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It's time to review what's happened this year and have robust informed conversations about what we will do next year? What won't we do again? How we will do things differently? And why? To make realistic decisions, we need to know what's helpful to measure? And what isn't? Not everything that's measurable matters. And not everything that matters is measurable.Mike Hastie has been serving on the team at Newtown Erskineville Anglican Church, and is about to become the senior pastor of Toongabbie Anglican Church. Mike's the founder of a project called Growing Healthier Churches which is all about helping us pastor better by measuring and tracking. Can you please support the ministry Living Faith, serving Christians navigating same sex attraction and gender incongruence. Go to www.livingfaith.online Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thepastorsheart)
NEAC - Newtown: Erskineville Anglican Church
NEAC - Newtown: Erskineville Anglican Church
NEAC - Newtown: Erskineville Anglican Church
NEAC - Newtown: Erskineville Anglican Church
NEAC - Newtown: Erskineville Anglican Church
NEAC - Newtown: Erskineville Anglican Church
NEAC - Newtown: Erskineville Anglican Church
NEAC - Newtown: Erskineville Anglican Church
NEAC - Newtown: Erskineville Anglican Church
NEAC - Newtown: Erskineville Anglican Church
The speed and anxiety of our lives often means that we don’t slow down to spend meaningful time with God. Reading the scriptures can seem like just another task, or simply more information to process. But God promises that in his word we might find peace,
1 John is a pastoral letter written to believers in the midst of confusion created by false teachers. John writes to reassure God’s people about the reality of Jesus Christ and the way of life found in him. John’s first concern is not to knock down the false teachers but to protect his beloved readers from the destructive lies about their Father. 1 John speaks to us of the profound life of love God has summoned us to, to the absolute centrality of Jesus Christ and how we can have fellowship with God because of Jesus’ death and resurrection. All of this brings us to Christmas. The truth of Christmas is that God has come to have fellowship with us by sending his son and inviting us into the way of life he shares as Trinity: the way of love. At the end of a tiring year, let us reflect on this immovable comfort and anchor for our souls!
1 John is a pastoral letter written to believers in the midst of confusion created by false teachers. John writes to reassure God’s people about the reality of Jesus Christ and the way of life found in him. John’s first concern is not to knock down the false teachers but to protect his beloved readers from the destructive lies about their Father. 1 John speaks to us of the profound life of love God has summoned us to, to the absolute centrality of Jesus Christ and how we can have fellowship with God because of Jesus’ death and resurrection. All of this brings us to Christmas. The truth of Christmas is that God has come to have fellowship with us by sending his son and inviting us into the way of life he shares as Trinity: the way of love. At the end of a tiring year, let us reflect on this immovable comfort and anchor for our souls!
1 John is a pastoral letter written to believers in the midst of confusion created by false teachers. John writes to reassure God’s people about the reality of Jesus Christ and the way of life found in him. John’s first concern is not to knock down the false teachers but to protect his beloved readers from the destructive lies about their Father. 1 John speaks to us of the profound life of love God has summoned us to, to the absolute centrality of Jesus Christ and how we can have fellowship with God because of Jesus’ death and resurrection. All of this brings us to Christmas. The truth of Christmas is that God has come to have fellowship with us by sending his son and inviting us into the way of life he shares as Trinity: the way of love. At the end of a tiring year, let us reflect on this immovable comfort and anchor for our souls!
1 John is a pastoral letter written to believers in the midst of confusion created by false teachers. John writes to reassure God’s people about the reality of Jesus Christ and the way of life found in him. John’s first concern is not to knock down the false teachers but to protect his beloved readers from the destructive lies about their Father. 1 John speaks to us of the profound life of love God has summoned us to, to the absolute centrality of Jesus Christ and how we can have fellowship with God because of Jesus’ death and resurrection. All of this brings us to Christmas. The truth of Christmas is that God has come to have fellowship with us by sending his son and inviting us into the way of life he shares as Trinity: the way of love. At the end of a tiring year, let us reflect on this immovable comfort and anchor for our souls!
My cup overflows" - Psalm 23:5 Our new sermon series will take a look at God’s rich and abundant generosity. His relation to his creation is necessarily abundant - it's who he is. He is not a stingy creator. He goes above and beyond, he is constantly caring, giving and replenishing his creation. He is always ‘rich’ in mercy, glory, goodness, power, might. He had no need to create the world, he did it out of his own overflowing delight in himself and his glory. Come and hear about the overflowing love and mercy of our God.
What should we say about the pursuit of the good life in 2020!? “Meaningless!” is what one one biblical writer says! There is a deep frustration that is being exposed in each of us as we look around at a world we know could be better, and seem to just being going down the toilet. The book of Ecclesiastes outlines one king’s pursuit of meaning; only to find that everything is subject to the tyranny of chance, evil and death. Right now we are also searching...disoriented in a season we couldn’t have written the script for. We need to find solid ground, something to give us meaning and hope. Come with us as we pursue meaning and find out how Jesus is able to speak into this moment and all eternity.
