Best St Andrew S Church Podcasts (2024)

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143: 06-10-2024 Romans (Part 69) God's Greater Plans 21:38

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As we draw towards the end of Romans 11, we build up to the climatic doxology, praising God for all his wonder and awe. We get a taste of His greater plans by how he has set us apart to be holy for him, how he overturns human logic (and the logic of an arborist) by grafting the gentiles (a wild olive tree) into the covenant he made to Abraham. We a…

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142: 29-09-2024 Romans (Part 68) Do We Make People Jealous? 23:53

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Jealousy, often seen as a negative emotion, is something most of us don’t want to embody. Yet in today’s passage, we see God’s intent for making the Jewish people "jealous" through the salvation of the Gentiles. It’s a strange idea, but one with a divine purpose. Romans 11:11-15 & Matthew 21:33-46By Alistair McNaughton

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The Holy Spirit Empowered Church

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Acts 2:42-47 Jim talks us through the new sermon series, "spreading out the map" of how we got here, and sharing what we think the Lord is inviting Kingdom Vineyard into in this new season.By Jim Cronin

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141: 22-09-2024 What Race 33:00

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What Race 1 Corinthians 9:24-27By St Andrews Church Geraldine

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What does is it look like to be filled with the Holy Spirit?

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Ezekiel 37:1-14 Being filled with the Holy Spirit is being given an intimacy with God - this is a wonderful gift in itself! But, it also brings with it a purpose, as part of His Kingdom Coming, and His power, as He does wonderful things in and through us.By Lucy Clarke

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140: 15-09-2024 Father Heart of God 33:52

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Chris Gore is a New Zealander, married to Liz and has three daughters – Charlotte, Emma and Sophie. Chris teaches clearly and simply on our identity as believers and living in that. Hebrews 1:3By Chris Gore

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Who is the Holy Spirit?

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John 14:8-17 The Holy Spirit is as much God as the Father and the Son, but we understand so little of Him! He not only comes to us to comfort and empower us, He brings us up into the fellowship of the Triune God.By Jesse Duley

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139: 08-09-2024 Romans (Part 67) The Divine Hardening 25:17

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In our ongoing series on Romans we are looking at God hardening hearts, we will look at three things. What is divine hardening? How does God harden a heart? And what should our response be to this text? Romans 11:7-10By Alistair McNaughton

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"Be My Disciple"

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Luke 14:25-35 Jesus is surprisingly, starkly, clear about the costs of becoming His disciple. Jim look at Jesus’ challenging words and how we can learn from them today.By Jim Cronin

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138: 01-09-2024 Romans (Part 66) The Remnant 27:42

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In our ongoing series of messages in Romans we will look at the question has God rejected the Jewish nation? Romans 11:1-6 and 1 Kings 19 selected versesBy Alistair McNaughton

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A supper with Jesus… and the Great Banquet.

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Luke 14:12-24 As Jesus chats with some Pharisees over dinner, He challenges both their table-etiquette … and their whole view of God’s Kingdom!By Toby Foster

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137: 25-08-2024 Romans (Part 65) Ears To Hear 20:55

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Even though the Jewish nation had heard the Good News of salvation through Jesus Christ, and they understood what it meant, they refused to have faith in Jesus. Yet, God has not forgotten his promise to Israel and we look forward to a time when the nation of Israel does proclaim Jesus as their Saviour. The parable of the sower (Matthew 13:1-9) remi…

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136: 18-08-2024 Treasures from Josephs story 16:36

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Treasures from Josephs story Genesis 37: 1-11, Genesis 39:2-6, Genesis 40: 1-4, Genesis 41: 16 & Genesis 41: 32By Kevin Andrews

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“Tell” - Blessing St Andrews with God’s great offer

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John 4:5-39 The third and final of our “Dwell, Gel, Tell” summer series, Jim talks about “telling” people that God loves them, taking lessons from Jesus conversation with a woman at the well in John 4, and then talks practicalities about our plans for next week.By Jim Cronin

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135: 11-08-2024 Romans (Part 64) The Joy Of Sharing The Hope Of Christ With Others 35:11

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Today in our ongoing series on Romans, Alistair is looking at the joyful necessity of sharing the hope of Christ with others. Romans 10:14-15 & Matthew 10:5-20By Alistair McNaughton

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134: 04-08-2024 Romans (Part 63) Doing or Done 33:33

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Romans 10:5-13 Deuteronomy 30:11-20By Alistair McNaughton

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The Gel Bit of Dwell-Gel-Tell

