we continue with our series, entitled 'The Good News of Grace.' We will look at the latter part of chapter one where we will see Paul talks about how the essential nature of subjective Grace is integral to objective Truth in a way perhaps that we have not fully understood. We need to understand this, both for ourselves and when sharing the Good News with others and we'll also look at some important tests he presents to ensure we are still living squarely in God's Gospel of Grace and have not sli...
Jul 05, 2025•39 min•Ep. 364
We start a new series in the letter to the Galatians, entitled 'The Good News of Grace'. This short letter had a major impact on Western Civilisation, and will also have a major impact on us, as we study it together over the next few weeks. Join us as we dive in to find out more about our faith and God's grace, in one of the most influential books of the Bible.
Jun 29, 2025•33 min•Ep. 363
This Sunday we reflected on the Practises of Discipleship that we have learnt about in recent weeks. For part of our time together we will be in small groups discussing some questions relating to these practises.
Jun 14, 2025•16 min•Ep. 362
What is mediating on the Scripture, why is it important and how do we go about fitting it into our busy lives?
Jun 07, 2025•16 min•Ep. 361
Today we will look at the one investment that cannot fail us, and how we can grow that investment through being generous with our possessions and our service. Oh and yes, our money (that's a possession too). Unlike other investment seminars you do not have to pay to attend, and the returns have an absolute guarantee.
May 31, 2025•53 min•Ep. 360
What does it really mean to be content? Contentment seems so counter-cultural in a world that is constantly challenging us to not be satisfied. This week we look at Psalm 23 and how David can teach us to find true contentment in God.
May 24, 2025•29 min•Ep. 359
Is the Sabbath still relevant today? Why would God make a law about rest? This Sunday, Al has led us as we explore what the Sabbath is all about and why it might just be more important than we think. Join us as we unpack the purpose and promise of rest.
May 17, 2025•28 min•Ep. 358
On the 11th of May in was Mother's Day, the church go hear people talk about their mother's
May 10, 2025•8 min•Ep. 357
we take a look at fasting. Is it still for today? Or is it only for those crusty old Pharisees who Jesus wasn't too impressed with? Willy will share through the video about how prayer and fasting has brought break-throughs in his ministry, and met many individual needs in Tonga. See Agora Youtube channel for this. Then Dan will help us understand more about what the Bible tells us about fasting. After that Graham will guide us to identify our greatest need, whether personal or ministry, and to b...
May 03, 2025•16 min•Ep. 356
Willy Florian from Tonga is back with us. If you remember him from last year you'll remember what a blessing and inspiration he is.
Apr 27, 2025•44 min•Ep. 355
Easter! A time when we reflect on Christ's death on a horrible Cross, to overcome sin and the death we deserve. But what about his resurrection and ascension? In John 14:2-3 Jesus tells us he has gone ahead to prepare a place for us. And in John 16:7 he says he has to go away so he can send the Holy Spirit to be our Helper. Two things crucially important to the Christian.
Apr 19, 2025•31 min•Ep. 354
Apr 12, 2025•29 min•Ep. 353
Among all the values we hold as individuals and as a church, Jesus issues one supreme command to His followers: love others as He has loved us. We'll examine this defining mark of discipleship - how Christ-like love identifies us, distinguishes us, and authenticates our connection to Jesus.
Mar 29, 2025•29 min•Ep. 352
Today we’ll explore one of Jesus’ most challenging invitations: “If anyone would come after Me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me.” We’ll unpack this offer of discipleship and reflect on its cost. Does it have anything to do with willpower, as a disciplined life is often associated with it? Bible reading: Luke 9:23-26
Mar 22, 2025•31 min•Ep. 351
What does it mean to truly abide in Jesus? What kind of fruit does He desire from His vine, and what does it mean to be pruned? Al leads us as we explore these questions together, diving into what it means to remain in Christ and bear lasting fruit. Join us as we grow deeper in faith and understanding! Bible reading: John 15:1-8
Mar 15, 2025•30 min•Ep. 350
We are now in a series of looking at Jesus and how He demonstrated discipleship, and what He taught about it. Jesus called people to follow Him many times in the Gospels and we are probably familiar with Him choosing, and then calling, His future apostles to discipleship. But He also calls us to follow Him as we deal with a particular issue which is one the main things holding us back from a deeper and more satisfying walk with Jesus.
Mar 01, 2025•20 min•Ep. 349
A couple of weeks ago we heard how God calls us into a saving relationship with His Son, Jesus Christ, and how he continues to call us into a closer relationship with Him every day. But what about service? God has made each one of us with an individual 'shape' to fit into a unique place of service in His kingdom - rather like a jigsaw piece finds its place to complete the whole picture. Like a jigsaw, the picture is incomplete without every piece in its proper place. And like a jigsaw piece, we ...
