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Welcome to Restore 2022! This is the fourth episode where Peter and Maki discuss answers to the questions that have been raised by our community of faith while reading the bible together. In the episode we discuss some of the themes from the first ten chapters of the Gospel of John, who are the jews, Jesus' diety, why are the Samaritans accepting Jesus when the jews are rejecting Him, john's argument for belief and the gospel of John is divided in the first part as the book of signs and the s...
We’re setting out on a year of wholehearted discipleship. Being a wholehearted disciple is not just about gritting our teeth and following the example of Jesus. Life as a disciple of Jesus is empowered by being united to Christ who died and is now risen.
Join Peter Turnill and Maki as they look back briefly at Restore22/23 Bible reading and launch the new focus in the gospel of Luke and book of Acts for the next 6-7 months. Restore 24 slower and deeper...still on Bible detail, but new emphasis on doctrine and discipleship (doctrine=what do we believe?; discipleship=what do we do?) Why Luke-Acts? Gives us the whole span, not just Jesus story, but the follow on with the birth of the church and the global mission! Helps us to...
Welcome to Restore 2022! This is another episode where Peter and Maki discuss answers to the questions that have been raised by our community of faith while reading the bible together. The begining of the episode is marked with reflections on the passing away of Queen Elizabeth II, the summer break, plans to train more people for the daily video input and some special topics from the book of Joshua. The link to Helen Paynter's book: God of Violence Yesterday, God of Love Today? W...
Welcome to Restore 2022! This is the third episode where Peter and Maki discuss answers to the questions that have been raised by our community of faith while reading the bible together. We include: Covid challenges, tough times in Genesis, Tamar and Judah and finally Joseph! If you have questions you’d like discussed in future podcasts please send them through to restore@cairnsroad.org Click here to find out more about the project, including the reading plan.
Welcome to Restore 2022! This is the second episode where Peter and Maki discuss answers to the questions that have been raised by our community of faith while reading the bible together. We include: eastern prcatice of hospitality, how does moses record what the Lord says, why bless ishmael, a bit harsh on the pharaoh, half truths and ethics, Laban's understanding of God and what each of us have learned this week from readings. If you have questions you’d like discussed in future...
Welcome to Restore 2022! This is the first episode where Peter and Maki discuss answers to the questions that have been raised by our community of faith while reading the bible together. We include: are me mad for doing this, the nature of mankind God created, the flood and continuation of sin, black pudding, sacrificial system before the law of Moses and recognizing the tension between personal and corporate application as we read, grow and live for God.
Peter is writing to the dispersed Christians in churches across what is now Turkey. A key theme is the fact that persecution should be expected as a result of living for Christ rather than following earthly desires. In Chapter 4 Peter mentions our distinctiveness in terms of praying diligently, loving one another deeply and showing hospitality to one another before turning to the topic of serving one another in the church.
“When I look at the blood, all I see is love, love, love: When I stop at the cross, I can see the love of God. But I can't see competition, I can't see hierarchy, I can't see pride or prejudice, or the abuse of authority: I can't see lust for power, I can't see manipulation, I can't see rage or anger or selfish ambition……..” When I Look At the Blood (Godfrey Birtil)
The courier carrying the book of Revelation from John on Patmos followed a circular route through the seven churches—starting in Ephesus, then Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and finally Laodicea. Laodicea, the last stop, was a wealthy Phrygian city renowned for its banking industry, fine black wool, and medical school, which produced a famous eye ointment.
When the Holy Spirit was poured out at Pentecost, not only was the Gospel preached, many people saved, the powers of this world (seen and unseen) shaken, but another miracle happened. Heaven touched earth, and people were transformed: social barriers crumbled, and fellowship across all kinds of divides was joyful and enthusiastic. And this wasn’t only talk: people shared, gave, loved and opened their hands and arms to each other in the love of Christ (Acts 4). What could have motivated ...
Mark 10:17–27 tells the story of a rich man who sincerely asks Jesus what he must do to inherit eternal life. He is moral, religious, and outwardly obedient, but Jesus looks at him with love and exposes the one thing he is unwilling to surrender—his wealth. When told to sell what he has, give to the poor, and follow, the man walks away sad because his possessions hold his heart. Jesus then teaches His disciples that it is very hard for the rich to enter the kingdom of God, not because wealth ...
We all worry, though to different degrees. This passage speaks to all of us. If you serve God, you serve the best possible Master. And you cannot serve God and money (v24). The Levites had no inheritance – they dedicated themselves to God, and God made provision for them (Deuteronomy 18 vs 1-2). Here, Jesus tells us not to worry about our lives – our food, drink, clothing: these are not luxuries – we need them, and God knows that. Note how Jesus says that we do not consist of these things – y...
This year’s focus has been on becoming wholehearted disciples by engaging in ancient spiritual practices not as ends in themselves, but as doorways into God’s presence and power. Looking to the life of Jesus, these disciplines create space for transformation that cannot come through sheer willpower but by placing ourselves in the flow of God’s grace. The inward practices—such as Sabbath, solitude and silence, prayer, fasting, and Scripture—help us rest, listen, depend on God, and be sha...
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 loves us unconditionally) but as a way to position ourselves so that God can more easily meet with us, both individually and together.
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, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up. Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone? Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.”
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 early church grows in unity, devotion, and generosity, laying the foundation for the Christian community's way of life.
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”, and remind them of what Jesus had said, and to lead them into all truth – both as a community and individually. That is still true ! Hebrew 4 v 12 describes God’s word as “living” (lit. energy) and active. It sees everything, cuts with surgical precision and expertise, and gets through to our d...
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 tea do we want to be? Memorising scripture is one way we can meditate on it and become saturated by what it says. At the end of this episode, Anna walks us through a guided scripture meditation on psalm 130.
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 to hear God’s voice in this library of 66 books. So every part of who we are can grow as disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ (2 Tim 3 vs 16-17) The Old Testament is what Jesus knew as the Hebrew Bible: and Psalms was the hymn book of the Church. And it starts as it means to go on: how to del...
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