The St Clair Baptist Community Podcast: Recent Episodes
St Clair Baptist Church
a Podcast that looks to build community in St Clair Baptist Church by providing another avenue for story-sharing, interviews, sermons and other stuff.
Tad provides commentary on Matthew 20: 1 – 16, the “Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard” also known as “The Parable of the Grumbling Men”
Steve talks on his role in Greater West Child Care and Lee on her role managing the St Clair OOSH.
“The Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age,”
“a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession…”
- Who we are in Christ
- What are we called to do with this?
You are the vine, we are the branches
Lone Ranger Christians, it’s much easier if we don’t have to interact with others
so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.
Paul gives the image of the body, bound together, so that the body of Christ may be built up
Mark breaks down the message into 3,
- Running a generational race.
- Passing the baton
- Cheering on
“ When the crowds heard Philip and saw the signs he performed, they all paid close attention to what he said.”
The apostles after being flogged leave the Sanhedrin rejoicing because they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name
Ananias and Sapphira sell their property but keep back part of the sale money for themselves
“If we take Jesus at his worst we must again wrestle with what it means to do and be the church as a matter of utmost importance, because church is absolutely vital for us and our attempts to love God and to love our neighbour”
The Home Hub Pt 4, David, Hanna and Daryl continue with what are the core components of church and the future church. 25/09/2022
The Home Hub Pt 4, David, Hanna and Daryl continue with what are the core components of church and the future church. 25/09/2022
On the way to the Temple Peter meets a lame man, begging for alms, Peter responds I have no silver or gold but I can give you what I have. What do we have that we can give?
(Credit to Dale Stephenson of Crossway Baptist Church for the concept of telling our mindset what we already know)
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This is a great story. Amazingly Keara is reaching out to the daughter of the woman at the same time in St Clair high. How good is God!
Hear the heart for the church and the OOSH from Kathy (Centre Manager) and Steve Metcalfe (GW childcare)
Come here from Bill and Susie, Missionaries in Thailand whom we support as they serve and bring the gospel to students in Thailand
Our church has been invested in by a movement called Building a Discipling Culture where a small group of us is coached in how to steward the gospel of Jesus in our world and how to help others to do the same. Tim is our coach in this process. Here's a little interview with him and the members of the cluster from our church he coaches
Our church has been invested in by a movement called Building a Discipling Culture where a small group of us is coached in how to steward the gospel of Jesus in our world and how to help others to do the same. Tim is our coach in this process. Here's a little interview with him
Tim lays before us a great encouragement that being and bringing Good news was always meant to be doable to all those who follow Jesus. Everybody gets to play
Hear how Keara and Johnny have both come to start reading the Bible with pre-Christian people in their world
Reubs and Dave reflect on the Faith and Fatherhood. They reflect on their own fathers and being a father themselves
Taylor has recently become a follower of Jesus and Sharra played an instrumental role in that :)
In the feeding of the 5000 Esther brings out how JEsus partners with his disciples in the miracle and draws out some important discipleship principles that encourage us to demonstrate how we follow Jesus to each other.
John challenges us to bring our expectations of Jesus in line with who he actually is, not who we would like him to be!
We need to let Jesus form us in the
Stories we Believe
Habits we Repeat
the Relationships we engage in
and the Environment we interact in.
Daryl Challenges us to take Jesus as he is and not change the narrative to suit ourselves
Its not just that Jesus has the authority to forgive; He's quick and eager to forgive!. How Awesome!
In this much delayed update, we cover the many events which have spanned from March until June (now) and have led to our return to Aus. We share the shock and the grief of the initial news as well as our return and what we have been doing since. We then turn our focus to the work of IJM amidst this difficult time of COVID and all the miracles which we have witnessed amidst the lockdown.
The People Jesus is calling is not limited to any tribe, tongue or nation. Will we heed the call and call others to join us?
Daryl calls us to turn to God in the storms of our life and to value life with God over life pursuing anything else.
What happens when we humbly bring our mess into God's presence? What happens is God makes the move cleanse us, forgive us and make us whole!