Feb 22, 2025•54 min•Ep. 348
We will continue our series on “discipleship” and this Sunday, Sue Hanna, a missionary in Cambodia for the past 20 years, will speak to us about a simple three-word model that we can use as a model for discipleship in our individual lives and as a church.
Feb 15, 2025•34 min•Ep. 347
There's a good deal of uncertainty and confusion around God's call on our lives. We tend to think of a calling in terms of a ministry or God telling us to do some job in the church. But it's much more basic and important than that. Today we will look at God's calling into the special life he designed for us from before the beginning of time. It's a calling into community, service, and into ultimate satisfaction and joy. It's a calling to enter into Christ himself (a great mystery)! In other word...
Feb 08, 2025•42 min•Ep. 346
Why follow Jesus?...and when things turn to chaos in life what can we hold onto to keep on being his disciple? We continue our series on Pictures of Discipleship as we listen in on some very important statements that Jesus makes to his disciples. Statements that provide us with reasons to follow him.
Feb 01, 2025•26 min•Ep. 345
We hear so many different ideas of what discipleship is. (Some of them really put us off!) Why so many? And what's the real deal? Once we see what the heart of discipleship is according to Jesus, we will understand why there are so many interpretations. Better yet, we will also see that discipleship is something to be wholeheartedly embraced as the means of peace, joy, and satisfaction in our lives that nothing else can compete with.
Jan 25, 2025•47 min•Ep. 344
This year, we’re focusing on discipleship: what it looks like and how we can live it out together. Al has kicking off our first series, Pictures of Discipleship, as we explore a vision of where we want to be by the end of the year. Join us as we dive into thought-provoking discussions about what discipleship means, reflect on who has discipled us, and consider who we might be discipling.
Jan 18, 2025•30 min•Ep. 343
Join us as one of the wise men from the Christmas story shares his extraordinary journey to Bethlehem. Hear the story through the eyes of a pagan seeker following a star to find a King.
Dec 14, 2024•27 min•Ep. 342
Did you hear about the old shepherd who got fired because he never knew how many sheep he had? He kept falling asleep as he counted them. Today we will meet the shepherds from the Christmas story. Unlike last Sunday's Innkeeper, these guys are real, and have a lot to teach us (so we wont be tempted to count sheep during the service). We will be in Luke chapter 2, verses 8 to 21
Dec 07, 2024•45 min•Ep. 341
This Sunday, we considered why Jesus was born into such poverty. When you think about it, why was there ‘no place for them…’ Luke 2:7? God can do anything, right? Why not have Jesus at least born in the house where we find him later as a child? Why ‘no place’? Why was there no midwife to help Mary? Why does Jesus have to sleep in a feed trough? What is God saying to us in all this?
Nov 30, 2024•31 min•Ep. 340
We continue learning about The Kingdom of Heaven, and this time we learn that it is like The Parable about a Fishing Net. As with other parables, the language in this parable is clear, concise and strong. It's a parable found only in Matthew and returns to a similar theme of the parables of the treasure and the pearl, where you sell all - you do what it takes - to gain the kingdom. On the day of judgement, when the true membership of God's kingdom is finally settled, the good will be separated f...
Nov 23, 2024•26 min•Ep. 339
Jesus taught in parables for good reason. We’ll be exploring two of His parables this Sunday, considering how we might see growth similar to what happens to a mustard seed, and yeast in dough, in our own lives and communities.
Nov 09, 2024•33 min•Ep. 338
We live in a world which has both good and bad: kindness and evil, wheat and weeds. How should we live as Christians in this world? Can we show something of the "Kingdom of Heaven" where we live? On Sunday we look at these questions and our present role in the Kingdom.
Oct 26, 2024•39 min•Ep. 337
We begin an exciting new series exploring the Kingdom of Heaven. We'll look at what Jesus meant when He proclaimed the Kingdom was near, and how this message might differ from what people of His time expected. As we delve into Matthew 4, we'll reflect on how our understanding today shapes our faith and discipleship. We'll also explore the Parable of the Sower, which teaches us about how the Kingdom grows in our hearts depending on how we receive God's Word. Join us for a thought-provoking journe...
Oct 19, 2024•26 min•Ep. 336
What does it mean to be intergenerational? The church is a family - a group of people together in relationship with God and in relationship with each other, doing life together. How do our rhythms and practices foster connections and relationships across the generations that help us all grow in faith?
Oct 12, 2024•32 min•Ep. 335