What should we say about the pursuit of the good life in 2020!? “Meaningless!” is what one one biblical writer says! There is a deep frustration that is being exposed in each of us as we look around at a world we know could be better, and seem to just being going down the toilet. The book of Ecclesiastes outlines one king’s pursuit of meaning; only to find that everything is subject to the tyranny of chance, evil and death. Right now we are also searching...disoriented in a season we couldn’t have written the script for. We need to find solid ground, something to give us meaning and hope. Come with us as we pursue meaning and find out how Jesus is able to speak into this moment and all eternity.
What should we say about the pursuit of the good life in 2020!? “Meaningless!” is what one one biblical writer says! There is a deep frustration that is being exposed in each of us as we look around at a world we know could be better, and seem to just being going down the toilet. The book of Ecclesiastes outlines one king’s pursuit of meaning; only to find that everything is subject to the tyranny of chance, evil and death. Right now we are also searching...disoriented in a season we couldn’t have written the script for. We need to find solid ground, something to give us meaning and hope. Come with us as we pursue meaning and find out how Jesus is able to speak into this moment and all eternity.
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What should we say about the pursuit of the good life in 2020!? “Meaningless!” is what one one biblical writer says! There is a deep frustration that is being exposed in each of us as we look around at a world we know could be better, and seem to just being going down the toilet. The book of Ecclesiastes outlines one king’s pursuit of meaning; only to find that everything is subject to the tyranny of chance, evil and death. Right now we are also searching...disoriented in a season we couldn’t have written the script for. We need to find solid ground, something to give us meaning and hope. Come with us as we pursue meaning and find out how Jesus is able to speak into this moment and all eternity.
Returning to present living, Paul encourages the Thessalonians to live in light of the future. Their true identity is as children of the day, not night. Therefore, they can live a life of faith, hope, and love (5:8), filled with encouragement (5:11), rejoicing, (5:16) and prayer (5:17). Best of all, they need not have a fear of the future (5:4, 9). Jesus death won all of this for his people (5:10).
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Mark’s resurrection account is short! But it is full of evidence of Jesus' resurrection. The response of the women to run away in fear and trembling is suppose to make us question what the right response is. If Jesus has been raised from the dead, he is God’s king, this is not to be feared but its good news to be rejoiced in, good news to be shared!
Jesus pronounces again his verdict on the leaders of his day through his parable of the tenants. The evil of Jesus' day will result in the execution of the beloved son who will become the cornerstone (v.10). Jesus then positions himself in relation to Rome (v.17), the Sadducees (v.24), the teachers of the law (v.34). Jesus warns against the teachers and instead, we are offered the example of the widow. The true way to respond to Christ’s authority is to offer what we have to him.
After the declaration of the nature of Jesus' kingship, we see the importance and obstacles to entering Jesus' kingdom. Jesus is revealed at the transfiguration to be the Son of God. To not listen to him is to deny God (v.7), yet there is doubt in the heart of Israel (v.19), those who walk in the way of the kingdom will not be forgotten (v.36; 41). The reality of judgement makes it better to lose many things in this world to gain the kingdom.
The culmination of the first half of Mark is found in this discussion of Jesus' identity and what it truly means for him to be the Messiah. Jesus rebukes Peter’s misunderstanding of his role as the Messiah, instead, he will suffer and die. His followers are likewise summoned to take up their cross and follow.
Jesus in this chapter demonstrates the remarkable authority he has over demonic forces, unstoppable illness and over death itself. To put faith in Jesus, is to be safe from all spiritual and earthly problems of the fall.
Jesus clarifies for us that the priority and centre of his ministry is the forgiveness of sins, to which he miracles testify his divine authority. Jesus' ministry was marked by drawing near to the undesirable as such was God’s heart.
Join us for advent as we anticipate Christmas and Jesus' coming. We'll be working through the first chapter of John for 3 weeks, reflecting on how and why Jesus came to this Earth.
Hundreds of years before Jesus, the Jewish people were exiled into an unfamiliar land and placed under foreign rule. Out of hopelessness and despair, God used Daniel to remind them, and now us, to place our identity in God alone who reigns over and in every kingdom. Do not fear, but be courageous and live out the wisdom of Christ who is your solid rock.
Hundreds of years before Jesus, the Jewish people were exiled into an unfamiliar land and placed under foreign rule. Out of hopelessness and despair, God used Daniel to remind them, and now us, to place our identity in God alone who reigns over and in every kingdom. Do not fear, but be courageous and live out the wisdom of Christ who is your solid rock.
