Synopsis
Sermons from Gordon Baptist Church, Sydney.
Episodes
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The Genesis of Work | The Work Before the Work (Ephesians 4)
06/05/2021 Duration: 39minJohn explores the question of calling (or vocation), and how to discern and decide what work is best for us to engage in.
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The Genesis of Work | The Work Beneath the Work (Phil. 2:12-15)
04/05/2021 Duration: 32minSteve looks at the way we cooperate with God as he aims to form us into the image of his Son through our work.
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The Genesis of Work | Sacred vs Secular? (Col. 3:22-24)
17/04/2021 Duration: 22minRussell helps break down the divide prevalent in the church of thinking about some work as sacred as other work as secular, and helps us connect our Sunday worship to Monday work.
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The Genesis of Work | What Work is Good Work? (1 Thess. 1:2-3)
10/04/2021 Duration: 25minSteve looks at Paul's thanksgiving in 1 Thessalonians 1:2-3 to help explore how we can understand our work as part of God's own work.
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The Genesis of Work | The King's Work (Matt 21:1-11)
08/04/2021 Duration: 31minAt the beginning of this week leading up to the central event of the Christian story, Steve looks at Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem as part of the good news he is coming to announce, and begins thinking about how this affects how we view our day to day work.
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The Genesis of Work | The Work of Jesus (John 5:17-20)
20/03/2021 Duration: 32minJohn helps us identify the way Jesus understands his own work, and explores some implications from this for how we understand his, and our, work.
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The Genesis of Work | A New Mandate (Isa. 58:2-12)
13/03/2021 Duration: 35minJohn looks at the new mandate of working for justice that God desires his people to carry as his representatives in the world.
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The Genesis of Work | Work Gets Painful (Gen. 3:1-24)
06/03/2021 Duration: 27minSteve looks at what happens to work in Genesis 3 as humanity decide to define good and evil for themselves.
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The Genesis of Work | The Purpose of Work (Gen 1:26-28, Gen 2:15)
27/02/2021 Duration: 20minSteve looks at the purpose God gives humans when he creates them "in His image and likeness" in Genesis 1:26-28.
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The Genesis of Work | The First Worker (Gen. 1:1-2:3)
20/02/2021 Duration: 21minStarting a new series exploring God's intended integration of faith and work, Steve looks at the Jewish creation account in Genesis 1:1-2:3, where God is depicted as the first worker.
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NEW Favour | Acts 2:41-47
13/02/2021 Duration: 33minJohn completes our NEW series by helping us think about what we can learn from the ways the early church gained the favour of the community around them in Acts 2:41-47.
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NEW Care | Matt 12:46-50
06/02/2021 Duration: 27minSteve explores the way two biblical metaphors of shepherds and families are employed throughout the Scriptures to help us think about how to care for one another in the church.
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NEW Learning | Matt 28:16-20
30/01/2021 Duration: 27minJohn looks at Jesus' commission to his disciples in Matthew 28:16-20 and helps us think about what it means for us in being a community of disciples learning together to do what Jesus commanded.
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NEW Ways | Acts 6-7
29/01/2021 Duration: 21minRussell looks at Stephen's speech in Acts 6-7 and his attempt to convince the Jewish leaders to continue to adjust to new ways of working with God as their ancestors had done in the past.
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LOCATING JOY in unexpected places | Matthew 2:19-23
29/01/2021 Duration: 30minJohn concludes our Advent series in Matthew, thinking about the way that God uses the unexpected to make himself known.
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LOCATING JOY in mourning | Matthew 2:13-18
29/01/2021 Duration: 24minJohn looks at the tragedy of genocide that occurs as a response to Jesus' birth (in Matthew 2:13-18), and leads us in thinking about a biblical approach to processing our own mourning.
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LOCATING JOY in yearning | Matt. 2:1-12
12/12/2020 Duration: 19minPip looks at the story of the wise men coming to visit Jesus after his birth from Matthew 2:1-12.
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LOCATING JOY in fear | Matt 1:18-25
05/12/2020 Duration: 21minBeginning our Advent series in Matthew 1 and 2, Steve looks at Joseph's response to the news of Jesus' conception, and helps us think about how to locate joy in the midst of fear.
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BODY LIFE | Whether or not to Marry (1 Cor. 7:25-40)
01/12/2020 Duration: 24minSteve explores Paul's counsel offered to the Corinthians (1 Cor. 7:25-40) regarding the betrothed as to whether or not to marry, with some practical advice on how to approach dating.
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BODY LIFE | Live as You Were Called (1 Cor. 7:17-24)
01/12/2020 Duration: 24minSteve looks at Paul's examples of circumcision and slavery to encourage followers of Jesus to learn to be a disciple in the very circumstance they are currently in.