sunday teaching.
Message from the Mountains
The Jesus Guide to an Up-side Down Kingdom (Mathew 5-7)
August~September 2024
The greatest sermon, given by the greatest and most influential teacher in all of human history.
It’s Jesus’ manifesto for a whole new way to be human in the kingdom of God.
This sermon is Jesus’ guide to living life in God’s upside-down kingdom - a confronting vision of a new way to be human - reorienting of our lives around the rhythms of grace.
As we go through this teaching, you might conclude Jesus’ path makes no sense - and you would be right, at least in the eyes of our current culture.
Yet Jesus offers a better way - the life we want but struggle to attain.
As we pay close attention to his perspectives, we’ll find ourselves living in the freedom that the world can’t give, or take away.
Matthew 20
16 “So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”
Message from the Mountains E1 - Who Is Really Blessed?
Message from the Mountains E2 - Salt & Light
Message from the Mountains E3 - What Did Jesus Think About The Bible?
Message from the Mountains E4 - Jesus on Anger
Message from the Mountains E5 - Jesus on Objectification
Message from the Mountains E6 - Jesus on Truth and Integrity
Message from the Mountains E7 - Turn the other Cheek
Message from the Mountains E8 - Love Your Enemies
The Bible Project - Sermon on the Mount
https://bibleproject.com/explore/category/sermon-on-the-mount/
Dallas Willard - The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life in God
https://koorong.com/product/the-divine-conspiracy-rediscovering-our-hidden-life-in_9780060693336
Rich Villodas - The Narrow Path: How the Subversive Way of Jesus Satisfies Our Souls
https://koorong.com/product/the-narrow-path-how-the-subversive-way-of_9780593444276
Emotionally Healthy Spirituality - Peter Scazzero
https://koorong.com/product/emotionally-healthy-spirituality-peter-scazzero_9780310348498
Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life - Henry Cloud, John Townsend
https://koorong.com/product/boundaries-when-to-say-yes-how-to-say_9780310351801
Emotionally Healthy Church
Because it's impossible to be spiritually mature, while remainig emotionally immature.
June~July 2024
It’s impossible to be spiritually mature, while we remain emotionally immature. We’ve all done it:
-avoided healthy conflict for temporary peace
-ignored or suppressed emotions
-run from what God wants us to work on
-lived a hurried life without boundaries
-repeated the same mistakes over again
Throughout this series we’ll be sharing Biblical principles to experience “beneath the surface” transformation, not just Sunday-only “surface level” changes.
As we experience God’s transformation at work in our lives, I believe that our church as a whole will also experience the same healthy transformation.
Philippians 4
6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.
9 Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.
Emotionally Healthy Church E1 - Looking Beneath the Surface
Emotionally Healthy Church E2 - Breaking the Power of the Past
Emotionally Healthy Church E3 - Living in Brokenness and Vulnerability
Emotionally Healthy Church E4 - Limits & Boundaries
Emotionally Healthy Church E5 - Embracing Grief & Forgiveness
Emotionally Healthy Church E6 - Living with Integrity
Emotionally Healthy Church E7 - Loving Well
Emotionally Healthy Church E8 - Holy Spirit - The Divine Archaeologist
I Am
The Name & Nature of God
April~May 2024
In Exodus, God appears to Moses at the burning bush and names himself, “I Am who I Am.”
In the Gospel of John, Jesus draws on this story in Exodus and gives us seven names to call him, seven “I Am” statements.
Throughout this series, we will be looking at who Jesus is through the lens of each “I Am” statement.
Exodus 3:13-14
13 Moses said to God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ Then what shall I tell them?”
14 God said to Moses, “I am who I am. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I am has sent me to you.’”
I AM E1 - Moses Meets God
I AM E2 - I Am the Bread of Life
I AM E3 - I Am the Light of the World
I AM E4 - I Am the Gate
I AM E5 - I Am the Good Shepherd
I AM E6 - I Am the Resurrection & the Life
I AM E7 - I Am the Way, the Truth and the Life
I AM E8 - I Am the True Vine
The Bible Project - Exodus
https://bibleproject.com/guides/book-of-exodus/
The Bible Project - Book of John Overview
https://bibleproject.com/guides/book-of-john/
The Total Money Makeover - Dave Ramsey
https://koorong.com/product/the-total-money-makeover-dave-ramsey_9781595555274
The Richest Man in Babylon - George S Clason
https://koorong.com/product/the-richest-man-in-babylon-george-s-clason_9780451205360
Financial Freedom
God’s Guide to Building Wealth Without Stress
February~March 2024
The Bible definitely doesn’t shy away from talking about money. In fact, Scripture includes 2,500 verses about handling money and possessions.
Proverbs 10:22 The blessing of the Lord brings wealth, without painful toil for it.
Those 2,500 verses give us a blueprint and teach us God’s ways of handling money. And here’s the thing about God’s ways of handling money: They work. Every time.
Deciding to follow what the Bible says about money management will mean you’ll never have to worry about money again. And beyond that, you’ll build wealth so you can live out your dreams and be outrageously generous.
Financial Freedom E1 - Bible-based (Un)Common Sense
Financial Freedom E2 - Telling Your Money Where To Go - Not Wondering Where It Went
STEP 1. Get A Plan For Your Money - Budget Each Month
Financial Freedom E3 - Money Talks
STEP 2. Setting Priorities & Communicating Well
Financial Freedom E4 - The Borrower Is Slave To The Lender
STEP 3. Getting Out Of Debt
Financial Freedom E5 - Help, It’s an Emergency!
STEP 4. Save an Emergency Fund
Financial Freedom E6 - Housing, Stocks, Super & Crypto
STEP 5. Investing for the Future
Financial Freedom E7 - Being A Good Steward
STEP 6. Stewarding God’s Blessing
Financial Freedom E8 - Leaving a Legacy
STEP 7. Building Wealth, Living Generously & Leaving a Legacy
Pursuit
Seeking First the Kingdom
January 2024
For most of us following the way of Jesus is not a time issue, it's a priority issue.
Join us as we start the year looking at the role of prayer & fasting as modeled by Jesus; spiritual & physical formation in community; as well as developing bold vision & dreams for 2024.
Matthew 6:33
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
Pursuit E1 - Prayer & Fasting
Pursuit E2 - Spiritual & Physical Formation
Pursuit E3 - Vision & Dreams
Tim Keller - Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God
https://www.amazon.com.au/Prayer-Timothy-Keller/dp/0143108581
Scot McKnight - Fasting: The Ancient Practices
https://www.amazon.com.au/Fasting-Scot-McKnight/dp/0849946050