The Centre Dural Podcast

Does God Really Love Me? - Lyndon Rumsey

Lyndon explores a question many of us have asked in life's most difficult seasons; "Does God really love me?"
To find out more about The Centre visit; www.thecentredural.org.au/church/ We meet at 10am every Sunday in person and online at; www.youtube.com/@centredural 

BANTER - Rooted in Jesus - The Wide & Narrow Gate

Welcome to BANTER; the weekly podcast where we unpack Sunday's sermon. 
M&M unpack the Old Testament imagery in Jesus' closing remarks in The Sermon on the Mount, chat about faith vs. good works, and explore what it actually means to be a "false prophet".
To find out more about The Centre visit; www.thecentredural.org.au/church/ We meet at 10am every Sunday in person and online at; www.youtube.com/@centredural 

Rooted in Jesus - The Wide & Narrow Gate - Mitch Levingston

"By their fruit you will recognise them. Do people pick grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles? Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus, by their fruit you will recognise them.-Jesus (Matthew 7:16-20)
To find out more about The Centre visit; www.thecentredural.org.au/church/ We meet at 10am every Sunday in person and online at; www.youtube.com/@centredural 

BANTER - Wisdom & Discernment - Ask, Seek, Knock

Welcome to BANTER; the weekly podcast where we unpack Sunday's sermon. 
Mitch and Murray chat about the differences around Jesus' "Ask, Seek, Knock" teaching in the Sermon on the Mount compared to Luke 11, the ways in which prayer is unavoidably communal, and the formative power of prayer.
The boys also reminisce on their worst jobs as teenagers, and a theory around why it's historically referred to as "The Golden Rule".
To find out more about The Centre visit; www.thecentredural.org.au/church/ We meet at 10am every Sunday in person and online at; www.youtube.com/@centredural 

Wisdom & Discernment - Ask, Seek, Knock - Murray Lambert

“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened." -Jesus, (Matthew 7:7-8) 
Jesus speaks in absolutes about prayer in the Sermon on the Mount, but how can he say this when prayer isn't always answered the way we hoped? Murray explores the genre of Wisdom Literature that Jesus was using and how we can apply that same ancient wisdom today in our own spiritual journeys.
To find out more about The Centre visit; www.thecentredural.org.au/church/ We meet at 10am every Sunday in person and online at; www.youtube.com/@centredural 

BANTER - True Colours - Judging Others

Welcome to BANTER; the weekly podcast where we unpack Sunday's sermon.
Mitch & Murray get their nerd on as they explore the original Greek word "krino" translated as "judge" in the NIV. They also chat about the value of emotional intelligence and social intelligence along with what Jesus was actually talking about when he spoke about casting our pearls to swine.
To find out more about The Centre visit; www.thecentredural.org.au/church/ We meet at 10am every Sunday in person and online at; www.youtube.com/@centredural 

True Colours - Judging Others - Mitch Levingston

“Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you."
To find out more about The Centre visit; www.thecentredural.org.au/church/ We meet at 10am every Sunday in person and online at; www.youtube.com/@centredural 

BANTER - Hold Things Loosely - Treasures in Heaven

Welcome to BANTER; the weekly podcast where we unpack Sunday's sermon. 
Mitch and Murray explore the economic and cultural context that Jesus' Sermon on the Mount was speaking into and the unique challenges around relying on God's provision in our modern age. 
They also open up about their own most prized material possessions and realise that one man's treasure is likely another man's trash.
To find out more about The Centre visit; www.thecentredural.org.au/church/ We meet at 10am every Sunday in person and online at; www.youtube.com/@centredural 

Hold Things Loosely - Treasures in Heaven - Mitch Levingston

19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." (Matthew 6:19-21)
To find out more about The Centre visit; www.thecentredural.org.au/church/ We meet at 10am every Sunday in person and online at; www.youtube.com/@centredural 

BANTER - Humility - Spiritual Practices

Welcome to BANTER; the weekly podcast where we unpack Sunday's sermon. 
M&M chat more around spiritual practices, The Lord's Prayer, and the spiritual formation that comes from charitable giving, prayer, and fasting.
To find out more about The Centre visit; www.thecentredural.org.au/church/ We meet at 10am every Sunday in person and online at; www.youtube.com/@centredural 

Humility - Spiritual Practices - Murray Lambert

“Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven." (Matthew 6:1)
To find out more about The Centre visit; www.thecentredural.org.au/church/ We meet at 10am every Sunday in person and online at; www.youtube.com/@centredural 

BANTER - Forgiveness - Love your enemy

Welcome to BANTER; the weekly podcast where we unpack Sunday's sermon. 
"Turn the other cheek" "Go the extra mile" "Love your enemy" 
What is Jesus saying? Mitch & Murray explore the model Jesus set forth of creative non-violence and how it informs the way we conduct ourselves when we're met with difficult, unkind, or even toxic people.
To find out more about The Centre visit; www.thecentredural.org.au/church/ We meet at 10am every Sunday in person and online at; www.youtube.com/@centredural