Lindisfarne Anglican Church Podcast

In this video, we're joined by Revd Dr Michael Bird who gives us a wonderful overview of The Gospel of Mark and what it teaches us about Jesus the suffering King.

As a church, we believe that all of us are called by Jesus to the task of making disciples. That is God wants us to help other people learn more about following Jesus and have their lives changed by Him.

As we head into a new year with a few changes coming our way as a church it's important to face the change mindful of what hasn't changed. The vision and mission God has called His people to.

As we reflect on what was for many a rough year in 2024, we look forward with God to what the future holds for us with Jesus.

A talk on 1 Thes 5:12-24

A talk on 1 Thes 4:13-5-11

A talk on 1 Thes 4:1-12

A talk on 1 Thes 2:17-3:13

We begin a series working our way through the book of 1 Thessalonians. In this talk, we learn more about Paul and his reasons for writing the letter as well as some of the historical context. We then look at what Paul's thanksgiving prayer for the Thessalonians means for us today and how it can help us to keep our eyes on Jesus so that we have an inspired faith.

Jesus promises that as we go and make disciples we do so under His authority and with His presence. Paul instructs the early church to be constantly praying and seeking God's help for the chance to share the good news. If we want people to turn their lives around and follow Jesus then we've got to pray!

As we seek to share the hope we have in Jesus we need to do so in a way that enables us to connect our stories to the stories of our friends, families, neighbours, and coworkers.

In this talk we consider the power of a story and how connecting our personal story to God's big story is a powerful and effective way to share the hope we have in Jesus and the real difference it has made in our lives.

As we begin to think and pray about the Anglican Church of Australia's Hope 25 season from Easter to Pentecost 2025 we remind ourselves of Jesus' command for us to "Go and make disciples" and we look at some examples for the early church of what it looked like for them to "Go" and how we can "Go" and get ready to go during Hope 25.

In Mark 7 we read about how Jesus brings healing and cleansing to those who have faith. It's not what we do that matters but where our hearts are at.

In Mark 6 after the disciples get back from their short-term mission trip, Jesus demonstrates His power by feeding 5,000 men with 5 loaves and 2 fish and then walking on water before healing people simply through being touched by them. In the midst of these demonstrations of His power though he is teaching us something about the nature of discipleship and His invitation to all of us to be disciples, to spend time with Him and to be empowered by him to reach the world.

In Mark 6:1-13, Jesus is rejected by the people in his hometown, and then he sends the disciples out to spread the gospel telling them to "shake the dust off their feet" of places that reject the gospel. What do these stories tell us about what we need to shake off as we follow Jesus today?

In Mark 4:35-5:43 we see the power Jesus has over nature, evil and even death! It can be tempting to think of Jesus as just a nice guy with some good advice for life, but actually, he shows us that he is so much more! He is God!

In Mark 4:1-34 Jesus tells several parables and explains why he tells them. How should we understand Jesus today?

In Mark 3:7-35 we see the contrast in response to Jesus between those who respond to his call to follow him and those who choose to reject him. For those who respond to the call, Jesus invites them into his family, but for those who reject him, there is no forgiveness to be found.

In Mark 2:18-3:6 we read about how Jesus greatly offends the Pharisees because he doesn't conform to their rules and way of seeing things. Jesus wants to challenge their stubborn hearts which are centred on themselves and not on God. Jesus will do the same to us too if we don't humble ourselves and put God first. When was the last time Jesus offended you? How did you respond?

Mark's gospel tells the story of Jesus forgiving and healing a paralysed man and eating dinner with tax collectors and sinners. These actions make him incredibly popular with some, but for others it makes them incredibly upset. As we respond to Jesus calling us out of our sin into new life with him, how can we then be like Jesus and take his good news of life and hope to those who need it most without falling back into our old ways again?

The Tower of Babel tells the story of human pride and desire to do life without God. The sin of pride isn't just an ancient problem, it's one still with us today. And the only way to beat pride is to humble ourselves before Jesus the true humble servant of God.

In this sermon, we take a look at the promises God made to Noah after the flood and the rise of sin again in the world.

In this talk we look at the story of Noah told in Genesis 6-8 and consider what this story teaches us about God, humanity, sin and grace. We also consider how we're meant to understand the flood story from a literal/historical perspective.

So often when we come to Genealogies in the Bible we just want to skip over them. But if we stop and think about what they are saying and why they are written we find there is actually a lot that can be learned about God and the human story. In this talk we work through Genesis 5 and the first part of Genesis 6.

The story of Cain and Abel is a horrible story of jealousy and murder but even though it shows us how humans can do horrible things when they don't flee sin, it also shows us that God's grace is present even in the midst of our greatest sin.

What is the Trinity? How should you understand it correctly? Is it a biblical idea? Why does it matter? How does it impact real life? We try and cover these and many more issues as we unpack the Trinity on Trinity Sunday 2024.

