Episodes
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08 - God is with us
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Isaiah 7:18-8:22 - Tim Smylie
- Briers and thorns in Immanuel’s land (7:18-8:8)
- Waiting faithfully among the briers and thorns (8:9-22)
= living in “awe-filled obedience” to God’s word
Sunday Mar 03, 2024
07 - The Promise
Sunday Mar 03, 2024
Sunday Mar 03, 2024
Isaiah 7:1-17 - Tim Smylie
- Shaking hearts are called to trust God’s promise of an unshakeable kingdom (vv1-9)
- Hard hearts will not stop the fulfilment of God’s promise (vv10-17)
Sunday Feb 25, 2024
06 - Seeing the Lord
Sunday Feb 25, 2024
Sunday Feb 25, 2024
Isaiah 6 - Tim Smylie
- “High and exalted”: a sight of supreme majesty (vv1-4)
- “Your guilt is taken away”: an experience of purifying grace (vv5-7)
- "Here am I”: a response of willing service (vv8-13)
Sunday Feb 18, 2024
05 - A song for the beloved
Sunday Feb 18, 2024
Sunday Feb 18, 2024
Isaiah 5 - Tim Smylie
- A lover of God sings of the delight and disappointment of God (vv1-7)
- The disappointment of those who delight in bad fruit (vv8-30)
● Living to accumulate and indulge leads to loss (vv8-17)
● Rejecting God’s wisdom leads to decay and defeat (vv18-30)
Sunday Feb 04, 2024
04 - Our shelter and our glory
Sunday Feb 04, 2024
Sunday Feb 04, 2024
Isaiah 3:1 - 4:6 - Tim Smylie
- Searching for security and significance in the falling city (3:1-4:1)
- Finding it all in the renewed city (4:2-6)
Sunday Jan 28, 2024
03 - The splendour of his majesty
Sunday Jan 28, 2024
Sunday Jan 28, 2024
Isaiah 2:6-22 - Tim Smylie
- Self-exaltation brings us low (vv6-9)
- In the end, the LORD alone will be exalted (vv10-22)
- - and that’s good news for those who humble themselves and put their hope in him today.
Sunday Jan 21, 2024
02 - Restorer of the City
Sunday Jan 21, 2024
Sunday Jan 21, 2024
Isaiah 1:21 - 2:5 - Tim Smylie
- The present city – a dis-ordered place (1:21-23)
- The promise of restoration (1:24-31)
- The future city – a re-ordered place (2:1-5)
Sunday Jan 14, 2024
01 - The Father speaks
Sunday Jan 14, 2024
Sunday Jan 14, 2024
Isaiah 1:1-20 - Tim Smylie
- The vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem – which all creation needs to hear (vv1-2a)
- The Father mourns a broken relationship and its bitter consequences (vv2b-9)
- A non-solution: religion that is heartless, not relational (vv10-15)
- The only solution: renewed relationship through inner washing and changed lives (vv16-20)
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
11 - We need to talk
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
Colossians 4:2-18 - Tim Smylie
We need to talk....
- Persistently to God – about our lives and the spread of the gospel (vv2-4)
- Carefully to outsiders – with boldness and sensitivity (vv5-6)
- Affectionately to one another – with interest in the big and the little things (vv7-18)
Sunday Dec 24, 2023
Sunday Dec 17, 2023
10 - Breaking old moulds
Sunday Dec 17, 2023
Sunday Dec 17, 2023
Colossians 3:18 - 4:1 - Tim Smylie
- Wives and husbands (3:18-19)
- Children and parents (3:20-21)
- Slaves and masters (3:22-4:1)
Sunday Dec 10, 2023
09 - A new people in Christ
Sunday Dec 10, 2023
Sunday Dec 10, 2023
Colossians 3:11-17 - Tim Smylie
As a new people in Christ we are called to:
- Display the unity we have in Christ (vv11-14)
- Tune our hearts to the peace we have in Christ (vv15-17)