St John’s Diamond Creek Talks
Episodes
Monday Feb 26, 2018
Vision 2022 - Growing In Jesus
Monday Feb 26, 2018
Monday Feb 26, 2018
Trusting that God can do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, by 2022 we aim to be: An Intergenerational Community, which is Loving like Jesus, Growing in Jesus, and Sharing Jesus. Tim this week, looks at how, as a community, we can be Growing In Jesus. We grow up and mature in many ways in our life, but how do we mature in our relationship with Jesus in our work, in our school, in our everyday lives?
In Colossians 1:28, this episode's passage, Paul writes that we should be proclaiming Jesus, admonishing (or correcting), and teaching everyone with all wisdom. Tim explores these three areas, and how we carry them out with 'all wisdom'.
Wednesday Feb 21, 2018
Vision 2022 - Loving Like Jesus
Wednesday Feb 21, 2018
Wednesday Feb 21, 2018
In this week's episode, Tim looks at the first point of our Church Vision, to "Love Like Jesus". Love is thrown around in our culture all the time, and something that everyone gets on board with. Jesus shows us a much deeper way of loving though. Christian love doesn't come naturally or easily, and involves massive personal sacrifice. God is love, God loves us, and if we love one another, God lives in us.
The bible reading for this talk is 1 John 4:7-12.
Monday Feb 19, 2018
Vision 2022 - An Intergenerational Community
Monday Feb 19, 2018
Monday Feb 19, 2018
Kirk continues unpacking our new church vision, Vision 2022, looking at our desire to be an intergenerational community. Jesus asks his followers, "Who is my mother, and who is my brother?". As Christians, we are all a part of God's family, and should treat each other as such. Doing life together, with people from generations outside of your own, can be one of the best examples of Christian life.
The bible reading for this talk is Matthew 12:46-50.
Thursday Feb 08, 2018
Vision 2022 - Know Jesus, Make Jesus Known
Thursday Feb 08, 2018
Thursday Feb 08, 2018
This week at our annual St John's Training Day, senior minister Tim Johnson explores how we should consider our priorities, in the context of St John's Vision 2022, when compared to knowing Jesus and making him known. In an example of this from the New Testament, Paul writes to the church in Philippi telling them of a choice he has come to make. A choice between knowing Jesus and everything else in his life.
This week's Bible reading is from Philippians 3:7-11.
Friday Feb 02, 2018
Look at Jesus - Follow Me
Friday Feb 02, 2018
Friday Feb 02, 2018
In the fourth instalment of our Look at Jesus series, senior minister Tim Johnson explores the social connections we form with people of different faiths and the negative stigma around the Christian faith as he challenges us to always be ready to defend our faith. In the Bible, we see Philip invite Nathaniel to meet Jesus.
Tim references the Bible at John 1:43-51