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APOLOGIES: THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH PARTS OF THIS RECORDING. Some of the sound is indecipherable. Reader : Danita O'Loughlin Preacher : Jonathan Smith This passage is full of surprising turns. Paul circumcises Timothy - the same Paul who just fought at Jerusalem against circumcision as a requirement for salvation - because Timothy's mixed heritage would otherwise bar him from synagogue ministry.…
Reader : Jake Elzo Preacher : Jonathan Smith The council's letter acknowledges the unnecessary burden that had been placed on Gentile believers without their authorisation. Regarding their direction to abstain from certain things, scholars generally read their intentions in one of three overlapping ways: 1. Leviticus 17–18 background. The four prohibitions match, in roughly the same order, the…
Reader: Bek Hudson Preacher: Jonathan Smith The Jerusalem Council was the first big test of the early church’s beliefs. There were some Jewish Christians who believed that to be saved you also had to be circumcised and to follow the law of Moses. After much debate, the decision was reached that salvation only comes through faith in Jesus Christ and nothing else. This fundamental truth is one of…
Reader: Amy Caruana Preacher: John Hudson Today John takes us through Ecclesiastes, chapter 3, where there is a time for everything. We sometimes stress about the time we are in because we are going through a difficult moment, but John teaches that these moments will pass. God has an eternal view of time and we only have a temporal view. God stepped out of eternity into our time so that we can…
Reader: John Hargrave Preacher: Nathan Holland Nathan Holland from Open Doors is our guest preacher today. Red Door Church partners with Open Doors by giving some of our income to them as one of the mission partners we support. Today Nathan is exploring what it’s like to live in an environment full of persecution and how Open Doors helps the church in these areas. Open Doors doesn’t actively try…
Reader: Jonathan Smith Preacher: Josh Hennessy Today Josh is looking at Paul’s letter to the church in Colossae. Paul reminds the people there that they have heard the gospel and its truth, and that it is bearing fruit, not just in their church but all over the world. He could just as well be writing that very same letter to us here at Red Door Church. The only reason why Red Door Church exists is…
Reader: Bek Hudson Preacher: Chris Varughese In Romans 12, from Paul's teachings, Chris tells us that there are 3 things God is calling us to do to live out God's will together: 1. To be Living Sacrifices; 2. To use the gifts we've been given for service; 3. To live as a community God's way. Red Door is an Anglican Church in Melbourne, Australia. We exist to be a community of people helping people…
Reader: Esther Hudson Preacher: Josh Hennessy Regularly we look at the Book Of Jonah and think it's about a prophet and his rebellion against God. This is partially true. It's a reflection on us all, where we also rebel against God. However, the real story of this book is God's sovereignty. Even though Jonah rebels, he still carries out God's will, and in this case, God's will is to save the very…
Reader: Jake Elzo Preacher: Jonathan Smith The final chapter in Part III of our series details a pretty wild conclusion to the first missionary journey. In Iconium, the city is divided and a plot is formed to stone Paul and Barnabas. In Lystra, Paul is first mistaken for Hermes and nearly worshipped, then stoned and left for dead in the street. In Derbe, they make many disciples - and then,…
Reader: John Hargrave Preacher: Jonathan Smith Paul stands in a synagogue - among people who know the story of Israel - and traces the entire arc of that story to its fulfilment in Jesus: promised, rejected, crucified, raised, vindicated. The response is mixed. Many beg to hear more, but the synagogue rulers contradict and insult. Paul and Barnabas respond directly: since you reject eternal life,…
Reader: Bek Hudson Preacher: Jonathan Smith The first deliberate, organised mission in Acts is launched from the new community in Antioch - not in a strategic meeting, but as they worship and fast. Paul and Barnabas's first significant encounter on the island of Cyprus is a head-to-head with Elymas, a sorcerer who tries to prevent the proconsul from hearing the gospel. The encounter is not random,…
