Midweek Training by NorthernLife: Recent Episodes
NorthernLife Baptist Church
Midweek Training is the discipleship content stream of NorthernLife Baptist Church in Sydney, Australia. Subscribe to the podcast to be notified of any new releases.
When Jesus died on the cross, he shed his blood. But why did he die such a death? Did he need to go through this pain suffering, characterised in the Gospels by so much blood? In this episode of Midweek Training, Richard Ford unpacks the biblical and theological significance of Jesus blood.
Virginia Mathews speaks on building Christian community inside and outside the small group gathering.
Life Hubs provide wonderful opportunities to grow disciples. This message covers the areas we hope to grow in through the ministry of LifeHubs at NorthernLife.
This is the second in our series of life hub training – DEEPER DEVOTION. We explore how LifeHubs can help achieve the second part of our church vision statement – LOVE OTHERS. This talk touches on how LifeHubs help us live out core values of: Life Matters, Canvas of Colour, Find out Help out and […]
Life Hubs Go Deeper. This talk focuses on how LifeHubs can provide the means for our congregation to Go deeper in loving God – we call it DEEPER DELIGHT. How can LifeHubs help people to deepen their delight in the Lord? – KNOWN AND LOVED, JESUS IS WORTH IT, GOD SPEAKS WE LISTEN, HIS GRACE […]
Introduction to the exciting new community coaching program launching next year at NorthernLife called C.O.A.C.H. Spoken by Virginia Mathews.
Virginia Mathews masterfully takes us through 4 Life Hacks for building relationships that foster pastoral care. This is essential training for life hub leaders at Northern Life and anyone called to care for others pastorally in the local church.
This talk explores what true freedom really is by unpacking the original design of the Ten Commandments and the mind-blowing meaning behind Israel’s covenant-keeping God. Freedom can be freedom from but more importantly it can be freedom for!
A prayer to appropriate the grace and generosity of God in the Gospel which leads to Daily Freedom in Christ.
The Trinity prayers are spoken-word prayers covering a biblical and theological overview of each member of the Trinity. These are prayers designed to teach as they honour and promote wonder as they worship.
The Trinity prayers are spoken-word prayers covering a biblical and theological overview of each member of the Trinity. These are prayers designed to teach as they honour and promote wonder as they worship.
The Trinity prayers are spoken-word prayers covering a biblical and theological overview of each member of the Trinity. These are prayers designed to teach as they honour and promote wonder as they worship.
The book of Job speaks to every generation about suffering. This midweek training at NorthernLife covers the entire book of Job in one session. We pray that you will be encouraged to see God’s goodness in every life season.
We are a sent people committed to sending others. We have been blessed to be a blessing. As the Father sent the Son, the Son sent the Spirit, the Spirit sends the Church, the Church sends ministers of the gospel. We nurture new life in Christ, we train up, we raise up, we send out […]
We are disciple making disciples who live intentionally to develop others’ in Christ. We are disciples making disciples of Jesus. When Jesus ascended to heaven, He gave His disciples a very clear mandate. This has not changed for us in the 21st century. By God’s grace and the gospel we lead people to Christ, coach […]
We are apprentices of Jesus, learning to live the way He said we could live. This process centres around character transformation. Peter reminds us that growth in the grace and knowledge of the kingdom is a possibility and expectation of all who followers Christ Jesus as Lord. We embrace effort with servant hearted intentionality to […]
Our faith is grounded in the truth of the gospel. Jesus Christ—fully God, fully man—lived a perfect life to die a perfect sacrificial death and rose victoriously and powerfully from the dead. This is historically verifiable truth, which is the bedrock of our Church. After the resurrection Jesus Christ ascended to heaven and sent His […]
PRAYER HAS POWER – Transformation We pray with shameless persistence and authority. Life is spiritual. Mysteriously God has invited His church to interact with Him in prayer. By grace we pray persistently, passionately and humbly approaching the throne of Grace through Jesus. We believe that for every situation Prayer has Power. Through our dependence on […]
FIND OUT. HELP OUT. Since people matter, we believe in listening to stories, understanding journey’s, discovering opportunities and providing solutions. Love, loves with action. We listen and respond. We get involved. Whether it’s finding out a new persons name at morning tea, or investigating a tragedy unfolding in Malawi. We find out, we help out, […]
God is painting His story on a canvas of generations in the colours of the nations – we are a canvas of colour. God’s plans for our church are beyond one generation and one ethnicity. We respect and appreciate each generation, we enjoy and rely on our diversity. We are not the body of Christ […]
LIFE MATTERS All living things matter; people and planet, we steward everything for God’s glory in the context of loving relationships. We are called to exercise our authority as true humanity in Christ through stewardship of all creation. As we take care of each other and our environment we desire to bring glory to […]
HIS GRACE IS ENOUGH – Faith We are free and have access to His endless supply. He is able to provide all of our needs. Christ’s finished work on the cross, His glorious resurrection from the dead, ascension to Heaven and provision of the Spirit is sufficient to grant us true freedom – HIs Grace […]
GOD SPEAKS WE LISTEN – Obedience We believe the bible and are led by the Holy Spirit. We are a bible believing Church. God’s words matter more than any other words. We want to know His words, listen to them and obey them. We expect Holy Spirit, the gift of the Father to guide us […]
JESUS IS WORTH IT – CORE VALUE #2 He is our treasure, delight, first love and reason for being. To worship Him is our joy. He deserves our very best. This core value encapsulates “The Lordship of Christ” it also speaks of commitment to the “cause of Christ”. There is a cost involved in […]
At the core of who we are as a church is the understanding that we are known and loved by Father God. Through faith in Christ we are have passed from the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of light, been given life a new, born from above and know from the inner witness of […]