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Community and group evangelism - sometimes we are better together. What Can I Do for You? Bob DylanBy Carol Foster

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133: 28-07-2024 Romans (Part 62) Jesus, The Culmination Of The Law 29:07

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Today we are looking at how Jesus fulfilled the Mosaic law and provided the way of being made right with God. Romans 10:1-4 & Hebrews 10:1-18By Alistair McNaughton

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132: 21-07-2024 Romans (Part 61) Saved through Christ 22:11

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Paul continues to the end of Chapter 9 of Romans, explaining how we are saved by faith alone. This is how the Gentiles were receiving salvation: realising that they could not earn it by anything that we might do, and only through Christ's righteousness could they be saved. Israel was still relying on gaining righteousness by obeying the Law - somet…

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Dwell

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Acts 2:1-13 To open our summer programme on carrying God's light, Carrie unpacks what it means to start our missional activity from a place of dwelling with God.By Carrie Brown

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131: 14-07-2024 Romans (Part 60) Good news for all Creation 20:48

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Paul continues to explain how God's masterplan of salvation is for all nations. We see that God planned to draw even the Gentiles right from the beginnings of Israel through the story of Ruth Romans 9:24-29, Romans 10:9-10By Jason Shaw

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130: 07-07-2024 Romans (Part 59) The Raising and lowering of Kings 22:22

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The Raising and lowering of Kings Romans 9:17-23By Alistair McNaughton

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Who's Invited to God's Table?

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Luke 14: 1-14 Jesus eats a meal with the Pharisees and confronts them about how they use Scripture as a barrier that keeps people from joining God's Kingdom Table. This raises the question... Are we doing the same?By Tessa Hayashida

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129: 30-06-2024 Leaders In The Church 24:30

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Today as part of our commissioning of Jason Shaw as Locally Ordained Minister, we are going to have a look at leadership in the church through the lens of selected texts in first Timothy. 1 Timothy 3:1-7, 4:1-2, 4:14-16By Alistair McNaughton

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Eschatological naturalism and ecological responsibility: Troubling some assumptions 47:14

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This episode, Matthew Wilcoxen and Andrew Errington discuss Dr. Samuel Tranter's recent article: "Eschatological naturalism and ecological responsibility: Troubling some assumptions" in Scottish Journal of Theology, Published online 2024:1-15.By Church Podmatics

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Making God-led decisions

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Luke 13:31-35 Jesus often makes decisions that take a lot more than worldly data into account. How can we do this too?By Jesse Duley

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128: 23-06-2024 Chosen 46:04

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Chosen Isaiah 42:1-4, Colossians 3:12-14 & James 2:1-7By Grant Norsworthy

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The Narrow Door and the Near Miss

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Luke 13:22-30 Jesus urges us away from idle speculation on who's in or out but concentrate on our own efforts to enter the Kingdom. And what to do when life feels like its going off-target.By Morag Steele

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127: 16-06-2024 Romans (Part 58) God's Sovereignty And Our Free Will (Part II) 26:01

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In this second look at this challenging passage we are looking at Esau: free-will choices and the implications of God's sovereignty over our lives. Romans 9:10-16 Genesis 25:19-34By Alistair McNaughton

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A Miracle, A Miss, and God Moving

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Luke 13:10-21 Jesus confronts religious leaders who, at first glance, seem to be ridiculous. But looking a little more closely, what can we learn from their point of view that can challenge and help our relationship with God, today?By Jim Cronin

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126: 09-06-2024 Voice of the Martyrs 33:42

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Acts 12v1-16By St Andrews Church Geraldine

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125: 02-06-2024 Romans (Part 57) God's Sovereignty And Our Free Will 32:28

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The unsolvable riddle of our choices and faith decisions which are precious and crucial in God's sight AND God's decisive choices that are made before we are born that influence so much of our lives including our eternal destinations. Romans 9:10-16, Genesis 25:19-34By Alistair McNaughton

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Prelapsarian Christological Mediation and the Typology of Adam and Eve in Jerome Zanchi’s De Operibus Dei 48:02

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This week, the whole gang is back, looking at Andrew Leslie's "Prelapsarian Christological Mediation and the Typology of Adam and Eve in Jerome Zanchi’s De Operibus Dei" (Journal of Reformed Theology, Vol. 17, Issue 3-4, December 2023)By Church Podmatics

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When you know better...