On the basis of the remarkable ministry of Jesus our high priest and the blood of his sacrifice, we are to confidently come to him, unswervingly hold to him and encourage each other to persevere (Heb. 10:19-25). If we leave behind his sacrifice, only judgement will remain (10:26-31).
Jesus, as a greater high priest, also mediates a better covenant. By establishing the new promised covenant from the book of Jeremiah, the Old Covenant is laid aside.
The writer of Hebrews in this passage establishes the legitimacy of Jesus as a priest, not in the traditional order of Levi but another little known order, that of Melchizedek (7:1-3). This significance of this order lies in patriarch Abraham's willingness to give him a tenth of everything (7:4-10). The failure of the OT priesthood is established by the need for another, prophesised in Psalm 110, in Melchizedek's line. Jesus' superior priesthood is based on his eternal ability to cover and save from sin.
At the heart of the passage is reopening the theme of 1 Samuel: finding a leader. Because David, as good as he is, is found wanting at the end. They needed, and we need, someone who both stands with us in our predicament and leads us through it into salvation.
Humility comes from finding mercy in the holiness of God.
NEAC - Newtown: Erskineville Anglican Church
NEAC - Newtown: Erskineville Anglican Church
Mike Hastie explores the nature of gospel freedom, that we are freed from self-justification to a life of love.
1. Mike Hastie Interview 2. Growing Up In BC (8:25) 3. First Big Break (9:39) 4. Crazy Moses Stories (16:21) 5. Skateboarding Classic (18:37) 6. Behind The Hammer Sessions (20:24) 7. Negative Feedback (24:38) 8. Nasty Rumor (30:20) 9. Nollie Smith (35:44) 10. BTS Nollie Front Blunt (38:23) 11. Nollie Crook Ender (40:14) 12. Macba Mystery (40:48) 13. DVS USA? (42:54) 14. Moving Home (43:40) 15. Relationship With The Board (48:51) 16. What's Next (50:08) 17. Rapid Fire W/ Da Ghost (54:29) 18. Post Office (1:04:33) 19. The Rundown (1:18:09)
Mike Hastie considers the need to finish the Christian life as it began, by the power of the Spirit opening us to trust in the love of the Father in Christ the Son.
Mike Hastie preaches on the freedom of living in the final approval won by Jesus Christ on the cross.
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Mike Hastie preaches on how the Power of Christ unmasks all other spiritual and idolatrous pursuits of power.
Mike Hastie preaches on the first church council in Acts 15 that clarified that salvation was solely through grace.
Mike Hastie preaches on the need to stand firm and suffer well in a changing world from Acts 14.
Mike Hastie preaches on Stephen, Christianity's first Martyr. He considers the everyday martyrdom to which every believer is called.
Mike Hastie considers the first miracle in the book of acts, what it explains about the nature of God's kingdom and our place in it.
Mike Hastie continues the series Unfinished considering the remarkable events of Pentecost and how the ascended Christ continues his ministry through pouring his Spirit upon his disciples.
Mike Hastie considers how the resurrection is not simply wishful thinking but reasonable and how it can influence our outlook and response to life.
Mike Hastie preaches from Colossians about Christ's supremacy and sufficiency in all things.
Mike Hastie considers how God remembers all about us and can yet continue in relationship with us through Jesus Christ.
Mike Hastie finishes the series on Elijah considering the relation of heaven and earth in the ministry of Elijah and Jesus Christ.
Mike and Katelyn spent Friday and Saturday helping set up Panic in the Dark in Lowell, MA. That night when the event started Mike joined Angela to run the course while Katelyn was a zombie in the school! The following morning Dan and Mike ran FIT Challenge's FIT Frills Trail 5k. Mike won second in his age group while Dan got third! Chrissy ran the course as a multi-lapper and was able to complete 4 laps earning her second out of all the women! We also hear more about Team Mike McNeil from the co-founder Mike Hastie and learn why it's a great charity to donate to! Team Mike McNeil: https://mikemcneil.org Biceps of the Northeast (#FreeMcCoy): https://www.facebook.com/groups/1756110724689215/ Killington Spartan Beast video: https://youtu.be/C26HYEbiJ5A Rugged Maniac New England video: https://youtu.be/10k-2lc11_8 Next weekend we will be at: LOCO Marathon in Hampton, NH Dallas Ultra Beast in Glen Rose, TX Please consider writing a review on iTunes, as it really helps the show! Check out our website: www.mstefanorunning.com Like us on Facebook: MStefano Running Follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @MStefanoRunning Follow us on Tumblr: MStefanoRunning Subscribe on Youtube: MStefano Running Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest
Mike Hastie continues the series on Elijah considering our need to serve the Lord as God and let Him prove Himself.
Mike Hastie teaches from Luke chapter 2.