Culture Code - Part III

"There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up." - John Holmes

Why is encouraging others so important? And why is it important that we take on that responsibility?

Listen as Pastor Nick Barber shares with us why we should limit our encouragement of others to only the days ending with 'Y'.

Culture Code - Part II

"It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognise each other, to learn to see the other and honour him for what he is."
- Hermann Hesse

We often value others based on what we feel others value in us. If honour is measured by the value placed on us, which value do we use to decide who is worthy of our honour?

Listen as Pastor Nick Barber explains why choosing to honour people is more than just responding to their social, financial, or worldly value.

Culture Code - Part I

"You can always give without loving, but you can never love without giving."
- Amy Carmichael

Love is more than an emotion. It is a choice.
It is a call to acceptance, action, and affection.

What do you understand love to be? Could it mean more?

"Being a mother is an attitude, not a biological relation."
- Robert A Heinlein

Do you truly understand what it is to be a mother? What value do we place on ourselves as mothers, or on the mothers in our lives?
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Listen as Deb Glassford shares with us the true design for motherhood, and why we are all called to celebrate motherhood, both in our own lives, and the lives of the ones we love.

“Worship has been misunderstood as something that arises from a feeling which ‘comes upon you,’ but it is vital that we understand that it is rooted in a conscious act of the will, to serve and obey the Lord Jesus Christ.”
- Graham Kendrick

What is worship to you? Is it an expression of an emotional state? Or is it a statement of faith and gratitude for our God?

Listen as Pastor Nick Barber shares why worship is more than just an emotional response.
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Will you choose to worship, no matter the situation?

Easter 2019 - Part III

“The bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is the crowning proof of Christianity. If the resurrection did not take place, then Christianity is a false religion. If it did take place, then Christ is God and the Christian faith is absolute truth.”
- Henry M. Morris
What will you believe?
Listen as Pastor Nick Barber shares why the resurrection is not only the cornerstone of our faith, but also the hope of a broken, dying world.

Easter 2019 - Part II

"The cross was two pieces of dead wood; and a helpless, unresisting Man was nailed to it; yet it was mightier than the world, and triumphed, and will ever triumph over it."
- Augustus William Hare

What was achieved by the cross? What does this moment really mean for us as a people of God?

Listen as Pastor Nick Barber shares with us what was truly triumphed over on that cross.

Easter 2019 - Part I

“There is no love without hope, no hope without love, and neither love nor hope without faith.”
— Saint Augustine

So many of us feel lost, hopeless, powerless. But what if being lost and hopeless is just a stepping stone to an identity you never knew you had?

Holding Nothing Back Part IV

"Even when God seemed to have abandoned me, he was watching. Even when he seemed indifferent to my suffering, he was watching. And when I was beyond all hope of saving, he gave me rest. Then he gave me a sign to continue my journey." - Yann Martel

How often do you offer conditional worship (if you do x, I'll worship you with y). But should true love, commitment, relationship, and worship be conditional?

Listen as Pastor Nick Barber shares with us the story of three men who chose to worship unconditionally, and met their Saviour in a rather unlikely place.

Holding Nothing Back Part III

“The Church must be seen as the company of pilgrims on the way to the end of the world and the ends of the earth.” — Lesslie Newbigin

Walking out into the unknown in terrifying. Not knowing what comes next makes us all uncomfortable. But why?

Listen as Pastor Nick Barber shares with us why it's not just about where we're going, but rather about who we are going there with.