Cairns Road Weekly Podcast
1) Spiritual Growth through community: Temple, Body, Maturity 1 Corinthians 12 vs 4-31 (Eiron Bailey)
God wants to be with His people. He has given us each other in His wisdom, to live together: the Bible has a lot to say on how we do that. It’s a spiritual practice: not a way to climb to God (who lov...Show More
2) Building deep, meaningful relationships Prov 27 v 17: Eccles 4 v 9-12 (Esther Hackett)
Proverbs 27:17 “As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.” Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 “Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labour: If either of them falls down, o...Show More
3) The Spiritual Practice of Community Acts 2 vs 42-47, Heb 10 vs 24-25 (Maki Miço)
Following the mass conversion at Pentecost, the newly formed community of believers in Jesus as Lord and Saviour begins to live out their faith together in daily life. Acts 2:42–47 describes how this ...Show More
4) The Holy Spirit and the Bible John 14:26; Hebrews 4:12 (Steve Smith)
In John 14 v 26, Jesus has been telling His disciples that He is going to go away: but that they would not be left to muddle along, as He would send the Holy Spirit to them: to teach them “all things”...Show More
5) Meditating and Memorising scripture Psalm 119:11; Joshua 1:8-9; James 1:23-25 (Anna Long) /w Guided Meditation
Maybe tea is a good analogy for how we take in Scripture. Do we give it give it a casual glance and expect it to change us? Or do we spend time with God’s word and take on its flavour? What type of te...Show More
6) The Bible as God’s living word (Psalm 1 vs 1-3: 2 Timothy 3 vs 16-17) (Rev. Nigel Coles)
Today is Pentecost: the birthday of the Church! A time to welcome the Holy Spirit, who is right here, today, and here for ever. We need the Holy Spirit to live for Jesus, and to give us eyes and ears ...Show More
7) Sabbath rest as a delight (Hebrews 4 v 1-13) (Maki Miço)
Hebrews 4:1–13 highlights how we respond to Christ, drawing from Psalm 95 to warn against the danger of hardening our hearts. The psalm, originally directed at the generation of Israelites who refused...Show More
8) Rest in God - Sabbath Exodus 20:8-11 (Ethan Palmer)
Rest is a core part of the character and nature of God (Gen 2:1-3, Ex 33:13-14). His desire is for us to live in that rest. In the Old Covenant, God’s way of us experiencing His rest was primarily Sab...Show More
9) King David - 1 Samuel 16:1-31 (Maki Miço)
Today's theme: God's version of what it means to be a king - which even the best of earthly kings can't deliver. We need Jesus as our king! The period from Saul to Rehoboam marks the rise and fall of ...Show More
10) Silence and Solitude - Elijah 1 Kings 19:1-18 (Maki Miço)
In 1 Kings 19, the prophet Elijah is fleeing for his life after the confrontation with the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel, where he had called down fire from heaven to prove that the Lord is the tru...Show More