Teaching series from Darling St Anglican Church
Finding hope in this world of suffering.
Jesus, the God who is, and was, and is to come.
A talk about sickness and healing in the bible, and in particular how Jesus heals.
A sermon exploring the bible's use of the metaphor of light applied to God, to Jesus, and to the church.
Exploring what it means for Jesus to be the good shepherd
In this talk Mark Leach gives and overview and analysis of the history, politics, and theology of the war in Gaza.
9 Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. 10 Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. 11 Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. 12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. 13 Share with the Lord's people who are in need. Practice hospitality. 14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn. 16 Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited. 17 Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone. 18 If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. 19 Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God's wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” n says the Lord. 20 On the contrary: “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head.” o 21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
How do we build a genuinely inclusive community in a consumer culture? In this talk we look at the teaching of Romans 12, and how the early church was to work together across massive religious and cultural divisions.
In this talk based on Romans 11 we explore how to live between disappointment and hope as we follow Messiah Jesus.
What does the rejection of Jesus as their Messiah, by so many ethnic Jews in the Apostle Paul's day, mean for our understanding of God?
Living as a Christian if full of challenges. In Romans 8:28-39 the bible presents 5 of these challenges, along with the way in which we can overcome them.
In this talk Mark develops a framework to help us trust God in a world full of suffering and death. This is grounded in Romans 8, one of the most significant pieces of writing in all of human history.
A short, practical introduction to how we live a life directed and ordered by the Spirit of God
What does it take to flourish? What is the role of Torah (or law) in this? What is the relationship of the Torah to the work of Messiah Jesus and the Spirit of Messiah?
This is an exposition of Romans 5:12-21, one of the great passages of the bible that explains God's great gift to humanity.
An exposition of Romans 4 and the world changing, culture shaping truth that we are saved by grace, not race, through faith, not Torah observance.
This talk addresses two key problems: Firstly, our problem is how can we ever be truly known and truly accepted? Secondly, how can God, knowing us perfectly, still accept us?
We start a series exploring the most influential letter in human history - the Apostle Paul's letter to the church in Rome. In this talk we set the scene as we look at the first 17 verses of chapter 1.
We all have to answer two basic questions as we live in this world: what's gone wrong? and what's the solution?
In this teaching we look at chapter 3 of James Bryan Smith's book, The Good and Beautiful You.
In this episode we discuss chapter 2 of the book, "The Good and Beautiful You" by James Bryan Smith. The topic is "The Sacred Body".
This is a summary of the first session. We are following along with the book by James Bryan Smith, "The Good and Beautiful You"
In this sermon Mark Leach explores the nature of love and the process by which we can become people of love.
A discussion with Australia's leading residential property forecaster, Robert Mellor, on all things property and faith. Robert shares his life story and then ends with a discussion and Q&A about the current market.
In this talk we explore the nature of hope to change our lives
In this sermon Mark Leach explores the way in which God provides a truly radical solution to the problem of human evil. 2 At dawn Jesus appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. 3 The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group 4 and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. 5 In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?” 6 They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him. But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. 7 When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” 8 Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground. 9 At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there. 10 Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” 11 “No one, sir,” she said. “Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.” The New International Version (Jn 8:1–11). (2011). Zondervan.
A life lesson about meeting needs and growing up - John 6. In this talk we look at the miraculous feeding of the 5000 men (+ another 5 -10,000 women and children). And we learn a great deal about the way in which we are to grow up to be like Jesus as we work with him to meet human needs around us.
In this sermon Mark Leach explores the ideas found in John 5:16-47, in particular how our answer to the question, who is jesus?, has massive implications for every area of life.
Do you want to be well? What does wellness look like? How do we get it? And what does Jesus have to do with this?
In the context of the appointment and resignation of Andrew Thorburn as CEO of the Essendon Football Club, we discuss how we as a culture got to this point, where a football club could consider that membership in an Anglican Church could be incompatible with leadership of the club.
In this talk we examine the stages of faith displayed by a Jewish official as he encounters Jesus and asks Jesus to heal his dying son
In this exposition of John 4, we see that the key to living well in this world is to see everything in it with eyes of faith, the way Jesus did.
In John 3 Jesus has an interaction with a religious scholar and leader, Nicodemus, in which he tells Nicodemus that he must be born again. What did Jesus mean by this? What does it mean for us today?
In this sermon Kara Martin, an academic and practioner, helps us understand prevailing myths and half-truths about work, and points us to the better story that the bible tells.
A careful study of John 2, and Jesus clearing the temple, reveals the need each of us have for Jesus to cleanse our hearts of a work's-based, contractual approach to God, and to receive from Him a covenantal welcome into His Father's home.
As we study the second part of John 1, we see 4 titles given to Jesus, and look at how John the Baptist and Andrew respond to this Jesus
How are we to build truly healthy, inclusive communities? How do we value the truth whilst also showing unconditional acceptance? In this episode we explore how Jesus brings us the capacity to live lives full of grace and truth.
Join us to explore the implications of the view of God, and the world, which we get from a close philosophically informed reading of John 1:1-18
Continuing his series on the 7 Deadly Sins, Mark explores the nature of sloth and lust, and how the energy beneath each of these, for renewal and intimacy, can be directed towards healthy community.
Mark continues the series on how we can redirect the energy behind the 7 Deadly Sins into community building qualities.
Continuing his teaching on building healthy community, Mark Leach shows how we can transform the energy behind pride and gluttony into life giving, community building dynamics.
In this talk we explore how the energy behind each of the 7 deadly sins can be transformed towards building healthy community.
This talk will help you understand the benefits and the practicalities of building a life-giving, healthy community.
In this episode we look at what we are to learn from little children about entry into the kingdom of Heaven. For the technically minded this is an integration of attachment theory and theology...
On Pentecost Sunday Mark Leach explores the role of the church in the bible, and the role of the Holy Spirit in the church today.
In this final talk on the serious "Building Generous Hearts" Mark Leach goes through the final 4 principles of generosity. Trigger warning - this will provoke lots and lots of deep discussions and soul searching!
In this talk Mark Leach continues to develop on the theme of building generous hearts, and looks at 4 more principles of biblical generosity
This starts a series of talks on how we build lives of generosity. It includes 10 minutes of a finance update on our church (if you aren't part of Darling St Church you can skip this section!).
In this talk Mark Leach takes us on a journey exploring the role of women and mothers through the story of Deborah in Judges 4 and 5. A Mothers' Day sermon like nothing you've ever heard!
In this episode Mark Leach explains the New Testament teaching on 'energy'. After looking at the reasons why we don't find the term 'energy' commonly used in our English bibles, Mark explains the history of the translation of the original Greek word, before grounding all of this in Colossians 1:28-29 and exploring the practical implications of this energy paradigm.
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