authenticjesus's Podcast: Recent Episodes
Brendan Hurley
Most churches are trying to be cutting edge in the way they go about everything they do and it is important to be relevant to the broader community. But we also need to ask what does God think a cutting edge church look like. In this talk Brendan Hurley takes a look at Israel and what we can learn from their cutting edge experience
Freedom is a value we hold as very important in Australia but the bible declares that we are not as free as we think we are. So what enslaves us and what sets us free? More importantly what are freed for? In this sermon Brendan looks at how in Sydney we are often enslaved to religion and legalism but most importantly how Jesus sets us free!
We all have questions about Gods will in our lives, what is it? How do we find out about, in this sermon Brendan looks at Luke 22 and shows us that Gods will is found in Jesus
Commitment, it is one of those things that we can't live with yet can't live without. We have lots of commitments, to lots of things but Jesus demands we commit everything to him. Big call? The question we have to ask is this commitment worth it? Find out as Brendan unpacks Luke 14:15-35
How seriously do you view your sin? It is one of the most difficult things to explain to non-Christians. In this sermon Brendan takes us through the Day of Atonement a day that showed us how seriously God viewed sin and how he would deal with sin to restore our relationship with him
Does it matter how I treat God? If I am sincere isn't that all he wants? Leviticus has a lot to say about the way we approach God, most of which comes as a real surprise to our modern way of thinking. In this talk Brendan Hurley explains Leviticus 1-7 for us and shows us how we must relate with God!
Some days are great, some days awful! But is God in control in both? As life wears us down do we need to have a new focus that sees Jesus is the boss? Acts 5 certainly thinks so. Listen to Brendan Hurley explain why Acts 5 challenges us to reshape our whole perspective on life!
Big Businesses, political leaders anyone with any sort of power today doesn't often see their authority as a great responsibility but instead as a place of power. How is Christian humility different from the rest of our culture. 1 Peter 5 has the answers
What are we waiting for? As Christians what should be expecting in this world? If we are waiting for heaven what will that look like? Should we be living out lives in light of the hope we have, if so than what are we waiting for?
Does Jesus calm all the storms of our life? Is there to be our cosmic handy man who fixes our problem. Find out as we look at Luke 8 and see who this man Jesus is.
In a world that is sex saturated we need to understand what society says about sex and more importantly what God says about how Christians use sex differently.
When can I have sex? Why should I get married? Is it ok to be divorced? Is there a purpose for being single? 1 Corinthians 7 has the answers!
Did Jesus really rise from the dead? Does it matter? In this talk Brendan shows us from 1 Corinthians 15 that the resurrection of Jesus is the most important event of history, Christianity and your life.
Martin Luther said of this doctrine; "that on justification by Faith Alone the church stands or falls" As we look through this part of Romans we see that we can only be saved by trusting in what Jesus has done
Why do we have radioactive pictures of Jesus at Christmas time. What was Jesus really like? What did he come to do?