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Luke 12:41-53 In this passage Jesus expresses his frustration with leaders of Israel, saying they should know better. What does this warning mean for us today?By Morag Steele

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124: 26-05-2024 Romans (Part 56) Grace not Race 24:13

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This mornings message on Romans 9:6-8 , we are looking at "Grace not Race" That while God chose people from Abrahams line to carry the promise, the fact that not all descendants of Abraham were children of the promise and that God included people who were not children of Abraham to be children of God means that we are saved by Grace not Race.…

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The beauty of the body and the ascension: A reclamation and subversion of physical beauty 40:30

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This week, Matthew W & Andrew E discuss Laura Cerbus’ “The Beauty of the Body and the Ascension: a reclamation and subversion of physical beauty” (Scottish Journal of Theology, Volume 77, Issue 2, May 2024) where the author explores the idea of objective physical beauty, particularly in the light of the wounded, resurrected, ascended Christ.…

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Wait and Watch for Jesus

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Luke 12:35-40 In this parable Jesus tells us to be waiting and watching for Him before he comes back again, asking us to seek him first in our everyday lives.By Phoebe Smith

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123: 19-05-2024 Romans (Part 55) Israel's Past Blessings, Current Status, Future Prophecies 28:01

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In this episode in the continuing series on Romans, we are looking at the past Blessings, current status, and future prophecies of the Jewish people. Romans 9:4-5By Alistair McNaughton

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How to Not Worry

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Luke 12:22-34 When Jesus says "do not worry", is he asking us the impossible? How can we follow his instruction, practically?By Jim Cronin

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122: 12-05-2024 Romans (Part 54) Paul's Broken Heart For The Jewish People 24:52

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Today we start our Winter series in Romans by looking at Paul's broken heart for the Jewish people who had rejected the gospel in Romans 9:1-3. 1. Paul's broken heart for the lost Jewish people 2. His willingness to do anything to save his compatriots 3.The reality of the plight of the eternally Lost and the hope of the Gospel.…

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God is Kind

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Deuteronomy 11:1-7 Guest preacher, Nicky Du Toit, Pastor of East Kilbride Vineyard, shared with us her story with God encouraging us that God is so faithful and kind and reminding us that there is power in our testimony.By Nicky Du Toit

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121: 05-05-2024 Romans (Part 53) Praise: The Final Word In Our Relationship With God 24:54

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At the end of the segment of Romans chapters 9-11, Paul writes a hymn of praise (a doxology) due to his discussion and enthusiasm of what he understands of God's plans for both Jews and Christians. Today we begin our winter season of studying the book of Romans by exploring this doxology and reflecting on the place of praise in our lives too. Psalm…

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The Rich Fool

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Luke 12:12-23 Jesus tells us how not to store up treasure in heaven.By Carol Foster

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120: 28-04-2024 Avoiding Cyclists: Seeing Or Looking 37:12

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The need to be awake, alert and self-aware when living our Christian life. Genesis 18:16-33 Matthew 13:1-23 Hebrews 4:1-2, 4:14-16, 5:11-14By Margaret van Ginkel

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The Three Cats of Luke 12

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Luke 12:1-12 The opening of Luke 12, coming just after the battle-lines are drawn between Jesus and the Pharisees, collects some of Jesus’ most important teaching on dealing with opposition, fear, and social pressures.By Toby Foster

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119: 21-04-2024 Saved To Pursue Holiness 24:17

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In this weeks message we will look at the pursuit of becoming Christ-like. We will Look at: We are saved by God to become Christ-like The differences between Holiness and religiosity We start the journey of Holiness by pursuing intimacy with God as revealed in Jesus. Ephesians 5:1-20By Alistair McNaughton

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118: 14-04-2024 From Duty To Devotion 18:37

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This morning in our message from Duty to Devotion, we will look at the area of giving, both the right way and the wrong way to give, this comes from 2nd Corinthians 9:6-1.By Alistair McNaughton

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What does God say about money

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Matthew 6:19-33 Jim shares a brief look at what Jesus says about moneyBy Jim Cronin

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117: 07-04-2024 The War Against Bitterness And Grumbling 25:55

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We will be looking at Bitter waters of Marah and how the external circumstances of Israel's suffering revealed internal spiritual truths of their state. Exodus 15:22-27 Hebrews 3:7-19 Psalm 95:7-9 Philippians 2:14-15By Alistair McNaughton

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A Handy Guide of How to Respond to the Resurrection

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Luke 24:1-13, 33-49 Jim looks out how Jesus’ disciples responded to his rising from the dead, and suggests 4 steps for how we can respond to it, too.By Jim Cronin

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