We take a look at Genesis 3 and the fall of humanity and the problem of sin.

In this talk Andrea walks us through Genesis 2 and the story of Adam and Eve.

As we kick of our Genesis series we tackle Genesis 1:1-2:3 and unpack this beautiful piece of Hebrew writing. What does it mean to take this story literally? What does it mean for this creation account to be true? Do you have to decide what you think about Evolution or Young Earth Creationism to be a Christian? These are just some of the questions we cover. Shout out to John Dickson and his excellent article - https://www.publicchristianity.org/the-genre-of-genesis-1-an-historical-approach/

Paul describes our life as one of battle with spiritual powers. This can take some time to get used to as a 21st-century Westerner, yet we must if we are to be ready for the fight we are in! NOTE: This sermon suffered a technical problem and there is a small section missing at the 7-minute mark.

Perhaps the most controversial part of Ephesians comes in Chapter 5:21-6:9 where Paul applies the new life in Christ to the most intimate aspects of life, the home. How do these words apply to married Christians, Christian parents, or Christians in the workplace today? Do we still really have to submit to other people and love others sacrificially?

In Ephesians 5:1-20 Paul gives some advice to us on how we can live out our new life in Christ in such a way that will shine God's love and light into our dark and broken world.

God has done a wonderful thing in bringing us from death to life in Christ and gathering us with people from all walks of life in the church. Unsurprisingly though living in a community with lots of different people can be challenging. That's why Paul gives the church in Ephesus some advice on how to live together well as we seek to follow Jesus and be guided by his empowering Spirt.

In Ephesians 4:1-16 Paul writes to the church and encourages them to live out their Christian life together in the unity that comes from the gospel. He says that God will give them the spiritual gift of leadership to help them live together in community well.

In this talk we look at the prayer Paul prays for the Ephesian church and consider what this prayer and Paul's attitude in prayer can teach us about how we should be praying.

In this talk we look at Paul's example of a life transformed by the grace of God to do good. We also see God's grace enable us to live as God has called us to and that enables us to pray to God confidently.

Our world is longing for unity, but we find ourselves constantly divided and bickering! Our world also wants us to major on our differences rather than what makes one. The only way to find true unity and peace is by understanding our nature as human beings, dead in sin and needing to be made alive in Jesus Christ. The unity our world desperately hopes for can only be found by following Jesus!

As Paul continues his letter to the Ephesians he reminds the church, and us today, of our status without Jesus. We're dead and only Jesus can make us alive through his grace and mercy. Only when we understand our dire need can we truly appreciate God's amazing grace and love!

We continue to unpack the book of Ephesians by seeing what Paul prays for the Christians in Ephesus and thinking about how this applies to us today. Paul gives thanks for their faith that produces love. And prays that they would truly know God and especially God's power.

In this talk, we begin our series leading all the way up to Easter working our way through the book of Ephesians. We are created not to become famous, but to make God famous for what He's done for us.

Every year as we start the new year we get a psychological kick out of the fresh start each new year brings. What should Christians do with that? How should we plan and think about our New Year resolutions? This talk won't give you the answers but it will give you a framework for thinking about life in the new year.

In our final week on identity, we thought about what the scriptures teach us about our ultimate destination as human beings awaiting the resurrection to eternal life. How does our hope of living with Jesus in the new heavens and new earth shape our understanding of who we are and how we should live now?

As we continue to think about our identity this week we look at how God sent Jesus to rescue us from the curse of sin and death. This aspect of our identity is vital as in Christ we can only truly be who God created us to be.

When answering the question, Who am I? We need to get the full picture. Not just all that is good which we covered in week 1 (made in God's image), but also the bad news... we are ruined by sin and our world lives under a curse. But it's only once we come to the good and the bad of reality that we can truly live as we were created to live.

We begin a series investigating the question, "Who am I?". In this talk, we take a look at what God says about our identity when he made us in Genesis 1. Fundamental to being human is being made in his image (reflection). We were made for a relationship with God and to bring order to our world.

Paul rounds out his letter to the Colossian church by calling the church to be devoted to prayer, mindful of Jesus' return, and asking for God to open up opportunities for the gospel to be shared. He also gives them some advice on how to be wise witnesses to the good news about Jesus to the world in which they live.

In perhaps the trickiest part of Colossians Paul gives instructions for how we should live together in our homes. How do we understand these verses in the 21st century?

In Colossians 3 Paul gives some really good advice for how to live as a Christian: 1. Have a heavenly mindset 2. Put to death your old-self 3. Put on the new-self by, remembering who you are, being who you are, worshipping your King, and serving your King.

Paul instructs the Colossians in Col 2:6-23 to build their life on the foundation of Jesus as Lord. Nothing else should take them away from that or be added to it.

As Paul continues to introduce himself to the Colossian church he tells them that he is a suffering, commissioned, and hardworking servant of God. We too as Christians are commissioned to be gospel shares who will suffer and must work hard to share the good news trusting God's care.