Northgate Church Podcast

Today Michael spoke on Ruth 3, Boaz working in the Spirit of the Law!!

Just the absolute next chapter of Ruth. If you missed it last week has Ruth 1 but that has a different title to this week which is Ruth 2

Today we started our new series on Ruth. Obviously with Chapter 1 because that makes the most sense.

Lets talk Lectio Devina and how we meditate on scripture.

Today we shared and workshopped some ideas for this year as part of vision sunday.

Duncan talks about resting more, both Jesus and God did it, so we should probably do it too.

Silence and Solitude, but Duncan talks a lot.

Today we start looking at how to be a spiritually formed christian.

Is our understanding of light and dark and little too binary when it comes to where Jesus is?!

Today we are looking at some contemplative ideas around discipleship and how we be present with Jesus.

Today we talked about the idea of a rule of life. Looking at how we can start making commitments rather than resolutions grounded in a real concrete moment with Jesus.

Ok todays a bit longer, apologies but we are looking at Faithfulness as it relates to Fruitfulness.

We had a special guest speaker Pastor Kristyn Haddon from Northside Church

We continued our series on Hebrews 9 with Anthony Ferguson Sharing!

Today we had a special guest speaker Prof Michael Adams sharing on Hebrews 8.

Surprisingly this sermon was on Hebrews 7, who would have guessed.

Today we taught about a measure of maturity and Duncan did performance theatre.

Today we continued our series on Hebrews

Today we talked about Hebrews 4 and Sabbath Rest.

One of the Mission organisations we support is Live Connection and today we heard from Pastor Gary about the work they do.

Finding a place where we learn from the past and push into faithfulness in Christ.

This message was about Hebrews 2, please note the audio drops out in the middle of the food analogy. See youtube video for full message if you are confused.

Today we are starting a series on Hebrewss.

Today we continued to look at Psalms of Ascent.

Living in the land of sojourning.

Nahum 1 - Today a Michael Adams gave a message on Nahum and the Power and Presence Yahweh.

What does it look like when you are on a journey and the current location doesn't look like the destination? How do you respond, where do you position yourself before God?

While this doesn't probably sit on the same plane as Baptism and Communion I think it is important to talk about Marriage and (singleness) as part of a sacrament.

Today we looked at Baptism and a Churches of Christ perspective.

Today we looked at Sacraments and Communion. Duncan spoke.

Today we had Henri from FACE share about the work he does in local schools and Andre shared about the work of FACE in his own life.

We continue on in our series looking at Mark 1 and the rapid changes Jesus brings forth and his ultimate authority over everything.

If we were to emulate a christ-centred discipleship we probably need to conquer challenges of deconstruction.

Duncan continues the series on Mark 1 and the new age of Jesus

Liminality might be the word for the season we find ourselves in. It is a season of in-betweens when things are reshaped. We see great parrallels with the season

Jesus enters in Mark 1.

Today Dan Cooke one of the worship leaders at Northgate shared about Sabbath and Worship.

Today Duncan shared about delighting on the Sabbath, we are walking along this series with the Practicing the Way teaching series a link can be found on our website.

Today we continued on our 4 week journey into Sabbath, working in conjunction with Practicing the Way. Today Duncan shared on the opposite to Rest being Restlessness.

This is the start of our 4 part series on Sabbath in conjunction with Practicing the Way. It is designed to complement the workbook and help us find a place of weekly rest.

Today's message was likewise inspired by a Rembrandt Painting "Christ and St Mary at the Tomb" which may be helpful as you listen along.

Todays message was inspired by a James Tissot (Jacques Joseph Tissot) painting called "What our Lord Saw From the Cross" which might be helpful as you listen along.

I don't know if this is a message as much as it is a reflection on Christ and the most important thing about Jesus.

This message contains some workshop moments that were not recorded, so there may be long pauses throughout the service.

Today we finished up 1st John by looking at the process of prayer, but first we need to subtract things from the day to create space for prayer.

If we are to find the non-burdensome rules spoken about in 1 John 5 what might that look like?

Today Duncan shared about the singular quality that a church must embrace to live a life of love. 

Today we heard about Symthurst Ministries and the incredible work they are doing in the Ukraine. 

We continue our series on 1 John with Anthony Ferguson. 

Today we continue our series on 1 John with Lloyd speaking.

We continue our series called We Loved because He First Loved Us. Looking at 1 John 2, the successionists and deconstructionism.