Épisodes

  • Treating God like a vending machine—and why there’s a better way

    Treating God like a vending machine—and why there’s a better way
    Jul 21 2025
    Let's be honest: Do we approach our relationship with God like a vending machine? If I do this, you do that? This sermon (also released as a podcast episode) unpacks Psalm 33 and asks, do we want a relationship with God on his terms and for his purposes, or on our terms and for our purposes?
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    29 min
  • A prayer to the muscular Saviour

    A prayer to the muscular Saviour
    Jul 18 2025
    Join in with this prayer to a muscular Saviour, a King who leads the charge and takes the victory, handing it over to his people...
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    4 min
  • The King Married the Prostitute—This is the Gospel

    The King Married the Prostitute—This is the Gospel
    Jul 14 2025
    The King fell in love with (and married) the prostitute! What a scandal! Everything he had now belonged to her. This, Luther says, is at the heart of the Christian gospel. And it's very good news for those who feel like they just don't measure up. This sermon (also released as a podcast episode) is the final instalment in our series on the 10 Commandments called "The Royal Family Code."
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    31 min
  • Ten Years of The Up Daily Devotional! An interview with Todd Gale of Life 100.3FM

    Ten Years of The Up Daily Devotional! An interview with Todd Gale of Life 100.3FM
    Jul 9 2025
    I write a daily devotional five days a week. It's called The Up Daily Devotional -- and it's celebrating 10 years! Here's a bit more info, and an interview with Todd Gale of Life 100.3FM. What is it? How does it help? How can I sign up?
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    11 min
  • People of the Word are People of Their Word—In These 3 Ways

    People of the Word are People of Their Word—In These 3 Ways
    Jul 6 2025
    Words have real power, for good or ill. How can we stay true in a time of cheap words, deception and manipulation? This sermon (also released as a podcast episode), makes 3 practical suggestions. These are based on the 9th command to not bear false witness; Matthew 5:33-37 and James 3:1-12. Bonhoeffer said that a disciple should be a light, even in his words.
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    26 min
  • True Happiness, Contentment and the Coveting Thief

    True Happiness, Contentment and the Coveting Thief
    Jun 30 2025
    Don't steal or covet. So says God. Why not? This sermons explores that answer and relates it directly to the modern lust for bigger, better more. Roy Oswald says: "The truly happy person is the one who wants, more than anything else, what he already has."
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    29 min
  • Adultery, Lust, Porn and Throwing the First Stone

    Adultery, Lust, Porn and Throwing the First Stone
    Jun 22 2025
    Adultery, marriage, pornography, and sexuality. Attitudes have certainly changed. Why was the 7th command "the great sin"? Why did Jesus say even that lust was adultery in the heart? This sermon (also released as a podcast episode) explores difficult but essential topics including the modern health emergency that no one wants to discuss. One thing is for sure: Thoughts are coordinates.
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    24 min
  • Murder, Manslaughter, War, Hunting, Abortion, Suicide, Euthanasia—and Anger

    Murder, Manslaughter, War, Hunting, Abortion, Suicide, Euthanasia—and Anger
    Jun 16 2025
    We seem infatuated with death, and are getting more creative at killing (and justifying it). This sermon (also released as a podcast episode) explores the 6th command to not murder and Jesus' commentary in Matthew 5:21-26. How do we form opinions about right and wrong? Popular opinion, friends, media? Or do we look to the will and wisdom of God?
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    31 min