with 1 Corinthians, sharing on the Power of the Gospel.
Guest preacher, Mike Dicker of Youthworks College, opens up Acts and points to Jesus as the restorer of all things.
How can a church be divided? Actually, Christian communities are often marked by division. This week, Tim shares how the church of God can be unified in the gospel of Jesus.
Join us as Lee opens up our new series on 1 Corinthians, focusing this week on what it means to be God's church, set apart and redeemed by Jesus.
What is the link between rest and remembering? Listen in as Tim opens up Ezekiel 20 to show us what this looks like for us.
In Western culture, we are probably more restless than at any other point in history. Listen in as Lee gives us a biblical overview of what the bible teaches about the importance of true, genuine biblical rest.
When we hear the word 'missionary,' we immediately think of people living and working in far flung places in the world. Lee shows from 1 Peter 2 that, actually, we are all on mission, representing Christ in the world.
The idea that we are ‘sent’ can be overwhelming. Listen to Lee as he shows us that, as Christians, we are sent into our exiting contexts and relationships to help make disciples for Jesus.
The gospel: we are forgiven, set apart and promised a new life in Jesus. We also have a hope that goes beyond this life. Listen as Lee points us to Mark's gospel and how we can have forgiveness in Jesus.
Rejoicers? Celebrators? Joyful? Are Christians 'aloud' to have fun ? What does the bible teach us about having fun in life? Listen in as Tim shows how, in Christ we have more reason to enjoy life anyone.
What does the bible mean when it tells us that we, the church, are God's family? It seems like a strange thing to claim. Listen in as Tim opens up Deuteronomy 6 to show us that all who follow Jesus are part of his family.
What does it mean to follow Jesus? What, exactly, is a disciple and why am I a disciple 'maker?' Join us as James opens Matthew's gospel to find out what being a disciple maker is.
Lee opens up as new series, We Are, with an in depth and practical look at what it means to be God's People. This week, we look at We Are Church.
What gives us perspective in life? How can we tell what is of great value and what is of less value? Tim opens up Luke's gospel to show us true perspective in the bible.
How do we get true acceptance? What gives us hope in the face of rejection from significant people in our lives? Lee opens up Luke's gospel to show us how we are offered real acceptance in Jesus.
Do we have to do anything to be forgiven? Is forgiveness conditional? Join James as he shares from Luke 7 about how, no matter how far away we think we are from God, we are still offered forgiveness in Jesus.
Can anyone truly be said to be free? Tim opens up Luke 7 to see how we can have a new kind of freedom in Jesus.
We sometimes hear that God is against progress and that Christian belief is primitive. Open up the bible with Lee to see how God see what the bible has to say about the past, present and the future.
Is God against sex? Listen in and find out what the bible has to say about human sexuality.
Is God against me and my flourishing? Is he against our personal freedom? Lee opens us the bible to talk about what God tells us about ourselves and our role in the world.
Tim caps off our series on Romans by reminding us how we can deal with guilt and shame in Christ.
Lee opens up Romans 3 and explains how, in spite of our sin, God still gives us a way back to him Jesus.
Tim explains how our need for Christian friendship is a natural God-given expression of our humanity.
Guest preacher Hans Kristensen explains from Romans the reality of our hearts and how desperately we all need God to save us.
James explains why even our best efforts of religion and goodness do not make us acceptable before God.
Tim looks into how humans are deeply sinful and rebellious to God, in spite of our best efforts.
Lee looks at why all people are rightly under the right judgement of God and how, in the gospel, Jesus takes that judgement in our place.
For Establish Church's 3rd birthday, Lee opens up Romans to explain why we are not to be ashamed of the gospel.
Lee opens our series on Romans by looking at the message of love and hope we have in the gospel.