Mel takes us through the Characteristics of a Grateful heart and challenges us to maintain those characteristics in all seasons. This one landed well with many. Thanks Mel!
We can all let go of fear because Jesus is with us. However, sometimes the journey from fear to faith involves a wrestle with God. While its not easy, its a process you can trust because a Good Gracious God is leading you through it with your good at heart.
On Easter Sunday we explore how those that raise themselves up and crush others don't end up having the last word. Jesus, the man who laid himself down out of love, has the last word. Hallelujah
Sermon from the Good Friday Broadcast. This teaching explores how we all have blood on our hands in some sense and need Jesus' death on the cross as much as anybody
Tad reminds us of the need to believe and follow Jesus for ourselves understanding that this means holding onto Jesus in amongst those who reject him and live however they want
Daryl draws our attention to the Lord's prayer calling us to focus on God not ourselves and live in relationship with him. He calls us to rely on God as our provider and lean into his forgiveness so we can forgive others.
Jesus puts a high price on his words here. Heed them and stand, Ignore them and fall. Will we centre ourselves in the Words Works and Ways of Jesus in this unprecedented storm?
In this episode Hannah shares about an amazing, Spirit provided outcome from a conversation with the Director of IJM Philippines about the National Strategic Plan for aftercare. You'll also get updates on our work including preps for the Global Resolve Against OSEC Conference, Rescues which have occurred and farewells to interns & fellows. We share highlights from trips around the philippines AND share updates on an exciting development that is now the size of a mango: little Baby Wilkinson. It's a jam-packed podcast; enjoy!!
Esther shares with us about the value of pursuing our treasure in heaven which ultimately leads to the fulfilment of our deeper desires in a way earthly treasures on their own can't.
How Jesus made disciples is simple and reproducible. Its about discerning people of peace (people who like you, listen to you and serve you), doing life with them and giving them an opportunity to respond to God.
One way of engaging a person of peace that has seen many come to faith in Jesus is approach them with this question...'I'm looking for someone to read the Bible, I don't know if you'd be interested?'
If someone says yes you simply read the bible alongside them using the discovery Bible method which you can read more about here. https://www.crossway.org.au/dbm/
I have found this approach so fruitful in my life and encourage you to listen to the sermon and have fresh look at what it means to share our faith.
Yesterdays sermon took a fresh look at way Jesus modelled and taught the disciples to share their faith in him.We're going to talk about this more this year so I'd love all those who weren't present to have a listen if possible.
We boiled it down to 3 simple steps ANYONE can do.
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Love and Serve Everybody
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Identify and Invest in People of Peace
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Provide an opportunity to respond to God
This approach is based on 3 premises.
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God is already at work in the hearts and minds of people
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The way Jesus made disciples is simple and reproducible
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The Mission of God was always meant to be in the hands of ordinary people.
Also 50th Episode of the church podcast. yew!
Welcome to Episode 4# of our time in the Philippines! In this episode we recount the period leading up to Christmas in all it's glory and grit. We share about the precious moments spent with family on holidays in Thailand with the wilko's and on a remote island with the Bills/Obriens. The wrap up; a crazy christmas, a beautiful break and some truths becoming tangible. Enjoy!
[Note: Apologies for the weird background noises; we recorded at night when we were overtired and fidgety. Hopefully the interesting story about David being partially blind for 72 hours will make up for it:D]
The metaphor describing the world's religions as different people trying to scale the same mountain does not resonate with the message of Christmas. God came down the mountain to be with us. Furthermore, he walked in our shoes, showed us how to live, died in our place, and rose again with an invite to follow him as Lord and King. What is our response to to his invitation?
This sermon tries to describe the heart that sees Jesus clearly. As we dive into this beautiful passage from Matthew. I suggest that it is the heart that has these four attributes that sees Jesus for who he is.
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Acknowledges Need
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Teachable
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Leadable
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Humble
These traits help us see Jesus for the first time, but also keep our faith vibrant as we follow him daily.